[WT-support] QTC in WAE

[Nick J. Sinanis F5VIH/SV3SJ]

Thorsten - DJ6ET wrote:
> Hello Nick,
>
> please take a look in a WAE log in STF-Format(DARC)....that looks quite
> different versus cabrillo, but you don?t have to look at the log-format to
> find the answer! A lot of contests are many years older than our known
> log-formats like Cabrillo or STF.
>
> That?s the wrong way, I think!
>
>   
Hello Thorsten,

indeed, logging a dupe or not and the log format features, are two 
different issues. I referred to the cabrillo as a demonstration only, 
rather than the reference. The waedc rules say it very clearly, which 
ever is the log format, that:

    7.f. For every QTC series that is transmitted or received, the QTC 
number, time and frequency band of the QTC transmission must be logged. 
If any of this data is missing from your log, no credit will be given 
for this QTC series.

In summary, neither the waedc rules nor wintest requires a dupe to be 
logged in order to append a qtc series.

If a particular log format requires qtc parentage with a qso record, the 
best would be to leave it to the software to handle it and not log a 
dupe that gives additional points to the dupe logger (which on the high 
runners might account to > 10% of contacts).

73's Nick