Contest options

Contest opened

Note identifiers in parenthesis are items of tucnakwiz file.

Station description

• Name of the contest - name of Contest in free form.

• Callsign in contest - your callsign used in contest.

• Club station - callsign of your club station. Can be used to score more stations together but AFAIK unused.

• Your WWL - your World Wide Locator, f.e. JN69UN.

• Your EXC (pexch) - your optional exchange if it is used.

• Date of contest - Date of beginning of contest in the form YYYYMMDD. You can set future date to only prepare log for future contest.

• Only digits mean (tttype) - Parsing of two or more digits can be changed. Depending to atual contest they can be resolved as:
  • none (0)
  • RST-S (1)
  • RST-R (2)
  • QSO-NR-R (3)
  • EXC (4)

QSO NR

• QSO NR used (qsoused) - three state checkbox, select if QSO number us unused (empty), used (X) or optional (O). In tucnakwiz file values are 0 for unused, 1 for used and 2 for optional.

• QSOp multi (qsomult) - Multipliers for every QSO. Normally 1.

• Global QSO NR (qsoglob) - QSO number runs globally for all bands.

WWL

• WWL used (wwlused) - WWL is unused, used or optional.

• WWL bonus (wwlbonu) - Bonus points added to QSO points for every worked WWL. Zero when unused.

• WWL multi (wwlmult) - WWL multipliers. Normally zero.

• Confirm WWL (wwlcfm) - If checked, op must to confirm WWLs from database by pressing Alt+X.

EXC

EXC is optional exchange used in various contests. It can be club member number, district code, category or some else string.

• EXC used (excused) - Describes if the EXC is not used, used or optional.

• EXC bonus (excbonu) - Bonus points added to QSO points for every worked EXC. Zero when unused.

• EXC multi (excmult) - EXC multipliers. Normally zero.

• Confirm EXC (exccfm) - If checked, op must to confirm EXCs from database by pressing Alt+E.

• EXC (exctype) - type of EXC:
  • Free (1) - General type of EXC, not compared to database of valid EXCs.
  • Verified (2) - Is allowed to enter only one of permitted EXCs. They are listed in database tucnakvexcXXX.
  • WAZ (3) - EXC is WAZ zone
  • ITU (4) - EXC is ITU zone

• EXC name (excname) - name of EXC. Used for database file naming tucnakexcXXX and tucnakvexcXXX.

DXC

• DXC bonus (dxcbonu) - Bonus points added to QSO points for every worked DXC. Zero when unused.

• DXC multi (dxcmult) - DXC multipliers. Normally zero.

RST

• RST used (rstused) - Describes if the RST is not used, used or optional.

• Default RS - Default report for SSB mode. Normally 59.

• Default RST - Default report for CW mode. Normally 599.

• Also for RST-R (defrstr) - Also received report is pre-filled. If checked, you will probably want to set Only digits mean to other exchange than RST.

Scoring

• QSOp calc (qsop_method) - method of calculation QSO points. Look at Scoring.

• Total calc (total_method) - method of calculation total contest points from QSO points and multipliers. Look at Scoring.

Band setting and other

• Buttons representing each QRV band to allow modifying of Band settings. In tucnakwiz are band described by item bands, f.e. band=CE means contest if running only on 144 and 432 MHz.

• EDI properties

• Responsible op