[RTTY] Submitting Score on 3830

Gary AL9A al9a at mtaonline.net
Tue Nov 16 17:49:10 PST 2010


Hi Dick,

I thought about doing that, but figued it wouldn't work!  Anyway I just 
discovered something interesting in WriteLog, my contest logging program. 
The Score summary window that tallies your score live during the contest 
showed the following totals:

QSO    QTC    DXCC
450        260        117
Score: 186,730

There is no column for Pts which is what the 3830 web page insists must be 
provided.

I just found if I go to Contest/Parameters in WL a window called "WAE RTTY 
Score Sheet" opens up and shows the following:

Valid QSOs:    450
Points              450
QTC'S            260
Multipliers       263
Score:            186730

Notice the QSO numbers agree, there is a new number for Points 450 here, the 
QTC numbers agree and a new "Multipliers" of 263 now shows.  I think the 
Multipliers number is what the 3830 page is looking for in Pts.  If you add 
450 QSO's + 260 QTC's = 710 X 263 Multipliers = 186,730.  The Multipliers 
number must include the weighted "bonus" points applied depending upon the 
band of the QSO.  The number is not broken down by band, but the total 
Multiplier number works for the calculation.

73,
Gary AL9A

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DickT-W0RAA" <dickt at w0raa.com>
To: <al9a at mtaonline.net>; "Rtty Contesting Reflector" <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: November 16, 2010 9:27 AM
Subject: Submitting Score on 3830


> Hi Gary,
>
> I tried several times and I kept getting this error that no points were 
> listed.  So, I just entered "000" in the Total box under Points and it 
> accepted it.  I don't know why 3830 requires a Point total when everybody 
> who submitted points had to either guess or fill something in.  Like I 
> said, I just entered 000 in the Point Total box and it accepted it.
>
> Thanks for the WAE contact.
>
> Dick
> W0RAA
>
>
> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:53:00 -0900
> From: "Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] WAE RTTY W0RAA Single Op HP
> To: "Rtty Contesting Reflector" <rtty at contesting.com>
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>
> Dick,
>
> How did you get the 3830 Score Submittal Form to accept your entry without
> any Pts entered?  When I tried to submit mine it refused to accept it 
> unless
> I had an entry in the Pts boxes.  I tried to do a manual calc, but am sure 
> I
> messed it up.  The bogus Pts numbers worked though as it let me submittal 
> go
> through then.
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
> 



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