[VHFcontesting] Cabrillo, a technical marvel

[Kenneth E. Harker]

On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 09:15:00AM -0400, Ev Tupis (W2EV) wrote:

> One example is the omission of the ability to log 0-point QSO's (dupes),
> especially important to do when so many people paper-log w/o dupe sheets, 
> etc.  

I don't understand this.  There is no reason that you cannot build a Cabrillo
file that contains dupes.  Maybe you are asking for the ability to put 
non-QSOs, sorta-QSOs, almost-QSOs, maybe-QSOs, etc. into the log and not 
claim contest credit for them?  That's what "zero point QSOs" usually 
refers to, not dupes...

> Another is the need to have the log in chronological order (a difficult 
> task for paper loggers with multiple bands, each with their own log).

I'm not sure that QSOs in a Cabrillo log need to be in chronological order.
There's nothing in the specs that says so.

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