Submitting Logs
ELECTRONIC LOGS
Please submit CQ WPX RTTY Contest logs via e-mail to wpxrtty@kkn.net. Logs are requested to be in the Cabrillo file format. You can view the current list of logs received here.
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 containing a tracking (confirmation) number. 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 corrected in one pass. Submit your log as many times as needed. Once you get the tracking number, your log has been accepted.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE CALLSIGN YOU USED IN THE CONTEST (THE ONE IN YOUR LOG) APPEARS IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF THE E-MAIL. If this information is not there, your log will be rejected by the robot.
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.
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. Whatever is recorded in the header of your Cabrillo file at the time you submit your log is how we will process your entry.
The only way to change your log entry once the robot has accepted it is for you to submit another log.
Editing the Cabrillo File Header
When manually entering Cabrillo header information, please follow the format below. The format for each entry is <LABEL>: followed by a space.
START-OF-LOG: version-number X.X
Must be the first line of the log submission. The current version-number is
2.0.
END-OF-LOG:
Must be the last line of the log submission.
CALLSIGN: callsign
The callsign used during the contest.
ARRL-SECTION: US & VE stations please put your ARRL Section. All others please put DX
CATEGORY: operator-category band-category power-category [mode-category]
The band-category must be one of the following: ALL, 80M, 40M, 20M, 15M or 10M. If you are entering an all band category, use ALL, otherwise select one of the individual bands shown.
The power-category must be HIGH, LOW or QRP.
The only possible category combinations for the WPX RTTY contests are:
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 80M HIGH CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 40M HIGH CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 20M HIGH CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 15M HIGH CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 10M HIGH CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 80M LOW CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 40M LOW CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 20M LOW CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 15M LOW CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 10M LOW CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL QRP CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 80M QRP CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 40M QRP CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 20M QRP CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 15M QRP CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 10M QRP CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED ALL HIGH CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED 80M HIGH CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED 40M HIGH CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED 20M HIGH CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED 15M HIGH CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED 10M HIGH CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED ALL LOW CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED 80M LOW CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED 40M LOW CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED 20M LOW CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED 15M LOW CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED 10M LOW CATEGORY: MULTI-ONE CATEGORY: MULTI-TWO CATEGORY: MULTI-MULTI CATEGORY: CHECKLOG
CLAIMED-SCORE: n
The claimed-score of the log submission, in integer form such as 1217315 or 19113 or 12. DO NOT USE COMMAS.
CLUB: text
Name of the radio club with which the score should be aggregated. PLEASE
SPELL OUT THE CLUB NAME
CONTEST: contest-name
The contest-name must be: CQ-WW-RTTY
Be sure to use hyphens as shown. DO NOT PUT THE YEAR
CREATED-BY: text
Name and version of the logging program used to create the Cabrillo file.
(This field is optional.)
NAME: text
ADDRESS: text
ADDRESS: text
ADDRESS: text
Name and address, each line is 75 characters long.
OPERATORS: callsign1 [callsign2 callsign3...]
DO NOT USE COMMAS.
A space-delimited list of operator callsigns for multi operator stations, or
single operator entries who wish to show they operated at another station.
If you operated at another station, you may list it by prepending an @ sign,
e.g., W1ABC, W2DEF, W3GHI @W3BGN. NOTE: If you select a multi-operator
category and do not enter operator callsigns in this field, the robot will
reject your log.
SOAPBOX: text
Enter as many lines of soapbox text as you wish. Each line is 75 characters
long and must begin with SOAPBOX: followed by a space.
QSO: qso-data
Cabrillo QSO template for CQ WPX RTTY
--------info sent------- -------info rcvd--------
QSO: freq mo date time call rst exch call rst exch t
QSO: ***** ** yyyy-mm-dd nnnn ************* nnn ****** ************* nnn ****** n
QSO: 28000 RY 2002-02-10 2126 LU/N5KO 599 0001 KA4RRU 599 0530
000000000111111111122222222223333333333444444444455555555556666666666777777777788
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901
PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR CABRILLO FILE INCLUDES THIS INFORMATION. ALL LOGS, INCLUDING MULTI-OP MUST INCLUDE BOTH SENT AND RECEIVED SERIAL NUMBERS. MULTI-MULTI STATIONS MUST SHOW THE SERIAL NUMBERS SENT and RECEIVED BY BAND. For the MULTI-TWO category, the last column in the log indicates which transmitter made the QSO, a 0 or a 1.
A Checklist for Sending E-mail Logs
1) Your callsign is in the message subject and in the log.
2) Your log is in Cabrillo format. If you don't know how to put it in Cabrillo or aren't sure the format is correct, send your log anyway. If you get an error message, send E-mail to questions@cqwpx.com
3) The log begins with START-OF-LOG: and has both dashes with a colon at the end.
4) The contest name in the log looks like this:
CONTEST: CQ-WW-RTTY
This is the only name that is accepted.
6) The last line in the log is END-OF-LOG:
7) The time and date (UTC) must be within the contest period. If not, the robot may think the log is for the wrong contest.
8) Check the summary area of the log to be sure there are spaces after the colons and the keys are properly hyphenated.
9) Be sure each line in the summary has a key. If you need more lines for your address or for your comments , add as many ADDRESS: and SOAPBOX: lines as you need.
PAPER LOGS
E-mail logs via the robot are encouraged. If you can not send an electronic log, you may mail your log to CQ Magazine, 25 Newbridge Rd, Suite 405, Hicksville NY 11801. Please mark the envelope plainly as WPX RTTY.
Click here to obtain a copy of the paper log submission forms (summary sheet and log page).
WEB FORM FOR TYPING IN PAPER LOGS
WA7BNM has created a web page where you can type in your paper logs and submit them electronically in Cabrillo format.
Click here to go to the web form. Select CQ WW RTTY Contest.