The UBN report is the CQ WW Contest Committee's computer estimate of your entry's score. It shows QSO's that were unique, bad, not-in-log, and those for which credit was deducted.
These reports and your full log have been sent to our log-checkers who will use the data to adjust the final scores. Note that your final score may be adjusted up or down by a log-checker.
It is not impossible that you may have lost credit for a QSO or two that was either good or not your fault. Big logs may have a few, although the majority of entries will have none.
We have the task of adjudicating several thousand logs (3486 on SSB) with unpaid volunteers. Our databases are not perfect, but they are very good. We perform sanity checks on the data bases many times.
Expect a few errors on our part. If there is something significantly wrong, please let us know.
Here are a few examples that we will act on:
The goal of the activity of the CQ WW CC is to create the means to fairly, and as completely as possible, analyze an entrant's score.
Each log checker starts off with your full log. He also starts with your computer reduced or increased score (second score summary explained below) as the starting point.
By reviewing the UBN data for your log he may visually spot an impossible U-call, thus converting it into a B-call. He can also cross check the U-calls against the calls suggested by the computer as the possible correct QSO.
LINE UNIQUE CALL POSSIBLE CALLS (NUMBER OF BAND-LOGS) ---- ----------- ------------------------------------ 257 U n5dfc 268 N vp2ec(255) 278 B w9kea(1) w0kea(134)h w9kia(97)h 299 U wa2udk wa2udt(255)h wa2uuk(255)w wa2ubk(13) 360 U wb2fwk wb2fsk(2) 385 B kb8in(1) kb8vn(129)h kb8wn(2) 386 U w9uuk 389 U nd9f nd9o(187)h nd3f(72) nd0f(34) nu9f(26)
Abbreviations after possible calls:
ACTION by Log Checker:
EXAMPLES: 212 U n2wss n2wsq(20) n2lss(3) n2wks(3) 271 U xe1rkk xe3rkk(255)w xe2rkk(5) 152 U jh0isq jh0ikq(36)h jh1isq(4) 76 U ja1qxp ja1yxp(255)n ja1wxp(39) ja1qop(12) 86 U kf2a kp2a(255)n wf2a(255) kf2o(255)h
Abbreviations after calls:
ACTION by Log Checker:
EXAMPLES: 98 B k2wj(1) k2zj(255)n k2wi(255)h k2wk(255)h 135 B ok2ds(3) ok2db(70)h ok2js(18) ok2ds(3) 157 B ka4py(1) ko4py(93) kb4py(3) kd4py(3) 214 B wa2unk(1) wa2uuk(255)w wa2ubk(13) wa2unp(5)
Abbreviations after calls:
ACTION by Log Checker:
EXAMPLES: 320 N hz1ab(255) 2015 N yt7aa(239) ra1aa (190)p 244 N ir1a(255) tm5b (255)d 807 N ti1c(255) n7tr(1) k2tr(15)d n5tr(10)pIn the last example (807), if the N6TR log is being processed, it means that N6TR did not appear in the TI1C log, but N7TR, K2TR and N5TR all were found in the TI1C log.
The log checkers have several months to eyeball your log and check it against the computer printouts. It still is the human brain that decides what to check in your log. It is a particular log checker that verifies your entry.
2181 calls, 62 (U or B), ( 2.8%), 62 (U+1 or B or N) ( 2.8%) 359 cross-checked, 3 not-in-log. Lost countries? (B/N/U+1) : UK NIL QSO points removed (no possible logs) = 16 (2 QSOs). BAD QSO points removed = 120 (10 QSOs).Explanation of BAND SUMMARY:
2181 calls
| # of QSOs on that band. |
62 (U or B)
| # of QSOs that are Unique or Bad calls. |
(2.85%)
| % of (U or B). |
62 (U+1 or B or N)
| # QSO that are Unique + 1 or Bad or Not in log. |
(2.8%)
| % of (U+1 or B or N). |
359 cross-checked
| 359 QSO on that band were cross checked against logs on hand. |
3 not-in-log
| 3 QSOs you claim were not found in other stations' logs. |
Lost countries? (B/N/U+1) : UK
| The UK multiplier is in danger of being lost from the log. The question is there to indicate to the log checker to look on the band in question to see if another UK was worked. If there was, then the mult is not lost. |
NIL QSO points removed (no possible logs) = 16 (2 QSOs).
