[TRLog] ARRL Field Day and DX

[Paul Kirley]

ARRL has changed the rules for Field Day.  DX stations are now supposed to send class and "DX", e.g., "2A DX" when you work them during FD.

(a)  Version 6.67 does not permit input of "DX" but only of the class for stations outside the U.S. and Canada.  Why not?  Field Day ops are not all likely to be experienced TR Log users.

(b)  Even when input is successful, the log does not show the official ARRL report (e.g., 2A DX) but rather the class (e.g., 2A) plus the country prefix (e.g., CE).  There seems to be no selection in POST that translates this into the official version.

Of course, Field Day submissions require only a dupe sheet and not a detail log.  However, random FD ops may be confused by the refusal of TR Log to accept the official ARRL exchange and also by the log's refusal to show the official ARRL exchange.

Can this be smoothed out by June 22?

Thanks and 73, 

Paul W8TM