Format 1:
X--: ----info sent---- ----info rcvd---- X--: freq mo date time call rst call rst X--: ***** ** yyyy-mm-dd nnnn ************* nnn ************* nnn QSO: 3799 PH 2019-06-20 1411 VE1SL 59 VE1MR 59 00000000011111111112222222222333333333344444444445555555555666666666677777777778 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
To accommodate a wide range of Cabrillo logging programs, the log checking software (robot) will also accept logs in a second format that includes sent and received “exchanges”. The exchanges are nominally Parks Canada administrative unit identifiers or ‘——‘ but can actually be anything because they will be ignored by the log checking software (robot).
Format 2:
X--: -------info sent------ -------info rcvd------ X--: freq mo date time call rst exch call rst exch X--: ***** ** yyyy-mm-dd nnnn ************* nnn **** ************* nnn **** QSO: 3799 PH 2019-06-20 1411 VE1SL 59 BC12 VE1MR 59 ---- 00000000011111111112222222222333333333344444444445555555555666666666677777777778 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
These templates are provided for your convenience, should they be needed by your logging software. However, the log checking software (“robot”) is very flexible and does not require the fields to be in any specific columns. The only requirement is that the 9 or 11 fields be provided in the correct order and be separated by one or more spaces or tabs.
Explanation of Fields
freq is frequency or band:
- 1800 or actual frequency in KHz
- 3500 or actual frequency in KHz
- 7000 or actual frequency in KHz
- 14000 or actual frequency in KHz
- 21000 or actual frequency in KHz
- 28000 or actual frequency in KHz
- 50
- 70
- 144
- 222
- 432
- 902
- 1.2G
- 2.3G
- 3.4G
- 5.7G
- 10G
- 24G
- 47G
- 75G
- 123G
- 134G
- 241G.
mo is mode:
- CW
- PH
- FM
- RY
- (in the case of cross-mode QSOs, indicate the transmitting mode).
date is UTC date in yyyy-mm-dd form.
time is UTC time in nnnn form (0000 – 2359).
call is callsign.
- Only A-Z, 0-9 and / are permitted
- The call sign must be between 3 and 20 characters long
rst is signal report of readability, signal-strength and for CW, tone. See rst.
exch is the a Parks Canada administrative unit ID or ‘—-‘. However, it is not used by the log checking software (robot) and can be set to any value.
