[CQ-Contest] Log checking PIA

[Mike Gilmer - N2MG]

What's needed now is a way to avoid the garbage-in 
part of the scenario.

When logs are received via email, it should be 
possible that they be scanned automatically and 
immediately for the Cabrillo header info.  If 
anything's amiss with a parameter, an auto-email could 
go out to ask for correction and resubmission.

This won't help hand or floppy logs, but that problem 
has always existed.

73 Mike N2MG

On Mon, 15 October 2001, Tom Frenaye wrote:

> Thought it might be useful to pass along some interesting information N1ND noted from the 1,965 electronic and paper logs received for the 2001 IARU HF contest so far:   
> 
> "A total of 359 different entry categories were extracted from the various log files for that contest, which necessitates re-coding and/or hand processing all of those entries. A total of 131 of the entries were even submitted without ANY entry category cited in the header, which necessitates a good amount of investigative work to try and get those logs properly identified."
> 
> So 490/1965 (24.9%) have to have special handling.   In that contest there are very few categories.   For most entrants, the choice is single operator CW, single operator SSB, single operator mixed, and multi-single.   For special stations, entry categories include HQ and AC.
> 

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