Cabrillo refers to a universal log submission format created by Trey Garlough, N5KO. This is the preferred format for all electronic logs.

There are two versions of the Cabrillo log file format. The CQ WW RTTY Contest accepts both Cabrillo v2 and v3 format files. One of the major changes from v2 to v3 was in the way categories are specified. We strongly request that you submit logs using the Cabrillo v3 format if possible.

Example File

Below is an example of a Cabrillo v3 file for the CQ WW DX Contest.

 

START-OF-LOG: 3.0
CONTEST: CQ-WW-RTTY
CALLSIGN: HC8N
LOCATION: DX
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: MULTI-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: TWO
CATEGORY-BAND: ALL
CATEGORY-POWER: HIGH
CATEGORY-MODE: RTTY
CATEGORY-ASSISTED: ASSISTED
CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED
CLAIMED-SCORE: 8686317
CLUB: NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CONTEST CLUB
CREATED-BY: WT4I Contest Tools
NAME: BOB SMITH
ADDRESS: 1759 POLE RIDGE RD
ADDRESS: OXFORD, TX 65003
OPERATORS: K6AW, W6OTC, XE1KK
QSO: 14073 RY 2008-09-27 0005 HC8N 599 10 DX WC2C   599 05 NY 0
QSO: 21087 RY 2008-09-27 0005 HC8N 599 10 DX CX4AAJ 599 13 DX 1
QSO: 14073 RY 2008-09-27 0006 HC8N 599 10 DX W8JX   599 04 MI 0
QSO: 14073 RY 2008-09-27 0006 HC8N 599 10 DX VA3PC  599 04 ON 0
QSO: 21087 RY 2008-09-27 0006 HC8N 599 10 DX K7JA   599 03 CA 1
QSO: 21087 RY 2008-09-27 0006 HC8N 599 10 DX PY7ZZ  599 11 DX 1
QSO: 14073 RY 2008-09-27 0007 HC8N 599 10 DX W1ZK   599 05 VT 0
QSO: 14073 RY 2008-09-27 0007 HC8N 599 10 DX AB8K   599 04 OH 0
QSO: 14073 RY 2008-09-27 0009 HC8N 599 10 DX KK0M   599 03 CA 0
QSO: 14073 RY 2008-09-27 0010 HC8N 599 10 DX AB4IQ  599 04 KY 0
QSO: 21087 RY 2008-09-27 0010 HC8N 599 10 DX PT9IA  599 11 DX 1
QSO: 21087 RY 2008-09-27 0010 HC8N 599 10 DX JM1XCW 599 25 DX 1
QSO: 21087 RY 2008-09-27 0011 HC8N 599 10 DX N6VH   599 03 CA 1
END-OF-LOG:

Editing the Cabrillo File

When manually entering Cabrillo header information, please follow the format below. The format for each entry is a key (LABEL:) followed by a space.

START-OF-LOG: 3.0

• Must be the first line of the log submission.

END-OF-LOG:

• Must be the last line of the log submission.

---

The intervening lines between the two lines above are:

CALLSIGN: callsign

• The callsign used during the contest.

CATEGORY-ASSISTED:

• ASSISTED
• NON-ASSISTED

CATEGORY-BAND:

• ALL
• 80M
• 40M
• 20M
• 15M
• 10M

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. If you are entering as a single band but have QSOs on other bands, those QSOs must be included in the log. However, the log will be scored on the basis of your single-band designator in the CATEGORY-BAND: line.

CATEGORY-MODE: RTTY

CATEGORY-OPERATOR:

• SINGLE-OP
• MULTI-OP
• CHECKLOG

CATEGORY-POWER:

• HIGH
• LOW

CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED

CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER:

• ONE
• TWO
• UNLIMITED

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 [optional]

• Name of the radio club with which the score should be aggregated. Please spell out the club name exactly as it is listed on the Club Names web page.

CONTEST: CQ-WW-RTTY

CREATED-BY: text [optional]

• Name and version of the logging program used to create the Cabrillo file.

EMAIL: text [optional]

• A place to put an email address, if desired. This field will be ignored by ARRL and CQ email robots, which determine the email address from the headers of the inbound message.

LOCATION: [required for US, optional for others]

• ARRL/RAC section for US/VE
• otherwise DX

NAME: text
ADDRESS: text
ADDRESS-CITY: text
ADDRESS-STATE-PROVINCE: text
ADDRESS-POSTALCODE: text
ADDRESS-COUNTRY: text

• Name and address. A maximum of four ADDRESS: lines is permitted.

OPERATORS: callsign1 [callsign2 callsign3...]

• A space-delimited list of operator callsign(s). Do not use commas. You may also list the callsign of the host station by placing an "@" character in front of the callsign within the operator list, such as

	OPERATORS: @N6IJ

SOAPBOX: text [optional]

• 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

• QSO data as specified by the Cabrillo QSO data format. All QSO lines must appear in chronological order. Cabrillo QSO template for CQ WW RTTY QSO data:

                              --------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:  3595 RY 1999-03-06 0711 HC8N          599 13 DX  W1AW          599 05 CT  0
000000000111111111122222222223333333333444444444455555555556666666666777777777788
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901

Please ensure that your Cabrillo file includes this information. For the Multi-Two category, the last column in the log indicates which transmitter made the QSO, a 0 or a 1.