[WriteLog] Importing FT8 contacts

[Don AA5AU]

Marsh, you are very close to what I'm trying to figure out.
What I'm trying to determine is what MODE designation do I need to use for each line in the Cabrillo file. Here is a sample taken from my Cabrillo file for the VHF contest. You can see the mode designation PH for SSB contacts and CW for CW contacts. What should the designation be for FT8 contacts? I'm going to make them all RTTY (designated as RY in the file) since they are "digital" contacts. We'll see what happens.
QSO:    50 CW 2018-06-10 1257 AA5AU             EL49   N8VW              EN80   QSO:    50 CW 2018-06-10 1304 AA5AU             EL49   KD8FO             EM79   QSO:    50 CW 2018-06-10 1304 AA5AU             EL49   N8BJQ             EN80   QSO:    50 CW 2018-06-10 1305 AA5AU             EL49   K3UQ              EM78   QSO:    50 CW 2018-06-10 1306 AA5AU             EL49   KE4KY             EM78   QSO:    50 PH 2018-06-10 1314 AA5AU             EL49   W4PF              EM78   QSO:    50 PH 2018-06-10 1348 AA5AU             EL49   N4RT              EM60   QSO:    50 PH 2018-06-10 1351 AA5AU             EL49   AB9TA             EN52   QSO:    50 PH 2018-06-10 1352 AA5AU             EL49   W9BRR             EN61   QSO:    50 PH 2018-06-10 1352 AA5AU             EL49   K2YAZ             EN74   QSO:    50 PH 2018-06-10 1355 AA5AU             EL49   WD8USA            EN73   QSO:    50 PH 2018-06-10 1400 AA5AU             EL49   WA9CAT            EN62   QSO:    50 PH 2018-06-10 1400 AA5AU             EL49   W9XA              EN51   QSO:    50 PH 2018-06-10 1400 AA5AU             EL49   W9OO              EN61   
Don AA5AU
      From: Marsh KA5M <marsh at ka5m.net>
 To: 'Don Hill AA5AU' <aa5au at bellsouth.net> 
 Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 3:21 PM
 Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Importing FT8 contacts
   
Don,

You've asked an interesting question. On the WWROF web page http://wwrof.org/cabrillo/cabrillo-specification-v3/ Cabrillo Spec V3:

CATEGORY-MODE:
 The category-mode must be one of the following.
◾SSB
◾CW
◾RTTY
◾FM
◾MIXED

But, interesting to me, on the ARRL LoTW Awards DXCC Totals, confirmed RTTY and FT8 QSOs are both included as "Digital" mode. Individual QSOs are listed as RTTY or FT8, but added together under Digital for Awards total entities.

Lots of implications. We'll see how this all plays out. 

73,
Marsh, KA5M


-----Original Message-----
From: WriteLog <writelog-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Don Hill AA5AU
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2018 7:50 PM
To: WriteLog at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Importing FT8 contacts

Thankfully I didn't make a lot of FT8 contacts in the contest since the band (six meters) was open so I made mostly CW and PH contacts.

I will be manually typing in the FT8 contacts. Should I designate them as RTTY (RY) in the Cabrillo file? I realize it doesn't matter, but I have to put something in the MODE part of the file to adhere to the Cabrillo 3.0 specs.

Thanks,
Don AA5AU