Contest Scoring Examples   Page Last Updated: 09 Jun 2006

Below we have a log sheet of 10 contacts with the information that is required for a good contact:

Time	Station Worked	Report		W.A.B. Area	County/UA	QSO	Mult.
		Sent	Rec'd			Points	Points
1201	G9XCZ	59.001	59.001	SO99	WAL or Walsall UA	5	3
1201	GM9API	59.002	59.003	NS98	FIF or Fife UA	5	3
1203	G9BTS	59.003	59.001	SE11	KIR or Kirklees UA	5	2
1204	GW9XXX/M	59.004	59.006	SH33	GWY or Gwynedd UA	5	3
1207	G9NYN	59.005	59.001	TA06	RIE or East Yorks UA	5	2
1213	GW9XXX/M	59.006	59.008	SH34	GWY or Gwynedd UA	-	1
1216	GD9PSO	55.007	59.001	SC27	IOM or Isle of Man	5	3
1219	EI43TBF	59.008	55.003	-	-	5	1
1224	G9GYO	59.009	59.005	SO99	WAL or Walsall UA	5	-
1227	G9TBL	59.010	59.001	SE11	CAL or Calderdale UA	5	2
TOTAL						45	20

• OK you have worked 10 stations, so first we check for duplicate contacts, as stations only count once per band for QSO points.

• In a multi band contest, score each band as a separate contest and total them together at the end for your total score.

• We have two contacts with GW9XXX/M (004 and 006). There are NO QSO points for the second contact.
  The contact with EI43TBF (008) is with a station outside of Britain, but still counts for QSO points.

• Now for the bit that seems to confuse many. Turn to your CHECK SHEET and start with your first contact. Under County/UA enter WAL or Walsall UA and in the slot below enter SO99.

• For the next contact (002), enter FIF or Fife UA in the next County/UA heading and NS98 in the slot below. Do this all down your log and you should finish up with ALL the W.A.B. Areas you have worked on the check sheet.

County/UA		County/UA		County/UA		County/UA
WAL		FIF		KIR		GWY
SO99		NS98		SE11		SH33
SO99						SH34
County/UA		County/UA		County/UA		County/UA
RIE		IOM		CAL
TA06		SC27		SE11
DXCC  G - GM - GW - GD - EI

• You will find that you will work some County/UAs and W.A.B. Areas more than once. Don't enter the County/UA again but do enter the AREA, marking the duplicates, as second contacts do not count for multipiers.

• You will see that contact 004 and 006 are in the same UA, so enter the second contact area under the first (e.g. SH33 and SH34) under Gwynedd UA.

• Now you will also see that you have worked SE11 in two different UAs - both count - see KIR and CAL.

• Last but not least you have worked SO99 twice (001 and 009). Enter both and mark the second one as a duplicate area. The second one does not count for multiplier points.

• When you have completed the check sheet, you should have the same total of areas on your check sheet that you have on your log sheet. Now highlight the duplicate areas and total the County/UAs + Areas + DXCC Countries worked and you have the total of multipiers.

• For the final score, multiply the total number of QSO points by the total number of Multipliers:
  45 x 20 = 900 points

• Please don't forget to complete your Contest Summary Sheet, and if you have an e-mail address include this, so I can confirm your entry has been received.

Brian Stocks G0BFJ

Contest Manager

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