[WriteLog] ARRL 10M scoring

[Bruce Ferry]

This is confusing. In the rules part 4.1 it says they are supposed to 
send AK or HI, in 5.2.1 it looks like they should be excluded.

Kc9um@aol.com wrote:
> 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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