QO-100 SSB / CW Challenge

Hi. Good initiative, it certainly can be a very interesting activity for many on QO-100.

I believe the proposed date should be changed since 20/FEB is tomorrow and many are not even aware of this yet (or the dates up there are just examples?)

Please go simpler and highlight what really matters to everyone: number of QSOs X Grids X DXCC, no prefixes, no divisions, no trigonometry... not a N1MM expert but it should have something ready for calculate this (?) for the vhf contests here I don't even use n1mm, I just use an Excel file with the necessary fields that generates an ADIF file which I convert to Cabrillo, works perfectly.

73

Hi,

You can upload the log in Cabrillo format to the website and the score is automatically calculated from the supplied QSO records and your own location. You don't have to keep score yourself.

Below an example of the log file:

START-OF-LOG: 3.0
LOCATION: JO21
CALLSIGN: PE1ITR
CONTEST: QO100-CHALLENGE
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-ASSISTED: ASSISTED
CATEGORY-BAND: 2.3G
CATEGORY-MODE: SSB
CATEGORY-POWER: QRP
OPERATORS: PE1ITR
SOAPBOX: Nice contest and good activity
NAME: Rob
EMAIL: example@somewhere.com
CREATED-BY: N1MM Logger+ 1.0.8869.0
QSO:  2.3G PH 2021-01-05 1754 PE1ITR        59  001  PA3FYM        59  007  JO22 
QSO:  2.3G PH 2021-01-05 1754 PE1ITR        59  002  PD0LJX        59  006  JO21 
QSO:  2.3G PH 2021-01-05 1806 PE1ITR        59  003  DK0SB         59  003  JO31 
QSO:  2.3G PH 2021-01-05 2201 PE1ITR        59  004  PD2CWM        59  004  JO21 
END-OF-LOG:

Lay out QSO Record

QSO:  2.3G PH 2021-02-20 1817 PE1ITR        59  001  PA3FYM         59  015  JO22
QSO: ***** ** yyyy-mm-dd nnnn ************* nnn nnnn ************** nnn nnnn ****
QSO: band  mo date       time sent call     rst txnr rcvd call      rst rxnr grid
QSO: 0000000001111111111222222222233333333334444444444555555555566666666667777777
QSO: 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456 

Hi Remco,

many thanks for this announcement.

Do you have any hints for connecting my IC-9700 with SDR-Console (frequency tracking) and N1MM+ Logger (typing CW + logging) at the same time?

Tnx es 73,

Marcus, DL2DCX

i missed it

i hope you will do some more of these events ... would be very nice !

Hello all.
Thanks for the QO-100 Challenge yesterday.

Does anyone have an example of the correct format for a QSO in cabrillo format?
I have a log from N1MM+ but I'm getting error messages when I try to upload.

The format produced by N1MM+ is:

CREATED-BY: N1MM Logger+ 1.0.9450.0

QSO: 2.3G PH 2022-02-19 1802 G0MRF 59 001 IO91 SP5EXA 59 002 KO02

but it creates an error message

FYI My grid locator is IO91

Any thoughts appreciated. 73 David

Hi David,

my Log looks like that:

QSO:   2.3G PH 2022-02-19 1957 DL2GMI     59  050  G0MRF         59  052  IO91

Hi David,

The cabrillo format for a qso record of the QO100-CHALLENGE is:

QSO: [Band] [Mode] [Date] [Time] [Own callsign] [RST sent] [Serial sent] [Callsign] [RST Received] [ Serial Received] [Received locator]

Al fields have to be in this order and separated by one or more spaces. Just like DL2GMI example above.

Below another example:

QSO:  2.3G PH 2022-02-19 1850 PE1ITR        59  022  G0MRF         59  019  IO91

73 Rob PE1ITR