[Cwo] CW Open Cabrillo

[Alan Maenchen]

Don, N1DG will be writing the log submission software, so he should answer
these questions directly.

Note that I threw that sample Cabrillo format together rather quickly so it
may be that there is an error somewhere, although several of us have looked
at it now.  Yes, you are correct: we should add back in "ex2" at the end.
Might help too if I had chosen a real time and serial numbers more like
123.  Also, maybe "name1" instead of "ex1"... but all I did was to copy the
NA Sprint format and edited out the QTH fields.

My preferences .. and Don can override if he feels the need .. is:
1)  Fixed width fields are nice, but not necessary. Fields are separated by
"white space".
    That said, columnized fields that are human readable and can be easily
edited in Notepad++ are really really nice.
2)  Names can be mixed-case.

73, Alan  AD6E





On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 2:26 PM, <k6rb at baymoon.com> wrote:

> Alan, AD6E, is in a much better position to respond that question, Hank,
> so I've copied him.
>
> Rob K6RB
>
> > Hi Rob,
> >
> > Know you're at Dayton awaiting the end of the world. When you get home
> > could
> > you please give Bill the info he needs.
> >
> > Thanks Mate!
> >
> > KB,
> >
> > Hank, W6SX
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Willard Myers <K1GQ at me.com> wrote:
> >
> >> As a contest logger software developer, I need a bit more information
> >> than
> >> is supplied in the FAQ, which says:
> >>
> >> • Log format should be Cabrillo v3.
> >> • QSO template is similar to NA Sprint, but without the QTH columns:
> >> ------info sent----------- -------info rcvd—————
> >> • QSO: freq mo date time call nr ex1 call nr
> >> • QSO: ***** ** yyyy-mm-dd nnnn ********** nnnn aaaaaaaaaa **********
> >> nnnn
> >> aaaaaaaaaa
> >> • QSO: 14042 CW 2011-09-20 0000 N5TJ 1 JEFF N6TR 1 TREE
> >>
> >> I need to know what string is expected for the CONTEST: record.
> >>
> >> I’d like to know whether or not the robot will insist on fixed-width
> >> fields
> >> as suggested by the fourth bullet, or will accept space-separated fields
> >> as
> >> suggested by the fifth bullet. And, will it accept mixed-case names?
> >>
> >> Also, note that the above specification for the QSO record is
> >> inconsistent;
> >> I suspect the third bullet should read:
> >>
> >> • QSO: freq mo date time call nr ex1 call nr ex2
> >>
> >> Can you forward this to the appropriate person?
> >>
> >>  Bill, K1GQ
> >
>
>
>
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