[CQ-Contest] No Account QSOs

[k8cc]

At 01:04 PM 8/4/01 -0600, Tony Field wrote:
>Humm, if the Cabrillo processing is done "correctly", the analysis
>program would look only for lines with a prefix "QSO".  If a given
>line does not have this prefix, it should be ignored.  (I doubt that
>the implementers of Cabrillo would be so bold as to invalidate the log
>completely if it found a "non-standard" key word).
>
>I therefore suspect that  Dave's idea is (almost) implicitly allowed
>by Cabrillo processing software since it.

Tony,

You've missed the point...

Right now, the logging software only operates on QSOs which start with the 
"QSO:" keyword.  So, yes the Cabrillo processing is done correctly.  The 
user could change the keyword to "SNAFU:" and the QSO would be 
ignored.  However, it is also then ignored when the log from the station at 
the other end is checked, so he gets a NIL.

What I was describing is a way to identify a QSO I don't wish to claim 
because I'm not sure of my received data, however I want it to be in the 
log (as a QSO, not an unidentified line) so if the other guy got my sent 
info OK, he can get credit.

This is not allowed for by the Cabrillo spec, and I don't see any way that 
the logchecking software can figure it out.


Dave/K8CC


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