[CQ-Contest] Contest scoring software

[Bart Ritchie (VE5CPU)]

Hi Chuck

For the Radio Amateurs of Canada contests we had 
to develop custom log checking software.

Prior to my starting to develop the log checking 
software, I researched and communicated with 
about 8 different groups on the topic.  The 
results were pretty much universal that each 
groups processes and underlying software was 
highly customized to their purposes. There was 
really no basis to share their work due to 
differences in development environments, software 
languages used, levels of technological 
integrations such as integration into databases 
and differences in underlying coding to handle 
the specifics of the particular contest.  Further 
it became apparent that the programmer needed in 
depth understanding of the adjudication of the 
contest in order to create accurate software 
processes to encapsulate the log checking process.

I also do the log checking for the Canadian 
Prairies QSO Party.  While researching log 
checking options we were fortunate enough that 
Dave Mascaro, W3KM had developed an application 
(Cabrillo Evaluator) that was suitable, with some 
modifications/customizations that would work with 
our rules and scoring.  Dave was very helpful in 
getting his software configured for the 
event.  His software will score a variety of 
contests as well as common functions like dupe 
checking, UBN reports and log analisys like not in log conditions.

There is still a separate set of analysis needed 
to complete the scoring and adjudication as no 
one report coming out of the software has all the 
details, so some spreadsheet work is needed to 
compile the results from multiple reports.

You can checkout his application at https://qsl.net/w3km/

Bart Ritchie, VE5CPU
RAC Contest Management Team


At 12:47 PM 2025-04-11, Chuck Gooden via CQ-Contest wrote:

>I am curious what software is used to analyze 
>the cabrillo files and officially score the 
>contest results.  I am not requesting 
>information on contest logging software like 
>N1MM that hams used to create the files they 
>submit after a contest.  But rather the 
>software the contest organizers use to score and 
>come up with the official scores.
>
>Is this software propitiatory or open source?  Available on a Github?
>
>Chuck K9LC
>
>
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