Contest options

Contest opened

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 - 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 - Parsing of two or more digits can be changed. Depending to atual contest they can be resolved as none, RST-S, RST-R, QSO-NR-R or EXC.

QSO NR

• QSO NR used - three state checkbox, select if QSO number us unused (empty), used (X) or optional (O).

• QSOp multi - Multipliers for every QSO. Normally 1.

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

WWL

• WWL used - WWL is unused, used or optional.

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

• WWL multi - WWL multipliers. Normally zero.

• Confirm WWL - 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 - Describes if the EXC is not used, used or optional.

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

• EXC multi - EXC multipliers. Normally zero.

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

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

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

Also look at Scoring.