Georgia QSO Party (GQP) Rules The Best State QSO Party for 50+ Years..!! April 9-10, 2016

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1 The Best State QSO Party for 50+ Years..!! April 9-10, 2016 Rev Page 1 4/28/2016

2 1. OBJECTIVE CONTEST PERIOD WHEN: OPERATING PERIODS: BANDS CATEGORIES CONTEST EXCHANGE GEORGIA STATIONS SEND SIGNAL REPORT AND COUNTY ABBREVIATION. CLICK HERE FOR A LIST. GEORGIA STATIONS SHOULD CALL CQ GQP NON GEORGIA STATIONS... 5 SHOULD CALL CQ GA USA (NON GEORGIA) STATIONS... 5 SEND SIGNAL REPORT AND STATE (U.S.P.S. ABBREVIATION) CANADIAN STATIONS... 5 SEND SIGNAL REPORT AND CANADIAN PROVINCE (ARRL ZONE ABBREVIATION) DX STATIONS... 5 SEND SIGNAL REPORT AND DX (NOT COUNTRY) POWER MODES... 5 (WILL BE BASED ON THE LOG DATA) ENTRY CATEGORY FOR THE CABRILLO 2.0 FORMAT LOG FILE HEADER ITEM OF "CATEGORY:" SCORING QSO POINTS: MULTIPLIERS A MULTIPLIER MAY BE COUNTED ONCE PER MODE. (NOT PER BAND) GEORGIA STATIONS:... 7 EACH USA STATE AND DC, INCLUDING GEORGIA (51)... 7 (FOR GA TO GA QSOS, ENTER COUNTIES IN THE EXCHANGE, YOU WILL GET CREDIT FOR GA STATE)... 7 EACH CANADIAN PROVINCE (13)... 7 DX CONTACTS COUNT FOR QSO POINTS, BUT DO NOT COUNT FOR MULTIPLIERS (ENTER DX IN THE EXCHANGE.) STATE/PROVINCES X 2 MODES = 128 MULTIPLIERS POSSIBLE NON-GEORGIA STATIONS: (COUNTY) MULTIPLIERS X 2 MODES = 318 MULTIPLIERS POSSIBLE GEORGIA ROVER STATIONS, WHEN THEY CHANGE COUNTY, MAY BE WORKED AS A NEW CONTACT A ROVER CONTACT COUNTS FOR POINTS IF THE QSO IS NOT DUPLICATED ON THE SAME BAND AND SAME MODE A ROVER CONTACT COUNTS FOR MULTIPLIER CREDIT IF THE QSO IS NEW ON THAT MODE FINAL SCORE MULTIPLY TOTAL QSO POINTS BY TOTAL MULTIPLIERS INVALID CONTACTS STATIONS OUTSIDE GA MAY NOT COUNT CONTACTS WITH "NON GA" OR WITH DX STATIONS GQP LOG SUBMISSION RECEIVED LOGS... 7 Rev Page 2 4/28/2016

3 10.2 ENTRIES CABRILLO FORMAT LOG FILENAMES LOG ING LOG OMISSIONS CLUBS ROVERS PAPER AND DISC LOGS: PC COMPATIBLE REQUIRED INFORMATION MISCELLANEOUS SPOTTING: CLUB COMPETITION: EXCHANGES: MODES: ROVERS: AWARDS:... 9 In State/Out of State... 9 There are "Out of state" and "Georgia" "Top Club Score" awards in the Mixed category Single Call per Transmitter... 9 A transmitter used to contact one or more stations may not subsequently be used under any other call during the contest period. The only exception will be for family stations where more than one call is assigned and the operator is changed when the call is changed OUT OF STATE STATIONS: ROVER/MOBILE STATION: SUGGESTED FREQUENCIES: (40M PH CHANGE WITH NEW BAND CHANGES) Phone: 1.865, 3.810, 7.190, , , , CW: 1.815, 3.545, 7.045, , , , Activity: Look for SSB activity on the hour and CW on the half hour AWARDS/ CERTIFICATES OTHER ITEMS RESTATED FOR CLARITY OR MINOR CHANGES: APPENDIX GEORGIA LOG CABRILLO 2.0 HEADER FORMAT MINIMUM (3.0 FORMAT BELOW) NON GEORGIA LOG CABRILLO 2.0 HEADER FORMAT MINIMUM (3.0 FORMAT BELOW) PROVICE/TERRITORY ABBREVIATIONS GEORGIA COUNTIES AND ABBREVIATIONS Rev Page 3 4/28/2016

4 1. OBJECTIVE Georgia QSO Party (GQP) Rules For Amateurs OUTSIDE of the state of Georgia to make contact with as many Phone and/or CW Georgia stations in as many of the 159 Georgia counties as possible. For Amateurs INSIDE the state of Georgia to work everyone. 2. CONTEST PERIOD 2.1 WHEN: The Georgia QSO Party is held annually the second full weekend of April. 2.2 OPERATING PERIODS: There are two operating periods: 1800Z (2:00 pm EDST) Saturday until 0359Z (11:59 pm EDST) Sunday and 1400Z (10:00 am EDST) to 2359Z (7:59 pm EDST) on Sunday 3. BANDS The GQP shall be conducted on 160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m, and 6m only. 4. CATEGORIES Scoring Category SO MS MM RS RM Description Single Operator. (SO) One person performs all operating and logging functions. Multi Operator Single Station. (MS) More than one person performs all operating and logging functions. Only 1 station operating at any given time. All stations can now be in the category. Multi Operator Multi Station. (MM) Those obtaining assistance from another operator(s) or logger and more than 1 station operating at any given time. All stations can now be in this category. Rover Single Operator. (RS) A single Georgia mobile or portable station that operates from at least two (2) different Georgia counties and making at least one (1) contact from each county. Rover Multi Operator. (RM) A single Georgia mobile or portable station that operates from at least two (2) different Georgia counties and making at least one (1) contact from each county. Rovers with multiple operators and/or multiple simultaneously operated stations in the vehicle use the (RM) category. NOTE: A Rover station may have a non contest operating driver, for safety, and remain in the Single Operator category. If the Rover driver operates at any time in the contest, that Rover is in the Multi Operator category and enters as (RM). Rev Page 4 4/28/2016

5 Rovers must move the entire operating site at least 200 yards into the new county. ( Line Sitting is not allowed.) NOTE: ASSISTED OPERATION IS ALLOWED Nets and Spotting Clusters are allowed for all categories without changing category. 5. CONTEST EXCHANGE 5.1 Georgia stations. Send signal report and County abbreviation. Click HERE for a list. Georgia stations should call CQ GQP. 5.2 Non Georgia stations Should call CQ GA. 5.3 USA (Non Georgia) stations Send signal report and STATE (U.S.P.S. abbreviation). 5.4 Canadian stations Send signal report and Canadian PROVINCE (ARRL Zone abbreviation). 5.5 DX stations Send signal report and DX (not country). 6. POWER Power QRP LP HP Description QRP: Five (5) watts CW & 10 watts SSB, maximum. Use (QRP). Low Power: 150 watts, maximum. Use (LP). High Power: Greater than 150 watts. Use (HP). NOTE: Rover award lists do NOT call out power categories. Rovers of all power levels compete for these awards the same. Please enter your appropriate power lever though. 7. MODES (Will Be Based On the Log Data) Mode Description MIXED PH, CW contacts are all submitted as a single entry. Use "MIXED" as Mode in the CABRILLO log header, log each contact by actual mode used. (PH/CW/PSK/RTTY/etc.) CW Traditional Morse Code contacts, (and digital modes) Use "CW" as Mode in the CABRILLO log header. Rev Page 5 4/28/2016