| The only N-calls that are removed are solitary N-calls, i.e., with no possible calls to the right. Experience has taught us that these ARE really not QSOs. 2 QSOs (with appropriate point value) x PENALTY = 16 points lost. |
BAD QSO points removed = 120 (10 QSOs).
| All Bad QSOs are removed automatically. 10 QSOs (with appropriate point value) X PENALTY = 120 points lost. |
At the end of your UBN report are two calculations of your score. The FIRST SCORE SUMMARY is your raw score recalculated by the CQ WW CC using the latest CTY file. In this way all the logs are treated the same way. We make every effort to make the .CTY file up-to-date and complete.
The SECOND SCORE SUMMARY is your score reduced/increased by removing all B- and N-calls (with nothing next to them). It does not include the UBN data but just your relevant score determining data. The % which your QSO total and score was reduced/increased is shown.
Your PUBLISHED FINAL SCORE in CQ magazine. The SECOND SCORE SUMMARY will either equal your published score or it may differ from it due to actions by a CQ WW CC log checker.
P29AS Papua New Guinea 1997 CQ Phone 10:16, Friday, 06-Mar-98 1709 station logs, 1944498 QSOs, 100214 calls, 40540 common, 59674 unique CALLS COM U+B %U+B 1BN %1BN QPts Zn CTY BScore FileName ----- --- --- ---- --- ---- ---- -- --- ------ -------- 1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 1 0 P29AS.160 185 170 15 8.1 15 8.1 466 18 27 20970 P29AS.80 1389 1304 85 6.1 85 6.1 3903 35 87 476166 P29AS.40 2181 2119 62 2.8 62 2.8 6342 38 119 995694 P29AS.20 4080 3966 114 2.8 116 2.8 12041 36 118 1854314 P29AS.15 1371 1310 61 4.4 74 5.4 4006 33 94 508762 P29AS.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 9207 8870 337 3.7 352 3.8 26758 161 446 16242106 P29AS.ALL
Score totals with NIL and Bad call penalties factored in: 1 0 1 1 0 P29AS.160 181 418 18 27 18810 P29AS.80 1374 3723 35 87 454206 P29AS.40 2169 6206 38 118 968136 P29AS.20 4056 11753 36 118 1809962 P29AS.15 1347 3726 33 94 473202 P29AS.10 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 9128 25826 161 445 15650556 P29AS.ALL -0.9% -3.6%
Explanation of FIRST and SECOND SCORE SUMMARY Columns:
CALLS
| # calls claimed |
COM
| # calls you worked that were worked by others |
U+B
| # Unique+Bad calls on band |
%U+B
| U+B / total QSOs on band |
1BN
| # One-off-Unique+Bad+NIL QSOs on that band |
%1BN
| 1BN / total QSOs on band |
Qpts
| QSO points on that band |
Zn
| # zones claimed on that band |
CTY
| # countries claimed on that band |
BScore
| band score |
FileName
| Your call.band |
N-I-L REPORT FOR P29AS - generated 20:25, Friday, 06-Mar-98 C6AJT.20 jo2ajt (30) jh6ajt (3) DK1FW.20 ok1fw (2) EA1JO.15 ea1je (261)d ea1ho (152) EA3BHK.20 ea3bhr (4) ea3bhb (524)d EA5ARC.15 ea5prc (4)...snip...
Explanation: C6AJT claims to have worked P29AS on 20 meters, but he is not in the P29AS.20 log. The calls to the right are other stations who ARE in the P29AS log with callsigns similar to the missing call.
160 80 40 20 15 10 WORLD-AB 0.6 2.2 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.6 USA-AB 0.7 1.5 1.5 2.9 2.6 2.9 EUROPE-AB 1.5 2.7 3.1 4.1 4.2 3.0 WORLD-SBAND 7.6 5.2 4.0 3.6 3.5 3.3 WORLD-QRP 0.0 0.3 0.5 1.0 1.1 1.2 WORLD-ASS 1.1 0.8 0.6 1.9 2.0 2.4 WORLD-MS 2.7 3.9 3.5 4.4 4.7 4.7 USA-MS 2.4 2.1 1.8 3.2 3.1 2.4 WORLD-MM 4.8 5.8 4.4 4.7 4.8 4.2