[WriteLog] FW: [CQ-Contest] /MM in ARRL 10

[W. Wright, W5XD]

All,
To convince WriteLog you have QSOd maritime mobile regions, you must
enter CALL/MMR2 or MMR2/CALL

Unfortunately, If the CALL is four letters or less, then CALL/MMR2
doesn't work (because WL doesn't correctly figure out which is the "call"
and
which is the "prefix/suffix").

Also unfortunate is that the log checkers apparently want it logged
/MM2 or /R2, which

I suggest you log CALL/R2 for now per K8CC's note attached below. I
am corresponding with Dave to find out how to turn those QSOs into
Cabrillo properly (which is all that is really important--the score
that WL computes does not matter to the log checkers).

Wayne

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of David A. Pruett
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 23:54
> To: Kenneth E. Harker; CQ Contest
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] /MM in ARRL 10
>
>
> I'm part of the team that does the logchecking for the ARRL 10M
> contest, so
> let me clarify the situation with Ken's log, and also answer
> N4GN's question.
>
> First, for the ARRL 10M contest we expect the exchange field for a ITU
> region station (either maritime or even aeronautical mobile) to
> be R1, R2,
> or R3 as appropriate.  To be somewhat flexible, we'll also accept
> MM1, MM2
> or MM3 as well.  In either case, this MUST BE IN THE EXCHANGE
> FIELD - i.e.,
> WM5R/MM2 with a blank exchange field will not get credit.  This is common
> sense and consistent with the rules which say that the exchange for ITU
> region stations is RS(T) and ITU Region.
>
> In Ken's log, the QSO in question appears as follows:
>
> K7HI/MM      59  2
>
> Most everyone is familiar with the ARRL 10 rules - mults are states,
> provinces and DXCC countries (not including W, VE, KH6 or KL7 which are
> state/provinces).  State/provinces send RS(T) and their state/province,
> while DX stations (i.e., non-state/provinces) send RST and serial
> number.  Since ITU region stations are supposed to send RS(T) and ITU
> region, we treat them as a variation of a non-DX station (i.e., their
> region is essentially their state/province).
>
> To digress a moment and answer N4GN's question, when we cross check
> callsigns we remove all portable suffixes which do not effect
> scoring.  These would include portable call area identifiers, /M
> for mobile
> or /MM for maritime mobile, /QRP, /a or /p portable identifiers, and
> such.  Suffixes which modify the country are retained.  So if Tim is
> signing N4GN/6 and somebody logs him as N4GN, everything matches up OK.
>
> Getting back to Ken's example, he did not get credit for the
> region 2 mult
> because the exchange simply shows "2"; not "R2" or "MM2".  The
> callsign is
> evaluated as K7HI with the "/MM" stripped off, and thus the "2"
> is seen as
> a QSO number, which is not a valid exchange for a non-DX station,
> and hence
> the QSO is busted.
>
> I hope that clarifies things for this weekend.
>
> Dave/K8CC
>
>
> At 08:58 AM 12/12/03 -0600, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
> >     Since I lost credit for a maritime mobile contact (and mult) in
> >last year's 10 Meter Contest, I was wondering what the proper way to log
> >these in a Cabrillo file is.  Using my own call as an example, do I log
> >a maritime mobile station in ITU Region II as:
> >
> >WM5R     59  2
> >WM5R/MM  59  2         <-------------- the format I used last year
> >WM5R     59  Region II
> >WM5R/MM  59  Region II
> >WM5R     59  Region 2
> >WM5R/MM  59  Region 2
> >WM5R     59  R2
> >WM5R/MM  59  R2
> >something else?
> >
> >How you log this is not specified in the contest rules or the
> online Cabrillo
> >documentation, and my request for clarification from the Contest Branch
> >(after I received my UBN report) was never answered.  I should have asked
> >this a week or two ago, but I only now thought of it...  So, for those of
> >you who didn't lose credit for a maritime mobile station, how did you
> >log the ITU zone exchange information?
> >
> >FWIW, the lost QSO and mult didn't didn't change where I finished in the
> >contest.
> >
> >--
> >-----------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------
> >Kenneth E. Harker      "Vox Clamantis in Deserto"
> kharker at cs.utexas.edu
> >University of Texas at Austin                   Amateur Radio
> Callsign: WM5R
> >Department of the Computer Sciences          Central Texas DX &
> Contest Club
> >Taylor Hall TAY 2.124                         Maintainer of
> Linux on Laptops
> >Austin, TX 78712-1188 USA
> http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/
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