[NLRS] ARRL VHF+ Contests: How SO logs may become MU logs

[w0zq at aol.com]

Below is a cut and paste from the ARRLs Contest Update letter dated December 4.  It may help to explain how a contest log gets placed into the Mulit-Op category when you intended Single Op.

Please be sure to check any response from log-acceptance systems to be sure your log is placed in the right category. For example, if an email robot confirms your entry as SOHP, the reply message will show something like "Single Operator, High Power".  In contests without an Assisted or Unlimited category, logs for Single-Op entries with the Assisted tag present will usually wind up assigned to Multioperator. If this isn't your intent, be sure to correct the Cabrillo header information and re-submit the log until you are in agreement with the reply message...and save your confirmation number or ID!

None of the ARRL VHF+ contests have an Assisted or Unlimited category .... these are HF contest definitions.   If you use a logging program such as N1MM, etc, the program will typically auto-populate these fields in the cabrillo log header.  You may need to use a text editor to modify your final cabrillo log.   

Yes, perhaps the contest robot could be instructed to ignore these categories for VHF+ contest, but for now be aware of this nuance.  

73, Jon
W0ZQ