[CCF] FW:[CQ-Contest] ARRL DX Scoring error

[esa.p.korhonen@nokia.com]

Nappihairio ARRL DX CW logintarkastussoftassa.....sattuuhan sita.

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Good afternoon all.

We have discovered there is a problem with the counting of
multipliers in  the software used to check logs for the ARRL 
International DX CWcontest.

 For Foreign Logs:
After checking into the software, we have discovered that the
multiplier algorithm was inaccurate.   For the Canadian multipliers, all
provinces included in the ARRL Section multiplier Maritime (New Brunswick,
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island) were counted as a single multiplier.
Newfoundland and Labrador were counted as one instead of two. The
territories in
the Northwest Territories multiplier (NWT, Yukon and Nunavut) were
counted as a single multiplier instead of three.  The District of Columbia
was
included as the MDC section instead of separately.

Since this is the first time this software was utilized, the problem
was not apparent until brought to our attention by N6NT (ZF2NT) on the
contest reflector.  The author of the software has corrected the algorithm.
This problem will not affect the results of the Phone portion of the ARRL
International DX Contest.

 For Domestic Logs:
The scoring algorithm has not counted the final multiplier on each
different band, resulting in every checked log being docked one multiplier
per
band. The software is being changed to correct this problem, which caused
all stations to be docked one multiplier per band reported.

Once the recalculated results are available, the results article
from QST will be re-posted in Adobe pdf format on the ARRL Web.  The
recalculated scores will be used to determine all awards and any new records
established by any participants.  Any change in overall category winners
will
also be listed in QST.

On behalf of the volunteers in the log checking process and the ARRL
Contest Branch, I apologize for this error.  If you have any questions
regarding your results once the recalculated results are posted, please
contact me at N1ND@arrl.org or by phone at (860) 594-0232.  Thanks for your
participation and understanding.

 73,

 Dan Henderson, N1ND
 ARRL Contest Branch Manager




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