[UK-CONTEST] REF Contest

[Paul O'Kane]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dominic M0BLF" <m0blf at domsmith.co.uk>

> Just to remind you that this weekend sees the SSB leg of the
> French National Contest, the 'Championnat de France' (aka
> 'Coupe du REF').

Here's the SD setup for UK contesters.

Select SD Type 10 - General, Country and Area Multipliers.

          .MLT File:  REF
          .CTY File:  REFDX (for DX entrants)
  Multipliers Count:  B (by band)
     Points per QSO:  0 (variable points)
          Pts/Bonus:  0 (multipliers)
          Next Page:  Y
Points per Area QSO:  0
Non-Area QSOs count
        as mults   :  Y
Points vary by Mode:  N
            by Band:  N
        by Location:  Y
             Points:  0 1 3 (DX entrants)
Receive Serial from
          Area QSOs:  N
               Mode:  SSB
         Mixed-Mode:  N

NOTE for UK entrants.  Scoring is by continent, but SD does
not know what continent you're in, because your prefix and
country are not included in the REFDX file.

So, please add your own country record, from DXCC.CTY, to
REFDX.CTY.  If you do not do this, SD will not score correctly,
and you will have to edit many QSO records after the contest.

For DX entrants (having selected REFDX.CTY), it's easy to
identify which stations you can work.  If SD displays the
country name and beam heading, once you've entered two or
more callsign characters, then it's OK to go ahead. You can
log other stations, but they will not score points or be
flagged as multipliers.

French stations send RST + département number or country
prefix (overseas).  DX stations send RST + Serial. French
stations can work everyone, and get multipliers for
départements and other DXCC countries.  DX stations may
work "French" stations only, and get multipliers for
départements and certain country prefixes.

After the Contest, use SDCHECK to create your Cabrillo .LOG
file, rename it to YOURCALL.LOG and email it to
cdfssb at ref-union.org

73,
Paul EI5DI