[CQ-Contest] AA log submission

VR2BrettGraham vr2bg at harts.org.hk
Fri Jul 1 08:04:56 EDT 2005


JF1SQC added:

>Though JARL recommend their own format to submit your AA logs,
>of course they ALSO ACCEPT CABRILLO and any types of format.

Not sure how to do the latter - as UA9CDC pointed out, there is
no JARL anything in Cabrillo specification.

Where is All-Asia contest in the definition of CONTEST: field?

>CONTEST: contest-name
>
>The contest-name must be one of the following: AP-SPRINT, ARRL-10, 
>ARRL-160, ARRL-DX-CW, ARRL-DX-SSB, ARRL-SS-CW, ARRL-SS-SSB, ARRL-UHF-AUG, 
>ARRL-VHF-JAN, ARRL-VHF-JUN, ARRL-VHF-SEP, ARRL-RTTY, BARTG-RTTY, 
>CQ-160-CW, CQ-160-SSB CQ-WPX-CW, CQ-WPX-RTTY, CQ-WPX-SSB, CQ-VHF, 
>CQ-WW-CW, CQ-WW-RTTY, CQ-WW-SSB, DARC-WAEDC-CW, DARC-WAEDC-RTTY, 
>DARC-WAEDC-SSB, DL-DX-RTTY, IARU-HF, JIDX-CW, JIDX-SSB, NAQP-CW, 
>NAQP-RTTY, NAQP-SSB, NA-SPRINT-CW, NA-SPRINT-SSB, NEQP, OCEANIA-DX-CW, 
>OCEANIA-DX-SSB, RSGB-IOTA, SAC-CW, SAC-SSB, SARTG-WW-RTTY, STEW-PERRY or 
>TARA-RTTY.

If it is not in the specification, then it isn't Cabrillo.  That a contest
sponsor calls something "Cabrillo" doesn't make it Cabrillo.  And
that somebody's logging software product makes something it
calls "Cabrillo" also doesn't make it Cabrillo.

Cabrillo is an excellent example of a great idea gone horribly, horribly
wrong.  It's really just a new ARRL logging format that's a bit better
for others to adopt, but it all fell apart for some reason & now everyone
& their brother has their own idea what in blazes Cabrillo is.

73, VR2BrettGraham



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