[PaQSO] Logging Issues

[mkempisty at comcast.net]

The /R for Russia and /M for England tends to come from what I call professional grade contesting software like N1MM, WriteLog, etc.  (I use N1MM for all contests except PQP.)  They are geared to the big international contests and are decoding the QTH based on the /letter.  It probably very possible that a bypass for this "feature" could be coded into the programs for the PQP but is way down on any priority list.  We're lucky that they even support the contest to the extent that they do.

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Take care, 
Mark - N3GNW

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From: "Ron Notarius W3WN" <wn3vaw at verizon.net> 

> Since sending out the last N3SH Special Event Station update at the end of 
> last week, I've had about two dozen emails from people less than happy about 
> my suggestion for logging N3SH, in those cases where the software can not 
> handle a multi-county station. 
> 
> Apparently there are several popular contest and logging packages that not 
> only appear to have problems logging a multi-county station, but that also 
> don't log stations signing Rover (ie "/R") and/or Mobile ("/M") correctly, 
> at least for our contest. 
> 
> Gang, I don't know what to tell you. However, those of you who are griping 
> at me about it are griping at the wrong party -- in other words, Don't Shoot 
> the Messenger! 
> 
> I don't have an answer for you. I don't know every package out there. I'm 
> actually quite surprised to learn about these difficulties, since the 
> conventions of /M & /R are long-standing in many contest situations, not 
> just Pa QSO. And I don't know why some, for a domestic contest, are logging 
> "/R" stations as Russian, and/or "/M" stations as being in the UK -- these 
> are issues you have to take up with the writers of the software. 
> 
> I was even asked by someone "is it necessary to know which N3SH contacts 
> were with fixed stations and which were with mobile stations?" I don't even 
> know how to answer this one... but with six active fixed-county stations in 
> eight sites plus one or two mobiles running around, I'd think the answer to 
> this would be pretty obvious. 
> 
> In any event, I'm out of ideas. And I'm not dodging any more pot-shots. So 
> all I can suggest at this point is do what you think is best and straighten 
> it out post-contest. 
> 
> 73, ron w3wn 
> 
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