My understanding, as a software author, is that any
Cabrillo line beginning with X, regardless of its
location in the log, will be ignored by the robot
and any checking software. It has been this way
for many years.
If a line begins with X, there should be no need
for further syntax checking. If there happens to
be a need, then I ask "why?"
73,
Paul EI5DI
On 28/02/2014 12:05, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
The correct syntax for CQWW and CQWPX is "X-QSO". I am not aware of any
other contests that support this concept of marking QSOs that are not to be
claimed for scoring.
Randy, K5ZD
-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Robert Chudek - K0RC
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 7:12 AM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] (no subject)
"Next time, I'm going with XQSO."
I would be careful with that. Not all contest sponsors support XQSO: in
their Cabrillo file. I believe CQ allows it, but I'd verify this before
using it in any Cabrillo file.
73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
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On 2/24/2014 11:32 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote:
A station came back to me, but I could not copy his state among the
static crashes, so I asked for a repeat. The op comes back:
"Okay,
thanks, Eric, for Maine." Well, two problems here: (1) I had not
given him his report yet (and never did), and (2) I never use my
given name on or
off
the air - I go by "Rick." The logical conclusion here is that he had
his logger set to look up on the Internet stations he was working,
and he got
my
given name AND my exchange info from a call sign database.
I don't expect to log more than a few dozen Qs in this event, but his
will not be among the ones I submit, even though it was a needed mult.
Most likely he had pre-fills preloaded.
Isn't this what "XQSO:" in Cabrillo was set up for? "I might be in the
other guys log but I don't feel it was a qualifying QSO and don't want
credit and contest organizers might want to look carefully for
patterns of this".
Not to be confused with "I walked this non-contester into a contest
exchange" which is completely legit.
I remember one prominent island station in IOTA contest who was not
sending his IOTA number. I asked several times and he wasn't giving it
to anyone. I send in my IOTA log with his IOTA left blank, send a note
to the contest manager, and even then I get dinged. It was a mistake
for me to put in as a QSO. Next time, I'm going with XQSO.
Tim N3QE
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