[Trlog] 2016 RAC Winter Contest

[Carlin Royal]

Thanks Mike for the information. I did a little deeper reading into the 
original TR manual know I am on the right track with your info, and 
think I found what I should do in order to edit a DOM file. I 
created/modified a new DOM file named P13TEST.DOM, based off the 
original P13.DOM file (that CTRL-J showed me the program was using) and 
then I just added the following two lines into my CFG file:

DOMESTIC MULTIPLIER = DOMESTIC FILE
DOMESTIC FILENAME = P13TEST.DOM

And below is what my new P13TEST.DOM looks like:

13 Provinces

Ns = VE1, VA1, CY9, CY0, NS
Qc = VE2, VA2, QC
On = VE3, VA3, ON
Mb = VE4, VA4, MB
Sk = VE5, VA5, SK
Ab = VE6, VA6, AB
Bc = VE7, VA7, BC
Nt = VE8, NT
Nb = VE9, NB
Nl = VO1, VO2, NL
Nu = VY0, NU
Yt = VY1, YT
Pe = VY2, PE

I then fired up TRlinux and began a small test of entering about 5 different QSO's with 2 mock multiplier VE stations, 1 US QSO, and 2 RAC official stations.
 From the score listed, and from what I can tell from the RAC website, it seems to work fine. And yes, the 20 QSO points for RAC official stations worked fine.

This leaves me with one small question for you or the group, where are the RAC official stations listed in TR, and should I ever need to edit them, how to go about doing that.

Thanks!
Carlin N5OE


On 12/06/2016 08:17 PM, Mike Wetzel wrote:
> Carlin,
>
> I've used TRLinux (I think it is .44) in the last few RAC contests.
> I am pretty sure the mults are correct and counted as such.  There is one
> mult that the abbreviation that is sent is not recognized (you need to
> change it) it might be VE1, can't exactly remember.  Might be New Found
> land.  I'm sure you could modify the .DOM to recognize it easily.
>
> The RAC stations are scored correctly.
>
> HTH
>
> Mike W9RE
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trlog [mailto:trlog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Carlin Royal
> Sent: December 06, 2016 8:31 PM
> To: trlog at contesting.com
> Subject: [Trlog] 2016 RAC Winter Contest
>
> Once again I come to the group here for help and clarification.
> Currently running release 0.44 of TRlinux and am planning on working a
> few hours of the RAC winter contest in a few weeks. I see they list 13
> multipliers(10 provinces and 3 territories). Are these all correct in
> this 0.44 version and I am good to go? In looking at the P13.DOM, I do
> not see the exact abbreviations as they list on the website highlighted
> in bold below. Do I need to update my DOM file and if yes, what exactly
> is the format to do so?
>
>   From the website: /"The multipliers, with their postal abbreviations
> and prefixes are: Nova Scotia [*NS*] (VE1, VA1, CY9, CYØ); Quebec [*QC*]
> (VE2, VA2); Ontario [*ON*] (VE3, VA3); Manitoba [*MB*] (VE4, VA4);
> Saskatchewan [*SK*] (VE5, VA5); Alberta [*AB*] (VE6, VA6); British
> Columbia [*BC*] (VE7, VA7); Northwest Territories [*NT*] (VE8); New
> Brunswick [*NB*] (VE9); Newfoundland and Labrador [*NL*] (VO1, VO2);
> Nunavut [*NU*] (VYØ); Yukon [*YT*] (VY1); and Prince Edward Island
> [*PE*] (VY2). Certain special Canadian prefixes in use at the time of
> the contest may also apply; however there may be no more than 13
> multipliers on each band/mode. Please use the multiplier abbreviations,
> in square brackets, noted above."/
>
> What about the RAC official stations being worth 20 points?, are these
> listed elsewhere in another DOM or is that something that the official
> scorers will be working out when the log is submitted?/
> /
>
> Thanks for all the help and too those who upkeep this software./
> /
>
> Carlin N5OE/
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