[WWYC] FWD: [RTTY] Paolo, I2UIY; 2008 CQ RTTY Contest

Tue Oct 14 02:05:27 EDT 2008

Hi

I found this on rtty list
A sad message, he was with us in WWYC meeting in Croatia

73s Rag LA6FJA


> From: W6OTC [w6otc at garlic.com]
> Sent: 2008-10-14 01:52:45 CEST
> To: Rtty Reflector [Rtty at contesting.com]
> Subject: [RTTY] Paolo, I2UIY; 2008 CQ RTTY Contest
> 
> As you now know, our friend and fellow RTTY contester, member of the CQ
> Contest Hall of Fame (and CQ RTTY Log Checker), Paolo Cortese, I2UIY, has
> tragically died at the very young age of 48 years.  Paolo was a great
> competitor with a wonderful sense of humor and an encyclopedic knowledge of
> amateur radio.   Many of you worked him from his home call as well as from
> P40G, and many of you have met him in person.  We will all miss him very
> much.  More will be written in CQ Magazine at a later date on his life and
> achievements.
> 
>  
> 
> In Paolo's absence, let me bring you up to date on this year's CQWW RTTY
> Contest: as of today, we have received 1760 logs, well along the way to
> setting another new all-time record for any RTTY contest.  Indeed, this may
> be the first RTTY contest to exceed 2000 logs.  If you have not submitted
> your log (you still have almost 2 weeks, until October 26), be sure to look
> back at Paolo's tips sent to this reflector on September 7 and which I have
> re-printed below.  Although Solar Flux remained low (SFI was 67 for this
> contest, for the third year in a row), participation continues to expand
> significantly each year.  Based on rumored scores, the results this year
> promise to set more new world records.
> 
>  
> 
> Here are Paolo's tips, based on his years as CQ RTTY log checker and as an
> accomplished RTTY contester:
> 
>  
> 
> Hello RTTYers!
> 
>  
> 
> The CQWW RTTY will take place in 3 weeks so now seems to be the right time
> to give some free suggestions about log submission.
> 
>  
> 
> Despite poor conditions, this year we received over 1,830 logs for WPX RTTY
> and - as far as I know - it was the new all time log submission record for a
> RTTY contest. I guess I'm not wrong if I think that this CQWW will set a new
> record, too. Maybe this time we will reach the 2,000 mark, who knows?
> 
>  
> 
> Both on my webpage (http://www.i2uiy.it/postcontest.html) as well as on
> AA5AU's site (http://www.rttycontesting.com/AfterTheContest.html)
> 
> is still available the report I wrote after the 2005 CQWW RTTY. 
> 
> Please find few minutes to read it before the contest.
> 
>  
> 
> Advice #1: please read the Rules. I mean the OFFICIAL Rules printed on CQ
> magazine (July 2008, page 32/33) or on
> <http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/RTTYDXContest.html> or on
> <http://www.cqwwrtty.com/rules.htm> that are the only set of Rules you can
> trust 100%. There are NO changes from the previous years but reading them
> once more would not be a bad idea.
> 
>  
> 
> Here are just few extra suggestions that will make the log-checker's life
> much easier:
> 
>  
> 
> + there are no trophy and/or certificates for who sends his log one
> 
> hour or less after the end of the contest: take your time, the deadline is
> October 26 so there is no reason to send your log immediately. In the last
> couple of years we've got about 500 logs within a week after the contest:
> this is NOT good. READ YOUR LOG before you submit it.
> 
>  
> 
> + please submit your log as an attachment (NOT in the body of the
> 
> message). In the Subject-line of your e-mail message please write ONLY the
> callsign that you did used during the contest and NOTHING ELSE.
> 
>  
> 
> + if you'll get your log returned by the robot, please remember that
> 
> the robot ALWAYS tells the reason why that log has not been accepted. 
> 
> If that is not clear, just send me an e-mail and I'll find out what was
> wrong in your log. If you really want, you can post a nasty message here or
> on some other reflector but if you really want an answer, you better write
> to who handle the contest.
> 
> If the robot returns your log once... it makes no sense submitting it again
> "as it is" hoping that the robot will change his mind, it never happens. So
> it's much better try understanding what's wrong in your submission.
> 
>  
> 
> + please do NOT submit .ZIP, .RAR, .LHA, .EXE, .DOC files. The robot
> 
> will accept ONLY plain ASCII files. If you need - somehow - to edit your
> log, please use only NOTEPAD and/or any other ASCII editor that will not add
> junk characters to your file. DO NOT edit your log using a word processor
> (e.g. Word).
> 
>  
> 
> + if you submit your log correctly, you will receive a message from
> 
> our robot within few minutes. Please be sure that the message from our robot
> will be accepted by your spam filter. Remember: the message from the robot
> only means that we have received and stored your log. 
> 
> It doesn't means that your log is correct. Later, during the log checking
> process, we will look at your log and, if we will find any problem, you'll
> get a message from us.
> 
>  
> 
> + if we are forced to write you because there is something wrong in
> 
> your log... we expect to get an answer (a fast one, if possible) so please
> do not ignore our requests: 3 or 4 unanswered messages to the same guy makes
> me quite (VERY) nervous.
> 
>  
> 
> + Cabrillo... what is this? A log in Cabrillo format has 13 (or 14) columns:
