[CQ-Contest] Cabrillo Submission Web Applet now Available

[Henderson, Dan N1ND]

Web Applet for Creating Cabrillo Format Logs Is Available

The ARRL Contest Branch is please to announce that a web-based applet is now available for participants to use in order to generate and email ARRL Contest logs in the required Cabrillo file format. The first ARRL Contest for which the web applet is available is the recently completed 2004 RTTY Roundup. The applet, while intended for smaller log submissions, can be used for submissions of any size.  It will be available for all ARRL events that require electronic logs in the Cabrillo file format.

Thanks to Bruce Horn, WA7BNM, and with the support of several other amateurs, it is now possible for participants to create Cabrillo contest logs on the web.  Bruce is developing templates for each ARRL contest, which will allow persons that paper log, or those whose logging programs will not generate a Cabrillo file, to create electronic logs for submission to the League. Bruce has provided a homepage at www.b4h.net/cabforms/ where links will take users to the various contest templates.

The web applet works in two parts.  First, the user is prompted through the information required to create the Cabrillo file header, including ARRL/RAC section, Callsign used, Callsigns of operators, Entry class, Entry mode (if applicable), Power level, Sent exchange information, Club (if applicable), and Operator's name and address.  Where appropriate, drop-down boxes are used to allow the submitter to select the correct information.

Once you have finished supplying the information for the header, the next screen allows you to input the data for each individual QSO.  The user may either type in the information for each QSO, or they may cut and paste the necessary information (band, date, time, call copied, received RST, received exchange) from another source.  Make sure to leave a space between each piece of data on the QSO line and to use a new line for each QSO.

Once you have entered all of the QSO data, click on the "SUBMIT QSO INFO" button at the bottom of the page.  The applet will then check for any errors in format.  If everything is correct, the applet will display the completed file, where you can check your information one last time.  Finally, click the "SUBMIT CABRILLO LOG" button at the bottom and the applet will automatically email the entry to the correct address for the contest, as well as send a copy to you for your records.

Upon submission, the applet-created log will be processed as all other submissions.  If the contest robot finds problems, the appropriate emails will be sent back to the submitter for handling or if the log is clean, the numbered receipt will be sent.

If you have questions about the web applet, contact contests at arrl.org

And again... Many thanks to Bruce Horn, WA7BNM for his work in developing this web application. Bruce, you are one of the unsung heroes of contesting!

73

Dan Henderson, N1ND
ARRL Contest Branch Manager