[WriteLog] Cabrillo File & Unclaimed QSO

Fri Oct 2 16:46:52 EDT 2015

I was surprised when I read that writelog removes the marked as 
unclaimed qsos. I was believing not. When you are single entry, you want 
to see your score, mults, etc in your band only. A trick would be to 
mark possible other qsos as unclaimed. Or at least this was what I would 
do. During the last rtty contest, while I was in mult station I found 
2-3 friends who were not mults and I couldn't work. I worked them to say 
hello and give them the mult and marked the qso as unclaimed. Now I can 
see that I made a mistake and I have given a NIL to them! Ok it is my 
fault that I didn't checked the log before I submit but do you think it 
is normal? I mean to remove completely the QSOs?
73 Kostas SV1DPI
On 2/10/2015 11:11 μμ, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
> I was informed that my answer was not clear.
>> Only the QSOs you make on the single band you are entering will impact your
> score. Anything you log on other bands is not used in calculating your
> final score for the contest.
>> Randy K5zd
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: WriteLog [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> Randy Thompson K5ZD
>> Sent: Friday, October 02, 2015 2:29 PM
>> To: 'Robert W5AJ'; WriteLog at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Cabrillo File & Unclaimed QSO
>>>> If you enter a single band category, only the QSOs on that band will be
>> counted for your score. The CQ WW rules do require single band entrants
>> to include all other QSOs made during the contest (on other bands) to
>> help with the checking. When you don't send those, the station you
>> worked gets a Not-In-Log.
>>>> Randy
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Robert W5AJ [mailto:woodr90 at gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Friday, October 02, 2015 2:16 PM
>>> To: k5zd at charter.net; WriteLog at contesting.com
>>> Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Cabrillo File & Unclaimed QSO
>>>>>> Thanks Randy
>>>>>> On a Single Band entry = for example 40 meter SB but station worked
>>> other bands to pass out QSOs & included in log
>>>>>> Will the log checking software ignore a busted QSO as far as points on
>>> another band and only "Grade" the SB entry on band entered??
>>>>>> 73 Robert W5AJ
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Randy Thompson K5ZD [mailto:k5zd at charter.net]
>>> Sent: Friday, October 02, 2015 6:10 AM
>>> To: 'Robert W5AJ' <woodr90 at gmail.com>; WriteLog at contesting.com
>>> Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Cabrillo File & Unclaimed QSO
>>>>>> WriteLog does not support marking QSOs with X-QSO. If you mark the
>>> QSO within WL it is removed from the Cabrillo log completely.
>>>>>> The way to do it is by using a text editor. Add "X-" to the beginning
>>> of QSO lines that you do not want to count. The log checking software
>>> for CQWW and CQWPX will not count the QSO for you, but will give
>>> credit to the other station.
>>>>>> Since you are trying to not claim the last QSO in your log, is it
>>> because the QSO was made after the contest? In that case, you may
>>> simply want to remove it since it will not count for your score anyway.
>>>>>> Randy, K5ZD
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: WriteLog [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>>>> Robert W5AJ
>>>> Sent: Friday, October 02, 2015 5:30 AM
>>>> To: WriteLog at contesting.com
>>>> Subject: [WriteLog] Cabrillo File & Unclaimed QSO
>>>>>>>>>>>> I checked the Cabrillo web page for Cabrillo file version 3.0
>>>> http://wwrof.org/cabrillo/cabrillo-specification-v3/
>>>>>>>> it notes that if one has a QSO in the log that want "Unclaimed"
>>>> toward score that QSO is marked with "X"
>>>>>>>> I test marked the last QSO in my log as unclaimed in writelog
>>>>>>>> exported to Cabrillo
>>>> that QSO is not in the Cabrillo file which would then show as NIL to
>>>> that station if I submitted that Cabrillo which isn't fair to that
>>> station...
>>>> work around??
>>>>>>>> However,
>>>> rereading the specification, the specification says any qso line
>>>> marked with "X" is ignored by the log checking software, which then
>>>> again the other station gets a NIL??
>>>>>>>> 73 Robert W5AJ
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