The Cabrillo format is used for computerized calculation of contest score and cross-check of QSOs. More info of Cabrillo format can be found on The Cabrillo format
Most contest programs can export logs in Cabrillo format.
Example SARTG New Year Contest log:
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START-OF-LOG: 3.0
CALLSIGN: SM5FUG
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
CLAIMED-SCORE: 410
CLUB: Top Of Europe Contesters
CONTEST: SARTG-NY-RTTY
CREATED-BY: SM5FUG-demo
NAME: Jan Palmquist
ADDRESS: Hamstreet 73
ADDRESS: SE-722 23 VASTERAS
ADDRESS: SWEDEN
OPERATORS: SM5FUG
E-MAIL: sm5fug@zzzzz.com
SOAPBOX: HNY MSG: GOTT NYTT AR
SOAPBOX: RIG: Kenwood TS-850S
SOAPBOX: PWR: 100 W
SOAPBOX: ANT: 80/40 m - Dipoles
SOAPBOX: Thanks for a nice contest! I will be back next year.
QSO: 3582 RY 2016-01-01 0928 SM5FUG 599 0001 JAN RT3P 599 0049 VLAD
QSO: 3583 RY 2016-01-01 0933 SM5FUG 599 0002 JAN YU3AWA 599 038 MARIJA
QSO: 3583 RY 2016-01-01 0935 SM5FUG 599 0003 JAN DL3SYA 599 065 RAINER
QSO: 3854 RY 2016-01-01 0936 SM5FUG 599 0004 JAN DL1ARJ 599 7 GUNTHER
QSO: 7039 RY 2016-01-01 1037 SM5FUG 599 0005 JAN OH7JJT 599 043 TOMMI
QSO: 7039 RY 2016-01-01 1038 SM5FUG 599 0006 JAN OH2MZB 599 105 PASI
QSO: 7041 RY 2016-01-01 1038 SM5FUG 599 0007 JAN M0RYB 599 084 PETER
QSO: 7042 RY 2016-01-01 1041 SM5FUG 599 0008 JAN DF2RG 599 019 GARY
QSO: 7043 RY 2016-01-01 1043 SM5FUG 599 0009 JAN RA1ALC 599 048 ALEX
END-OF-LOG:
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Cabrillo header Specification:
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START-OF-LOG: version-number
Must be the first line of the log submission.
The prefered version-number is 3.0. Version 2.0 is also accepted.
CONTEST: contest-name
The contest-name must be : SARTG-NY-RTTY.
CALLSIGN: callsign
The callsign used during the contest.
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: operator-category
For SARTG New Year contest the Operator-category must be one of the following:
SINGLE-OP, MULTI-OP or CHECKLOG.
Note. Single-op and multi-op are not separated in this short contest, if this
category is omitted or blank the log is regarded as a SINGLE-OP log.
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: transmitter-category
For SARTG New Year contest the transmitter-category must be one of the following:
ONE, TWO or SWL.
CATEGORY-POWER: power category and must be one of the following:
HIGH, LOW or QRP
[can be omitted, as there is no power categories in SARTG New Year contest]
CATEGORY-XXX: Other categories like e.g. BAND/MODE/OVERLAY are
not needed for SARTG New Year contest and can be omitted.
CLAIMED-SCORE: n
The claimed-score of the log submission, in integer form
such as 1217315 or 19113 or 12.
[can be omitted, as the log checking software will calculate the score]
CLUB: text
Name of the radio club with which the score should be aggregated.
[can be omitted, as there is no club competition]
CREATED-BY: text
Name and version of the logging program used to create the Cabrillo file.
(Can be omitted.)
EMAIL: text
Your email address.
NAME: text
ADDRESS: text
ADDRESS: text
ADDRESS: text
ADDRESS: text
... [as many as needed...]
Name and address.
OPERATORS: callsign1 [callsign2 callsign3...]
A space-delimited list of operator callsign(s).
SOAPBOX: Enter your Happy New Year Greating here.
SOAPBOX: text
SOAPBOX: text
SOAPBOX: text
SOAPBOX: text
... [as many as needed...]
Soapbox comments.
QSO: QSO-data
QSO data as specified by the Cabrillo QSO data format.
END-OF-LOG:
Must be the last line of the log submission.
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Cabrillo QSO Template:
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------------info sent------------ ------------info rcvd------------
QSO: freq mo date time call rst exch call rst exch t
QSO: ***** ** yyyy-mm-dd nnnn ************* nnn *************** ************* nnn *************** *
QSO: 14000 RY 2001-08-16 1048 SM5FUG 599 001 JAN SK4RY 599 123 CHARLIE 0
000000000111111111122222222223333333333444444444455555555556666666666777777777788888888889999999999
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789
freq:
Integer frequency in kHz; [ ex. 28082, 14091 ]
if freq not known then 28000, 21000, 14000, 7000, 3500
mo:
RY
date:
UTC date in yyyy-mm-dd form [ ex. 2001-08-15 ]
time:
UTC time in nnnn form [ ex. 1048 ]
call:
callsign
rst:
RST
exch:
contest exchange (serial number [ex. 1, 01, 001, 0001 or 00001] and name)
t:
transmitter id 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5
Can be omitted
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