This is probably too late for an update to the YU DX CW Contest module for
this coming weekend, but I just noticed a problem when setting it up for the
contest. The 2014 rules for the YU DX Contest state that the exchange is
RST + serial number starting from 001, and after the break between the two 8
hour contest periods, the numbers continue on from the first segment.
Problem is, that is not the way the WL module for this contest is
configured.
When I setup the YU DX Contest module the exchange fields in the Entry
window are RST and ITU! If I enter a serial number into the ITU filed WL
protests and says the multiplier isn't recognized. In Contest/Parameter
Setup... it wants to know my Call, ITU zone and Category or Categories I
will be running under. When I open the Multiplier window there is a grid of
all the various ITU zone numbers and the various YU YT prefixes for five
different bands. However, the contest rules indicate that the exchange is
serial number, not ITU zone, and there are two different categories, LOWER =
1.8, 3.5 and 7.0 MHz and UPPER = 14, 21 and 28 MHz. That makes a total of
six different possible bands, not five. I don't know when the YU DX Contest
module was released, but apparently there has been a significant change in
the scoring format since it was created. The rules also indicate that if
your contest module doesn't have a YU DX module you can use the WPX module
and they will correctly score the result. I guess that is what I will do
for this one. It would be nice if this module could be updated for the
current rules by next year.
73,
Gary AL9A
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