[CQ-Contest] e-log submissions

[Jim Pratt]

This has been an interesting experience.  Thus far, I have submitted CQWW 
phone logs and ARRL SS CW logs electronically, following both sponsor's 
rules.  Here is a summary of what happened:

CQWW:

* logs sent electronically to e-mail address 11/26, deadline 12/1;
* within minutes, I received an e-mail confirmation saying SOMETHING had 
been received by CQWW;
* later that day, I saw on the CQWW web page my logs had been received;
* about the same time, I received via e-mail a more detailed confirmation 
of receipt, including a passcode and a hypertext link to a web page to 
actually look at the contents of my log to confirm they had been received 
without errors;  they had.

GREAT!  Now, the story of the ARRL submittal:

* CW SS logs submitted electronically via e-mail on 12/1, deadline 12/3;
* On 12/2, no confirmation of any sort of receipt;
* On 12/3, no confirmation of any sort of receipt.  Since that is the 
deadline for postmarking of logs, I sent several e-mails to the league 
asking if they had been received.  I was going to call on the phone, but 
it was after closing time.  I was wondering if I needed to print out 
paper logs and rush to the post office to mail them;
* Today, 12/4, one day after the deadline, I got an e-mail reply saying 
they should be contacting me soon to confirm receipt, that they are 
buried in logs.  I hope that, if they CAN'T confirm receipt, they will 
accept a resubmittal...and I won't really be sure if what they RECEIVED 
was what I had actually SENT.

NOT SO GREAT!

It sure would be nice if the league would follow the lead of CQWW and put 
the information onto their web page to make life easier.  Perhaps someone 
in the CQWW committee who developed their software and web page could 
assist the league personnel?  Perhaps any league directors, CAC reps, 
and/or other officials on this reflector could take note of this 
situation and make some suggestions?  The ARRL web page is a great help 
in getting rules and the like, this would be a great improvement!

I guess I had better get the phone logs for SS printed out this evening 
and submit it a couple of weeks ahead of the deadline, "just in case".

73, Jim  N6IG

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