[UK-CONTEST] IOTA 08

[Dave Sergeant]

A Cabrillo line for the IOTA contest should be of the form:

QSO: 14021 CW 2008-07-26 1212 G3YMC         599  005 EU-005 5P5X        
  599  019 EU-029
(one one line, not wrapped like this..).

The number of spaces is irrelevant but you need all this information in 
the correct order. Plus a number of standard header lines at the 
beginning. Anything different and the robot won't be able to read it.

Ham Radio Deluxe, like any station logging program, is NOT a contest 
logger and is unlikely to produce a correctly formatted Cabrillo log. 
You should use a seperate contest program during the contest then 
produce an ADIF file to import into your station log.

I imagine N1MM produces a correct Cabrillo output for IOTA. But for a 
single operator station Paul EI5DI's SD/SDI do an excellent job of 
producing the correct entry file for most contests.

73 Dave G3YMC

On 30 Jul 2008 at 12:10, Tammie Evans wrote:

> Hello once again, I submitted my log and had the auto-robot error 
> message come back... upon checking why it wasn't space properly... ie
> probably entirely my fault due to mis-entry in logging programme - how
> should I have entered signal reports, island numbers?
> 
> I was using Ham Radio Deluxe (am about to change to Ham Logger and N1MM)
> and just put something like
> 
> Sent - 5901 EU005   Received 5929 AS004
> 
> In HRD there are two boxes each for send and receive... maybe it's my
> mis-understanding of how to enter the number(s)/letter(s) in the boxes?
> 
> Have now successfully re-entered the log and it was all okay but just
> wondering what I've done wrong in case in the future I mis-enter
> information into one of the new logging programmes?
> 
> 73 Tammie M3ENF

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