Logs: All entrants who use computerized logging are required to submit logs in electronic format.
Do NOT submit a computer-printed log from a logging program without also providing the electronic
file (Cabrillo file), as the scoring and verification process starts by transferring all log data
into a master Excel file. Hand-written paper logs accompanied by an official ILQP summary sheet
will be accepted for transcription by the ILQP committee. Those who submit paper logs absolve the
committee of all responsibility for miscopied log information. (See below)
Electronic logs: Cabrillo format is preferred. Those entrants using a program that does not provide
Cabrillo files for submission should contact the committee concerning acceptable formatting. Use of the fill-in Excel file available on the ILQP site
Illinois QSO Party https://w9awe.org/ilqp/ under Sample_Excel_Log is encouraged for non-Cabrillo logs.
Please do NOT send .adi nor .adif files!
When you attach your log file, check to see that it is the right file. Every year we get a few logs
for CQWW, NYQP, and other contests.
Logs that do not comply with submission requirements will be classified as Check Logs and will not
be eligible for awards.
Paper Logs: A paper log shall be hand-written and indicate, for each contact, the
entrant’s QTH, band, mode, UTC, and the call and location of the station worked. Paper log
submissions must be accompanied by a completed ILQP Summary Sheet (can be downloaded from
ILQP Summary Sheet https://w9awe.org/ilqp/ ILQP Summary Sheet, printed from the website or requested (with SASE) from
the sponsor. Paper logs should be mailed to WIARC, POBox 3132, Quincy IL 62305-3132. The committee is not responsible for transcription errors.
Submission Deadline: Logs sent by e-mail must be received by the sponsor, and paper logs postmarked by midnight Central Time November 23, 2023. A list of all logs received will be posted to the ILQP webpage. Electronic logs submitted will be acknowledged by return e-mail within 48 hours. Entrants assume responsibility for contacting the sponsor if they do not received confirmation or if their
call is not included in the “logs received” listing on the website.
Disqualification: Participants are expected to follow good amateur practices, conform to the DX
Code of Ethics and operate within their license privileges and in accordance with ILQP rules.
Compelling evidence to the contrary may serve as grounds for disqualification. Decisions of the
ILQP Committee shall be final.
https://w9awe.org/ilqp/.
http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ilqso.
Miscellaneous:
County Name Abbreviations: Participants are reminded that a proper log record of a contact with an
Illinois station in this event requires the name of the Illinois County where that station is
located be entered as part of each QSO record. It is quite acceptable to enter either the complete
and correctly spelled county name or the unique abbreviated form of the county name.
To facilitate the use of abbreviations, a list of recommended Illinois County name abbreviations is
included every year as part of the ILQP Summary sheet (and in the list on the website). Each
Illinois county has an established 4 letter abbreviation (Lee County excepted) shown in this list
which has been in use in this event for many years. PLEASE PRINT OUT THIS LIST OF OFFICIAL
ABBREVIATIONS AHEAD OF TIME AND HAVE IT AT YOUR OPERATING POSITION!
Unfortunately, logs are submitted every year with all manner of variation and corruption of these
abbreviations. In the past the ILQP Committee has been very lenient in not
busting QSO’s due to the use of a non-standard abbreviation as long as there is some unambiguous
clue in the abbreviation used as to the actual county name. In some cases, we even find that the
wrong county name has been used. This often involves White (WHIT) and Whiteside (WTSD) counties as well as Mason (MASN) and Macon (MACN) counties. The ILQP Committee asks that each entrant review the list of county name abbreviations on the summary sheet and use only these abbreviations in
their log entries and to make sure the correct abbreviation for a given county is used. As
mentioned, there has been great leniency in the past for the use of highly corrupted, widely
varying or totally incorrect abbreviations. However, as this event is now generating a master log
each year of nearly 50,000 QSO’s, manual intervention by committee members in the scoring process
is becoming tedious and time consuming. And so, a word to the wise, in the future, this leniency
will not be continued as a part of the scoring process.
QSO Record Minimum Data: Each entrant is asked to review their log file prior to submission to
ensure that every QSO record (i.e. each line) includes the following minimum data: operating
frequency or band; operating mode; UTC date; UTC time; the call sign of your station; the RS(T)
sent; the location of your station; the call sign of the station contacted; the RS(T) received; and
the location of the station contacted. In addition, in a Cabrillo log file, each record should
include the following data: ‘QSO:’ in the first field of each line. Please examine the sample excel
spreadsheet generated Cabrillo file that is available for down load on the WIARC ILQP web page.
Also please review the sample log file at the end of the document for help in determining
compliance with the preferred format. Cabrillo File Header Information: Prior to submitting a log
file, entrants should review the information contained in the header field of their Cabrillo file
to make sure it is complete and accurate. In particular, make sure entry class, personal
information, call sign, station location, and club affiliation are correctly shown. The header
information is automatically pulled and used by the processing software. Please examine the sample
excel spreadsheet generated Cabrillo file that is available for down
load on the WIARC ILQP web page.