[WT-support] BARTG

[K5WW]

Hello Laurent, thanks for your reply.

The BARTG SprinG contest uses UTC time in the exchange, yes. The BARTG 
SprinT doesn't, that's just a serial number (I admit, it's a poor choice of 
contest names...)

However, you are correct when it comes to final score calculation. While not 
extremely difficult to calculate I do believe that it would make things 
difficult, as you describe.

I will use WinTest anyway, and find another "serial number only" contest to 
use. As long as I can output Cabrillo and ADIF files I can score it 
manually.

Thank you, 73,

Erik - K5WW



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laurent HAAS - F6FVY" <f6fvy at free.fr>
To: <support at win-test.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 5:32 AM
Subject: Re: [WT-support] BARTG


Hi Erik

K5WW a écrit :

> I'd like to use Win-Test for the BARTG sprint contest on Jan 23/24. But
> it doesn't look like this contest is supported.
>
> Is there any chance that this contest can be implemented in a few weeks?
> I've read through the archives and see that this question comes up just
> about every year...

Due to to the unusual way of calculating score :

Final score = Total Pts x Countries (per band) x Continents (for all bands)

there is no way to have another contest that can be used. It is also one
of the reasons why it is not implemented : The Win-Test core - windows,
and more precisely rate and statistics calculations - relies on having a
2-factor only Pts x Mults product.

Also, the exchange requests the use of time (?!) that is not a standard
data - It also requires a special process : Time is currently set when
you enter the QSO, not when you send the exchange.

Everything above makes it a real challenge to implement, while keeping
intact the current features of the core.

73

Larry - F6FVY
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