Re: [CQ-Contest] A Plea to Cabrillo Contet Robot Writers

["VE5ZX" <ve5zx@hotmail.com>]

> Unfortunately, the problem here is not a technical one, but a "political" 
> or
> "change" one. For a new format to be successful, it MUST be adopted by 
> both
> ARRL and CQ.  CQ is tough because it has 6 different contestlog checkers 
> who
> operate somewhat independently.

This problem is easily solved if XML is chosen as the format. A simple 
pre-processor can be written to convert the XML into Cabrillo format for use 
with existing software until these organizations decide to convert their 
software to handle XML.

Syl

Sylvan Katz - VE5ZX
Saskatoon, SK. 

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