[NLRS] Manual entry of contest logs (and a change to the 10G test)

[Gary2]

For the 10 G Cumulative, how do you handle On/Off times if the Cabrillo 
format?

73, Gary WBØLJC


On 8/7/2019 11:46 AM, John Kalenowsky wrote:
> Following up on Paul's comment...
>
> In the past, I thought there HAD BEEN a LINK to WA7BNM's "Web to Cabrillo"
> forms IN the rules of each of the Contest Rules web pages for ARRL
> contests. It seems to have disappeared in recent edits of the rules sets
> (it's not in the June VHF rules either and, though I didn't check other
> contests, I suspect the same has happened for other contests, both HF and
> VHF).
>
> Since snail-mailed paper log submissions are NOT accepted for the 222
> Contest, it seems (to ME anyway) that this would be a VERY HANDY item to
> mention for the contest. I will drop a note to Bart and Paul suggesting
> that a link to the "Web to Cabrillo" form for the 222 Contest be added to
> the rules. The Log Submission count dropped from 199 in 2017 (the inaugural
> year) to 147 in 2018 - I fear that if the log count does not top 147 in
> 2019, the "end may be near" for the 222 Contest.
>
> And thanks to Rich for following through...it looks like HIS log submission
> was #100 for this year's 222 MHz & Up Distance Contest!
>
> ALSO, please note that the Log Submission rules for the 10 Gig Contest have
> been changed to read:
>
> *8.2. *Electronic entries must be made to the web app at
> *http://contests.arrl.org/arrl10gscoresubmission.php*
> <http://contests.arrl.org/arrl10gscoresubmission.php>  The Cabrillo (or
> ADIf) file formats are required for electronic entries in the 10 GHz and Up
> Contest.
>
>
> As I understand, that means no more text files, spreadsheets or PDFs. And
> I'm slightly surprised that ADIF was recently added (it HAD only mentioned
> Cabrillo) but there must be a 'tool' somewhere that converts ADIF to
> Cabrillo (many that I've seen are totally HF focused and don't recognize
> the slight differences in format between Cabrillo's HF and VHF & Up QSO:
> line templates).
>
> But...never fear, WA7BNM has a "Web to Cabrillo" form for ARRL 10 GHz and
> Upd Contest <http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/arrl10ghz_cab3.php> (that should
> be a 'live' link and I'll drop a note to Bruce about the extraneous 'd' on
> 'Up' that I'm sure he'll fix within a few days).
>
> On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 9:47 AM Paul Husby <husby002 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>

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