[WriteLog] ARRL 10M scoring

[Kc9um@aol.com]

I noticed something of an anomoly in WL during the contest when logging qso's 
for AK  (and HI).

My second qso of the contest was NL7QT on Wrangell Is. who reported his QTH 
as as a serial number.  WL correctlty interpreted the call as AK and credited 
a 1 in the MULT column.  Later on I noticed  that the AK box in the 
multiplier window had not been filled in.  Later in the contest I worked 
several other AK stations who all reported their QTH as AK rather than giving 
a serial number..  When I logged the first of these WL again credited me with 
a 1 in the MULT column and this time filled in the AK check box in the 
multiplier window.  My question is, is this correct?  How can AK count as two 
multipliers depending on the value in the QTH field?  Didn't notice this for 
KH6 stations as they all reported HI as their QTH and none gave a serial 
number.

In the Quirks section of the ARRL 10M contest announcement article in the 
Nov. QST,  page 114, it states, "KH6 and KL7 participate as DX entities 
rather than US states."  To me this means that only NL7QT was properly 
sending his report as a sequential number while all other KL7 and KH6 
stations were improperly sending their state as QTH.  What are the 
implications of this on the scoring by ARRL?

Gary KC 9UM



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