The Cabrillo LOCATION: tag has nothing to do with the contest's multiplier
rules. Per the Cabrillo 3 spec, the LOCATION: should be your ARRL/RAC
section or DX for non-US/VE stations. This is true for all contests.
See http://wwrof.org/cabrillo/cabrillo-specification-v3/, in particular the
definition of the LOCATION tag:
LOCATION:
Used to indicate the location where the station was operating from.
ARRL/RAC Sections For USA and Canada stations LOCATION must be the
ARRL section abbreviation. For foreign stations LOCATION must be 'DX'. This
information is required for IARU-HF and for all ARRL and CQ contests.
Ed W0YK
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-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim
Sent: 29 September, 2016 16:35
To: Bob WB2COY; rtty@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] WB2COY/P Operation = DX?
Just use NY. CQWW does not use ARRL sections which is what WNY is.
73
Jim W7RY
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob WB2COY
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 9:26 AM
To: rtty@contesting.com
Subject: [RTTY] RE: WB2COY/P Operation = DX?
I'm getting a lot of offline responses indicating that I should use NY as my
LOCATION. I operated as WB2COY/P, which is how (most) stations responded to
my S&P calls. My Exchange was 599 05 NY, which is correct. The LOCATION
field I am talking about is in the Cabrillo Header area:
START-OF-LOG: 3.0
LOCATION: WNY <-- HERE
CALLSIGN: WB2COY/P
CLUB: None
CONTEST: CQ-WW-RTTY
I was operating from Western New York (WNY) from a campground for the
contest. I think the robot is parsing my callsign's /P and thinking I
operated from outside the USA! As a last resort, I will put DX in there and
submit a CHECKLOG so that the stations that I worked will not lose credit
for the contact. Hopefully, this will work.
73, Bob WB2COY
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