[Trlog] EU VHF Q point method
VR2BrettGraham
vr2bg at harts.org.hk
Thu Oct 21 23:54:59 EDT 2004
Had a go in the recent Markothen (or whatever it's called) RTTY contest.
As usual, the logcfg.dat file was figured out on the fly. Since Markothen
scores similar to TBDC, I started with that, making a couple of changes:
MY CALL = VR2BG
CONTEST = stew perry
contest name = TMC RTTY
qso by band = true
qso point method = european vhf
exchange received = rst and grid
This produced a log that looked like this:
##DIG dd-mmm-yy hh:mm 47A JR3TOE * 599 599
pm74 2132
##DIG dd-mmm-yy hh:mm 48A W0EK * 599 599
en25 -806
##DIG dd-mmm-yy hh:mm 49A KU5S 599 599
dm84 -755
##DIG dd-mmm-yy hh:mm 50A JA1HFY * 599 599
pm95 2127
It wasn't until that far into the contest that I realized the QSO POINT METHOD
needed to be EUROPEAN VHF. Perhaps that was a no-no, so I just had a go
with a fresh start as a test:
160DIG 22-Oct-04 03:37 1A KU5S 599 599
dm84 -841
Now it calculates a different number of Q points, even when working with the
same grids as before (OL72bk & DM84). Anything >9999 km seems to take
a hit.
However, it's also is inconsistent when calculating Q points over a shorter
distance:
160DIG 22-Oct-04 03:51 1A JR3TOE 599 599
pm74 2554
Now that is something I would expect EU VHF types to have noticed by now.
Or could it be that there is something else that is part of the defaults
for TBDC
that is mucking things up?
73, VR2BrettGraham
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