Scott,
Start WL and open the Contest/Show multipliers... window. Select the North
America mults view. Now enter some dummy calls, VP5Z, VP9Z, etc., with only
an op name and without anything in the QTH field and watch the boxes in the
mult field fill in the correct country for the band you're working. Also
look at the band column in the log as it increments each new mult worked,
even if there is no info in the QTH field. Now switch the mult window view
to States and Provinces and enter some dummy US or VE calls. Note that if
you leave the QTH field blank for them they do not count as a mult in any
box, the M column gets a ? and the band column doesn't increment the mult
count. Thus QTH info is only needed for US/VE stations. Even though VP5,
VP9, etc., are NA stations, you only need to fill in op name, as for a DX
station, and not the full country prefix in the QTH field.
Gary AL9A
----- Original Message -----
From: "K7ZO (Scott Tuthill)" <k7zo@cableone.net>
To: "Gary Senesac AL9A" <al9a@pobox.mtaonline.net>
Sent: August 13, 2006 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] NAQP QTH Field
> Gary thanks for the reply and glad I am not going crazy. However, not sure
> I interpret the rules that way. VP5, VP9, KP4, etc are in North America so
> you have to copy name and station location. Outside NA, say for Europe or
> Japan, then yes you only need name only.
>
> If the robot scores the mult for non-US/VE North America countries based
> on the callsign and not the QTH field then everything would be ok. But,
> clearly they are not going to do that for any other continental station.
> You have to copy the state or province. You can't send in all the QSOs in
> the Cabrillo file with the same state or province. This is what I am
> wondering about.
>
> Scott/K7ZO
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Senesac AL9A" <al9a@pobox.mtaonline.net>
> To: "K7ZO (Scott Tuthill)" <k7zo@cableone.net>; <writelog@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 6:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] NAQP QTH Field
>
>
>> It's not a bug. I'm running WL 10.60G here and I notice the same
>> behavior in the QTH field. However, it doesn't matter. The NAQP rules
>> say the exchange with a DX station is the operator name only, no country
>> prefix is needed in the QTH field for a DX station. The QTH field is
>> alpha only to accept US states and Canadian Provinces and does not expect
>> a number. WL will handle the country properly from the CALL field and
>> award the proper multiplier credit. Notice the multiplier count when you
>> enter a VP5 and then a VP9 station - each one is a separate multiplier.
>> Likewise the contest robot will properly score the various DX mults
>> without any QTH info. States and Provinces must be in the QTH field to
>> score correctly as a mult.
>>
>> Gary AL9A
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "K7ZO (Scott Tuthill)" <k7zo@cableone.net>
>> To: <writelog@contesting.com>
>> Sent: August 13, 2006 3:25 PM
>> Subject: [WriteLog] NAQP QTH Field
>>
>>
>>> Was playing around with Wlog 10.59D prior to next weekend's NAQP SSB. I
>>> noticed there still seems to be a bug that does not allow number in the
>>> QTH
>>> or Mult field. Thus if you work VP5Z and try to type VP5 into the QTH
>>> field
>>> it will only accept VP. Similarly if you work KP4Z and try to type KP4
>>> into
>>> the QTH field it will only accept KP. The program seem track the mult ok
>>> though. However, this error then propagates into the Cabrillo file
>>> meaning
>>> if you work VP5Z and VP9Z they both would show up as VP in the Cabrillo
>>> file, which could cause you to lose a mult.
>>>
>>> Anyone else seen this? Any fixes?
>>>
>>> Scott/K7ZO
>>>
>>>
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>>
>
>
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