[WT-support] ARRL Sweepstakes - Watch out - Win-Test does NOT flag most data entry errors

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

One of the biggest contests in the USA occurs this weekend, the ARRL
Sweepstakes.

This contest has long exchange including

Serial Number  (must be all digits)
Precedence  (A, B, Q, U, M, or S)
Callsign
Check  (must be two digits representing year first licensed)
ARRL Section

Please note that Win-Test ONLY checks for something that looks like a
callsign, and a valid ARRL Section.  It does NO OTHER VALIDITY CHECKS.  If
you enter "FOUR" as the serial number "X" as the precedence, and "NV" as the
Check, Win-Test will happily accept these invalid values, and it will copy
them all to your Cabrillo file.  A very common mistake is to enter the
letter "O" instead of "0" in the Check field.

You will lose credit for these QSOs during log checking by ARRL
Headquarters.