[CQ-Contest] Cabrillo tools

[Rajiv Dewan, N2RD]

I think that log checking is a huge volunteer effort.  Common standard 
format log files help the volunteers.   This is the reason for the 
Cabrillo file requirement.  Should ARRL, in other words its members, 
pay for this or should the contesters bear some cost in making the log 
checking easy?  On the surface, it seems to me that the contesters 
should bear the burden of making the volunteers' job easier.

The one argument that can be made against such a requirement, is that 
it makes it harder for a casual contester to participate *and* send in 
the logs.  This is somewhat ameliorated by the fact that most 
electronic log programs generate some form of Cabrillo logs, and ARRL 
does not require Cabrillo format submission for contesters who log on 
paper.

Just another opinion.
Regards,
Rajiv, N2RD


On Wednesday, August 28, 2002, at 11:53 AM, Bill Turner wrote:

> Does anyone but me find it annoying that we have to purchase
> software that should be furnished free by the ARRL?  The League
> foisted the Cabrillo requirements on us without much input from
> the membership.  IMO, the League should buy the tools from WT4I
> at some reasonable price and distribute them free to anyone who
> wants them.  If the WT4I tools are not for sale, the League
> should develop their own.
>
> Am I missing the bigger picture here?  Comments welcome.
>
> 73, Bill W7TI
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