Steve, I too am just a casual contester but would like a few cabrillo formats supported that could be modified in word/text format for the other contest parameters. DX4WIN32 fills all my logging requirements EXCEPT for the missing cabrillo output. Thanks for the clarification, Steve.
Gary - WB4SQ --- Joe - WL7M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for your clarification, Steve. Seems that > what should be understood > is that when I, as a DXer, participate in a contest, > I'd just like to send > in my log with as minimal fuss as possible. I've > "won" contests for my > section/state with as few as 5 QSOs. That's pretty > casual. Yup - they are > contest specific. Sure would be nice if there was > the option to have at > least a few "major" contests supported. My 2 > cents........YMMV. > 73, > Joe > WL7M > > >>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 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system > (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release > Date: 1/21/2003 > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/mixed > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/plain (text body -- kept) > The reason this message is shown is because the post > was in HTML > or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. > To learn how > to post in Plain-Text go to: > http://www.expita.com/nomime.html --- > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
