2017
Virginia QSO Party
CABRILLO
Log
Format
Note: The
cabrillo file format remains unchanged from last year.
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 or .log.
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 [call_sign]. For example: 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.
The cabrillo
format has been changed to correspond to the Cabrillo v3.0.
START-OF-LOG:
3.0
Initial entry
in log.
END-OF-LOG:
Must be the
last line of the log submission.
CALLSIGN: call-sign
The call-sign
used during the contest. Mobiles and expeditions should include
"/m"
and "/p" with the call-sign.
CATEGORY-ASSISTED:
Entry not
used.
CATEGORY-BAND:
ALL, 160M,
80M, 40M, 20M, 15M, 10M, 6M, 2M, 222, 432, 902, 1.2G
CATEGORY-MODE:
SSB, CW,
RY, MIXED
CATEGORY-OPERATOR:
SINGLE-OP,
MULTI-OP, CHECKLOG
CATEGORY-POWER:
HIGH, LOW, QRP
CATEGORY-STATION:
FIXED,
MOBILE, EXPEDITION
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER:
ONE, UNLIMITED (specify number of transmitters)
CATEGORY-OVERLAY:
NOVICE, TECH, ADVANCED, GENERAL, EXTRA. Also add ROOKIE if
licensed for 3 years or less.
Add YOUTH and age if 18 or
younger. Add Young Adult if age is 19 to 24.
CLAIMED-SCORE: n
The claimed
score of the log submission, in integer form such as 121731 or
19113 or 12 without 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
CREATED-BY: text
Name and
version of the logging program.
EMAIL:
Enter your
email address.
LOCATION:
For fixed stations
in Virginia, enter your county or independent city 3 character
abbreviation. See the list at the VQP web site for the
abbreviations.
For mobile or expedition LOCATION, insert VA
if more than one county or insert 3 letter county abbreviation
is only one county location.
For stations
in the United States (outside of Virginia) or Canada, enter your 2
character postal abbreviation.
For DX
stations, enter DX.
NAME:
Your name.
ADDRESS:
Use multiple
address lines for a complete mailing address.
The preferred address lines are:
ADDRESS: 123 MyStreet
ADDRESS: MyCity, MyState, MyPostalCode
ADDRESS: MyCountry
OPERATORS: callsign1
[callsign2
callsign3...]
A
spacedelimited list of all operator callsign(s).
SOAPBOX:
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
00000000011111111112222222222333333333344444444445555555555666666666677777777778888
12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123
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
START-OF-LOG:
3.0
CALLSIGN: NQ4K
CATEGORY-BAND:
20M
CATEGORY-MODE: SSB
CATEGORY-OPERATOR:
SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-POWER:
LOW
CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: EXTRA
CLAIMED-SCORE: 16
CLUB: STERLING PARK ARC
CONTEST:
Virginia QSO Party
CREATED-BY: Gordon's Fat
Fingers
EMAIL: [email protected]
LOCATION: FFX
NAME:
Gordon
Miller
ADDRESS: 12314 STREAMVALE
CIRCLE
ADDRESS:
HERNDON, VA 20170
ADDRESS: USA
OPERATORS:
NQ4K W2YE KD4RSL
SOAPBOX: THE
GREATEST CONTEST EVER.
QSO: 14255 PH
2001-10-06 0711 NQ4K
001 FFX
W1AW 002 CT
QSO: 14000 PH
2001-10-06 0712 NQ4K
002 FFX
KD4RSL 019 FFX
QSO: 14000 PH
2001-10-06 0713 NQ4K
003 FFX
KD4RSP 1235 LDN
QSO: 14000 PH
2001-10-06 0714 NQ4K
004 FFX
DL7TG 001 DX
END-OF-LOG: