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These often result from errors in your logging-program configuration.

dates and/or times are consistently wrong.

QSO records are split into two lines (happens often when Cabrillo is inline rather than an attachment).

your power level may be missing, in which case we assume 'high'.

your entry category is Mixed but all QSOs are one mode (we change your category), or it's single-mode but contains other-mode QSOs (we remove them).

location codes are consistently wrong (OR DES, OR/DES, etc.).

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your location code is missing, wrong or incomplete in QSO records (often just state or county code due to misconfiguration of 'sent exchange' in logging program).

What log problems do you fix or let me know about? It's sent from - be sure that address (with for ) isn't blocked by a spam filter. (Note that many logging programs omit the contest exchange from ADIF-file QSO records - check before submitting.)ĭo you send an acknowledgement of receiving my log? If so, why didn't I receive it? Please don't do 1 or 2! 3 is much preferred (it sends us a Cabrillo file), 4 is acceptable, and 5 is OK as a last resort for ADIF files and Excel spreadsheets, but we may not be able to read and process it.

Save it as a consistent, readable text file and email it, or.

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My log is on my computer but I don't know how to generate a Cabrillo file. W1AW is fine when calling other stations, since you can work anyone, but adding /7 for consistency is fine too. As I don't have a 7-area callsign, should I sign W1AW/7? Or should I sign W1AW? You can log them as multiple QSOs or as one with multiple location codes (e.g., NY/PA). If they're on a county or state line they count for both. If they're in one of the concurrent QSO parties - or are just changing states - and send the appropriate exchange, they can be worked again. What about stations that change counties and/or states? (Some logging programs record the prefix as the location code for VE and DX stations, we also accept those.)

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The exchange is signal report plus state/county code(s), state/province/'DX' two-letter code(s) or other-QSO-party location code(s). Exceptions are Washington, where we used the Salmon Run abbreviations (except the 4-character ones), and Arizona, where the state coordinators preferred phonetic abbreviations.Ĭan I log names of counties or make up my own abbreviations? We used the same algorithm that had been used for Oregon, i.e., use the first three letters of the county name when ambiguous, use phonetic abbreviations for each (e.g., ORLCN for Lincoln, ORLNN for Linn). Where did the county abbreviations come from? Why is Lincoln's different in different states? The operating hours of the four contests overlap only partially, giving each contest some time as 'the only game in town' but also providing opportunities for inter-party activity. It was much easier to adapt our contest exchange format and leverage the activity already created by those two popular contests than it would have been to find a nice, quiet Saturday during the Spring months when no other contests were being held. Why is 7QP on the same weekend as NEQP and INQP (and now DEQP)? WSJT modes (e.g., FT8) are not allowed, since they can't handle the required 7QP exchange. Here is the operating plan with times in Zulu.Contact us: digital modes are allowed in 7QP? The order of counties is Valley, Adams, Idaho, and Lewis in ID and Garfield in WA with about 2 hours operating time in each one. None of the counties have had much activity in previous 7 QSO Parties. I'll be in ID most of the day and hit WA late in the afternoon.

It will be a solo effort so the plan will be to operate from a county, drive to the next county without being on the air while driving, and operate from that one repeating the process until it gets dark. This year I will operate mobile in the 7 QSO Party May 5.