[RTTY] Submitting Score on 3830

[mwdink]

Hi all

Everything in red on the 3830 submission page is a required field. It 
says so
in the instructions at the top of the page. The points total is a 
required field
because 99% of the people posting a submission WANT to enter a
points total. When they accidentally forget,  it's a bigger hassle
for us to fix that than for the occasional oddity that requires a 000 
entry.

By entering 000,  you, at least, have acknowledged that you didn't
accidentally forget to enter data in a required field. Hope that helps
explain why a points total is required.

cheers
dink, n7wa


On 11/17/2010 1:35 PM, DickT-W0RAA wrote:
> That's interesting.  I never thought to look there.  But, as it is, my score
> was correct.  I don't know why 3830 requires a Points total.  I guess
> the 000 was just an entry to fill in a blank point total on 3830.
>
> Thanks for the info, Gary.
>
> Dick
> W0RAA
> ____________________________________________________
>
> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:49:10 -0900
> From: "Gary AL9A"<al9a at mtaonline.net>
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Submitting Score on 3830
> To: "Rtty Contesting Reflector"<rtty at contesting.com>
> Message-ID:<270ECE4286534B45B8AA49462AFBC5BF at AL9APC>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=response
>
> 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
>
> _______________________________________________
> RTTY mailing list
> RTTY at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/rtty
>
> .
>