Hi
This was really sad news, I did meet Paolo and visit his home and his mother.
I was lucky to meet him and we travelled together to WWYC in Croatia 2004.
Paolo was a great host when I visit him. He have done so much for RTTY
Contesting and made me motivated for doing RTTY Contesting.
You should seen his great QSL service for ARI.
RIP Paolo
73s LA6FJA Rag
> From: W6OTC [w6otc@garlic.com]
> Sent: 2008-10-14 01:52:45 CEST
> To: Rtty Reflector [Rtty@contesting.com]
> Subject: [RTTY] Paolo, I2UIY; 2008 CQ RTTY Contest
>
> As you now know, our friend and fellow RTTY contester, member of the CQ
> Contest Hall of Fame (and CQ RTTY Log Checker), Paolo Cortese, I2UIY, has
> tragically died at the very young age of 48 years. Paolo was a great
> competitor with a wonderful sense of humor and an encyclopedic knowledge of
> amateur radio. Many of you worked him from his home call as well as from
> P40G, and many of you have met him in person. We will all miss him very
> much. More will be written in CQ Magazine at a later date on his life and
> achievements.
>
>
>
> In Paolo's absence, let me bring you up to date on this year's CQWW RTTY
> Contest: as of today, we have received 1760 logs, well along the way to
> setting another new all-time record for any RTTY contest. Indeed, this may
> be the first RTTY contest to exceed 2000 logs. If you have not submitted
> your log (you still have almost 2 weeks, until October 26), be sure to look
> back at Paolo's tips sent to this reflector on September 7 and which I have
> re-printed below. Although Solar Flux remained low (SFI was 67 for this
> contest, for the third year in a row), participation continues to expand
> significantly each year. Based on rumored scores, the results this year
> promise to set more new world records.
>
>
>
> Here are Paolo's tips, based on his years as CQ RTTY log checker and as an
> accomplished RTTY contester:
>
>
>
> Hello RTTYers!
>
>
>
> The CQWW RTTY will take place in 3 weeks so now seems to be the right time
> to give some free suggestions about log submission.
>
>
>
> Despite poor conditions, this year we received over 1,830 logs for WPX RTTY
> and - as far as I know - it was the new all time log submission record for a
> RTTY contest. I guess I'm not wrong if I think that this CQWW will set a new
> record, too. Maybe this time we will reach the 2,000 mark, who knows?
>
>
>
> Both on my webpage (http://www.i2uiy.it/postcontest.html) as well as on
> AA5AU's site (http://www.rttycontesting.com/AfterTheContest.html)
>
> is still available the report I wrote after the 2005 CQWW RTTY.
>
> Please find few minutes to read it before the contest.
>
>
>
> Advice #1: please read the Rules. I mean the OFFICIAL Rules printed on CQ
> magazine (July 2008, page 32/33) or on
> <http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/RTTYDXContest.html> or on
> <http://www.cqwwrtty.com/rules.htm> that are the only set of Rules you can
> trust 100%. There are NO changes from the previous years but reading them
> once more would not be a bad idea.
>
>
>
> Here are just few extra suggestions that will make the log-checker's life
> much easier:
>
>
>
> + there are no trophy and/or certificates for who sends his log one
>
> hour or less after the end of the contest: take your time, the deadline is
> October 26 so there is no reason to send your log immediately. In the last
> couple of years we've got about 500 logs within a week after the contest:
> this is NOT good. READ YOUR LOG before you submit it.
>
>
>
> + please submit your log as an attachment (NOT in the body of the
>
> message). In the Subject-line of your e-mail message please write ONLY the
> callsign that you did used during the contest and NOTHING ELSE.
>
>
>
> + if you'll get your log returned by the robot, please remember that
>
> the robot ALWAYS tells the reason why that log has not been accepted.
>
> If that is not clear, just send me an e-mail and I'll find out what was
> wrong in your log. If you really want, you can post a nasty message here or
> on some other reflector but if you really want an answer, you better write
> to who handle the contest.
>
> If the robot returns your log once... it makes no sense submitting it again
> "as it is" hoping that the robot will change his mind, it never happens. So
> it's much better try understanding what's wrong in your submission.
>
>
>
> + please do NOT submit .ZIP, .RAR, .LHA, .EXE, .DOC files. The robot
>
> will accept ONLY plain ASCII files. If you need - somehow - to edit your
> log, please use only NOTEPAD and/or any other ASCII editor that will not add
> junk characters to your file. DO NOT edit your log using a word processor
> (e.g. Word).
>
>
>
> + if you submit your log correctly, you will receive a message from
>
> our robot within few minutes. Please be sure that the message from our robot
> will be accepted by your spam filter. Remember: the message from the robot
> only means that we have received and stored your log.
>
> It doesn't means that your log is correct. Later, during the log checking
> process, we will look at your log and, if we will find any problem, you'll
> get a message from us.
>
>
>
> + if we are forced to write you because there is something wrong in
>
> your log... we expect to get an answer (a fast one, if possible) so please
> do not ignore our requests: 3 or 4 unanswered messages to the same guy makes
> me quite (VERY) nervous.
