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: