[CQ-Contest] Help w/ Logging
Bob Naumann - N5NJ
n5nj at gte.net
Wed Dec 17 22:57:43 EST 2003
K4JRB said:
> Wait a minute. If a station works CW or a single band in a contest but w=
orks a few friends on say 20 SSB then submits his log for say 80CW why shou=
ld he submit the 20 SSB QSOs in the same log? =
> I think that the station should send in a check log for 20SSB in any case=
.
> Are we getting away from the KISS concept??
By allowing for these qsos to be in the same log file, it actually makes it=
easier for the station submitting the log. Isn't that simpler?
I did just this in the 10m contest. I entered as only CW, but at one point=
, I spun the dial up to SSB to find my pal AA5NT who only operates SSB. We=
chatted for a few minutes, and then had an official QSO on SSB - my only S=
SB qso.
Here's some of my Cabrillo file:
START-OF-LOG: 2.0
ARRL-SECTION: NTX =
CALLSIGN: N5NJ
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 10M LOW CW
(And later on:)
...
QSO: 28006 CW 2003-12-14 1320 N5NJ 599 TX N5CHA 599 =
TX =
QSO: 28005 CW 2003-12-14 1331 N5NJ 599 TX HK1HHX 599 =
553 =
QSO: 28022 CW 2003-12-14 1357 N5NJ 599 TX P40K 599 =
1833 =
QSO: 28455 PH 2003-12-14 1431 N5NJ 59 TX AA5NT 59 =
TX =
QSO: 28017 CW 2003-12-14 1433 N5NJ 599 TX KR5V 599 =
TX =
QSO: 28015 CW 2003-12-14 1901 N5NJ 599 TX VE7JKZ 599 =
BC =
QSO: 28014 CW 2003-12-14 1901 N5NJ 599 TX N6RO 599 =
CA =
QSO: 28009 CW 2003-12-14 1903 N5NJ 599 TX LT1F 599 =
2698 =
...
As you can see, AA5NT's SSB qso is in there with all the other CW Qsos and =
I have entered this contest as CW only.
The log checking process will not count AA5NT's qso towards my score, but w=
ill confirm AA5NT's qso that he claims with me. If I did not have his qso =
in my log, he would get a NIL.
I think we all (especially those of use who know what it was like to do all=
this with a pencil and paper) that things are different now, and people do=
n't look at the log entries and make those judegement calls that might have=
been possible when it was a completely manual process. =
The computer log processing system does not allow for more than one log to =
be submitted for a single callsign. It recognizes the last log submitted a=
s the correct log.
73,
Bob N5NJ
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