Cabrillo Change Log

History of changes made to the Cabrillo specification.

Date Comments
2023-04-10 Changes to CATEGORY-OVERLAY. Removed OVER-50 and added YL.
2022-05-27 Added 8-HOURS to CATEGORY-TIME for ARRL Digi contest.
2021-08-01 Added EXPLORER to CATEGORY-STATION.
2021-06-22 Added YOUTH to CATEGORY-OVERLAY.
2021-01-23 Changed CATEGORY-BAND and QSO frequency from 123G to 122G to reduce confusion (tnx N6NB).
2020-11-16 For CATEGORY-STATION, added DISTRIBUTED to support new WPX category.
2020-06-29 Updated specification for CONTEST tag data to specify maximum length of 32 characters.
2020-04-26 Updated specification for CONTEST tag data to specify valid characters.
2019-08-11 For CATEGORY-MODE, changed DG to DIGI
DG is still correct for mode in QSO lines.
2019-07-04 Added GRID-LOCATOR tag to header.
2019-06-22 Added contest name: WW-DIGI
Added entry mode: DG
2019-05-03 Added contest names:
SPDXC
SPDXC-RTTY
WAG
2018-12-26 Updated description for EMAIL tag.
2018-10-06 Added contest name: MN-QSO-PARTY
2018-09-21 Added new mode: DG
Used for digital modes that are not RTTY.
2018-08-01 Added contest names:
ARRL-10-GHZ
ARRL-EME
2018-03-13 Added contest names:
NA-SPRINT-RTTY
NAQP-RTTY
2016-11-30 Added contest name: ARRL-222
2016-11-18 Changed bands: 119G to 123G, 142G to 134G
2016-06-14 Added FM to list of modes for CATEGORY-MODE header field.
2016-05-09 Added 4M to list of bands. This is for 70 MHz used by some European contests.
2016-03-17 Added contest names:
ARRL-RR-PH
ARRL-RR-DIG
ARRL-RR-CW
ARRL-SCR
2015-09-21 Clarified specification to allow multiple OPERATOR lines.
2015-09-17 Added contest names:
DL-DX-RTTY
DRCG-WW-RTTY
2015-07-21 NAQP template changed by request of NAQP manager to show ex2: Two letter QTH designation for W/VE, DX prefix for non-W/VE in NA, DX for outside NA
2014-08-21 WWROF assumes administration of Cabrillo specification.
2014-06-24 Added CERTIFICATE: tag.
2009-07-08 Added
ADDRESS-CITY:
ADDRESS-STATE-PROVINCE:
ADDRESS-POSTALCODE:
ADDRESS-COUNTRY:
tags to help automate contest mailings.Thanks K5ZD, K1EA, W5GN and others.
2009-05-29 Added more UHF bands to CATEGORY-BANDS per KX9X.
2006-09-25 Added EMAIL: tag — by popular demand.
2006-02-29 Support added for RDXC. (Thanks UA9CDC and RW1AC)
2006-02-29 Exploded CATEGORY tag into multiple tags:
CATEGORY-ASSISTED,
CATEGORY-BAND,
CATEGORY-LOCATION,
CATEGORY-MODE,
CATEGORY-OPERATOR,
CATEGORY-POWER,
CATEGORY-STATION,
CATEGORY-TIME.
ARRL-SECTION is now deprecated in favor of LOCATION.
Made SCHOOL a station attribute rather than an operator attribute.
2006-02-29 Changed band designations in VHF contest to use G for all GHz bands, such as 75G for 75 GHz, etc.
2006-02-29 Begin support for Cabrillo 3.0.
2004-02-26 Corrected band designations in VHF contest (902 for 902 MHz and 75 for 75 GHz).
2003-03-11 Support added for JIDX Contest. One sample log added. (Thanks JE1CKA)
2003-01-08 Support added for RSGB Islands on the Air Contest. One sample log added. (Thanks G3XTT and EI5DI)
2003-01-02 Support added for KH7X (KH6ND, op) (@KH7R) abstraction —
CALLSIGN: KH7X
OPERATORS: KH6ND @KH7R
2002-10-15 Support added for DARC Worked All Europe. Three sample logs added. Thanks DL6RAI and DL8WPX/YB1AQS.
2002-10-15 On/off-time support added. Thanks DL6RAI and DL8WPX/YB1AQS.
2002-10-10 Support added for OCEANIA-DX. (Thanks ZL1AZE)
2002-08-03 Letter codes for VHF bands deprecated. Only number codes should be used.
2002-06-11 Clarified ARRL VHF Contest template. RS(T) should not be included in the log.
2001-08-20 Added AP-SPRINT and example log.
2000-12-05 Added CREATED-BY: field so software authors can
indicate which version of code generated the file.
2000-08-28 Added ARRL-UHF-AUG.
2000-01-31 Cabrillo FAQ created.
ARRL VHF Contest example added.
California QSO Party support withdrawn.
Added additional designations for VHF/UHF bands.
1999-12-07 Added TARA-RTTY, NAQP-RTTY.
1999-10-23 STEW-PERRY added as supported contest.
OVER-50 added as category overlay for STEW-PERRY.
HQ added as overlay for IARU. (Thanks N6TR)
1999-08-17 SCHOOL-CLUB added as an operator-category for Sweepstakes.
1999-08-16 Cabrillo V2.0 recognized by ARRL and CQ.