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====== Contest Spreadsheets ====== | ====== Contest Spreadsheets ====== | ||
- | Here are LibreOffice spreadsheets for three contests. | + | Here are some [[https:// |
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+ | These spreadsheets do **not** work with Excel. | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | ^ Contest | ||
+ | | Winter Field Day | 1900Z, Jan 27 to 1900Z, Jan 28, 2023 | {{winter_fieldday_v20240106.ods}} | ||
+ | | ARRL Field Day | 1800Z, Jun 22 to 2100Z, Jun 23, 2024 | {{fieldday_v20240614.ods}} | ||
+ | | RAC Canada Day | 0000Z to 2359Z, July 1st, 2024 | {{rac_contests_v20240616.ods}} | ||
+ | | RAC Winter Contest | ||
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+ | * All spreadsheets are used in very similar ways, but they are different to account for the different rules and ways to calculate the points. | ||
+ | * Most of the introduction below uses RAC's contest as an example but the same ideas apply to the other contests. | ||
===== RAC Canada Day / Winter Contests ===== | ===== RAC Canada Day / Winter Contests ===== | ||
- | * The spreadsheet was updated from Cabrillo V3.0 to [[https:// | ||
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:// | ||
- | ===== 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: | ||
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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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</ | </ | ||
< | < | ||
- | 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. |
- | But since I'm not a regular contester and I didn't have time to familiarize myself with a logging program that would run under GNU/Linux, I simply used a spreadsheet to log my entries and tweaked it as the day went on to add my points and check for duplicate stations. | ||
{{ : | {{ : | ||
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+ | The steps are to: | ||
+ | * Fill out the '' | ||
+ | * Log the contacts in the '' | ||
+ | * Export to Cabrillo using the button on the '' | ||
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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{{ youtube> | {{ youtube> | ||
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- | Here is the link to {{ : | ||
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- | Licensed under Creative Commons [[https:// | ||
- | * Run it for any purpose. | ||
- | * Study and modify it. | ||
- | * Copy it to help others. | ||
- | * Improve it, and release the improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits. | ||
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- | Provided that you: | ||
- | * Attribute the work to me by linking to [[https:// | ||
- | * Distribute any derivative work under the same license. | ||
- | </ | ||
Here's a copy of the code that generates the Cabrillo file: | Here's a copy of the code that generates the Cabrillo file: | ||
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' | ' | ||
' Provided that you: | ' Provided that you: | ||
- | ' | + | ' |
' | ' | ||
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</ | </ | ||
< | < | ||
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+ | ===== Winter Field Day Contest ===== | ||
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+ | Everything you need to know about the Winter Field Day contest is here: [[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Logs ==== | ||
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+ | 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) | ||
+ | * Callsign | ||
+ | * Class (ex. '' | ||
+ | * ARRL Location (ex. '' | ||
+ | * Mode ('' | ||
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+ | At the end of the contest, the Cabrillo file must be submitted online at www.winterfieldday.com | ||
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===== 7300 Recorded Voice TX ===== | ===== 7300 Recorded Voice TX ===== | ||
The other thing I learned during the contest is how to record a short message on my IC-7300 and play it back on the air so I could save my voice a bit. The details are on [[https:// | The other thing I learned during the contest is how to record a short message on my IC-7300 and play it back on the air so I could save my voice a bit. The details are on [[https:// | ||
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I still had to use the mic a bit depending on the situation, but these pre-recorded messages took care of a lot of the grunt work. | I still had to use the mic a bit depending on the situation, but these pre-recorded messages took care of a lot of the grunt work. | ||
- | ===== Last Thoughts | + | ===== License |
- | I didn't expect | + | Both spreadsheets are licensed under Creative Commons [[https:// |
+ | * Run it for any purpose. | ||
+ | * Study and modify | ||
+ | * Copy it to help others. | ||
+ | * Improve it, and release | ||
+ | |||
+ | Provided that you: | ||
+ | * Attribute | ||
+ | * Distribute any derivative work under the same license. | ||
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