[WriteLog] Potientially Big Problems for Sweepstakes With the Cabrillo File.

[Donald Eriksen]

A fair question. I don't know what the "old way", or "present form" means,
but I do think it would be nice if WL used the ARRL list of abbreviations
that Dave Henderson put on their site: http://www.arrl.org/contests.abv.html
especially
for ARRL contests like SS. It would be nice to have some consistancy in this
area, since I see lots of posts regarding "what's the proper abbreviation?"
Maybe Wayne would like to comment?

I end up just using the abbreviations the Multiplier window shows, and have
never had a problem with the scoring program (that I know of).

----- Original Message -----
From: "dr" <kg0us@att.net>
To: "Writelog" <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 5:11 PM
Subject: [WriteLog] Potientially Big Problems for Sweepstakes With the
Cabrillo File.


> Please read the following and let me know if I am doing something
> incorrectly:  How to I get the Cabrillo file to show multipliers in using
> the presently accepted abbreviations?  How do I get Writelog to show the
> multiplier in their present form when displaying them using the Contest
Show
> Multipliers menu while doing the Sweepstakes contest?
>
> I am using Writelog V10.36G.
> I was reviewing the Sweepstakes Cabrillo file before submission.
> Interestingly enough, I found that it had changed all the section names
back
> to the old format.
>
> Example:
>
> OR Oregon is written as ORE in the Cabrillo file.
>
> MAR is MR
>
> QC is PQ
>
> and so on.
>
> Have you ever noticed that you can not enter NWT for Northwest Territories
> in Writelog without getting a question mark in the multiplier list.
> Speaking of multipliers,  Have you ever gone under the Contest menu and
> selected show multipliers while running the Sweepstakes contest?  Some of
> the multipliers are listed the old way!
>
>
>
> After seeing this I emailed Dan Henderson and asked the following
question:
>
> Will the SS log checking program deduct points in I used old section names
> along with the new names?
>
> Example:
>
> ORE    OR
>
> QC      PQ
>
> MAR     MR
>
> I guess I am asking if I need to go back and correct these?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave KG0US
>
> He sent the following e-mail back to me tonight:
>
> Dave:
>
> You need to use the current section abbreviations or the QSOs will not
> count.
>
> Thanks and Happy Holidays.
>
> 73
>
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