Is there a definition of the "RES" file format published anywhere? This
is the ASCII file you get when you run B2R9.EXE against a BIN file.
I find nothing in ve7tcp's ftp site that seems to include such a
definition. I started to obtain all the 1995 archives to search for a
reference to the RES format, but found the file transfer to my ISP to be
VERY slow, so I stopped after the first two archive files.
The first 10 RES fields are pretty well self-explanatory. A definition of
the remaining five fields would be most helpful in my project of importing
many BIN files into a common database. It appears that there some fields
are used in slightly different ways by the different contests, and I
would like to sort that out.
In past contests, I have used K1EA's QSL program and pre-emptively QSLed
contest QSOs from W6GO. I could justify that expense as I included a
reference to our QSL Manager list on the back of the cards, and I had a
machine that would put the QSO labels on the cards. I routinely sent big
heavy boxes of cards to the outgoing bureau, and they did a great job for
me. When a shipment came in from the bureau, I could ignore it, as I had
already sent out cards for every QSO (except to those I had already QSLed
that band/mode and to known contest stations that didn't want cards).
Now that I'm "retired", however, I can't justify the expense, and W6GO
QSLs now only go out in response to QSLs received. To make things easier
here, I want one BIG database with ALL of the QSOs. It looks like the RES
file is the common denominator between the various contests, and I plan to
import them into a Paradox database.
Does anyone have this format without resorting to bugging K1EA directly?
73, Jay
w6go@netcom.com
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