[SD-User] Re All Asia.

[brian coyne]

Thanks Paul, I was puzzled by the 'blank field' which I got.
 
I haven't done the cabrillo SD check yet ( checking and tidying up 1750 contacts takes a bit of time) so it will probably be ok when I do
 
I meant to ask an additional question for the group, not an SD issue, so here it is.
 
I had a lot of callers who didn't know the exchange format. Whilst many understood my explanation and then gave their age. there were many who didn't have command of english.
In those cases I entered 001. Has anyone previous experience of how JARL treat this type of contact (which must run to many hundreds) in the combined logs. I am putting in a competetive entry and don't wish to incur unnecessary penalties that might cost me a place.
 
73  Brian 5B4AIZ (C4Z).

--- On Mon, 22/6/09, Paul O'Kane <pokane at ei5di.com> wrote:


From: Paul O'Kane <pokane at ei5di.com>
Subject: Re: [SD-User] All Asia Contest.
To: "brian coyne" <g4odv at yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Monday, 22 June, 2009, 11:31 PM


Hello Brian,

> YL ops sent 00 for their exchange.
> SD will not accept 0's.

It does here :-)  - and leaves the field blank.
That is as intended for serial fields, which is how SD treats "age" in AA.

Then, for Cabrillo, SDCHECK inserts zero.  If you're
getting something else, please send me your .ALL
file.

> a) Will it result in penalties if I send as is?

Don't know - that's really a question for JARL.

> b) Should i do a text edit and change to zero's.

You can edit them within SD, or by using the Edit
option in SDCHECK.

73,
Paul EI5DI