[RTTY] CQ-WW-RTTY Cabrillo format

[John GW4SKA]

It's a real shame that these problems come up with well known RTTY software. 
We have seen similar issues with BARTG contest logs.

There is a Cabrillo format for each RTTY contest. Software comes up which 
claims to support named contests, but the writers rarely bother to check 
with the contest managers. If they only sent a sample log for checking 
before the software release these problems could be avoided. In 20+ years as 
BARTG contest manager I only had one instance of verification before 
software release and 1000s of logs sent in with missing information or 
incorrect formatting.

The CQWW robot system seems efficient and informative with most problems .. 
the errors reported on my logs have always been down to lousy typing and 
silly errors this end. A few quick edits and it's fine.

If every line in your log gets reported as an error, it will be due to bad 
logging software .... or maybe you selected the wrong contest?
If in doubt, try comparing your log to a known good log from someone using 
Writelog :-)

73, John GW4SKA




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Kriss" <aa5vu at att.net>
To: <kkrallis at tee.gr>
Cc: "RTTY Reflector" <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] CQ-WW-RTTY Cabrillo format


> On Oct 1, 2012, at 12:55 PM, "K. Krallis" <kkrallis at tee.gr> wrote:
>>
>> The Cabrillo file created by Writelog includes this
>> "DX" tag automatically for all non-USA/CA entries.
>>
>> 73 Costas SV1XV
>
> My only reason for posting was to provide help if someone had a similar 
> issue.
>
> The missing DX tag was the only issue I encountered with the robot.
>
> Dick AA5VU
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