[RTTY] How to Score VOLTA RTTY

[Kevin H. Phillips]

I have another question about scoring.  Am I correct (or wrong) in 
believing that I get one multiplier for *each* U.S. or Canadian call 
zone worked per band?

[COUNTRIES: ARRL DXCC Country list plus each call-area in Australia, 
Canada, Japan, New
Zealand and the USA will be counted as a separate country. In those 
cases, the ‘‘main’’ Country
multiplier (JA-VE-VK-W-ZL) DOES NOT COUNT and ONLY each worked call-area 
(JA1..0,
VE1...0, VK1..8, W1...0, ZL1...ZL4) can be considered.]

If I can do this, then my multipliers increase considerably.

This was my first RTTY contest to work.  I did it with a mechanical 
teletype (Model 15) interfaced with my Yaesu FT-1000 rig through a 
Dovetron terminal unit and a one-transistor circuit from the RS-232 
output of the Dovetron to key the FSK circuit in the Yaesu.  I made 51 
contacts with this setup.  Assuming that most people participating (?) 
are using computers and MMTTY, or similar programs, one thing I noticed 
was lack of Carriage Return and Line Feed at the end of transmissions. 
A friend of mine (former Navy radioman who used MMTTY to monitor the 
contest) commented on confusion about callsigns because of "garbage" 
printing on MMTTY if a space or "K" or Carriage Return was not used at 
the end of a transmission.  I had to ask some stations to repeat their 
exchanges several times because of overprinting.

I enjoyed the contest very much.  I did not get to spend as much time 
working it as I would have liked but will look forward to another 
opportunity to hunt-and-peck on my machines.

73
Kevin
KE5CQJ

Dick Kriss wrote:
> I  do not understand the VOLTA RTTY scoring and
> could use some help.
> 
> As a US W5 station, if I work W6WRT on 20 meters,
> I would get 1 QSO, 1 QSO Point and 1 Multiplier
> assuming he is the first W6 work. The total Points
> would be 1 x 1 x 1
> 
> However,  if I work W5KA I get 1 QSO, 0 QSO Points and
> 0 Multiplier because contacts with other W5's do
> not count.
> 
> Dick AA5VU
> 
> <http://www.contestvolta.it/volta43.pdf>
> 
> SCORING: All two way RTTY contacts will score in accordance with the
> exchange POINTS TABLE.
> Contacts between stations within the same DXCC Country or call area (for
> Australia, Canada, Japan,
> New Zealand and USA ) will not be valid. (e.g.: A W2 station can work W1,
> W3, W4 etc, but not
> W2). Contacts made outside one's own continent on 3.5 or 28 MHz are worth
> double points. 
> 
> 
> COUNTRIES: ARRL DXCC Country list plus each call-area in Australia, Canada,
> Japan, New 
> Zealand and the USA will be counted as a separate country. In those cases,
> the ŒŒmain¹¹ Country
> multiplier (JA-VE-VK-W-ZL) DOES NOT COUNT and ONLY each worked call-area
> (JA1..0, 
> VE1...0, VK1..8, W1...0, ZL1...ZL4) can be considered. 
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