2008
Virginia QSO Party
CABRILLO
Log Format
Any text file
can be submitted for VQP. However, CABRILLO is the preferred file
format for VQP logs.
Please name
your file with your call and the extension .CBR. Completely fill out
the header information in the file. This will serve as your summary
sheet.
When you
email your log, please send the file(s) as a single attachment. For
large logs or multiple files, use a ZIP utility first and label the
zipped file as <callsign.ZIP>. Do not paste the log file into the
text of your message. This is often impossible to extract correctly.
The subject
of your email should be VQP [call_sign]. For example: VQP NQ4K.
The
VQP CABRILLO Format:
Please follow
the format below. Some of the logging software packages correctly
follow this format. However, please check your file to make sure all of
the information is correct before sending in your log.
Log header
information is extracted directly into the scoring database and is the
basis for your entry. If you do not fill in the header correctly, you
may get placed in the wrong category.
STARTOFLOG:
Initial entry
in log.
ENDOFLOG:
Must be the
last line of the log submission.
QTH: name
For stations
in Virginia, enter your county or independent city 3 character
abbreviation. See the list at the VQP web site for the abbreviations.
For stations
in the United States (outside of Virginia) or Canada, enter your 2
character postal abbreviation.
For DX
stations, enter your
country name DX.
CALLSIGN: callsign
The callsign
used during the contest.
CATEGORY: operatorcategory
powercategory location-category
Enter one
selection in a space-delimited list for each of the three
sub-categories from the following:
Operator-category
(SINGLEOP / MULTISINGLE / MULTIMULTI / SWL).
Power-category
(HIGH / LOW / QRP).
Location-category
(FIXED / MOBILE / EXPEDITION).
CLAIMEDSCORE: n
The claimed
score of the log submission, in integer form such as 121731 or
19113 or 12 withour commas.
CLUB: Club-Name
Name of the
radio club with which the score should be aggregated. Please spell out
the Club Name rather than use initials. Use the ARRL recognized club
names if possible.
CONTEST: contestname
Virginia QSO
Party
CREATEDBY: text
Name and
version of the logging program.
NAME: text
Your name.
ADDRESS: text
Use multiple
address lines for a complete mailing address.
OPERATORS: callsign1 [callsign2
callsign3...]
A
spacedelimited list of all operator callsign(s).
SOAPBOX: text
Try to limit
each line to about 75 characters. You can use as many lines as needed,
but each line must begin with SOAPBOX:
QSO: qsodata
QSO template
for VQP:
info
sent
info
rcvd
QSO:
freq mo date time
call nr
qth
call nr
qth t
QSO: ***** **
yyyy-mm-dd nnnn ************ nnnn ************* ************
nnnn ************* n
QSO: 14255 PH
2001-10-06 0711
K4NVA 001
LDN
W1AW 002 CT
00000000011111111112222222222333333333344444444445555555555666666666677777777778888888888999999
12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345
Please ensure
that your file includes this information. You must include both sent
and received serial numbers as well as sent and received QTH.
Example
VQP Submission
STARTOFLOG:
QTH: LDN
CALLSIGN:
K4NVA
CATEGORY:
MULTI-MULTI LOW FIXED
CLAIMEDSCORE:
12345
CLUB:
Sterling Park ARC
CONTEST:
Virginia QSO Party
CREATEDBY:
Gordon's Fat Fingers
NAME: Gordon
R Miller
ADDRESS:
12314 STREAMVALE CIRCLE
ADDRESS:
HERNDON, VA 20170
OPERATORS:
NQ4K W2YE KD4RSL
SOAPBOX: THE
GREATEST CONTEST EVER.
QSO: 14255 PH
2001-10-06 0711
K4NVA 001
LDN
W1AW 002 CT
QSO: 14000 PH
2001-10-06 0712 K4NVA
002 LDN
KD4RSL 019 FFX
QSO: 14000 PH
2001-10-06 0713 K4NVA
003 LDN
KD4RSP 1235 FFX
QSO: 14000 PH
2001-10-06 0714 K4NVA
004 LDN
DL7TG 001 DX
ENDOFLOG: