[NLRS] 222 MHz and Up Logging

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

The other difference is the 6 digit grids, very important when its 
scoring on distance.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 8/7/2017 4:43 PM, Zack Widup wrote:
>
>
> The only significant difference is the name of the contest. That line
> should say ARRL-222. Make sure you choose from the available
> categories for this contest (e.g. there are no Portable categories).
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 4:38 PM, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson
> <geraldj at netins.net>  wrote:
>>
>>
>> I have been making cabrillo logs manually for some years. You can download
>> an example cabrillo template from ARRL.ORG though I don't know about for
>> this 222 distance contest. I use an ancient text editor, Wordstar 4.0 (for
>> DOS but I use it on OS/2) in non document mode so it doesn't fix excess
>> spaces and excess line lengths or insert CR/LF where it thinks they should
>> be. I also set it to not INSERT but to only replace characters. That should
>> be as possible in old windoze WordPad or NotePad, preferable NotePad. Then I
>> copy the template to a new file k0cqjvhf7.log and edit that replacing the
>> template calls, times, grids, dates, and station class. Then the next year I
>> use last year's log for the template and its amazing how many times the
>> calls come in the same order as last year.
>>
>> I won't be sending in a log for 222 this year, despite 9 hours or so
>> operating time at home and roving to eastern Iowa, I made no contacts so
>> have nothing to report and Cabrillo doesn't have separate data for operating
>> time, if figures operating time from the contacts reported.
>>
>> I haven't seen a definition of Cabrillo format specifying the column order
>> but that is in the template or the number of spaces between columns or
>> whether a particular column must start in the same place. There is enough
>> gap after call sign columns to take a kx9sss/r call sign and after the grids
>> to take a 6 digit grid, if the robot understands 6 digit grids. So I'd take
>> your N1MM+ Cabrillo and edit it to put in the 6 digit grids and try to
>> submit that.
>>
>> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
>>
>>
>> On 8/6/2017 5:25 PM, W. S. Mitchell wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>>     I logged the 222 contest on paper, and have transferred the log to
>>> an ARRL AUG UHF contest in a fully-updated N1MM+.  However, it is
>>> clear that although N1MM+ documentation acknowledges the changes to
>>> the contest, there is no change to the internal scoring (and,
>>> critically, no export of 6-digit rover grid with the Cabrillo file).
>>> Is there something here I'm missing---is anyone getting the contest
>>> properly logging and exporting in N1MM+?  I'd rather not re-enter my
>>> 55 QSOs.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>     Bill
>>> AE0EE/R EN34ix
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