[WriteLog] MM and scoring

[Dave L Thompson]

I tried to respond to to this station directly but he has some type of
screener on....sorry for the bandwidth.

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Greg,
 
I am certain the contest checking software is looking for something to
indicate MM in the call and R1,2, or 3
in the exchange.   K8CC writes the ARRL software.  I see no reason why
YL1XX/MMR1 and R1 or YL1XX/MM would not work OK.  This is one of those
gray areas where the logging authors and contest checking authors are not
on the same page.
 
The reduction in score is caused by UBNs....mostly Not in log and busts. 
Depends on the penalty which is usually 3 contacts for either.  Make 100
NILs or busts out of 1200 contacts and lose 300 contacts.
 
73 Dave K4JRB   
 
 
> From the ARRL:
> 4. Contest Exchange:
> 4.3. Maritime mobile stations send signal report and ITU Region (1, 
> 2 or 3).
> 
> So, it looks as though the exchange for MM isn't a serial number, 
> just a
> number designating the region (1, 2, or 3). I assume that the 
> contest
> scoring software would read the /MM from the call and the 1, 2, or 3 
> from
> the exchange ("QTH" in WriteLog) and score it properly.  
> Interestingly,
> WriteLog will not credit the multiplier if you just append /MM to 
> the
> call...it expects "/MMR1" (etc) to properly show the multiplier.  I 
> wonder
> what the checking software requires???  I'd hate to put /MMR1 to 
> make WL
> happy, and then have the QSO tossed out because ARRL expected /MM 
> (which is
> what the station sent)...
> 
> I noticed that the claimed scores on the 3830 list are routinely 
> 10,000 to
> 50,000 points *higher* than the official scores posted by the ARRL.  
> Wonder
> if this sort of thing is one of the reasons why...
> 
> Greg KT0K