I think that log checking is a huge volunteer effort. Common standard
format log files help the volunteers. This is the reason for the
Cabrillo file requirement. Should ARRL, in other words its members,
pay for this or should the contesters bear some cost in making the log
checking easy? On the surface, it seems to me that the contesters
should bear the burden of making the volunteers' job easier.
The one argument that can be made against such a requirement, is that
it makes it harder for a casual contester to participate *and* send in
the logs. This is somewhat ameliorated by the fact that most
electronic log programs generate some form of Cabrillo logs, and ARRL
does not require Cabrillo format submission for contesters who log on
paper.
Just another opinion.
Regards,
Rajiv, N2RD
On Wednesday, August 28, 2002, at 11:53 AM, Bill Turner wrote:
> Does anyone but me find it annoying that we have to purchase
> software that should be furnished free by the ARRL? The League
> foisted the Cabrillo requirements on us without much input from
> the membership. IMO, the League should buy the tools from WT4I
> at some reasonable price and distribute them free to anyone who
> wants them. If the WT4I tools are not for sale, the League
> should develop their own.
>
> Am I missing the bigger picture here? Comments welcome.
>
> 73, Bill W7TI
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