Re: Rules for french "Coupe du REF"

[Thomas Beierlein]

Hi Stephane,

thanks for your report and also the suggestions. We will kook into it.
The problem with mixed country/section scoring was also apparent in the
EUDX contest some weeks ago.

Am Sun, 28 Feb 2021 23:07:17 +0100
schrieb Stephane Fillod <f8cfe@free.fr>:
> Let's start first in this mail with multipliers/section. I wanted to 
> track wanted sections.
> Using TLF freshly built from git tree, I've been unable to configure 
> this rule :
> /Multiplier is DXCC country or section from multiplier file,
> basically a list of french departments./
> This should be covered by these statements :
> 
> DX_&_SECTIONS
> SERIAL_OR_SECTION
> MULT_LIST=ref_deptmults
> 
Ok. That is normally the right start for the mentioned rules.

> Loading an existing logfile would leave the "Sect" line flat, 

At the moment it only counts sections which are correctly scored during
the last run. 

> "Show multipliers" screen
> would be empty. However, logging new QSO would increment the Section 
> stats and multi screen.
> 
> Diving into the source code, it looks like the statement
> DX_&_SECTIONS is very tied to ARRL contests,
> certainly for historical reasons. 

You are correct. That is one of the points which needs fixing ,
especially as it excludes W/VE contacts.

> This is what is revealed by the 
> variable dx_arrlsections
> set by cfg_dx_n_sections(). I've made a quick fix, please see
> attached file tlf_dx_sections_quick_fix.patch
> I tried to not break existing contest rules, however I haven't tested
> them. I can make a fork for that, but IMO it'd be better to split the 
> dx_arrlsections variable as
> something like one variable dx_arrl_contest and one dx_and_sections.
> What do you think about it ?

I will have a look into it in the evening. 

73 for now,

        Tom DL1JBE

> The fixes in src/changepars.c would enable the "Show multipliers"
> screen, and also not misinterpret serial numbers as section (a test
> has to be done to not break existing contest rules).
> 
> The issue #235[2] might benefit from this fix.
> 
> [1]
> https://concours.r-e-f.org/reglements/actuels/reg_cdfhf_fr_202011.pdf
> [2] https://github.com/Tlf/tlf/issues/235 (Mults on bandmap with
> custom rules)
> 
> Anyway, thanks for maintaining and improving TLF over the years.
> Last year, TLF was merely crashing (stack smashing,..) at moment,
> I see a lot of work has been done since. It's much appreciated!
> 
> 73
> Stephane, F8CFE
> 



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