At 10:04 PM 1/6/2006, VR2BrettGraham wrote:
>AD1C posted:
>
>>I'm trying to compile a list of all known Cabrillo contest IDs. My
>>results so far can be found at:
>>
>> http://www.ad1c.us/contest-id.htm
>>
>>If you know of any that are not on the list, or have any
>>corrections, please reply to me directly (I'm not presently
>>subscribed to the reflector).
>
>The Cabrillo specification itself defines that at:
>
>http://www.kkn.net/~trey/cabrillo/spec.html
>
>Where it states:
>
>"CONTEST: contest-name
>
>The contest-name must be one of the following: AP-SPRINT, ARRL-10,
>ARRL-160, ARRL-DX-CW, ARRL-DX-SSB, ARRL-SS-CW, ARRL-SS-SSB,
>ARRL-UHF-AUG, ARRL-VHF-JAN, ARRL-VHF-JUN, ARRL-VHF-SEP, ARRL-RTTY,
>BARTG-RTTY, CQ-160-CW, CQ-160-SSB CQ-WPX-CW, CQ-WPX-RTTY,
>CQ-WPX-SSB, CQ-VHF, CQ-WW-CW, CQ-WW-RTTY, CQ-WW-SSB, DARC-WAEDC-CW,
>DARC-WAEDC-RTTY, DARC-WAEDC-SSB, DL-DX-RTTY, IARU-HF, JIDX-CW,
>JIDX-SSB, NAQP-CW, NAQP-RTTY, NAQP-SSB, NA-SPRINT-CW, NA-SPRINT-SSB,
>NEQP, OCEANIA-DX-CW, OCEANIA-DX-SSB, RSGB-IOTA, SAC-CW, SAC-SSB,
>SARTG-WW-RTTY, STEW-PERRY or TARA-RTTY."
>
>Therefore, the list you have compiled is not correct, full stop.
Brett, I'm not sure what your're trying to say. Are you implying
that a contest sponsor that wants to accept a Cabrillo-style log is
NOT allowed to define a compatible format and designate a unique
contest ID for it? This seems like a short-sided interpretation of the spec.
I guess I think of this as an open-source format, and contest
sponsors are allowed to extend it as they see fit. I believe that
many of the examples I have seen adhere to the spirit of the
spec. Are you implying that there is or should be a Cabrillo
"committee" which has to approve every use of the spec? Who does this benefit?
73 - Jim AD1C
>It does help illustrate the anarchy that Cabrillo has become, with
>so many deviations being devised & masquerading behind the
>name... in due course, such a list may just take on a life of
>its own & fuel the anarchy.
>
>Why is it so difficult to work with the spec?
>
>73 & H(L)NY, VR2BrettGraham
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Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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