[NLRS] Club Name and Rovers beyond Club Territory

[John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK]

Hoping to privide a little bit of clarification...

Glen wrote:

> Rich wrote:
>> When you fill out your log, remember to list the club 
>> correctly.
>> The club is not NLRS but rater it is listed as Northern 
>> Lights Radio Society.
>> If you spell it wrong, or abbreviate it, the contest robot 
>> may bounce your
>> log. It may also not get listed with our club.
>
> The robot doesn't bounce logs based on club name, but if the 
> name is wrong
> your score won't go to the club.
>
It is ONLY the CQ Robot that is providing the "Informative 
Message" regarding Club names NOT being on THEIR list. So far, 
the ARRL Robot is NOT doing this.

> For your club submission to count towards our club score, you 
> have to be on
> the club roster and operate within the club's territory.

Do NOTE THAT you must also RESIDE within the Club Territory, per 
ARRL General Rule 8.3.3 "...and reside and operate in the club 
territory..."

>
> The club roster is those who are members in good standing 
> (you've paid your
> dues; our dues are paid on a calendar year basis).  If you 
> haven't paid your
> dues for 2009, send your dues the secretary/treasurer.  Thats 
> me; my address
> is correct on qrz.com.  I'll be submitting a new club roster 
> to the ARRL
> Contest Branch for this contest before the end of August.
>
> NLRS club territory is a 175 mile radius from 45N 94W or what 
> many of us call
> the Winstead, MN grid corner.  Here's a map:
>
> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Freality.sgiweb.org%2Foverby%2Fham%2FRovers%2Fwinsted-282km.kml&ie=UTF8&z=7
>
> Rovers that who operated entirely outside of the club's area 
> shouldn't submit
> a log for the club.  Rovers who operated outside the club 
> territory are
> supposed to submit a summary sheet indicating what parts of 
> their score count
> for the club score.  I have no idea how to do that 
> electronicly.

The ARRL Rule addressing this, second sentence of Rule 2.3.6 of 
the "VHF Rules" states "Rovers submitting a score for inclusion 
in a club competition must also include a secondary summary 
sheet indicating the portion of the score that counts for the 
club score if any of the QSOs submitted take place outside of 
their club's territory."

What I've done is to e-mail a 'summary sheet' to the Contest 
Branch Manager (now Sean Kutzko, KX9X, but I send to the 
'contests at arrl.org' e-mail address) with "valid"/IN Club 
Territory contact and multiplier counts and then totalling up 
the score based on those numbers. And DO remember that if you 
have a UNIQUE Multiplier (Grid Square) that you worked from 
OUTSIDE the Club Territory, that is NOT counted in your score 
summary (just as QSOs made outside are not).

>
> Glen, kc0iyt
>

73, JK