2006 Virginia QSO Party

CABRILLO Requested 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.

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).

Power-category (HIGH / LOW / QRP).

Location-category (FIXED / MOBILE / EXPEDITION).

CLAIMEDSCORE: n

The claimedscore of the log submission, in integer form such as 121731 or 19113 or 12.

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 GERMANY

ENDOFLOG: