[UK-CONTEST] IOTA 08

[Ken Chandler]

I think Tammie really needs better advice from this group. Never used HRD to
cannot comment on it, but I think Tammie ought to be using a proper contest
software like SD from EI5DI or N1MM, N1MM is probably a bit more complex,
unlike SD which is really plug and play, very easy to set-up and will do
everything that's needed. SD, or SDI for IOTA, will import into other
logging programs using an adif file. 
SDI from EI5DI is an "IOTA contest only" program, it will not produce logs
for other world contests.
SD will handle contests of virtually every known contest listed....

 
ken..G0ORH 


-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dave Sergeant
Sent: 30 July 2008 13:10
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] IOTA 08

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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