History of changes made to the Cabrillo specification.
| Date | Comments |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-05 | Changed CQ-VHF to CQ-VHF-SSBCW and CQ-VHF-DIGI. |
| 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. |
