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Title: ARRL Contest Robot log checker insists Phone logs be called ARRL-SS-SSB Post by: K9FH on November 21, 2006, 12:00:05 AM It's called the ARRL Phone Sweepstakes yet the automated contest log checker rejects logs identified as Phone and insists on making you identify your log as ARRL-SS-SSB! AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
My log consisted of entirely AM contacts. Why must I identify it as an SSB log? Here's the automated rejection slip I received from their log checker: ======= (This is an automatic reply.) Thank you for your participation in the contest. Unfortunately our robot is unable to process your Cabrillo log file as submitted because it appears to be missing some critical information. At this time, you do not have a valid log in the queue. Your log must be corrected and re-submitted. If you do not re-submit, your results can not be included in the contest results. Below you will find a list of the problems that were encountered in attempting to process your log, as well as a corresponding set of remedies that may fix these problems. Please review these problems, then update your log. You must then re-send it to ssphone@arrl.org. You may have to resubmit your log two or three times to get everything just right. Don't worry, the robot replaces the previous file as long as the callsign remains the same. We want to make sure that we have your information right! If you believe you have received this message in error or if you are having problems creating the required log file, please contact us at contests@arrl.org. Thanks for your cooperation. 73. ARRL Contest Branch ---------- ERROR MESSAGE REPORT FROM THE ROBOT ERROR #1: Log may not be for Phone Sweepstakes. REMEDY #1: Please resubmit the correct log. If the log is correct but simply mislabeled, please change to the contest name to ARRL-SS-SSB. Here is an example of a valid contest name specification for Phone Swesptakes: CONTEST: ARRL-SS-SSB ---------- ARRL NOVEMBER SWEEPSTAKES CONTEST LOG WARNING MESSAGE REPORT FROM THE ROBOT CONTEST: ARRL-SS-PHONE Line 4 was discarded. 'ARRL-SS-PHONE' is an invalid contest. ARRL-SS-SSB is the only valid contest name for Phone Sweepstakes. Perhaps this is a log from a different contest. |