[CQ-Contest] AA log submission

[George Harlem W1EBI]

The elog utility from JARL actually works FB to convert a Cabrillo log to 
the "Jabrillo" format.  Of course, had they put a link to that page on the AA 
Contest site we could have saved numerous electrons  ;-)

George W1EBI

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From: VR2BrettGraham <vr2bg at harts.org.hk>
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Sent: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 11:51:09 +0000
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] AA log submission

> W1EBI replied to N7MAL:
> 
> >The JARL log submission template is a unique non-Cabrillo format.  If
> >you read the instructions on the AA Contest website, you'll soon
> >understand why few non-JA's bother to spend the time to create this
> >complex Gordian knot of a log.  I figure it would take longer to prepare
> >the log than I spend in the contest.  It's a fun event, but count this
> >as my vote (JARL, onegaishimasu...) for tossing that one-of-a-kind log
> >format and adopting Cabrillo.
> 
> Very, very few contests use proper Cabrillo.
> 
> Congratulations to JARL for going with Jabrillo - rather than twist Cabrillo
> into something proprietary & still call it Cabrillo - they did their 
> own thing.
> 
> Hopefully more contest sponsors will give Cabrillo a miss - I find 
> it easier to generate a Jabrillo log than some of the deviations out 
> there masquerading as Cabrillo.
> 
> Mal probably doesn't get asked to send in logs as often as I do, but 
> I think we share the same frustration in trying to do the decent 
> thing & send in a log.  If Cabrillo, then use Cabrillo _as_ defined. 
>  If you need something not in the Cabrillo spec, then do your own 
> thing - just do _not_ call it Cabrillo & make sure it is well documented.
> 
> 73, VR2BrettGraham
> 
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