6 PH Voice contacts. Use "PH" as Mode in the CABRILLO log header, and on each contact. Note: A Mixed operation may be split out as PH and/or CW entries. Separate log files are required to be submitted. Rovers may not split logs. Home stations that also submit a Rover run may not split logs. CW, RTTY, and Digital contacts will all be scored as CW. Multipliers will be scanned from the total group and counted for CW. 8. ENTRY CATEGORY. For the CABRILLO 2.0 format log file Header item of "Category:" Use one of: SO, MS, MM, RS or RM as first part. Use one of: QRP, LP, or HP as second part. Use one of: MIXED, PH, or CW as last part. NOTE: The CABRILLO 2.0 log file header line for CATEGORY: might then be as the example below: CATEGORY: SO LP MIXED CATEGORY: RS LP CW 9. SCORING Stations may be worked once per band per mode for QSO Points. GA Rovers may be worked once per county, per mode, per band for QSO Points. Multiplier counting is per mode. See details below. 9.1 QSO Points: o Each complete Phone contact counts one point. o Each complete CW contact counts two points. o No cross mode contacts allowed. o No partial contact credit. o DX counts for QSO points only, there are no country multipliers. Log "DX" instead of State or Province. o Non DX Contacts. o For GA to GA QSOs, enter COUNTIES in the exchange You will get credit for GA state. o Each Canadian Province (13). 64 state/provinces X 2 Modes = 128 Multipliers possible. Rev Page 6 4/28/2016

7 o Georgia stations: Each USA state and DC, including Georgia (51). o Non Georgia stations: 159 (Georgia County) multipliers X 2 Modes = 318 Multipliers possible. o Georgia Rover stations, when they change county, may be worked as a new contact. o A Rover contact counts for multiplier credit if the QSO is new on that mode. 9.2 Multipliers. A multiplier may be counted once per mode. (Not per band) 9.3 Georgia Stations: Each USA State and DC, including Georgia (51) (For GA to GA QSOs, enter counties in the exchange, you will get credit for GA State) Each Canadian Province (13) DX contacts count for QSO points, but do not count for multipliers. (Enter DX in the exchange.) 64 State/Provinces x 2 Modes = 128 Multipliers possible. 9.4 Non-Georgia stations: 159 (county) multipliers x 2 modes = 318 Multipliers possible. Georgia Rover stations, when they change county, may be worked as a new contact. A Rover contact counts for points if the QSO is not duplicated on the same band and same mode. A Rover contact counts for multiplier credit if the QSO is new on that mode. 9.5 Final Score. Multiply total QSO points by total multipliers. 9.6 Invalid Contacts. Stations outside GA may not count contacts with "non GA" or with DX stations. 10. GQP LOG SUBMISSION 10.1 Received logs Will be listed on the Georgia QSO Party web site as soon as possible after receipt Entries Must be time stamp marked or postmarked no later than 0000Z, the 15th of May Cabrillo Format All electronic logs must be submitted in Cabrillo format. (Check A template of the GQP format is in the appendix of this document. Summary sheets are not required for Cabrillo format logs files Log Filenames Rev Page 7 4/28/2016

8 Log filenames should be: <Your Callsign>.LOG Log ing All logs should be submitted attachment to 10.6 Log Omissions Notice: Omission of class or power category will automatically default to the highest class, multi operator, multi transmitter, and high power. MM, RM, and HP will be the defaults Clubs If your club is indicated in your submission, your score will be automatically credited to that club Rovers Rovers may submit scores for any club, including out of state clubs. Rovers may submit a single consolidated Cabrillo file with a claimed score of the entire operation. A single Cabrillo file is the preferred entry for a Rover, and individual county files are not needed in this case. (Less files to handle). Rovers may also submit individual county Cabrillo files. Individual county files will be combined when received to make an overall file. TIP: Several popular logging programs allow changing the exchange in the same log. (Some do not allow change.) TIP: N3FJP QSOGA.EXE. This program has always had a valid Georgia QSO Cabrillo file creation capability. In the file menu select write submission file. Scott has graciously added the word Cabrillo to that menu choice. 11. Paper and Disc Logs: 11.1 PC Compatible Logs submitted on disc must be IBM PC compatible Required Information Paper logs must indicate band, mode, date, UTC contact time, call sent and received, exchanges, multipliers, and QSO points. A summary sheet "should" be included. Indicate your club for club scores. Entry forms and a list of Georgia County abbreviations are available on the Georgia QSO Party web site. Entry forms and a list of Georgia County abbreviations may be requested by mail by sending a business size SASE. Rev Page 8 4/28/2016

