[na-user] IMPORTANT - Cabrillo Bug Found

k8cc k8cc <k8cc@mediaone.net>
Tue, 07 Nov 2000 16:58:48 -0500


NA-Users:

We just discovered an important bug in NA's implementation of Cabrillo.

The line CATEGORY is supposed to read like this:

CATEGORY: operator-category band-category power-category mode-category

NA omits "operator-category", but the other pieces of data are OK.

While the log checkers can determine the category from your exchange, it 
really should be supplied in the CATEGORY line of the file header.  To fix 
this, there are two options:

1. NA Version 10.51 will be out tonite which will write CATEGORY line 
correctly.

2. You can fix it yourself.

To fix it yourself, open your Cabrillo file with a text editor.  Find the 
CATEGORY line (K8CC example shown below):

CATEGORY: ALL HIGH CW

All SS logs are "ALL" band.  The next word will be HIGH, LOW, or QRP 
depending on your power class, and since we're referring to the past CW 
contest, the next word will be CW.

The operator-category needs to be added before the "ALL".  Here are the 
valid operator-categories for SS:

SINGLE-OP
SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED
MULTI-ONE
SCHOOL-CLUB

So in K8CC's log, the line will read:

CATEGORY: MULTI-ONE ALL HIGH CW

Put a space between each item, with no other punctuation.

We apologize for the inconvenience.


Dave Pruett, K8CC
DATOM Engineering
datom@contesting.com
http://datom.contesting.com


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