[RTTY] NAQP RTTY RULES Non-North America

[Richard Ferch]

David wrote:

> We log what we print, right? So maybe it should indicate non-NA stations
> send DX if that is what we log?
>

Not necessarily. What is exchanged during the contest and what is 
recorded in the Cabrillo file are not always identical.

In contests where the number of exchange elements varies (such as NAQP, 
CQ WW RTTY, RSGB IOTA, ...), the log-checking software may need a 
placeholder for the sometimes missing exchange element. The official 
Cabrillo format for some of these contests requires some kind of 
placeholder; in the case of CQ WW RTTY, that placeholder is the letters 
"DX" in place of the state/province code; in the case of the IOTA 
contest, it's "------" for missing IOTA numbers. In both these cases, 
this information is not actually exchanged during the contest, but it is 
recorded in the Cabrillo log.

The NAQP rules may not be clear on whether such a placeholder in the 
Cabrillo file is required or optional for non-NA DX contacts, but they 
are clear that it is not sent as part of the exchange during the contest.

There are other cases where you do not log exactly what you print, for 
example "cut numbers" in CW (you log 5NN signal reports as 599). Another 
example is state names instead of abbreviations (you log MS, not 
MISSISSIPPI, regardless of how the other station chooses to convey the 
information about his state).

In general, what goes in the log is the information that was 
communicated, not necessarily the precise form in which it was communicated.

73,
Rich VE3KI