[MiQP-Mail] MiQP 2013 - Submit Your Log

[Hank Greeb]

Hi, Dave:

Nice reminder.

You might ask whoever writes the rules to mention that the logs may be 
submitted to the contest robot.  I looked for that info when I was first 
submitting my log, and didn't find it in the rules, which say, even today:

"(b) All entries are encouraged to submit their entry in 
computer-readable format. MiQP is supported by the NA, TRLog and SD 
contest logging programs, as well as many others. Entries may be 
submitted in the native file formats for NA (.QDF) or TRLog (LOG.DAT), 
Cabrillo or a plain ASCII file. Electronic entries in TRLog or plain 
ASCII formats must also include an ASCII summary sheet file (no word 
processor documents).  Entries may be submitted via e-mail to:

  logs at miqp.org"

Also, on the log submission robot form, you might put an entry for 
"other club" with a box forthe name ofthe club.  I entered our local 
club in the cabrillo file, but didn't find it as a choice on the log 
submission page.

I assume that you'll take the entries as presented in the CabrilloFile 
and not necessarily what is reported by the submission robot?

Accepting by a robotissurely the way to go!

72/73 de n8xx Hg
QRP >99.44% of the time

On 4/27/2013 12:14 PM, David Pruett wrote:
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> ** The 2013 MiQP Is Now History **
>
> ** It Is Time To Submit Your Log **
>
> The 2013 Michigan QSO Party last weekend experienced excellent 
> conditions and activity.  Within a week of the contest, over 200 logs 
> had already been submitted. Now would be a great time to submit YOUR 
> 2013 MiQP log prior to the *May 20, 2013* log deadline.
>
> These days, most of us use our computers to log our contest activity, 
> and simply e-mail our log file to the contest sponsors. While paper 
> MiQP logs will always be accepted, electronic logs allow us to check 
> and score MiQP much more accurately in less time and effort.  But 
> participants sometimes make errors with their e-mailed entries, and 
> unraveling these errors to achieve a fair and accurate log checking 
> result consumes a tremendous amount of effort on the part of the log 
> checkers (and in some cases, we can't correct these errors by ourselves).
>
> Beginning in 2012, MiQP instituted an improved process for submitting 
> electronic logs: the *MiQP Log Submission Page*. Instead of e-mailing 
> a log, the MiQP entrant goes to this page, types in the callsign they 
> used during the contest and e-mail address, then selects their contest 
> category, operating location, and club name from drop down lists, 
> browses to find their log file on their computer and finally presses 
> an on-screen button to submit their log.
>
> The web page automatically scans the submitted log, checking that all 
> the necessary information is present and seems correct, then performs 
> a quick scoring check of the log.  If the log has problems the entrant 
> is informed that the log was not accepted and is shown suggestions how 
> to correct the errors. If there are no problems, the log is saved, the 
> entrant is shown the results of the quick scoring check, a 
> confirmation e-mail is automatically sent to the entrant and the entry 
> is automatically added to the "Logs Received" page on the web site.
>
> *Beginning with the 2014 MiQP, the Log Submission Page will be the 
> only method for submitting electronic MiQP logs.*  As always, paper 
> logs will continue to be accepted, and the MiQP log checking staff 
> will continue to be available via e-mail to assist entrants having 
> difficulty correcting and submitting their logs.
>
> It has been asked why we created this web page to accept logs? The 
> main reason is that it allows us to inform the entrant of problems 
> with their log immediately, not days or weeks later when the log 
> checkers get around to working on it. In 2012, an entrant sent in a 
> nice log with 159 QSOs, however all but one QSO had a received QSO 
> number of "00", which is invalid.  Presuming this to be an error with 
> his logging program, we sent the entrant an e-mail informing him of 
> the problem and inviting him to submit a corrected log.  The entrant 
> never followed up, and so his final 2012 MiQP score was based only on 
> the one valid QSO.
>
> Secondary benefits of the Log Submission page are that it relieves the 
> log checking team of a lot of tedious, manual handling of the received 
> entries, and allows the entrant to receive better, quicker feedback 
> concerning their entry.
>
> So, *PLEASE USE THE LOG SUBMISSION PAGE FOR YOUR 2013 MiQP ENTRY*.  
> The link to this page can be found to the upper left of the main MiQP 
> web page screen, under "Contents", "2013 Submit Log".  If you have 
> difficulties using the page, drop an e-mail to the log checking staff 
> at logs at miqp.org <mailto:logs at miqp.org>.
>
> Finally, two brief caveats to using the Log Submission page. First, 
> the score summary that it reports is only a rough check that the data 
> in the log is realistic, it is not the final log checking result and 
> score.  While it accurately counts duplicate QSOs, it doesn't 
> recognize non-official multiplier abbreviations (ex: "Ohio" instead of 
> "OH").  The official log checking goes to much greater lengths to 
> identify non-official abbreviations and the final score will be accurate.
>
> Second, if you cannot find your club name in the pull down box, simply 
> choose "N/A" and we'll use the actual club name from the file.  We try 
> very hard to ensure the list reflects clubs which historically are 
> active in MiQP, however there are always clubs showing up for the 
> first time.  If your club is not on the list, make sure we can 
> correctly identify the club name in your file. Don't use abbreviations 
> or acronyms for your local clubs which we are likely not familiar with.
>
> 73,
>
> MiQP Organizing Committee
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