Hi Alan,
I wrote the NVQP contest module many years ago and it is likely that the county
abbreviations have changed but the module hasn't been updated to reflect that.
In fact, I just went and took a look.... and the county abbreviations are
different than they were when I wrote the module, but only slightly. Now they
list them with the NV prefix. So instead of CAR, CHU, CLA, etc... it is NVCAR,
NVCHU, NVCLA.
In WriteLog you can go to the contest menu and click 'show multipliers' and it
would have shown what the WL-accepted multipliers were and you could have
logged them as CAR, CHU, CLA, etc... and then edit your cabrillo log before
submission to add the NV prefix to those county abbreviations.
I also see that for Nevada stations, you are to log the "ARRL/RAC section" of
the non-NV station. Right now the module is just setup for states/provs.
That'll need to be updated as well to support ARRL/RAC sections instead of
states.
Regardless, i'm sorry this happened to you and anyone who used the NVQP module
this year. I'm going to make an update to the module this week so that its
fixed for 2021.
Enjoy,
Steve N9OH
On Tue, Oct 20, 2020, at 11:10 PM, Alan Zack wrote:
> I hope this isn’t a DUPE. After a WIN 10 upgrade a MS Outlook quirk has
> keep me from posting and rejecting all my emails.
>
> Was anyone able to get WRITELOG to work in the NVQP last weekend?
> I am not an expert user. I use WRITELOG for basic contest logging. The
> only connection to my IC-7100 is
> to allow WRITELOG to read my operating frequency and mode. I have used
> WL for maybe over fifteen years
> for the CQWWDX, ARRLDX, IOTA, IARU, WAG, CQP and maybe some more. So I
> am not a newbie.
>
> The day before the contest I downloaded the latest version 12.53E. I
> also downloaded the latest CTY, DATA, and SCP files.
> I started WL and selected NEW LOG. From the smaller contest window I
> selected NEV QSO Party. In the next window I entered
> my call and county and that I was a single op in NV, Clark County. My
> exchange would be NVCLA
> So I thought I was all set.
> I had the log open and when the contest started my first contact was
> with K7RC in Storey County. The contest exchange is NVSTO.
> WL showed FIELD RECEIVED INVALID. Thinking maybe it did not like the
> five digit entry I tried logging a friend in ORG cty CA N6HC.
> When I entered N6HC and used his ARRL section ORG I again got FIELD
> RECEIVED INVALID.
> Next I tried K6CEO in LA. I logged his exchange as LAX and again it was
> rejected. WL would not accept ARRL/RAC sections
> that the contest required. It would only accept state abbreviations.
> But the state is not what the exchange desired.
> I closed WL and downloaded N1MM+. It had been a long time since I have
> used the original N1MM so had to relearn using it.
> But it is was very easy even for a 77 yr old and intuitive and soon I
> was in the running. I made 276 contacts without a problem using N1MM+.
>
> After the contest I did some experimenting with WL to see if I had set
> up something incorrectly.
> Once again I selected new contest, then NV QSO Party, K7ACZ single op
> inside NV, NVCLA..
> The logging program started and I tried to enter some of the stations I
> successfully logged in N1MM+.
> K7RC NVSTO
> K6CEO LAX
> KN6IHN SVC
> KC2FZN ENY
> W5JCC STX
> KC5LL NTX
> W3JJL EPA
> All were shown as INVALID
>
> WL seems to be broken for the NV QSO Party.
>
> Disclaimer: The calls I attempted to enter in WL was for
> experimentation only.
> I did not intend to log a station without actually working them and
> taking credit. (I know someone will ask)
>
> 73
> Alan K7ACZ
>
>
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
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