[VHFcontesting] VHF-DX logger prob continued

[Jimk8mr@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/30/06 12:55:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
ke4yyd at gtcom.net writes:


There is no way I can be convinced that deprecating the VHF-DX  logging 
program encouraged more contesters nor was it a necessity.   After all the 
ARRL robot was accepting the both the Alpha and Numeric band  designations up 
to the January 2006 contest.  Perhaps one of the ARRL  contesting folks can 
explain it
 
To save N1ND the time of explaining it again, here it is.  This  Cabrillo 
change had missed my attention as well, though to me it seems it should  be an 
issue only to the software writers, once I fix up my January log.
 
73  -  Jim  K8MR
 
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(from N1ND):





About 18 months ago it was announced that Cabrillo specs  were being changed 
for band identifiers. Numeric designators replaced letters.  This was done for 
several reasons, including making Cabrillo VHF logs compatible  with Logbook 
of the World. The letter designator are found at 
_http://www.kkn.net/~trey/cabrillo/qso-template.html_ (http://www.kkn.net/~trey/cabrillo/qso-template.html) 

We allowed people a year and a half to update their software but the robot 
now  only accepts the numeric designators effective January 1. 
 
You need to edit the Band letters to the correct numeric designators then  
resubmit the log. 
The reason you are only getting 50 errors is  that the robot only returns the 
first 50 problems it finds. 
Thanks and 73Dan Henderson,  N1ND
ARRL Contest Branch Manager



 
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 From: Jimk8mr at aol.com [mailto:Jimk8mr at aol.com]  
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 11:19 AM
To: Henderson, Dan  N1ND
Subject: Re: [4893.januaryvhf] Re: K8MR Log




Dan,
 
My VHF SS log got accepted, but with about 50 lines rejected for "invalid  
band specification".  However the robot seems to have accepted another 100  or 
so lines with the same band format (A-B-C-D-E).  
 
What gives?
 
Thanks,
 
Jim Stahl  K8MR