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[CQ-Contest] FIXED: New program to analyze passes in a Cabrillo log

To: cq-contest@contesting.com,Yankee Clipper Contest Club <yccc@yccc.org>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] FIXED: New program to analyze passes in a Cabrillo log
From: Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 23:59:08 -0500
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[The .ZIP file I uploaded Wednesday morning had a corrupted .EXE file in it (bad switch to ZIP program). It should be fixed now. Sorry for the troubles!]

I wrote a short program which attempts to locate passed (*) QSOs in a Cabrillo log. You can download it from:

http://www.k1ea.com/utilities/pass.zip

The program will only run in a DOS window on Win 95/98/NT/2K/XP, it will not work in ordinary DOS. I'll see what I can do this weekend about fixing it.

The syntax is:

pass <CONTEST.LOG> [minutes]

The log must be in Cabrillo format, or the program will exit. The output will be written to a file of the same name as the input, except with a ".PASS" extension. You can open this file in notepad to view it.

Minutes is the pass "window", default is 5 minutes if not specified. If the same station isn't logged within that time window on two different bands or modes, it's not considered a pass. Each pass starts a new window, so it's possible to see passes to three or more bands grouped together, if the time between each QSO is less than the window size.

Here is a sample of the output from one of KC1XX's old logs:

Reading QSO data from kc1xx.log
        7716 QSOs.
        3659 unique callsigns.
        Pass limit = 5 minutes.

DL5WW        2003-02-15 1557 14020 CW
->           2003-02-15 1558 21001 CW

DL7ALM       2003-02-16 1210 28016 CW
->           2003-02-16 1212 21004 CW
->           2003-02-16 1213 14001 CW

DL7ANR       2003-02-15 2151 14020 CW
->           2003-02-15 2154  7004 CW

I hope people find this useful. I have tested it with only CQWW and ARRL DX, but other contests *should* work. I'd be happy to hear your comments.


73 - Jim AD1C

(*) A pass is when you work a station and then ask him/her to QSY to a different band or mode. If the station you worked asks you to QSY, this is also a pass. The program can't tell the difference. If you work a multi-op within the pass window because you saw it spotted on two different bands at the same time, the program will think *this* is also a pass!


-- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.com PGP Fingerprint: D8E2 3D78 339F A7F1 8C13 1193 B5D1 4FB6 79D1 70DC

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