9 Georgia QSO Party (GQP) Rules Logs on paper are retyped and reentered into software, each contact, by a volunteer. Help us reduce this work by submitting a computer generated log! Please do NOT print out a file and send paper, just save the file as a plain text format, and send the file by . We can handle many forms of files. If you do not have , send a CD, or as a last resort, send the paper print out. All paper logs should include a summary and claimed score. Paper log and CD submission and request for Entry forms and a list of Georgia county abbreviations are to be mailed to: John Laney, K4BAI, P.O. Box 421, Columbus, GA : or k4bai@att.net 12. MISCELLANEOUS 12.1 Spotting: Nets/Clusters are allowed for all categories Club Competition: Is encouraged. Please indicate your club on your entry. The SECC and SEDXC are not eligible to enter this competition Exchanges: All Georgia Stations MUST include COUNTIES (abbreviated) in their exchange MODES: PH (Phone), CW, or MIXED (both modes). All digital modes qualify as CW ROVERS: As Rovers change counties they are "new" contacts to all, even Georgia stations. GA stations always send their county to, and receive county from, GA stations AWARDS: Club competition: Out of state clubs, and Georgia clubs are offered in each mode along with the individual station awards. In State/Out of State There are "Out of state" and "Georgia" "Top Club Score" awards in the Mixed category Single Call per Transmitter A transmitter used to contact one or more stations may not subsequently be used under any other call during the contest period. The only exception will be for family stations where more than one call is assigned and the operator is changed when the call is changed Out of state stations: Working from multiple states must submit separate logs for each state. Each state score stands alone, and is not consolidated with other state operations. Rev Page 9 4/28/2016

10 12.9 Remotely Operated Stations: Exchange should be entered as the location of the actual station transmitter/antenna, not the operator location Rover/mobile station: Is one that can be operated while in motion. (County Hunters definition) Suggested Frequencies: (40M PH change with new band changes) 13. AWARDS/ CERTIFICATES Phone: 1.865, 3.810, 7.190, , , , CW: 1.815, 3.545, 7.045, , , , Activity: Look for SSB activity on the hour and CW on the half hour. Certificates will be awarded to the top score for each of the following: Each DXCC country Each Canadian province Each USA state (except Georgia) Each Georgia County Gavels will be awarded to the top score for each of the following: Top Georgia Club Top non-georgia Club Plaques will be awarded to the top score for each of the following: Georgia Mixed MultiOp/MultiTransmitter High Power Georgia Mixed MultiOp/MultiTransmitter Low Power Georgia Mixed MultiOp/MultiTransmitter QRP Georgia Mixed MultiOp/SingleTransmitter High Power Georgia Mixed MultiOp/SingleTransmitter Low Power Georgia Mixed MultiOp/SingleTransmitter QRP Georgia Rover Mixed SingleOp Georgia Rover Mixed MultiOp Georgia Rover CW SingleOp Georgia Rover CW MultiOp Georgia Mixed High Power Georgia Mixed Low Power Georgia Mixed QRP Georgia CW High Power Georgia CW Low Power Rev Page 10 4/28/2016

