[WriteLog] Question on location of a station

[Randy Thompson K5ZD]

I will answer this question as a WL user and as a contest administrator.

WL user first.

The problem here is that WL is not able to correctly locate the callsign
based on default info in the cty.dat file.  WL gives us a tool to override
the automatic country assignment.  In the logging window, scroll to the
right to the column marked "C PREF".  If you double click on that column for
the QSO, you can enter a different prefix.  To put WL7RV in the USA, enter
"K".

This method is also useful for any other call that can't be automatically
identified.

Contest administrator opinion.

Please don't change the callsign or add extra prefix info to fool your
logging software into scoring the QSO correctly.  Now that most contests are
using computers for checking, the callsign needs to match up to what was
given over the air.  Computers compare text.  Is W0/WL7RV the same as WL7RV
the same as WL7RV/0?  Maybe, maybe not.  

Randy, K5ZD


> -----Original Message-----
> From: WriteLog [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> DickT-W0RAA
> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 8:26 PM
> To: Writelog Reflector; N1MM Logger
> Subject: [WriteLog] Question on location of a station
> 
> During the BARTG Sprint this weekend, I worked a friend, WL7RV, who lives
> here in Colorado Springs.  When he sent his call, Writelog showed him in
> Alaska.  (A mutual friend said the N1MM did the same thing).  Since I
> knew he was not in Alaska, I edited my Writelog entry to WL7RV/0.  It
> still showed him as Alaska.  Knowing I had a credit for a multiplier that
> wasn't actually a multiplier, I re-edited his call to W0/WL7RV and it
> then showed up properly as in the United States and not Alaska as a DX
> Multiplier.
> 
> In any contest that he may enter, does he need to sign hic call as
> W0/WL7RV so that he shows up as in the lower 48 and not as a station in
> Alaska?
> 
> I would assume that several people would perhaps like to know how to
> handle this situation.  Since I knew that Bob was NOT in Alaska, I felt
> that I needed to correct it so I wouldn't be claiming a multiplier that
> was not a true mult.
> 
> Any comments from the contesters out there?  How can this be corrected so
> that he does not have to preface his call with a "W0/"?  Somebody has got
> to have run into this before and may know how to correct it.
> 
> Dick - W0RAA
> My memory isn't as good as it used to be.
> Also, my memory isn't as good as it used to be.
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