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====== Contest Spreadsheets ====== | ====== Contest Spreadsheets ====== | ||
- | Here are LibreOffice spreadsheets for three contests: | + | Here are some LibreOffice spreadsheets for different |
- | | + | ^ Contest |
- | * The Winter | + | | Winter Field Day | 1900Z, Jan 27 to 1900Z, Jan 28, 2023 | {{winter_fieldday_v20240106.ods}} | <wrap hi>Jan 6, 2024</ |
+ | | ARRL Field Day | 1800Z, Jun 24 to 2100Z, Jun 25, 2023 | {{fieldday_v20230128.ods}} | ||
+ | | RAC Canada Day | 0000Z to 2359Z, July 1st, 2023 | {{rac_contests_v20230128.ods}} | Jan 28, 2023 | | ||
+ | | RAC Winter Contest | ||
- | Below are some details about each contests. | ||
+ | All spreadsheets are used in very similar ways, but they are different to account for the different rules and ways to calculate the points. | ||
- | ===== RAC Canada Day / Winter Contests ===== | + | Most of the introduction below uses RAC's contest as an example but the same ideas apply to the other contests. |
- | The spreadsheet was last updated on November 29, 2020 to [[https:// | + | ===== RAC Canada Day / Winter Contests ===== |
Everything you need to know about the RAC Canada Day or Winter Day contest is located on the [[https:// | Everything you need to know about the RAC Canada Day or Winter Day contest is located on the [[https:// | ||
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* Exchange (Two letter province code for Canadian Stations, or the serial number for other stations). | * Exchange (Two letter province code for Canadian Stations, or the serial number for other stations). | ||
- | At the end of the contest, logs must be submitted to RAC. They will accept paper logs for submissions with less than 100 entries, but they really prefer electronic logs, which must be submitted in the // | + | At the end of the contest, logs must be [[https:// |
A Cabrillo file is really just plain text file formatted in a very specific way. For example, here's a copy of my Cabrillo file from last summer (with only a few entries as example): | A Cabrillo file is really just plain text file formatted in a very specific way. For example, here's a copy of my Cabrillo file from last summer (with only a few entries as example): | ||
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</ | </ | ||
< | < | ||
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- | RAC does NOT want this information emailed to them in the body of the email. | ||
Regular contesters use logging programs which can generate these files while providing features that facilitate the logging process during the contest. | Regular contesters use logging programs which can generate these files while providing features that facilitate the logging process during the contest. | ||
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Here are a few introductory videos I made to explain how to use the spreadsheet, | Here are a few introductory videos I made to explain how to use the spreadsheet, | ||
- | * The first video shows where to download [[https:// | + | * The first video shows where to download [[https:// |
{{ youtube> | {{ youtube> | ||
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' Provided that you: | ' Provided that you: | ||
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===== Winter Field Day Contest ===== | ===== Winter Field Day Contest ===== | ||
- | The spreadsheet was last updated on Jan 23, 2021 for the Winter Field Day on Jan 30-31, 2021. | ||
- | Everything you need to know about the Winter Field Day contest is on the [[https:// | + | The {{winter_fieldday_v20230128.ods |Logging Spreadsheet}} was last updated on Jan 28, 2023 for the Winter Field Day on Jan 28-29, 2023. |
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+ | Everything you need to know about the Winter Field Day contest is here: [[https:// | ||
==== Logs ==== | ==== Logs ==== | ||
During the contest, the following information must be logged for each station: | During the contest, the following information must be logged for each station: | ||
+ | * Date and Time in UTC (for example 2023-01-28 and 1901) | ||
* Frequency in kHz (for example, 14.125 MHz should be entered as 14125) | * Frequency in kHz (for example, 14.125 MHz should be entered as 14125) | ||
- | * Mode (CW, DI, or PH) | ||
- | * Date and Time in UTC (for example 2021-01-30 and 1901) | ||
* Callsign | * Callsign | ||
- | * Class (ex. '' | + | * Class (ex. '' |
- | * ARRL Location (ex. BC, AB, SF, ...) | + | * ARRL Location (ex. '' |
+ | * Mode ('' | ||
- | At the end of the contest, the cabrillo | + | |
+ | At the end of the contest, the Cabrillo | ||
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Provided that you: | Provided that you: | ||
- | * Attribute the work to me by linking to [[https:// | + | * Attribute the work to me by linking to [[https:// |
* Distribute any derivative work under the same license. | * Distribute any derivative work under the same license. | ||
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howto/contestspreadsheets.txt · Last modified: 2024/06/17 19:42 by va7fi