11 Georgia CW QRP Georgia Phone High Power Georgia Phone Low Power Georgia Phone QRP US/VE Mixed High Power US/VE Mixed Low Power US/VE Mixed QRP US/VE CW High Power US/VE CW Low Power US/VE CW QRP US/VE Phone High Power US/VE Phone Low Power US/VE Phone QRP DX Mixed High Power DX Mixed Low Power DX Mixed QRP DX CW High Power DX CW Low Power DX CW QRP DX Phone High Power DX Phone Low Power DX Phone QRP Georgia QSO Party (GQP) Rules NOTE: A score of at least 200 points is required to win a category!!! End of Awards 15. OTHER ITEMS RESTATED FOR CLARITY OR MINOR CHANGES: Prior Changes. A reminder of other year changes. address for entry is changed: logs@georgiaqsoparty.org Rovers minimum counties=2 Rovers scores can go to any club, including out of state clubs. (Except SECC and SEDXC, event sponsors) Rovers can have a driver for safety and still be single op. To sponsor a plaque for the next GQP, plaques@georgiaqsoparty.org A transmitter used to contact one or more stations may not subsequently be used under any other call during the contest period. The only exception will be for family stations where more than one call is assigned and the operator is changed when the call is changed." END OF RULES Rev Page 11 4/28/2016

12 Please consider sponsoring a plaque for the next GQP. To contact our plaque manager plaques@georgiaqsoparty.org Sponsored AWARDS are listed on the home page, and the list may change from year to year. Certificates will be sent when a category/mode is not sponsored for a plaque. Special thanks to all award sponsors from the SECC and SEDXC and Georgia QSO Party! To contact our certificate manager, info@georgiaqsoparty.org Rev Page 12 4/28/2016

13 APPENDIX We can process both Cabrillo 2.0 and 3.0 formats. Please don t mix the two formats. GEORGIA LOG CABRILLO 2.0 HEADER FORMAT MINIMUM (3.0 Format below) START-OF-LOG: 2.0 CREATED-BY: N3FJP's GA State QSO Party Program 4.0 (Not Required) CALLSIGN: K4I ARRL-SECTION: GA CONTEST: Georgia State QSO Party - GA (Not Required) CATEGORY: MM MIXED QRP CLUB: North Georgia QRP Club (Not Required) OPERATORS: AD4S, W3HZZ, N4EWT NAME: Pickett Cummins ADDRESS: 761 Leila Ln. ADDRESS: Lawrenceville, GA ADDRESS: ( ) ad4s@arrl.net GEORGIA LOG CABRILLO 2.0 and 3.0 QSO RECORD FORMAT --info sent info rcvd---- QSO: freq mo date time call rst cnty call rst DX/st/prv QSO: ***** ** yyyy-mm-dd nnnn call nnn aaaa call nnn aaaa QSO: CW K4I 599 GLYN VE9HF 599 NB END-OF-LOG: nnnn: must be numeric (no leading zeros) aaaa: must be alpha st: Post Office State Abbreviation (this includes the header tag "LOCATION:" prv: ARRL Section Canadian Province Abbreviation cnty: Georgia County NOTE: All 10 elements of the "QSO:" tag are positional must be present, separated by at least one space and conform to the alpha/numeric requirement. GEORGIA LOG CABRILLO 3.0 HEADER FORMAT MINIMUM START-OF-LOG: 3.0 CREATED-BY: N3FJP's GA State QSO Party Program 4.0 (Not Required) CALLSIGN: K4I LOCATION: GA CONTEST: Georgia State QSO Party - GA (Not Required) CATEGORY-MODE: SSB,CW,RTTY,MIXED (one of these) CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP,MULTI-OP (one of these) CATEGORY-POWER: HIGH,LOW,QRP (one of these) CATEGORY-STATION:,FIXED,PORTABLE,ROVER (one of these) CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER:,ONE,UNLIMITED (one of these) CLUB: North Georgia QRP Club (Not Required) OPERATORS: AD4S, W3HZZ, N4EWT Rev Page 13 4/28/2016

