ELECTRONIC LOGS
Please submit REF Contest logs via this form.
Logs are requested to be in the Cabrillo file format version 2 or 3
You can view the current list of logs received:Â CW Logs Received or SSB Logs Received.
Cabrillo format logs are received by a log processing robot. If your log has been submitted correctly, the robot will reply with an e-mail. If there is a problem with your log, the robot will send you an error message containing suggestions for how to fix your log. Read this e-mail carefully. Most log submission problems are minor and can be easily corrected. Submit your log as many times as needed.
If your log has been submitted correctly you will find your callsign in the lists of logs received.
Completely fill out the header information in the Cabrillo file. You can do this while you are setting up the contest information in the logging program, or afterward using a well-behaved text editor like Notepad or the DOS editor.
Whatever is recorded in the header of your Cabrillo file at the time you submit your log is how we will process your entry.
Check the Cabrillo file header closely before submitting your log. Items may have been omitted or may be incomplete. If you did not answer all of the questions correctly when you set up the contest in the logging program or have changed your mind about your category, or the operator list has changed and you do not correct these items, the wrong information WILL get posted to the Cabrillo file.
The most common error for a DX station is the “REF-SECTION” which is tagged as “ARRL-SECTION” by some contests software. The good header is “REF-SECTION: DX” in cabrillo V2 ou “LOCATION: DX” in cabrillo V3. (See examples below).
The only way to change your log entry once the robot has accepted it is for you to submit another log.
Cabrillo V2.0 example for a dx station
START-OF-LOG: 2.0 CALLSIGN: K3ZO REF-SECTION: DX CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH CONTEST: REF-CW CLAIMED-SCORE: 21216 NAME: Fred Laun ADDRESS: P. O. Box 9777 ADDRESS: Lemple Sihls, FL 22767-0012 ADDRESS: USA QSO: 14000 CW 2008-01-26 1256 K3ZO 599 001 F6KQV 599 67 QSO: 14000 CW 2008-01-26 1257 K3ZO 599 002 F6DQZ 599 02 QSO: 14000 CW 2008-01-26 1258 K3ZO 599 003 F5KEE 599 91 QSO: 14000 CW 2008-01-26 1258 K3ZO 599 004 TM5Z 599 54 ../.. QSO: 14000 CW 2008-01-27 1701 K3ZO 599 107 F5SDH 599 35 QSO: 14000 CW 2008-01-27 1704 K3ZO 599 108 F5NQL 599 89 END-OF-LOG:
Cabrillo V3.0 example for a dx station
START-OF-LOG: 3.0 CREATED-BY: Logging software CALLSIGN: K3ZO LOCATION: DX CATEGORY-BAND: ALL CATEGORY-MODE: CW CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP CATEGORY-POWER: HIGH CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE CLAIMED-SCORE: 21216 NAME: Fred Laun ADDRESS: P. O. Box 9777 ADDRESS: Lemple Sihls, FL 22767-0012 ADDRESS: USA RIG: TS450SAT SOAPBOX: QSO: 14000 CW 2008-01-26 1256 K3ZO 599 001 F6KQV 599 67 QSO: 14000 CW 2008-01-26 1257 K3ZO 599 002 F6DQZ 599 02 QSO: 14000 CW 2008-01-26 1258 K3ZO 599 003 F5KEE 599 91 QSO: 14000 CW 2008-01-26 1258 K3ZO 599 004 TM5Z 599 54 ../.. QSO: 14000 CW 2008-01-27 1701 K3ZO 599 107 F5SDH 599 35 QSO: 14000 CW 2008-01-27 1704 K3ZO 599 108 F5NQL 599 89 END-OF-LOG: