[WriteLog] Issue logging VO1VR

[Jerry Flanders]

It is a valid callsign - http://www.qrz.com/db/VO1VR/?mlab=

Jerry W4UK


At 09:41 AM 1/5/2015, john at kk9a.com wrote:
>Good advice, you cannot always log exactly what is sent. Also, V01VR is
>not a valid callsign.
>
>John KK9A
>
>
>To:     <radionovember at arwolfpack.com>
>Subject:        Re: [WriteLog] Issue logging VO1VR
>From:   "Ed Muns" <ed at w0yk.com>
>Reply-to:       ed at w0yk.com
>Date:   Sun, 4 Jan 2015 23:01:18 -0400
>
>
>'NL' is used in some contests as a single multiplier that combines
>Newfoundland (VO1 or NF) and Labrador (VO2 or LB) into one contest
>multiplier.  In Round-Up, NF and LB are separate multipliers (see the Rule
>5.2)  Multipliers are simply a contest scoring thing.  Contest multipliers
>are not a political statement or an attempt to tell Canada how to organize
>their provinces.
>
>I recommend putting NF in the QTH column of WriteLog for your VO1VR QSO.
>Yes, he literally sent 'NL' but we know from the call sign VO1 prefix that
>the multiplier is NF.  So, he "communicated" Newfoundland or NF and that's
>what's important.  For contest purposes that QSO is the NF multiplier.
>WriteLog will then score the log correctly  and the multiplier checklist
>will reflect credit for NF.
>
>The ARRL log checking will go by the call sign prefix to determine
>multipliers and scoring.  You won't be dinged for having NF in the QTH field
>for that QSO, or NL.  And log checking doesn't know or care what WriteLog
>thinks the multipliers or score are.   ;>)
>
>Ed W0YK
>
>_______________________________________________________
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: WriteLog [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of E Glenn
>Wolf, Jr. - N5RN
>Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 20:19
>To: writelog at contesting.com
>Subject: [WriteLog] Issue logging VO1VR
>
>During the Roundup this weekend V01VR sent me his province as being NL.   NL
>is not an acceptable province in WriteLog.  The limited research that I did
>suggests that NL and NF are now viewed as one province.
>
>
>
>Should I edit the WriteLog QSO to reflect the NL he sent?  If not, what
>province is should I log?
>
>
>
>73,
>
>Glenn
>
>N5RN
>
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