14 NAME: Pickett Cummins ADDRESS: 761 Leila Ln. ADDRESS: Lawrenceville, GA ADDRESS: ( ) Georgia QSO Party (GQP) Rules NON GEORGIA LOG CABRILLO 2.0 HEADER FORMAT MINIMUM (3.0 Format below) START-OF-LOG: 2.0 CALLSIGN: G3XVR CATEGORY: SO LP CW ARRL-SECTION: DX/ST/PRV (our software converts ARRL zones to USPS State) CLUB: NADARS (Not Required) NAME: Danny Higgins ADDRESS: Lyndenhurst, The Shrave ADDRESS: Four Marks ADDRESS: Alton ADDRESS: Hampshire ADDRESS: GU34 5BJ ADDRESS: England ADDRESS: ( ) danny.higgins@keme.co.uk OPERATORS: G3XVR (not required) NON GEORGIA LOG CABRILLO 2.0 and 3.0 QSO RECORD FORMAT --info sent info rcvd---- QSO: freq mo date time call rst cnty call rst ga cnty QSO: ***** ** yyyy-mm-dd nnnn call nnn aaaa call nnn aaaa QSO: CW G3XVR 599 DX,st,prv W4BQF 599 COOK END-OF-LOG: nnnn: must be numeric (no leading zeros) aaaa: must be alpha st: Post Office State Abbreviation prv: ARRL Section Canadian Province Abbreviation NOTE: All 10 elements of the "QSO:" tag are positional must be present, separated by at least one space and conform to the alpha/numberic requirement. The last element of the "QSO:" tag MUST be a 4 character Georgia County. NON GEORGIA LOG CABRILLO 3.0 HEADER FORMAT MINIMUM START-OF-LOG: 3.0 CREATED-BY: N3FJP's GA State QSO Party Program 4.0 (Not Required) CALLSIGN: K4I LOCATION: STATE, PROVINCE/TERRITORY, DX (one of these) CONTEST: Georgia State QSO Party - GA (Not Required) Rev Page 14 4/28/2016

15 CATEGORY-MODE: SSB,CW,RTTY,MIXED (one of these) CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP,MULTI-OP (one of these) CATEGORY-POWER: HIGH,LOW,QRP (one of these) CATEGORY-STATION:,FIXED,PORTABLE (one of these) CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER:,ONE,UNLIMITED (one of these) CLUB: North Georgia QRP Club (Not Required) OPERATORS: AD4S, W3HZZ, N4EWT NAME: Pickett Cummins ADDRESS: 761 Leila Ln. ADDRESS: Lawrenceville, GA ADDRESS: ( ) STATE Abbreviations ARE Us Postal Service 2 letter abbreviations PROVICE/TERRITORY Abbreviations [Multiplier to use in QSO] (Prefix examples) Abbreviation Prefix Province/Territory AB VE6,VA6 Alberta BC VE7,VA7 British Columbia MB VE4, VA4 Manitoba NB NB, VE9 New Brunswick NL VO1, VO2 Newfoundland and Labrador NT VE8 Northwest Territories NS VE1, VA1, CY9, CYØ Nova Scotia NU VYØ Nunavut ON VE3, VA3 Ontario PE VY2 Prince Edward Island QC VE2, VA2 Quebec SK VE5, VA5 Saskatchewan YT VY1 Yukon Rev Page 15 4/28/2016

