[WriteLog] Miscounting multipliers in WPX?

[Mike Armstrong]

Additionally, that is why you see the WPX contests having such huge scores for so few contacts.  A contest "slacker" will be in the millions pretty quickly, if I am remembering the old scores correctly.  Atsa lotta multipliers....... LOL

Mike AB7ZU

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On Feb 9, 2013, at 7:55, Ham Email <nw7d.ham at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, somehow it does not make sense that every vanity call or 2x call that has a different letter in front of the zone # would each count as a new multiplier, i.e. WA6, WB6, WC6, WD6, etc. all count as multipliers.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
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> On Feb 9, 2013, at 6:28 AM, "Tom Shelton" <gl1800winger at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>> In the WPX contests, the prefixes (the PX in WPX) are the multipliers.  So WM6 and W6 are separate multipliers, as would be K3, K4, K5 etc...
>> 
>> Writelog is figuring them properly.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Tom Shelton, AB3IC
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>> -----Original Message----- From: Ham Email
>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 9:17 AM
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>> Subject: [WriteLog] Miscounting multipliers in WPX?
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>> 
>> I am using version 11.08B and Writelog is counting characters preceding the same call area as different multipliers in the WPX.   Example:  WM6A and W6AEA are both handled as mults in same band.  Am I confused about scoring or is there something wrong with Writelog?
>> 
>> Tks Gordon NW7D
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