[RTTY] [N1MM] N1MM Cabrillo format error

[Peter Laws]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 15:00, Kok Chen <chen at mac.com> wrote:

> If you don't want to follow the published format, you will need
> alternate ways to submit your log.  The Cabrillo robot will only take


No, no ... you're missing my point.  The rules say one thing and the
sample Cabrillo file says another (which I did not look at because I
ASSumed the exchange listed in the rules was correct).

Has nothing to do with N1MM or any other logging program and
everything to do with inconsistencies in CQ's announcement.  The two
should describe the same thing and did not.



> Imagine that the contest exchange is RST plus QSO number.  The order
> of the exchange in the Cabrillo file is crucial, since "599 559"
> completely different from "559 599" - unless the order is well
> defined,  the robot has no idea if the RST is 599 or 559.


Right, so it's *critical*  (well, as critical as you can get in a game
with no prize :-) that they correctly describe what they want in the
rules.  Again, I don't care what the order is, but they need to
describe it correctly.


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