On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 10:48:11AM -0600, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
> My log for the ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes was rejected because the
> Cabrillo file generated by TR had the wrong entry category. The one that
> TR generated was:
>
> CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP-QRP-PORTABLE ALL QRP MIXED
>
> The correct category is:
>
> CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP-QRP-PORTABLE
Actually it's really SINGLE-OP-PORTABLE, but that's just a detail.
> I know that the ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes is not the only contest
> where this happens - I know there were problems with the CQ 160 Meter DX
> Contest, etc.
>
> I would like to see POST made a little smarter in presenting
> the columns of choices for Cabrillo CATEGORY tag value generation.
> It would be fantastic if, based upon the contest defined in the
> log configuration file, only the appropriate columns were presented in
> the Cabrillo file generation. For instance, in the ARRL January VHF
> Sweepstakes, the columns for choosing bands, power, and modes, and other
> would just not be available, and the resulting value for the CATEGORY line
> would only include the values chosen from the valid columns.
>
> This could also avoid people choosing Tribander and Wires for all
> sorts of HF contests were that's not relevant, etc.
>
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> Kenneth E. Harker "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" kharker@cs.utexas.edu
> University of Texas at Austin Amateur Radio Callsign: WM5R
> Department of the Computer Sciences Central Texas DX & Contest Club
> Taylor Hall TAY 2.124 Maintainer of Linux on Laptops
> Austin, TX 78712-1188 USA http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/
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Kenneth E. Harker "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" kharker@cs.utexas.edu
University of Texas at Austin Amateur Radio Callsign: WM5R
Department of the Computer Sciences Central Texas DX & Contest Club
Taylor Hall TAY 2.124 Maintainer of Linux on Laptops
Austin, TX 78712-1188 USA http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/
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