[NLRS] NLRS Log Challenge

[W0ZQ@aol.com]

I'm like Chuck .... I still paper log all daily stuff (including HFing), but 
use computer logging for contesting.  I've used NA for years because it 
provides the same look & feel for all my contesting that I dabble with (ie; DX 
contest, SS, 160m, 10m, UHF and VHF contests).   I handle rovers by entering them 
as portable in their grid, for example W0ZQ/EN33, then W0ZQ/EN34, etc.    
Computer logging does all the dup checking, automatically computes your score, 
shows you at a glance what grids (multipliers) you may be missing, and at one 
minute past the end of the contest you simply email your results in.   

I usually fight with the contest robot as my version of NA is a bit older and 
the contest category (SINGLE OP HIGH POWER) is wrong, so I then use a text 
editor on the file to adjust what the robot rejects and the second time around 
the submission is usually accepted.   As for computer noise, I use an older 
laptop that is slower, a Toshiba, that does not seem to generate any noise that I 
can detect .... some machines are better than others in this respect.   

Yea, its unfortunate that the League requires electronic submissions for most 
major contests these days.   On the other hand the number of logs received is 
tremendous and electronic files allow for them to do a better job in terms of 
managing the results and the report .... can you imagine being responsible 
for running and reporting on a major contest like the January VHF contest ; can 
you imagine all those paper logs being sent to you and you then need to do 
some level of cross-checking then organize them, score them, and report ?   I say 
thank goodness for computer logging although I will admit that there is an 
endless discussion around the merit of the Cabrillo format itself.   

73, Jon
W0ZQ


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