[CQ-Contest] Cabrillo Records beginning with X

[Paul O'Kane]

My understanding, as a software author, is that any
Cabrillo line beginning with X, regardless of its
location in the log, will be ignored by the robot
and any checking software.  It has been this way
for many years.

If a line begins with X, there should be no need
for further syntax checking.  If there happens to
be a need, then I ask "why?"

73,
Paul EI5DI





On 28/02/2014 12:05, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
> The correct syntax for CQWW and CQWPX is "X-QSO".  I am not aware of any
> other contests that support this concept of marking QSOs that are not to be
> claimed for scoring.
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> Robert Chudek - K0RC
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 7:12 AM
>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] (no subject)
>>
>> "Next time, I'm going with XQSO."
>>
>> I would be careful with that. Not all contest sponsors support XQSO: in
>> their Cabrillo file. I believe CQ allows it, but I'd verify this before
>> using it in any Cabrillo file.
>>
>> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> On 2/24/2014 11:32 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote:
>>>> A station came back to me, but I could not copy his state among the
>>>> static crashes, so I asked for a repeat. The op comes back:
>>> "Okay,
>>>> thanks, Eric, for Maine." Well, two problems here: (1) I had not
>>>> given him his report yet (and never did), and (2) I never use my
>>>> given name on or
>>> off
>>>> the air - I go by "Rick." The logical conclusion here is that he had
>>>> his logger set to look up on the Internet stations he was working,
>>>> and he got
>>> my
>>>> given name AND my exchange info from a call sign database.
>>>> I don't expect to log more than a few dozen Qs in this event, but his
>>>> will not be among the ones I submit, even though it was a needed mult.
>>> Most likely he had pre-fills preloaded.
>>>
>>> Isn't this what "XQSO:" in Cabrillo was set up for? "I might be in the
>>> other guys log but I don't feel it was a qualifying QSO and don't want
>>> credit and contest organizers might want to look carefully for
>>> patterns of this".
>>>
>>> Not to be confused with "I walked this non-contester into a contest
>>> exchange" which is completely legit.
>>>
>>> I remember one prominent island station in IOTA contest who was not
>>> sending his IOTA number. I asked several times and he wasn't giving it
>>> to anyone. I send in my IOTA log with his IOTA left blank, send a note
>>> to the contest manager, and even then I get dinged. It was a mistake
>>> for me to put in as a QSO. Next time, I'm going with XQSO.
>>>
>>> Tim N3QE
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