[RTTY] Mexican contest entry

[Jerry Flanders]

The file example extension is cdr, not cbr. They are not readable with notepad.

Jerry W4UK

At 02:26 PM 2/6/2007, Eric - VE3GSI wrote:
>Hi Jerry and Gang.
>
>On my FMRE rules sheet it says nothing about having to send in your contest
>files in Cabrillo format. Write Log will prepare a summary sheet and a log
>file in text format that you can email. Which is what I am going to do
>myself and checking my files is what I did last year. I suggest you rename
>these files generated by WriteLog as w4uk.sum and w4uk.log and attach them
>to the email to Jose.
>
>----------
>The Cabrillo files with the .cbr extension that are generated by some
>contest programs are text files. You can simply open them with notepad by
>right-mouse-click on the file and choose 'Open With' in the context box and
>navigate to Notepad. At this point if you wish you can associate the .cbr
>extension with Notepad.
>
>Now, the web link you have here is correct to say the .cbr extension is also
>a Corel file extension used for a drawing program. Needless to say, the
>extensions have different meanings for different companies.
>
>Thanks for Q's Jerry,
>Eric - VE3GSI.
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jerry Flanders
> > Subject: [RTTY] Mexican contest entry
> >
> >
> > Trying to figure out how to enter.
> >
> > I looked at the FMRE web site to see the example files. The log and
> > summary example files are "cdr" files - notepad won't open them and
> > they don't seem to be a popular standard type
> > ( http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=CDR ). Anybody been able
> > to view them?
> >
> > I saw one N1MM user submitted a Cabrillo file and it was accepted but
> > my WriteLog won't prepare a Cabrillo for this particular contest.
> > What type logs are you other guys submitting? How did you prepare it?
> >
> > Jerry W4UK
>
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