At 01:48 PM 1/25/03 -0900, Joe - WL7M wrote:
>I'm with you Gary - wish it had a cabrillo save feature - since DX4WIN is
>also intended for the "casual contester", its unfortunate that this option
>is not available.
>
>73,
>Joe
>WL7M
>
>At 01:26 PM 1/25/2003, Gary McConville wrote:
>
>>I'm setting myself for a few shots but I'm still
>>waiting for a cabrillo format on report saves...
>>
>>Gary - WB4SQ
>
>Hello all,
>
>You fellows need to understand that 'casual contesting' is geared toward
>the DX'er who is in a contest for new band and mode countries, with the
>focus on DX'ing, not contesting. It has nothing to do with contesting for
>the intent of contesting, at what ever level, but solely in support of the
>DX'er.
>
>Also, Cabrillo is not a 'one size fits all' thing. It is a contest
>specific format. Go to
>http://www.kkn.net/~trey/cabrillo/qso-template.html and you will see what
>I am saying. At a minimum, there are 8 different formats. Although the
>date, time, mode, band info is stable, the rest of it is all over the
>place, depending upon the contest. It may be a different story if it was
>one specific file format, such as ADIF. But, even then, time permitting.
>
>If you need contest support from the contest perspective, get a program
>that's main purpose is contesting. I understand there are even one or two
>good ones which are freeware, which may be worth looking into.
>
>When I'm contesting, I use Writelog.
>
>73 de Steve, NR4M
>
>
