CQ WPX - Submitting Your Log (2024)

The CQ WPX Contest Committee asks everyone who participates in the contest to submit their log in electronic format. Even small logs are very helpful in the log checking process and are greatly appreciated.

1. RECOMMENDED METHOD. Logs in Cabrillo format can be uploaded, checked and submitted using the Log Check page.
2. Logs in ADIF format can be submitted through the adif conversion page.

When your log has been submitted correctly, you will receive an e-mail containing a tracking (confirmation) number. Once you receive the tracking number, your log has been accepted.

You can view the current list of logs received:SSB Logs Received orCW Logs Received.

A Checklist for Submitting Logs

1) Completely fill out the header information in the Cabrillo file.

Your contest logging software may do this for you. Even so, we recommend that you open the log file with a text editor like Notepad or Wordpad and check that all information is entered in the correct format. See the Cabrillo format page for an example log file with explanations of the fields.

The Web Upload page will give you an opportunity to confirm yourinformation. Please review it carefully.

Whatever is recorded in the header of your Cabrillo file is how we will process your entry.

The only way to change your log entry once the robot has accepted it is for you to submit another log.

2) Name the Cabrillo log file with the call you used in the contest (e.g., K5ZD.LOG or K5ZD.CBR).

3) Submit your log using the Web Log Upload page to confirm that your log contains all required information.

4) You should receive a confirmation email back from the robot in a few minutes. Your log has been accepted and the process is complete.

Common Errors

Many logs have simple errors that can be easily corrected. It is always a good idea to check the following before submitting your log.

• Confirm your log is in Cabrillo format.
• The log begins with START-OF-LOG: and has both dashes with a colon at the end.
• The contest name in the log looks like this (These are the only two that are accepted.):
  CONTEST: CQ-WPX-SSB
  CONTEST: CQ-WPX-CW
• The category is in the format shown on theCabrillo log format page. Note the differences between Cabrillo v3 and v2!
  Note: If you are submitting a multi-two entry, please make sure the transmitter column is included. This column should be set to 0 for all QSOs made by transmitter 1 and set to 1 for all QSOs made by transmitter 2.
• If you are operating from the USA or Canada, you must include the ARRL-SECTION or LOCATION field to indicate where you operated from. All others should use LOCATION: DX
• The last line in the log is END-OF-LOG:
• The time and date (UTC) of each QSO must be within the contest period.
• Check the summary area of the log to be sure there are spaces after the colons and the keys are properly hyphenated.
• Be sure each line in the summary has a key. If you need more lines for your address or for your comments, add as many ADDRESS: and SOAPBOX: lines as you need.
• If you want your score to be contributed to a club, please spell out the full club name using one of the names from thelist of club names.

If you have a problem submitting your log or receive an error message that you do not understand, please contact us through the Contact Form.

Software for Typing in Paper Logs

You can use almost any software package to create the Cabrillo files. Here are two that we use for typing in paper logs.

LM

DL8WAA has created a free software application called LM that makes it very easy and fast to type in a paper log and convert it into a Cabrillo file. The LM software can also read ADIF files and convert them to Cabrillo format.

Visit the LM web site athttp://contestsoftware.com/e/home.htm to obtain the free download.

FLE (Fast Log Entry)

DF3CB has created a free software application called FLE that makes it very easy and fast to type in a paper log and convert it into a Cabrillo file.

Visit the FLE web site athttp://www.df3cb.com/fle/ to obtain the free download.

Paper Logs

Paper logs are no longer accepted. Please find someone to help you convertyour paper log to Cabrillo format for submission.