[NLRS] NLRS Scores & Logs

[John P. Toscano]

N0HJZ@aol.com wrote:

> 1) Post your scores to the reflector.  List your Q's and grids by
> band.  I'll pull together a summary for the club towards the end
> of the week.

Please ALSO include your operating class (SOLP, SOHP, QRP Portable,
Limited Multi-Op, Multi-Op, Rover...)

> 2) Make sure you turn in your log and write Northern Lights Radio
> Society on it.  Let me know when you turn in your log so I can look
> on the ARRL logs received page.

The "contest robot" will bounce your log if you get the club name
wrong, but of course it won't know anything is wrong if you leave
the club name blank.  So, if submitting your score as part of the
NLRS club effort, please be sure to say so ("Northern Lights Radio
Society") in the club name field.  For paper logs, the humans who
process them can be expected to apply a little judgment, but
just the same, it's best to put the name as they expect it instead
of making them guess.

> If ANYONE has any questions about software, or submitting logs,
> please post them to the reflector or to me.  We have a lot of
> experience in the group and can help you get your log submitted.
> I heard a couple guys say that they had never submitted a log
> because of software problems or problems with the ARRL log robot.
> We'll help!

By the way, if you were using VHF-DX for logging, **Did you
remember to TURN OFF the DST flag?**  If not, all your times will
be off by an hour, and you will lose at least one hour's worth of
QSO's if you ran from start to finish, because QSO's outside the
contest period are deleted.  Unfortunately, VHF-DX doesn't
automatically adjust for DST, and this is the only major (ARRL VHF
& up) contest which does not occur during DST (for those of us who
live where DST is applied).

If you got it wrong, it can be fixed with some difficulty.  Shout
if you need help with it.

> 73 & Great contest guys!

I agree wholeheartedly!

> Rich N0HJZ

John W0JT