I fell for that, too. It's the old zero vs. letter-O issue. ;>)
Ed W0YK
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-----Original Message-----
From: WriteLog [mailto:writelog-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jerry
Flanders
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2015 11:33
To: john@kk9a.com; writelog@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Issue logging VO1VR
It is a valid callsign - http://www.qrz.com/db/VO1VR/?mlab=
Jerry W4UK
At 09:41 AM 1/5/2015, john@kk9a.com wrote:
>Good advice, you cannot always log exactly what is sent. Also, V01VR is
>not a valid callsign.
>
>John KK9A
>
>
>To: <radionovember@arwolfpack.com>
>Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Issue logging VO1VR
>From: "Ed Muns" <ed@w0yk.com>
>Reply-to: ed@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
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: WriteLog [mailto:writelog-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of E
>Glenn Wolf, Jr. - N5RN
>Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 20:19
>To: writelog@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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