[UK-CONTEST] N1MM in UK

[G3SJJ]

Not sure about your logic here Dave. Cabrillo does not support points 
allocation although there is space in the header, the rules for RSGB HF 
Contests don't require a summary sheet and claimed score listings are no 
longer published. There is ano call for claimes scores to be submitted 
in the General Rulkes unless you are submitting paper log, whatever they 
are!!

Can't think that I have calculated scores for such as 160m Contests or 
Field Days for several years now. There is certainly a case for a sanity 
check on your own log to weed out any funnies and I have used Excel to 
do that over a number of years. There is a program called SH5 which 
pulls out some good check and stats now.

I was amused by a request, I think on this Reflector, for Wronglog to 
support AFS scoring. Yer what? Presumably the guy had difficulty with 
adding a zero into his Q total!! I guess AFS points could come down to 1 
point per Q now. The only reason it was put at 10, as I recall, was to 
allow points deduction for errors in the exchange, ie 3 points per 
error. That has since been abolished. So for AFS and Cumulatives you 
only need a program that will accept an incoming serial number and 
produce a Cabrillo file. Can't think that I have had an NA, WL or MM 
file rejected.

The requirement for multi-operators in such as IOTA, CW and SSB Field 
Day, LP FD and the old 21/28 contests are different in that networking 
and Cluster are vital. I always found NA to be very easy to set-up and 
WL was abominable. I think this is where N1MM really comes in to its own 
apart as well as all the other good things about it.

73 Chris G3SJJ


G3RXP wrote:

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>From: "G3SJJ" <g3sjj at btinternet.com>
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>Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] N1MM in UK
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>. With the Cabrillo  standard now, there is no requirement to submit a 
>claimed score and the
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>>logging program doesn't need this facility. Therefore, scoring during
>>and after most RSGB HF Contests is unnecessary.
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>Chris
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>I agree with you on the lack of scoring info per contact in the Cabrillo 
>file , however I would never send a log off without having a claimed score. 
>It not only gives the station a good idea on how he is doing during but also 
>for scrutiny after the test.
>I would not accept any logs as an adjudicator without a claimed score.
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>So having a program that's scores correctly is a big benefit, saying that I 
>do use N1MM most of the time now, and checking the log after the contest is 
>essential.
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>PS -  Thanks for your input re- N1MM and the 160 scoring in the  RSGB Test.
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>Dave G3RXP 
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