Oh, interesting. I assumed, perhaps incorrectly, that since this contest uses ARRL Sections as the scoring basis and DX sends only the RST and nothing more, that no entry in that field in the log file was the likely correct answer and that assumption was reinforced by N1MM NOT outputting the R2 to that field in the .log file. I may have a bust, but it certainly won’t be the only one.
Thanks for sharing that perspective. W7TMT From: Don Kirk <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 8, 2024 11:43 To: W7TMT - Patrick <[email protected]> Cc: Lee Dziekan <[email protected]>; jon jones <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: Re: Topband: AA7JV/MM Contest I manually edited the Cabrillo file and just entered a 2 for the received exchange where the section normally would be and the ARRL robot then no longer flagged an error. Don wd8dsb On Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 2:25 PM W7TMT - Patrick <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: There may be a disconnect between N1MM and the ARRL Robot. I had the same experience. The .log file output from N1MM creates the log with nothing in that field even though it prompts for the "R" when logging. The ARRL robot wants an "R#" entry. I manually edited the .log file by adding the R2 and the robot was pleased. GL Patrick, W7TMT -----Original Message----- From: Topband <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Lee Dziekan via Topband Sent: Sunday, December 8, 2024 10:32 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; jon jones <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: Topband: AA7JV/MM Contest I worked AA7JV/MM in the 160 contest. N1MM balked at entering 2 in the section field but a flag said to place an "R" in front of the number and N1MM logged the QSO. I tried submitting my 160 log to ARRL and got an error "copied exchange (itureg) is missing". What should the proper exchange format so the ARRL robot will accept my log? LeeN8LJ On Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 12:36:19 PM EST, jon jones <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: George — you were very loud on my rain gutter antenna and thank you for the contact. You hear well! Despite a minimal antenna with high local noise and around 50 watts, I worked the following patient DX in the contest: DX: ZF9CW, KP4AA, PJ2T, AA7JV/MM & VP5M. Got on to hand out a few Qs to contestants while watching 6 for UT1FG/MM. No 80 or 160M antenna. Stations went in the log, I set a goal of 50. Then 100.... Forgot how fun and challenging 160M can be. Plan a better set up next year. * Jon N0JK KS ________________________________ Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 18:57:09 -0500 From: "GEORGE WALLNER" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: "W3HKK" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, "'[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>'" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: Topband: Topband Contest- at sunrise Message-ID: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format="flowed" I thought propagation was very good. MM in the Pacific from about 1400 miles west of Panama (in DJ76), I could hear EU, including R3 stations quite well. No man-made noise here, except my own. CU and 73, George AA7JV/MM -- Region 2 _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
