This is confusing. In the rules part 4.1 it says they are supposed to
send AK or HI, in 5.2.1 it looks like they should be excluded.
Kc9um@aol.com wrote:
> I noticed something of an anomoly in WL during the contest when logging qso's
> for AK (and HI).
>
> My second qso of the contest was NL7QT on Wrangell Is. who reported his QTH
> as as a serial number. WL correctlty interpreted the call as AK and credited
> a 1 in the MULT column. Later on I noticed that the AK box in the
> multiplier window had not been filled in. Later in the contest I worked
> several other AK stations who all reported their QTH as AK rather than giving
> a serial number.. When I logged the first of these WL again credited me with
> a 1 in the MULT column and this time filled in the AK check box in the
> multiplier window. My question is, is this correct? How can AK count as two
> multipliers depending on the value in the QTH field? Didn't notice this for
> KH6 stations as they all reported HI as their QTH and none gave a serial
> number.
>
> In the Quirks section of the ARRL 10M contest announcement article in the
> Nov. QST, page 114, it states, "KH6 and KL7 participate as DX entities
> rather than US states." To me this means that only NL7QT was properly
> sending his report as a sequential number while all other KL7 and KH6
> stations were improperly sending their state as QTH. What are the
> implications of this on the scoring by ARRL?
>
> Gary KC 9UM
>
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