[WriteLog] Field Day Scoring Workaround

Wed Jul 28 01:17:00 EDT 2004

 Thanks to the folks who replied with suggestions to help with the
Field Day scoring issues I was dealing with.
 The problem stems from the Band Map that gets loaded when
ARRL FIELD Day is the selected contest. It does not reflect
all of the band contacts/modes that could be made on during Field
Day. It also includes bands that are not valid bands for Field Day,
e.g. 30M, 17M and 12M.
 I suspect the Field Day module could use some updating to be more
useful and I would be willing to work with anyone to specify and then
test the required changes.
 A work around goes something like this:
1. Load the Field Day module
2. Select Bands -> Setup Bands -> Clear All Bands
3. Reenter all useful bands/modes.
 Step 3 obviously being the key part here. The ARRL wants the scoring
broken down by CW, Digital and Phone for Field Day. Entering the
bands is straight forward. You can selected multiple modes for each
band segement, ie. USB, FM, AM if desired or necessary (for VHF for
example, which is why it was not scoring FM contact properly to
begin with).
 There is a 7 character limit on the name for the band. It is fairly
tedious to enter them all in because you cannot go back and edit an
individual band, so if you mess up you must start over.
 A set of useful "Bands" for FD might look like this:
 Name Band Edges Mode
 160M CW 1800 1843 CW
 160MDig 1800 2000 FSK
 160M PH 1843 2000 LSB
 80M CW 3500 3750 CW
 80M Dig 3500 4000 FSK
 80M PH 3750 4000 LSB
 40M CW 7000 7150 CW
 40M Dig 7000 7300 FSK
 40M PH 7150 7300 LSB
 20M CW 14000 14150 CW 
 20M Dig 14000 14350 FSK
 20M PH 14150 14350 USB
 15M CW 21000 21200 CW
 15M Dig 21000 21450 FSK
 15M PH 21200 21450 USB
 10M CW 28000 28300 CW
 10M Dig 28000 29700 FSK
 10M PH 28300 29700 USB,FM
 6M CW 50000 50100 CW
 6M Dig 50100 54000 FSK
 6M PH 50100 54000 USB,LSB,FM,AM
 2M CW 140000 144100 CW
 2M Dig 140100 148000 FSK
 2M PH 140100 148000 USB,LSB,FM,AM
1.25 CW 222000 225000 CW
1.25Dig 222000 225000 FSK
1.25 PH 222000 225000 USB,LSB,FM,AM
70CM CW 420000 450000 CW
70CMDig 420000 450000 FSK
70CM PH 420000 450000 USB,LSB,FM,AM
33CM CW 902000 928000 CW
33CMDig 902000 928000 FSK
33CM PH 902000 928000 USB,LSB,FM,AM
23CM CW 1240000 1300000 CW
23CMDig 1240000 1300000 FSK
23CM PH 1240000 1300000 USB,LSB,FM,AM 
 After applying the changes I was able to get all of our VHF FM "B"
contacts to score properly. Although I used a Band edge chart to
come up with the band edges, caveat emptor, gentlemen agreements
and all...
Ken
WO1N