[RTTY] Smart ARRL robot
Marijan Miletic, S56A
artinian@siol.net
Mon, 7 Jan 2002 22:52:39 -0000
I received the following error report from ARRL Cabrillo robot which made me
laugh.
I omitted ARRL section, abbreviated Roundup to RU and added known
keywords -POWER RTTY to category line.
I stand by my regular soapbox comment: It takes the mathematician to make
such a "standard format"!
73 de Mario, S56A, N1YU
ERROR MESSAGE REPORT FROM THE ROBOT
ERROR #1: No valid ARRL section specified.
REMEDY #1: Please modify your Cabrillo log file to include a valid
ARRL section abbreviation. A list of valid ARRL section abbreviations
can be seen at http://www.arrl.org/contests/sections.abv.html. Here is
an example of a valid ARRL section specification:
ARRL-SECTION: NWT
DX stations should use 'DX' for the ARRL section, like this:
ARRL-SECTION: DX
ERROR #2: Log may not be for the ARRL RTTY Roundup.
REMEDY #2: Please resubmit the correct log. If the log is correct but
simply
mislabeled, please change to the contest name to ARRL-RTTY. Here is
an example of a valid contest name specification for the ARRL RTTY Roundup:
CONTEST: ARRL-RTTY
ERROR #3: Invalid category
REMEDY #3: Please modify your Cabrillo log file to include
a valid category. The complete list of valid categories for the ARRL
RTTY Roundup is as follows:
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH
CATEGORY: MULTI-ONE ALL LOW
CATEGORY: MULTI-ONE ALL HIGH
CATEGORY: CHECKLOG
Please note that there is no Single Op Assisted category in this
contest. Single operators who use packet assistance must submit their
logs in the Multi Op category.
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ARRL RTTY ROUNDUP LOG WARNING MESSAGE REPORT FROM THE ROBOT
CONTEST: ARRL-RU
Line 2 was discarded. 'ARRL-RU' is an invalid contest. ARRL-RTTY
is the only valid contest name for the ARRL RTTY Roundup. Perhaps this
is a log from a different contest.
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH-POWER RTTY
Line 4 was discarded. Invalid Cabrillo category specification.