Atlantic Canada QSO Party - Provinces & County/Division Abbreviations |
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Newfoundland & Labrador (NL) |
Prince Edward Island (3) |
New Brunswick (15) |
Nova Scotia (18) |
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| Division | Abbr | County | Abbr | County | Abbr | County | Abbr |
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| Div 1: Avalon Peninsula-St. John's | NLASJ | Kings | PEKGS | Albert | NBALB | Annapolis | NSANP |
| Div 2: Burin Peninsula-Marystown | NLBMT | Queens | PEQNS | Carleton | NBCAR | Antigonish | NSATG |
| Div 3:South Coast-Channel-Port aux Basques | NLSCB | Prince | PEPRN | Charlotte | NBCHA | Cape Breton | NSCBR |
| Div 4: St. George's - Stephenville | NLSGS | Gloucester | NBGLO | Colchester | NSCOL | ||
| Div 5: Humber District-Corner Brook | NLHCB | Kent | NBKEN | Cumberland | NSCMB | ||
| Div 6: Central Newfoundland-Grand Falls-Windsor | NLGFW | Kings | NBKGS | Digby | NSDIG | ||
| Div 7: Bonavista / Trinity-Clarenville | NLBTC | Madawaska | NBMAD | Guysborough | NSGUY | ||
| Div 8: Notre Dame Bay-Lewisporte | NLNDL | Northumberland | NBNOR | Halifax | NSHRM | ||
| Div 9: Northern Peninsula-St. Anthony | NLNSA | Queens | NBQNS | Hants | NSHNT | ||
| Div 10: Labrador - Happy Valley-Goose Bay | NLLGB | Restigouche | NBRES | Inverness | NSINV | ||
| Div 11: Nunatsiavut-Nain | NLLNN | Saint John | NBSJC | Kings | NSKGS | ||
| Sunbury | NBSUN | Lunenburg | NSLUN | ||||
| Victoria | NBVIC | Pictou | NSPIC | ||||
| Westmorland | NBWES | Queens | NSQNS | ||||
| York | NBYOR | Richmond | NSRIC | ||||
| Shelburne | NSSHL | ||||||
| Victoria | NSVIC | ||||||
| Yarmouth | NSYAR | ||||||
Cabrillo Specification V3
This page details the subset of tags supported by the Cabrillo Specification V3 that apply to the Atlantic Canada QSO Party. The format for each line is TAG: followed by at least one space, followed by the data. The tags may be listed in any order except for START-OF-LOG: and END-OF LOG:
Required Tags
START-OF-LOG: 3.0 Must be the first line of the log submission. The current version-number is 3.0.
END-OF-LOG: Must be the last line of the log submission.
CALLSIGN: callsign The callsign used during the contest.
CONTEST: AC-QSO-PARTY
CATEGORY-OPERATOR:
- SINGLE-OP
- MULTI-OP
- CHECKLOG
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER:
- UNLIMITED
CATEGORY-MODE:
- SSB
- CW
- MIXED
CATEGORY-POWER:
- HIGH
- LOW
- QRP
QSO: qso-data One line per contact. All QSO lines should appear in chronological order.
Example: |
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| --------info sent------- | -------info rcvd------ | |||||||||
| QSO: | freq | mo | date | time | call | rst | exch | call | rst | exch |
| QSO: | ***** | ** | yyyy-mm-dd | nnnn | ************* | nnn | ****** | ************* | nnn | ****** |
| QSO: | 14045 | CW | 2024-05-09 | 1600 | VE1RGO | 599 | NSANP | K4SWL | 599 | NC |
| QSO: | 14275 | PH | 2024-05-09 | 1602 | VE1RGO | 59 | NSDIG | K8MRD | 59 | TX |
| QSO: | 14197 | PH | 2024-05-09 | 1900 | VE1RGO | 59 | NSANP | VE1RPX | 59 | NSKGS |
Each line must begin with “QSO:” followed by a space. The example shows each item at a specific column, but different spacing is allowed as long as the data is in the correct sequence.
Common Tags
CATEGORY-STATION:
- FIXED
- MOBILE
- PORTABLE
CATEGORY-OVERLAY:
- ROOKIE Use this if you were licensed less than 3 years prior to this ACQP.
- YOUTH Use this if all operators were under age 25 during the ACQP.
CLAIMED-SCORE: nnnnn The claimed-score of the log submission, in integer form such as 1217315 or 19113 or 12.
CLUB: text Name of your local radio club to which the score should be applied.
CREATED-BY: text Name and version of the logging program used to create the Cabrillo file.
EMAIL: text Contact e-mail address for the entrant.
NAME: text Name. Maximum of 75 characters long.
ADDRESS: text Mailing address. Each line should be a maximum of 45 characters long. Up to 6 address lines are permitted.
ADDRESS-CITY: text ADDRESS-STATE-PROVINCE: text ADDRESS-POSTALCODE: text ADDRESS-COUNTRY: text Optional fields for providing mailing address details.
LOCATION: text Used to indicate the location where the station was operating from.
For USA and Canada stations LOCATION must be the ARRL section abbreviation. For foreign stations LOCATION must be ‘DX’. This information is required for IARU-HF and for all ARRL and CQ contests.
OPERATORS: callsign1 [callsign2 callsign3…] A space or comma-delimited list of operator callsign(s). Use multiples lines if needed. You may also list the callsign of the host station by placing an “@” character in front of the callsign within the operator list. Ex: OPERATORS: K1ABC N5XYZ @N6IJ OPERATORS: K1ABC, N5XYZ, @N6IJ
SOAPBOX: text Soapbox comments. Enter as many lines of soapbox text as you wish. Each line is a maximum of 75 characters long and must begin with SOAPBOX: . If you are a a Rookie (licensed less than three years) and/or a YOUTH, indicate that here.
X-<anything>: text Lines beginning with X- are ignored by the robot and log checking software. Use this for adding comment lines to your log. Exception: See X-QSO below.
X-QSO: qso-data Any QSO marked with this tag will be ignored in your log. Use to mark QSOs made that you do not want to count toward your score.
Adopted from the WWROF master version at https://wwrof.org/cabrillo/cabrillo-v3-header/ and https://wwrof.org/cabrillo/cabrillo-qso-data
Last ACQP update: February 4, 2025