[WriteLog] What caused the problem??

[Pete Smith]

Dave, I really think the answer lies in other contest sponsors doing what ARRL does, and having the robot verify that the Cabrillo format's "QSO:" lines are in proper format before it accepts the log.  Of the 4 logs from N1MM Logger that you sent me as defective, three were the result of operator error (an improperly specified Sent Exchange). One appeared to have been tinkered with by word processor, since all the data were there, in the right order, but the number of spaces between data fields were wrong.  The first three errors were obvious, and could have been caught if only the ops had looked at them before submittal; All four could have been caught automatically at log submission rather than 4 months later, and the contest manager could have been spared an awful lot of work.

73, Pete N4ZR

 At 02:04 PM 8/16/2005, K4JRB wrote:

>I feft out one word on the VE's log problem from 10.52.  I should have
>said received location.   How do you log a contest and not get a vital
>part of the information to score the contest.  The only contact that
>scored was a MM station.
>
>In my version of writelog I can't even move without logging everything. 
>Not only that but the writelog cabrillo is by far the cleanest of the
>many logging programs. I suspect its operator error.  Seems many do look
>at the cabrillo output as a major problem with another logging program is
>trying to tinker with output.
>
>Do contest sponsors have to require everyone to run their cabrillo logs
>thru say the WT4I Log checker before submission?
>
>73 Dave K4JRB
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