Re: [Tlf-devel] CQ WW RTTY special rules

[Ed]

On 09/23/2014 05:26 PM, Ervin Hegedüs wrote:
> Dear Tlf users,
>
> at next weekend, there will be the CQ WW RTTY contest. As I know,
> many Tlf user likes the RTTY mode :), so I hope they will be
> happy for this new feature.
>
> The RTTY mode in CQ WW contest is a little bit other, than the
> "regular" CW and SSB modes. On RTTY, the US and Canadian stations
> must send the state or province code, and the other stations must
> to store in log.
>
> Here is the detailed info:
>
> http://cqwwrtty.com/rules.htm
>
> "III.  CONTEST EXCHANGE: RST report plus zone (e.g., 599 14).
> Stations in the continental USA and Canada also send QTH (e.g.,
> 599 05 MA)."
>
>
> So, I've modified the Tlf source code: if the station is from US
> or Canada, the operator must to write the two charaters wide
> state or province code to exchange field, next to the CQ zone,
> eg:
>
> W1AW  599 05 CT
>
> If the length of exchange field is less than 5 characters, the
> operator can't save the QSO (only if the station is from US or
> canada). Then Tlf asks the bottom of exchange line:
> "state/prov?".
>
> If the station is from non-US/Canada, then Tlf will append a "DX"
> word if you save the QSO - see the example:
>
> http://www.cqwwrtty.com/logs.htm
>
> You can set up Tlf as you use it on CQWW contest, this feature
> has effect only CQWW contest, and ONLY in RTTYMODE. All feature
> are untached, eg. the recalls of exchange is work same...
>
>
> My question is: is it necessery to check the 2 letters code, or
> isn't it? Tlf has a list of states and provinces in shares/
> directory - may be I can finish this feature till friday.
>
> I mean, you can't type AY, AX, AU, and others which doesn't
> exist.
>
>
> The source code available from here:
>
> https://github.com/airween/tlf/archive/waedc-qtc.zip
>
>
> 73,
>
> Ervin
> HA2OS

Thank you for working on this. I'm a long time RTTY contester, so your 
efforts on this are very welcomed.

The US/VE list in Tlf is outdated. I looked in the CQ WW rules file and 
found this::

            3.  W/VE QTH: A multiplier of one (1) for each continental 
US state (48) and each Canadian area (14) on each band.  Please use only 
official U.S. Postal Service abbreviations to identify states (e.g., 
Michigan = MI, Massachusetts = MA, Ohio = OH).  Note:  The District of 
Columbia counts as Maryland (MD). Alaska (KL7) and Hawaii (KH6) are 
counted as country multipliers only and not as state multipliers. 
Canadian areas (14 total) are as follows:  NB (VE1, 9), NS (VE1), QC 
(VE2), ON (VE3), MB (VE4), SK (VE5), AB (VE6), BC (VE7), NWT (VE8), NF 
(VO1), LB (VO2), NU (VY0), YT (VY1), PEI (VY2).


Hope this helps.

73 and thanks again.

Ed W3NR