### Preferences - Cabrillo Specs

The Cabrillo contest log file format varies depending on the particular contest. TQSL needs to know which field of the QSO line entry contains the call sign of the station that was worked. (Details of the Cabrillo format can be found at http://www.kkn.net/~trey/cabrillo/) It also needs to know whether the contest is an HF or VHF-and-above contest so that the frequency field of the Cabrillo file can be properly interpreted.

For ARRL contests and many other popular contests, TQSL already knows this information. For less popular contests, you may need to provide the information via the Cabrillo Specs tab. This also comes in handy if your logging software doesn't output the contest data correctly, or if the CONTEST name in the Cabrillo file is incorrect in some way, since the Cabrillo Spec entries override any built-in contest informartion.

A list of Cabrillo contest specifications is displayed:

In this example, a Cabrillo file that contains DL-DX-RTTY in the CONTEST line will be treated as an HF contest that contains the call sign worked in field 8 of each QSO line. A Cabrillo file with a contest name of JIDX-CW is also an HF contest that contains the call sign worked in field 8.

To delete an entry, select it by clicking on the entry in the list, then select Delete.

To add an entry, select Add to get the Add Contest dialog:

Type in the contest name as it will appear in the CONTEST line of the Cabrillo file. Check HF or VHF as appropriate (VHF includes UHF and microwave contests). Enter the field number of the call sign worked field. Fields are numbered with 1 being the first field after the "QSO:" line tag. For example:

    QSO: 21042 CW 1997-11-01 2101 N5KO     1 B 74 SCV WA2VRR   1 A 74 VA

In this ARRL Sweepstakes log line the call sign worked (WA2VRR) appears in field 10.