> 
> - QSO:
> 
> - Frequency (xxxxx)
> 
> - Mode (RY)
> 
> - date (yyyy-mm-dd)
> 
> - time (hhmm)
> 
> - callsign SENT (YOUR callsign)
> 
> - RST SENT (xxx)
> 
> - zone SENT (YOUR zone)
> 
> - QTH sent (STATE/PROV for W/VE or DX for ALL others)
> 
> - callsign RECEIVED
> 
> - RST RECEIVED (xxx)
> 
> - zone RECEIVED
> 
> - QTH RECEIVED (STATE/PROV for W/VE or DX for ALL others)
> 
> - TX ID (only for Multi Op.)
> 
> If your software doesn't create such a log... you better find an new logging
> software or you better read the instructions to configure properly your
> software.
> 
>  
> 
> + Some versions of TR Log POST places in the column #13 an
> 
> abbreviation for the country. This is NOT good, please edit your log and
> remove it. Column #13 is ONLY for the QTH RECEIVED.
> 
>  
> 
> + warning: 599NY is NOT like 599 NY.
> 
>  
> 
> + please remember that you must log BOTH the SENT and the RECEIVED
> 
> data. This means that a sample Cabrillo line will look like this:
> 
> QSO: 14075 RY 2006-09-23 0703 I2UIY         599     15 
> 
> DX     KL5E          599 01     DX
> 
> If you operate outside of W/VE, you will sent only RST+Zone BUT you MUST log
> (i.e.) "599 15 DX". Please make sure that your software does this
> automatically.
> 
>  
> 
> + if you work a W/VE station, then you must log his State/Province
> 
> abbreviation like this:
> 
> QSO: 14112 RY 2006-09-23 1259 I2UIY         599     15 
> 
> DX     W4UK         599 05     SC
> 
>  
> 
> + if you are a W/VE entrant, then your log will look like this:
> 
> QSO:  7042 RY 2006-09-23 0006 AA5AU         599      4 
> 
> LA     OM8A          599 15     DX
> 
> QSO:  7043 RY 2006-09-23 0007 AA5AU         599      4 
> 
> LA     K4GMH         599 5      VA
> 
>  
> 
> + please don't guess that handling the contest with computer equals
> 
> submitting a perfect log. It is NOT true.
> 
> We know that there are (at least) 2 very popular contest programs that do
> not create the proper Cabrillo file unless you (very) carefully configure
> them. I did never used any of them but I know that this problem exists
> because in the past 3 years we had almost 450 logs that gave us BIG problems
> (missing columns, switched columns, merged columns) and over 90% of them
> have been done with one of these 2 programs. My suggestion is to simulate a
> contest log: open a new log for CQWW RTTY, enter 2 or 3 fake QSOs and create
> the Cabrillo. If it doesn't looks like the above samples... you better
> reconfigure your program BEFORE the contest.
> 
>  
> 
> + in 2007 we found that 152 logs have been rejected by the robot for
> 
> various reasons and NEVER resubmitted. I fixed manually all of them (it
> about 10% of all received logs!) but this is a waste of time. In these days,
> RTTY is a 100% computer mode. So why people don't read the Rules and take
> good care of their own logs?
> 
>  
> 
> + please read the Rules and learn what are the available categories. 
> 
> Please DO NOT enter a non existing category: it would be a waste of time.
> These (and ONLY these) are the available categories:
> 
> Single Operator - Assisted
> 
> Single Operator - All Band - Low Power
> 
> Single Operator - All Band - High Power
> 
> Single Operator - 80 Meters
> 
> Single Operator - 40 Meters
> 
> Single Operator - 20 Meters
> 
> Single Operator - 15 Meters
> 
> Single Operator - 10 Meters
> 
> Multi Operator - Single TX - Low Power
> 
> Multi Operator - Single TX - High Power
> 
> Multi Operator - Two TX
> 
> Multi Operator - Multi TX
> 
>  
> 
> + remember: (1) no QRP categories at all; (2) Low Power applies ONLY
> 
> to Single Operators ALL Bands (i.e. no SO-20-Low, no SO-40-Low and so on);
> (3) Assisted applies ONLY to Single Operators ALL Bands (i.e. no
> SO-20-Assisted, no SO-40-Assisted and so on).
> 
>  
> 
> + there are NO possible sub-categories (no Rookie, no Expert, no
> 
> Over-50, no Triband & Single Element).
> 
>  
> 
> + in the header of your Cabrillo log you will find the "OPERATORS:" 
> 
> line. Fill it ONLY of you were MULTI-OP *or* if you used a
> 
> special callsign different from your home callsign. If not, please 
> 
> leave it empty.
> 
>  
> 
> + remember that since 2006 there is a new "Club Competition" 
> 
> category. I'm sure that each Club officer will take care to instruct
> 
> his Club fellows about how to fill the "CLUB:" line in the Cabrillo 
> 
> header. Please remember that World is larger than your own country...
> 
> so please write the name of your Club as it is, no abbreviations, no 
> 
> shortcuts. Remember that a Club must... exist (!) and that his
> 
> members must be located within a 275Km radius from center of Club 
> 
> area. When we are not sure if this limit has been respected or not,
> 
> we will contact the Club Secretary to check it with him.
> 
>  
> 
> Please forgive me if these suggestions seem too much for expert 
> 
> contesters but we expect to get at least 1,800 logs and there is
> 
> only 1 log checker...
> 
>  
> 
> Have fun in the contest!
> 
>  
> 
> 73 de Paolo, I2UIY/NH7DX
> 
> CQWW RTTY Log Checker
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Look for the results from this contest in May 2009 CQ Magazine.  In the
> meantime, we look forward to seeing you in the CQ WPX Contest on February
> 14-15, 2009.
> 
>  
> 
> 73,
> 
> Glenn, W6OTC
> 
> CQ RTTY Contest Director  
> 
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