[ILQSO] scoring

[James Funk]

Scoring the ILQP is not the simplest task under the sun; it is, however,
possible.  Some hints:

1) Download a copy of the official summary sheet from the RAMS website.
Follow it carefully and the answers to most of your questions will be
apparent.  Notice I said *most*.

2) Watch for the following "oopsies":
	a) A contact with a county line or county corner station counts
double/triple/quadruple points.  If you work such a station, the contact
also gives you one credit for each of those counties toward the 8/county
bonus.  *However*:
	b) If you *are* such a station, you get points just the same as the
station you contacted; but you get credit for working his county only once
toward the 8/county bonus IN THIS QSO, even though you worked it from 2/3/4
counties at once.
	c) From inside IL, be sure to count IL as a state mult and the USA
as a DX mult.
	d) If, as a mobile, you make some contacts from county lines or
corners, look for stations you also worked from just one of the counties as
you were moving so you don't claim credit for working them twice on the same
band/mode from the same county. (Wow, what a run-on sentence....)
	e) Check your log to be sure you've not logged a mobile as "N9JF"
and "N9JF/M" in the same county on the same band/mode.  K9ZO points out that
some logging programs will let you "dupe" a station that way without
flagging it. 
	f) Remember that repeater and WARC band contacts do not count.
	g) RTTY, PSK and other digital modes count as CW.
	h) AK and HI count as both states and DXCC countries.  Only five
DXCC countries can be claimed as multipliers.
	i) The 8/county bonus means an extra mult for EACH 8 contacts with
the same county.  I.e., eight with Adams is an extra mult, sixteen with
Adams is TWO mults, fifteen is just one.  Some day I'll get organized well
enough to track this during the contest.  Or maybe not....

	Hope this helps a bit.
73, Jim N9JF