[NLRS] ARRL September VHF Results - Query de KA0RYT

[Paul Husby]

Ron, each of the calls you cited had very small entries, and they obviously
got hit by logging error penalties which take away QSO's.  Depending on the
type of error, you may not just lose the contact, but lose one or more
additional contacts as a penalty.  So, in a small log where almost every
contact is a multiplier, you can end up with fewer contacts than
multipliers.  It looks really strange, and might make more sense if they
listed the valid contacts, and just made the correction in the total score.
 But that would mess up simple calculation of who had the best scores on
individual bands.

N0JK has a particularly interesting score:  -1 QSOs x 0 grids = 0 total
points!

This time I lost one Q because I was not in K1TEO's log;  I thought I
completed with him on scatter, but apparently not.  You also get to see who
goofed up your entry in their log;  it is always interesting to see someone
log me as EN35 (my QRZ.com grid) rather than EN44 (my only operating QTH
for years).  Every contest I also have someone trying to copy me and asking
"is that EN35?".  I don't think 35 sounds very much like 44!

73
Paul W0UC


On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Ronald Bergantzel <ka0ryt1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hello !! Thanks for letting us know that the ARRL had released the results
> ..... After some initial reading of the article as well as the line by line
> scores it brings to thought a few questions that I have for the NLRS
> group........  First , what mistakes or errors did I do to get my score
> changed ?? It went from 102 QSOs X 52 Multipliers [with 85 X 39 on 144] to
> 96 QSOs X 49 Multipliers [ with 81 X 37 on 144 ] ( as calculated by
> RoverLog here ) ????  Also , how do contest entries get more Multipliers
> than QSOs ???? Just look at the Line scores - particularly N0JK , KM4ID  ,
>  KF6CVA , KA3KSP , and KB0KBJ ......   Now , I realise that my score could
> have been affected by probable accidental log entry errors on my part
> and/or accidental or intentional log entry errors on others' part   , but
> how do you get more Multipliers without having a QSO with them ?? Food for
> thought - Anyway , I have been busy  working on upping the ERP from the
> farm as well as
>  adding another band and building extra LNAs for the new band as we speak
> . 73s and Keep Warm !!  Ron KA0RYT - EN35ct
> --------------------------------------------
> On Thu, 2/6/14, w0zq at aol.com <w0zq at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  Subject: [NLRS] ARRL September VHF Results
>  To: nlrs at mailman.qth.net
>  Date: Thursday, February 6, 2014, 12:56 PM
>
>
>
>
>  Hello NLRS land -
>
>  The September VHF contest results are
>  posted.   Congratulations to the following
>  stations for their Top Ten national finish:
>
>  W0UC          7th place SOHP
>  K9MU          2nd place SO3B
>  W9FZ/R     10th place Rover (editorial
>  comment - 5th place)
>  K0BBC/R     9th place Limited Rover
>
>  Looking at just Dakota Division, congratulations to the
>  following stations for their top divisional finish:
>
>  W0JT           SOLP
>  K0AWU       SOHP
>  NI0W            SOP
>  N0AT            SO3B
>  KC0P/R       Rover
>  K0BBC/R    Limited Rover
>
>  Our club score was down this year placing 10th out of 15
>  clubs in the Medium Category.  This may have been due
>  in part to three other clubs and their excellent scores -
>  Badger Contesters 1st, CVVHF 3rd and Rochester (MN) 6th out
>  of nine clubs in the Local category.  With this we had
>  four VHF+ clubs participating regionally.
>
>  My apologies to anyone that I may have missed.
>
>  73, Jon
>  W0ZQ
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