I am participating (very limited) in my first CW contest this weekend. I have a couple questions on logging for the ARRL DX contest. Maybe it's as simple as "whatever they send is exactly what I log"
My answers below. That's what I do - never had a problem with it being rejected. 2) If a DX station sends "K" as their power, do I log K or KW? I've ususlly logged it as KW. 3) If a DX station sends
Simply log what they send. K = 1000 so does KW K and KW seem to be accepted. Other cut numbers need to be converted to numbers. "A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you
I log: KW = KW K = K ATT = 100 5TT = 500 050 = 050 1K = 1K. I "expand" cut numbers and write the numbers. If someone sends "5nn", I write 599. If I hear "ATT", I'll write 100. "1oo" is written as 100
This question crops up a lot, and there is a way of looking at it that answers many ancillary questions as well. The contest requires that you acquire some information, which we can refer to as "cont
Zealots? I think a contest is intended as a test of radio skills including accurate copying. If you don't log what is sent, that seems something to "fret long over". 73, de Hans, K0HB/W7 ___________
This is a great demonstration of why I simply love serial numbers as an exchange. -73 de Mike N3LI - _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com