[CQ-Contest] Appropriate wait time for contest results?

[Stu Phillips]

Error free is one thing but, in consistent Cabrillo format is something else!

There are at least 7 different formats of Cabrillo I see just for the Makrothen RTTY contest alone – they are all conformant to the Cabrillo spec but most do not conform to the Cabrillo template provided for the contest by it’s sponsor.

For example, some QSO records include a signal report despite one not being required in the Makrothen exchange; some include additional fields at the end of the record indicative of either which radio made the contact or which station as part of a multi operation.

Particularly in RTTY, there are a small number of errors in a log resulting from “clicked on the wrong place” QLF’s – this can have an exchange that is 599CM87 instead of CM87 in the log record.  Some miss the exchange and insert XXXX or have an invalid grid locator.

For the most part, processing these errs on the side of benevolence.  If something is obviously and unintentionally broken, give the benefit of the doubt and fix it – for example the 599CM87 gets manually “fixed” to CM87 – if that’s the wrong exchange, well then it’s too bad and the log checking process deals with it accordingly.

So, the process is:
- Collect
- Normalize
- Log check
- Generate results
- Proof results
- Publish

PL259’s goal for the Makrothen contest is a month post the log submission close.

Stu K6TU




On 4/6/17, 6:32 AM, "CQ-Contest on behalf of DXer" <cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com on behalf of hfdxmonitor at gmail.com> wrote:

    I agree, it's unreasonable to expect log submission within 24 hours,
    not only for the reason mentioned, but also to give participants some
    breathing time after the contest. This way they can review the log,
    and deal with any issue that would cause the CC to spend time
    correcting errors on participants behalf.
    
    That said, I think the CC should not get involved with correcting any
    submission errors. I see it as part of the participants responsibility
    to submit a log that is error free. In this case, final results after
    a month or two may be possible.
    
    Nothing above is to compromise compliance with the contest rules, such
    as any form of cheating attempt. I'm talking strictly about the time
    the CC spends fixing 'benign' issues.
    
    73 de Vince, VA3VF
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