Re: [Tlf-devel] Setting up ARRL 160m rules file

[Ed]

On 11/29/2015 12:04 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> It's probably my unfamiliarity with Tlf.
>
> I am setting up a rules file for the upcoming ARRL 160m contest as a USA
> entrant.  For stations in W/VE (any ARRL/RAC section) the scoring is two
> points for working stations in another ARRL/RAC section (including 'DX'
> such as KH6, KL7, KP4, KV4, etc.) and five points for other DXCC
> entities.
>
> Now, the real time scoring isn't all that important, I suppose, as ARRL
> will score the log based on what is in the Cabrillo file.  I do want to
> be sure that Tlf honors any entity that appears in CTY.DAT that I record
> a section abbreviation as one that is a section mult and not a DX mult.
>
> I am still poking around in the source, but so far have set my rules file
> as:
>
> #################################
> # ARRL 160m CONTEST (Stateside) #
> #################################
> #
> CONTEST=arrl160m_usa
> LOGFILE=arrl160m.log
> CONTEST_MODE
> CABRILLO=UNIVERSAL
> #
> MULT_LIST=arrlsections
> DX_&_SECTIONS
> RECALL_MULTS
> #
>
> 73, Nate

Take a look in the share directory at the arrlsections and see if you 
can use that as a starting point. Also look at the man page in the 
scoring section. Then you might be able to use SECTION_MULT. The udxc 
rules file might also be of some help.

Ed W3NR