The SAC CABRILLO format (V2.0)
Last update: 24 June 2023
Note: The CABRILLO Version 3.0 format is the preferred format for SAC LOG submission.
Read more about the CABRILLO Version 2.0 format at:
Cabrillo Standard Summary Sheet V2.0: http://www.kkn.net/~trey/Cabrillo_v2/
SAC Summary Sheet Specification (V2.0):
START-OF-LOG: version-number
Must be the first line of the log submission.
END-OF-LOG:
Must be the last line of the log submission.
CALLSIGN: callsign
The callsign used during the contest.
CATEGORY: operator-category band-category power-category
For SAC contests the operator-category must be one of the following:
SINGLE-OP, MULTI-ONE, MULTI-MULTI or CHECKLOG.
The band-category must be one of the following:
ALL, LOW-BAND, 80M, 40M, 20M, 15M or 10M.
The power-category must be HIGH, LOW or QRP.
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: [category-overlay…]
The category overlay of the log submission when appropriate.
Category overlay may be ROOKIE, TB-WIRES or WIRE-ONLY.
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.
CONTEST: contest-name
The contest-name must be one of the following: SAC-CW or SAC-SSB.
CREATED-BY: text
Name and version of the logging program used to create the Cabrillo file.
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: text
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.
SAC Cabrillo QSO Template:
--------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 CW 2009-09-19 1748 7S3A 599 1 4K6GF 599 116 0 000000000111111111122222222223333333333444444444455555555556666666666777777777788 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901
freq:
Integer frequency in kHz [ ex. 28032, 14212 ]
if freq not known then 28000, 21000, 14000, 7000, 3500
mo:
CW or PH
date:
UTC date in yyyy-mm-dd form [ ex. 2009-09-19 ]
time:
UTC time in nnnn form [ ex. 1748 ]
call:
callsign
rst:
RST or RS
exch:
contest exchange (serial number) [ ex. 1, 01, 001, 0001 or 00001 ]
t:
transmitter id 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5
(used in the multi-multi or multi-one category
or to show which radio when 2-RADIOS)
SAC-CW log example:
START-OF-LOG: 2.0 CALLSIGN: 7S3A CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW CATEGORY-OVERLAY: CLAIMED-SCORE: 462 CLUB: TOEC - Top Of Europe Contesters CONTEST: SAC-CW CREATED-BY: SACMan ver. 2.21 NAME: Jan-Eric Rehn ADDRESS: Finstavagen 26, 7 tr. ADDRESS: SE-863 31 SUNDSBRUK ADDRESS: SWEDEN OPERATORS: SM3CER SOAPBOX: RIG: Kenwood TS-950SDX SOAPBOX: PWR: 100 W SOAPBOX: ANT: 10/15/20 m - Cushcraft R7, 40/80 m - Dipoles SOAPBOX: E-MAIL: sm3cer(at)ssa.se SOAPBOX: Thanks for a nice contest! I will be back next year. QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1748 7S3A 599 1 4K6GF 599 116 0 QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1750 7S3A 599 2 G4IIY 599 219 0 QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1758 7S3A 599 3 SP7BCA 599 57 0 QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1802 7S3A 599 4 UA1PBI 599 61 0 QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1804 7S3A 599 5 RA3NN 599 322 0 QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1805 7S3A 599 6 LY2KW 599 63 0 QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1807 7S3A 599 7 GW3KDB 599 188 0 QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1808 7S3A 599 8 HA8RJ 599 130 0 QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1812 7S3A 599 9 GM3FDN 599 27 0 QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1815 7S3A 599 10 DJ7XA 599 119 0 QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1817 7S3A 599 11 G3NSY 599 98 0 QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1818 7S3A 599 12 3Z8BAB 599 91 0 QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1820 7S3A 599 13 HA5CW 599 64 0 QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1822 7S3A 599 14 RF9C 599 392 0 QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1824 7S3A 599 15 G3RSD 599 200 0 QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1825 7S3A 599 16 G0LII 599 319 0 QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1826 7S3A 599 17 G3YEC 599 215 0 QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1827 7S3A 599 18 DL5KUD 599 250 0 QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1829 7S3A 599 19 DK3GO 599 51 0 QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1832 7S3A 599 20 S51SX 599 27 0 END-OF-LOG:
Possible Scandinavian entries:
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL QRP
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 80M
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 40M
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 20M
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 15M
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 10M
CATEGORY: MULTI-ONE
CATEGORY: MULTI-MULTI
CATEGORY: CHECKLOG
NOTE: If you are entering one of the Overlay categories, you must also provide CATEGORY-OVERLAY information – see below. If you are not entering an Overlay category, do not include this line or leave blank.
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: CLASSIC
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: ROOKIE
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: TB-WIRES
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: WIRE-ONLY
Possible Non-Scandinavian entries:
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL QRP
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP LOW-BAND
CATEGORY: MULTI-ONE
CATEGORY: CHECKLOG
NOTE: If you are entering one of the Overlay categories, you must also provide CATEGORY-OVERLAY information – see below. If you are not entering an Overlay category, do not include this line or leave blank.
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: CLASSIC
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: ROOKIE
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: TB-WIRES
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: WIRE-ONLY