Supported Contests List

Types of Contests in the List

DX, DXpedition, general = General Contest Logging (all modes)

hf cw&ssb = Supported HF Contests – CW and SSB. All contests are supported ‘both’ sides unless specifically mentioned.

qso party =QSO Parties (CW/SSB)

• United States
  • The QSO parties listed below are supported by N1MM Logger+.
  • Select: QSOPARTY and select the correct state in the dropdown box which will appear.
  • The QSO parties use a configuration file named ‘QSOparty.sec’ with the used sections per QSO party.
  • See the QSO Party Setup Instructions for more information on QSO parties in general and some specifics. There are some scoring anomalies with some of the QSO parties.
• Canada =Province and Sponsor Link
• Other QSO Parties = MARAC

vhf = Supported VHF CW and SSB Contests. All contests are supported ‘both’ sides unless specifically mentioned.

digital, rtty & psk = Supported RTTY, PSK, and other digital mode Contests

udc = Supported User Defined Contests (UDC). See the installation and setup instructions for UDCs HERE.

The Supported Contests Tables

DX, DXpedition, and General Purpose Contests

HF – SSB and CW Contests

QSO Parties

UHF / VHF Contests

Digital, RTTY, and PSK Contests

UDC – User Defined Contests

My Contest Isn’t Here. What Can I Do?

If the contest is not currently supported by the program there are four options:

• Use the ‘User Defined Contest Editor’ to create a new contest template.
  • This capability is under continuous development and may undergo further change. See the User Defined Contest Editor section.
• Find another contest with a similar exchange and similar rules. If the only difference is in the scoring, you can run the contest and create the Cabrillo file, then edit the Cabrillo file to change the contest name. You can either score the contest manually after the contest, or enter a claimed score of zero and let the contest sponsor calculate the multipliers and points
• Use a ‘general’ contest like DXSERIAL, DX, etc. Run the contest and do the log creation after the contest using Notepad or a similar text editor. When Cabrillo is the requested log format, create the Cabrillo log and update the header. The contest sponsor will calculate the multipliers and points. This is the easy way to go for many small, mostly local, contests
• Submit a Feature Request for the contest to become a supported contest
  • Whenever someone requests support for a particular contest, it would be good to have an indication of the number of entries the contest received during the previous year’s running. This is not to suggest that there is a threshold below which contests will not be supported, but that knowing this is helpful in prioritizing for the people who do the work. In the past we have had requests to support contests that had fewer than 10 entries the previous year
  • Since the programmers do not have unlimited time to respond to last-minute requests, set yourself a target date (for example, a minimum of three months prior to the next running of the contest) to allow time for programming and proper testing
  • It is part of the nature of the N1MM Logger+ project that users, and particularly those users requesting support for a particular contest, are the people who are relied upon to test and be sure the contest module does what it is supposed to do. It is particularly important to test far enough in advance of the running of a contest so that any problems can be identified and fixed. Users will do well to check each contest as it is coming up, to make sure that any rule changes are reported to the programmers in time for changes to be made.

If you identify bugs or propose contest-specific features during the running of a contest, don’t expect an immediate response. Contest-specific things are on a calendar to be addressed before the next running. Of course, defects in Cabrillo output are an exception, since they need to be fixed in time for score submission and can be done in the weeks after the contest.