>
>
>
> + Cabrillo... what is this? A log in Cabrillo format has 13 (or 14) columns:
>
> - QSO:
>
> - Frequency (xxxxx)
>
> - Mode (RY)
>
> - date (yyyy-mm-dd)
>
> - time (hhmm)
>
> - callsign SENT (YOUR callsign)
>
> - RST SENT (xxx)
>
> - zone SENT (YOUR zone)
>
> - QTH sent (STATE/PROV for W/VE or DX for ALL others)
>
> - callsign RECEIVED
>
> - RST RECEIVED (xxx)
>
> - zone RECEIVED
>
> - QTH RECEIVED (STATE/PROV for W/VE or DX for ALL others)
>
> - TX ID (only for Multi Op.)
>
> If your software doesn't create such a log... you better find an new logging
> software or you better read the instructions to configure properly your
> software.
>
>
>
> + Some versions of TR Log POST places in the column #13 an
>
> abbreviation for the country. This is NOT good, please edit your log and
> remove it. Column #13 is ONLY for the QTH RECEIVED.
>
>
>
> + warning: 599NY is NOT like 599 NY.
>
>
>
> + please remember that you must log BOTH the SENT and the RECEIVED
>
> data. This means that a sample Cabrillo line will look like this:
>
> QSO: 14075 RY 2006-09-23 0703 I2UIY 599 15
>
> DX KL5E 599 01 DX
>
> If you operate outside of W/VE, you will sent only RST+Zone BUT you MUST log
> (i.e.) "599 15 DX". Please make sure that your software does this
> automatically.
>
>
>
> + if you work a W/VE station, then you must log his State/Province
>
> abbreviation like this:
>
> QSO: 14112 RY 2006-09-23 1259 I2UIY 599 15
>
> DX W4UK 599 05 SC
>
>
>
> + if you are a W/VE entrant, then your log will look like this:
>
> QSO: 7042 RY 2006-09-23 0006 AA5AU 599 4
>
> LA OM8A 599 15 DX
>
> QSO: 7043 RY 2006-09-23 0007 AA5AU 599 4
>
> LA K4GMH 599 5 VA
>
>
>
> + please don't guess that handling the contest with computer equals
>
> submitting a perfect log. It is NOT true.
>
> We know that there are (at least) 2 very popular contest programs that do
> not create the proper Cabrillo file unless you (very) carefully configure
> them. I did never used any of them but I know that this problem exists
> because in the past 3 years we had almost 450 logs that gave us BIG problems
> (missing columns, switched columns, merged columns) and over 90% of them
> have been done with one of these 2 programs. My suggestion is to simulate a
> contest log: open a new log for CQWW RTTY, enter 2 or 3 fake QSOs and create
> the Cabrillo. If it doesn't looks like the above samples... you better
> reconfigure your program BEFORE the contest.
>
>
>
> + in 2007 we found that 152 logs have been rejected by the robot for
>
> various reasons and NEVER resubmitted. I fixed manually all of them (it
> about 10% of all received logs!) but this is a waste of time. In these days,
> RTTY is a 100% computer mode. So why people don't read the Rules and take
> good care of their own logs?
>
>
>
> + please read the Rules and learn what are the available categories.
>
> Please DO NOT enter a non existing category: it would be a waste of time.
> These (and ONLY these) are the available categories:
>
> Single Operator - Assisted
>
> Single Operator - All Band - Low Power
>
> Single Operator - All Band - High Power
>
> Single Operator - 80 Meters
>
> Single Operator - 40 Meters
>
> Single Operator - 20 Meters
>
> Single Operator - 15 Meters
>
> Single Operator - 10 Meters
>
> Multi Operator - Single TX - Low Power
>
> Multi Operator - Single TX - High Power
>
> Multi Operator - Two TX
>
> Multi Operator - Multi TX
>
>
>
> + remember: (1) no QRP categories at all; (2) Low Power applies ONLY
>
> to Single Operators ALL Bands (i.e. no SO-20-Low, no SO-40-Low and so on);
> (3) Assisted applies ONLY to Single Operators ALL Bands (i.e. no
> SO-20-Assisted, no SO-40-Assisted and so on).
>
>
>
> + there are NO possible sub-categories (no Rookie, no Expert, no
>
> Over-50, no Triband & Single Element).
>
>
>
> + in the header of your Cabrillo log you will find the "OPERATORS:"
>
> line. Fill it ONLY of you were MULTI-OP *or* if you used a
>
> special callsign different from your home callsign. If not, please
>
> leave it empty.
>
>
>
> + remember that since 2006 there is a new "Club Competition"
>
> category. I'm sure that each Club officer will take care to instruct
>
> his Club fellows about how to fill the "CLUB:" line in the Cabrillo
>
> header. Please remember that World is larger than your own country...
>
> so please write the name of your Club as it is, no abbreviations, no
>
> shortcuts. Remember that a Club must... exist (!) and that his
>
> members must be located within a 275Km radius from center of Club
>
> area. When we are not sure if this limit has been respected or not,
>
> we will contact the Club Secretary to check it with him.
>
>
>
> Please forgive me if these suggestions seem too much for expert
>
> contesters but we expect to get at least 1,800 logs and there is
>
> only 1 log checker...
>
>
>
> Have fun in the contest!
>
>
>
> 73 de Paolo, I2UIY/NH7DX
>
> CQWW RTTY Log Checker
>
>
>
>
>
> Look for the results from this contest in May 2009 CQ Magazine. In the
> meantime, we look forward to seeing you in the CQ WPX Contest on February
> 14-15, 2009.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Glenn, W6OTC
>
> CQ RTTY Contest Director
>
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