16 Rev Page 16 4/28/2016 Georgia Counties and Abbreviations Appling APPL Atkinson ATKN Bacon BACN Baker BAKR Baldwin BALD Banks BANK Barrow BARR Bartow BART Ben Hill BENH Berrien BERR Bibb BIBB Bleckley BLEC Brantley BRAN Brooks BROK Bryan BRYN Bulloch BULL Burke BURK Butts BUTT Calhoun CALH Camden CMDN Candler CAND Carroll CARR Catoosa CATO Charlton CHAR Chatham CHTM Chattahoochee CHAT Chattooga CHGA Cherokee CHER Clarke CLKE Clay CLAY Clayton CLTN Clinch CLCH Cobb COBB Coffee COFF Colquitt COLQ Columbia COLU Cook COOK Coweta COWE Crawford CRAW Crisp CRIS Dade DADE Dawson DAWS Decatur DECA DeKalb DKLB Dodge DODG Dooly DOOL Dougherty DHTY Douglas DOUG Early EARL Echols ECHO Effingham EFFI Elbert ELBE Emanuel EMAN Evans EVAN Fannin FANN Fayette FAYE Floyd FLOY Forsyth FORS Franklin FRAN Fulton FULT Gilmer GILM Glascock GLAS Glynn GLYN Gordon GORD Grady GRAD Greene GREE Gwinnett GWIN Habersham HABE Hall HALL Hancock HANC Haralson HARA Harris HARR Hart HART Heard HEAR Henry HNRY Houston HOUS Irwin IRWI Jackson JACK Jasper JASP Jeff Davis JFDA Jefferson JEFF Jenkins JENK Johnson JOHN Jones JONE Lamar LAMA Lanier LANI Laurens LAUR Lee LEE Liberty LIBE Lincoln LINC Long LONG Lowndes LOWN Lumpkin LUMP Macon MACO Madison MADI Marion MARI McDuffie MCDU McIntosh MCIN Meriwether MERI Miller MILL Mitchell MITC Monroe MNRO Montgomery MONT Morgan MORG Murray MURR Muscogee MUSC Newton NEWT Oconee OCON Oglethorpe OGLE Paulding PAUL Peach PEAC Pickens PICK Pierce PIER Pike PIKE Polk POLK Pulaski PULA Putnam PUTN Quitman QUIT Rabun RABU Randolph RAND Richmond RICH Rockdale ROCK Schley SCHL Screven SCRE Seminole SEMI Spalding SPAL Stephens STEP Stewart STWT Sumter SUMT Talbot TLBT Taliaferro TALI Tattnall TATT Taylor TAYL Telfair TELF Terrell TERR Thomas THOM Tift TIFT Toombs TOOM Towns TOWN Treutlen TREU Troup TROU Turner TURN Twiggs TWIG Union UNIO Upson UPSO Walker WLKR Walton WALT Ware WARE Warren WARR Washington WASH Wayne WAYN Webster WEBS Wheeler WHEE White WHIT Whitfield WFLD Wilcox WCOX Wilkes WILK Wilkinson WKSN Worth WORT

17 Common Log Errors..!! We receive more than 300 logs each year. About two thirds of them go right through the edit without a problem. The other third require a manual handling. If possible we will correct the errors and send the log back through the edit program. Listed here are some of the more common errors that we have to correct. 1. Out of State stations working an out of state station. Can only work a Georgia station. 2. Cabrillo HEADER format errors. Leaving out a minimum requirement and mixing Cabrillo 2.0 and 3.0 formats are the most frequent errors. GQP Cabrillo requirements can be found in the appendix. 3. Cabrillo QSO record errors. a. (The 10 elements are positional sensitive, separated by one or more spaces and are different for In and Out of state stations). b. In State stations showing GA as their location. Must be a Georgia County abbreviation. c. Showing DX for Canadian Provinces and Territories. d. Showing ARRL Section for Puerto Rico, Guam, etc. These are DX. e. Showing something other than DX for all other ARRL DX entities. f. All alpha fields contain a non alpha character. g. All numeric fields contain a non numeric character. 4. Date and Time of Day errors. We can handle the date as YYYY/MM/DD and MM/DD/YYYY but please don t mix the two formats. 5. Call Sign Errors. Call signs can contain alpha or number characters. No special characters such as a slash (/) are allowed. 6. Logs In Wrong Data Format. Cabrillo logs are all in.txt (text) data format. The most common error is sending a log in.rtf (Rich Text) format. All text files should end with a CR/LF. We have received files that have neither. 7. Logs Not In Cabrillo Format. We receive some.adi (ADIF) and.xls (Excel) files. If we have enough information to make a Cabrillo file we forward those to a volunteer who enters all of the information into a normal logging program in order to generate a valid Cabrillo format log. Lots of manual labor in this case. Otherwise we notify the sender that we are unable to process the log. 8. File Name for a Log Does Not Include the Station Call Sign. We need this to keep track of all logs and post online that the log was received. 9. More Than One File Received for the Same Station. Please don t ask us how to figure out how to combine multiple logs for the same station. This is a very labor intensive activity. Rev Page 17 4/28/2016