From: "Phil Cooper" <pcooper@guernsey.net>
> I have just sent my Roundup log to the bl*&^y robot, and it has replied that
> I have the CATEGORY wrong, and that CATEGORY-OVERLAY is not used.
> It is telling me that the CATEGORY should read (in my case) CATEGORY:
> SINGLE-OP ALL LOW and that I should delete CATEGORY-OVERLAY.
Phil, I can only assume that you have:
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW RY as created by WF1B's Cabrillo.exe.
Delete the RY or change it to RTTY.
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: does not apply to ARRL sponsored contests, nor does OVER 60:
TB WIRES: etc. These are sub categories for CQWW SSB and CW contests. Therefore
the Robot doesn't really like to see that in the ARRL RU Cabrillo Header,
however, the robot will not bounce your submission just because
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: is included in the HEADER. It just advises you that that
sub-category is not required for ARRL contests.
> Is this correct? I assume that the fact we send the emailed log to
> RTTYRU@arrl.org is enough to know that this is a RTTY contest entry?
> Can I really just delete the Category-overlay line completely without
> screwing up the whole Cabrillo format?
Yes, you can delete the CATEGORY-OVERLAY without 'upsetting' the format.
Robot education:
The robot was set up by Trey, N5KO. When you submit your log, the robot
automatically reads your HEADER info, makes sure that the contest dates are
correct and does other check sums to ensure that your submission meets the
Cabrillo format.
Admittedly, there are one or two glitches BUT Trey has generously created the
robotic system and servers for FREE and if you are really nice, he may even give
you guys a couple of new RTTY countries in the form of VP8/SG & VP8/SS, SOUTH
GEORGIA AND SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS this month!
> Oh boy, this Cabrillo is a real pain for individual contesters, BUT - I do
> appreciate how much better it makes things for Eddie!
The only 'pain' is WF1B's Cabrillo.exe utility! There are numerous other contest
programmes which have working Cabrillo converter utilities. In addition, there
are commericial programmes available that will convert you logs into the
Cabrillo format in less time than it takes to type this message :)
Cheers, Eddie G0AZT
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