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.
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:
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: 3.0END-OF-LOG:
The intervening lines between the two lines above are:
CALLSIGN: callsign
CATEGORY-ASSISTED:
CATEGORY-BAND:
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:CATEGORY-POWER:
CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER:
CLAIMED-SCORE: n
CLUB: text [optional]
CONTEST: CQ-WW-RTTY
CREATED-BY: text [optional]
EMAIL: text [optional]
LOCATION: [required for US, optional for others]
NAME: text
ADDRESS: text
ADDRESS-CITY:
text
ADDRESS-STATE-PROVINCE: text
ADDRESS-POSTALCODE:
text
ADDRESS-COUNTRY: text
OPERATORS: callsign1 [callsign2 callsign3...]
OPERATORS: @N6IJ
SOAPBOX: text [optional]
QSO: 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.