[RTTY] NAQP RTTY RULES Non-North America

[k6ufo at arrl.net]

I'm embarrassed to report, it appears we have some 
inconsistency between the rules, guidance, advice,
myself and the log robot on how many different ways 
while work...

Its on my list to clarify this for the future NAQP 
RTTY contests. For the moment, it appears either DX 
or blank will work for the QTH for non-North American 
contacts.

And thank you to all who participated in the NAQP RTTY 
contest! Your activity and the good band conditions 
(well, maybe not on 10m) made for a fun contest and some 
record high scores! 

Please submit your log to keep our log robot busy and 
out of trouble. You can submit your Cabrillo format 
log at:  http://www.ncjweb.com/naqplogsubmit.php

You can manually convert a paper log to a Cabrillo log 
using the tool at:
http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/naqprtty_cab.php

Logs are due March 12.  Best regards,

Mark Aaker K6UFO
NAQP RTTY Contest Manager
k6ufo at arrl.net

>From: David Levine <david at levinecentral.com>
>To: rtty at contesting.com
>Cc: K3RWN <rwnewbould at comcast.net>; ed at w0yk.com; k6ufo at arrl.net
>Sent: Tue, March 1, 2011 4:12:49 AM
>Subject: Re: [RTTY] NAQP RTTY RULES Non-North America
>
>Looks like blank should be ok too. From the link Mark posted 
>at http://www.ncjweb.com/naqplogguidance.php in the section on During the 
>Contest:
>
>
>A blank or "DX" for the copied QTH is only acceptable for logging QSOs with 
>stations outside of North America.
>
>
>Then in after the contest it states:
>There are no blank QTH fields in the QSO: lines for North American stations you 



>worked.
>
>
>Nothing mentions a blank QTH for the non-NA stations is not acceptable. So is 
>blank ok or MUST there be a DX in the QTH field for non-NA stations?
>
>
>K2DSL - David
>
>
>
>On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:05 AM, David Levine <david at levinecentral.com> wrote:
>
>I just emailed Mark K6UFO about this. The rules 
>at http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php show a non-NA station sends just their 
>name.
>>
>>
>>10. Exchange: Operator name and station location (state, province or country) 
>>for North American stations; operator name only for non-North American 
>stations.
>>
>>
>>We log what we print, right? So maybe it should indicate non-NA stations send DX 
>>
>>
>>
>>if that is what we log? 
>>
>>
>>N1MM was not pre-populating the field with DX so my original submitted log 
>>showed no "state" and accepting a non-NA record without a value for "state". I 



>>just resubmitted my log with DX and will bring this to the attention of the N1MM 
>>
>>
>>
>>team, but specifying DX in the rules might be very helpful for future 
contests.
>>
>>K2DSL - David
>>
>>
>>
>>On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Ed Muns <ed at w0yk.com> wrote:
>>
>>You can't leave the QTH field blank.  For non-US/VE stations, enter the
>>>country (the other station should send their country in the exchange).  For
>>>non-NA stations, enter 'DX' (some send their country, some send 'DX' and
>>>some send nothing but their name).
>>>
>>>73,
>>>Ed
>>>-------------------------
>>>Ed Muns - W0YK
>>>www.w0yk.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com
>>>> [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of K3RWN
>>>> Sent: Monday, 28 February, 2011 15:44
>>>> To: rtty at contesting.com
>>>
>>>> Subject: [RTTY] NAQP RTTY RULES Non-North America
>>>>
>>>> If I read the rules correctly, stations within NA send NAME &
>>>> (STATE, PROV or COUNTRY) and stations outside NA send only
>>>> NAME.  My contacts with Brazil and Italy are not being
>>>> accepted by the Robot with just a name.  I do not remember
>>>> this coming up on the list before.  Am I interpreting something wrong?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I did add Italy and Brazil to the QTH and it worked fine.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rich
>>>>
>>>
>>
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