Hi Sherman,
I think the issue with the Fourlanders
Contest Group not being reported in the June VHF contest was
that the eligibility list uploaded was for the old group name,
and when the name change occurred, the old name and everything
associated with it was deleted from the database.
The club scoring system under the new
Contesting website is relatively new, and I didn't foresee the
database getting out of synch with the name change- which I do
apologize for. I've contacted our web programmer and he's
working on a fix to make sure that issue is resolved. I don't
think you'll be doing another name change for your group in
the near future, so this likely won't affect you again.
For the September event (see below), I
do see that you've got a score attributed to your club, so
you can let your members know that their scores will indeed be
counted for the January event, as long as they are on the
eligibility list and that they reside and operated within the
club territory.
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Fourlanders
Contest Team
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Eligibilty
list uploaded at 2020-09-03
18:04:33
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All
eligible members must live and operate within a
175 mile radius of EM74wd.
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2020
Sep VHF
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1
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K4VBM
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3,321
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KC4AAW
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1,071
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KC4GCK
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0
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KC4JD
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Operator
is not on the club eligibility list
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3,115
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KC7RW
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4,141
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KI4US
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6,325
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N4NIA
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2,673
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W4ATL
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3,800
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W4KXY
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2,850
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W4TM
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24,255
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W4ZST
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KJ4AMA
KN4ZKT
NX9O
W4ZST
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90
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W5TDY
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198
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WG4I
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1,566
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WG8S
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2,080
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WW8RR
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55,486
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73,
Paul Bourque, N1SFE
Contest Program Manager
ARRL - The national association for
Amateur Radio®
225 Main Street
Newington CT 06111-1400
Telephone: 860-594-0232
Fax: 860-594-0346
n1sfe@arrl.org
www.arrl.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Sherman Banks <w4atl@shermanbanks.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 10:32 AM
To: Contest <contest@arrl.org>
Subject: VHF Contest Club Competition
The Fourlanders Contest Team is
considering another entry in the club competition category for
the January VHF Contest. The club members made a considerable
effort to get on the air in June to contribute to the total
club score. Personally, I acquired a 2M LNA and power
amplifier to improve my signal on 2M. We verified the proper
name to submit with the ARRL, instructed our members on which
name to use, and when I uploaded my log into the ARRL Web
Portal I verified that the club name we were told to use was
in the pull down list.
I realize that this was in the middle of
a name change but that is why we verified how we should submit
the name. And I felt confident that it was correct since the
name we were told to use was in the pulldown list for the log
upload.
But when the results came out our club
was not listed in the results.
This has discouraged our members from
submitting in the club competition. Even if the name change at
the ARRL happened after the log submittal and before log
checking, it is puzzling to me that some check would not have
occurred since we were allowed to submit under that name with
the pull-down list and so many members used that name. I was
under the impression that the delays for final results occur
to work through issues with logs.
Can you explain what happened to not
count our club and can we be assured that our club,
Fourlanders Contest Team, will count in the next contest?
Thanks for your attention to this
matter.
Sherman Banks - W4ATL
w4atl@shermanbanks.net