[RMVHF] [4038416.arrl-vhf-jun] N0YE] Log format

[S.K.]

See also my blog at www.arrl.org/blog for info on how to submit your Cabrillo file as a rover. It's under "Notes From The Contest Branch.

Sean Kutzko
Amateur Radio KX9X
http://www.seankutzko.com

"...drag your thoughts away from your troubles--by the ears, by the heels, or any other way, so you can manage it; it's the healthiest thing a body can do."     Mark Twain, "The American Claimant"


--- On Sat, 7/5/08, James Duffey <JamesDuffey at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: James Duffey <JamesDuffey at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [RMVHF] [4038416.arrl-vhf-jun] N0YE]  Log format
> To: "Marvin L. Jones" <jonz at config.com>, "RMVHF+" <rmvhf at rmvhf.org>
> Cc: "James Duffey" <JamesDuffey at comcast.net>, "Steve London" <n2icarrl at gmail.com>
> Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008, 11:15 PM
> Jonesy - Don't feel bad, I got caught in the same trap.
> Here is a  
> header that works for a single op limited rover:
> 
> START-OF-LOG: 2.0
> CREATED-BY: ROVERLOG 2_4_7
> ARRL-SECTION: NM
> CONTEST: ARRL-VHF-JUN
> CALLSIGN: KK6MC/r
> CATEGORY-STATION: ROVER-LIMITED
> CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER:ONE
> CATEGORY-POWER: LOW
> CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
> CLAIMED-SCORE: 16218
> OPERATORS: KK6MC
> CLUB: New Mexico Big River Contesters
> NAME: James R. Duffey
> ADDRESS:30 Casa Loma Road
> ADDRESS: Cedar Crest NM 87008
> 
> It did take me a couple of tries for the robot to be able
> to tell me  
> all of the mistakes I made in the header though. Apparently
> Roverlog  
> has not incorporated the new Cabrillo format.
> 
> An alternate way to submit electronic logs is with the web
> based  
> Cabrillo formatter. If you fill in all the information it
> asks for, it  
> will generate the correct header. Then just cut and paste
> the log from  
> Roverlog.
> 
> I like to complain about electronic log submittal as much
> as anyone,  
> but it sure beats the hell out of sending a SASE for all
> the forms,  
> xerographically reproducing them so you have enough for the
> contest,  
> then xerographically reproducing the complete logs, the
> summary sheet  
> and the dupe sheet so you can have a record, and finally
> mailing off  
> all that stuff.
> 
> One thing I like about universal file formats, they change.
> - Duffey
> 
> --
> KK6MC
> James Duffey
> Cedar Crest NM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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