Cabrillo 2.0

The SAC CABRILLO format (V2.0)
Last update: 24 June 2023

Note: The CABRILLO  Version 3.0 format is the preferred format for SAC LOG submission.

Read more about the CABRILLO Version 2.0 format at:
Cabrillo Standard Summary Sheet V2.0: http://www.kkn.net/~trey/Cabrillo_v2/

SAC Summary Sheet Specification (V2.0):

START-OF-LOGversion-number
Must be the first line of the log submission.

END-OF-LOG:
Must be the last line of the log submission.

CALLSIGN: callsign
The callsign used during the contest.

CATEGORY: operator-category band-category power-category
For SAC contests the operator-category must be one of the following:
SINGLE-OP, MULTI-ONE, MULTI-MULTI or CHECKLOG.

The band-category must be one of the following:
ALL, LOW-BAND, 80M, 40M, 20M, 15M or 10M.

The power-category must be HIGH, LOW or QRP.

CATEGORY-OVERLAY: [category-overlay…]
The category overlay of the log submission when appropriate.
Category overlay may be ROOKIETB-WIRES or WIRE-ONLY.

CLAIMED-SCORE: n
The claimed-score of the log submission, in integer form
such as 1217315 or 19113 or 12.
[can be omitted, as the log checking software will calculate the score]

CLUB: text
Name of the radio club with which the score should be aggregated.

CONTEST: contest-name
The contest-name must be one of the following: SAC-CW or SAC-SSB.

CREATED-BY: text
Name and version of the logging program used to create the Cabrillo file.

NAME: text
ADDRESS: text
ADDRESS: text
ADDRESS: text
ADDRESS: text
… [as many as needed…]
Name and address.

OPERATORS: callsign1 [callsign2 callsign3…]
A space-delimited list of operator callsign(s).

SOAPBOX: text
SOAPBOX: text
SOAPBOX: text
SOAPBOX: text
SOAPBOX: text
… [as many as needed…]
Soapbox comments.

QSO: QSO-data
QSO data as specified by the Cabrillo QSO data format.

SAC Cabrillo QSO Template:

                              --------info sent------- -------info rcvd--------
QSO: freq  mo date       time call          rst exch   call          rst exch   t
QSO: ***** ** yyyy-mm-dd nnnn ************* nnn ****** ************* nnn ****** *
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1748 7S3A          599      1 4K6GF         599    116 0
000000000111111111122222222223333333333444444444455555555556666666666777777777788
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901

freq:
Integer frequency in kHz [ ex. 28032, 14212 ]
if freq not known then 28000, 21000, 14000, 7000, 3500

mo:
CW or PH

date:
UTC date in yyyy-mm-dd form [ ex. 2009-09-19 ]

time:
UTC time in nnnn form [ ex. 1748 ]

call:
callsign

rst:
RST or RS

exch:
contest exchange (serial number) [ ex. 1, 01, 001, 0001 or 00001 ]

t:
transmitter id 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5
(used in the multi-multi or multi-one category
or to show which radio when 2-RADIOS)

SAC-CW log example:

START-OF-LOG: 2.0
CALLSIGN: 7S3A
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW
CATEGORY-OVERLAY:
CLAIMED-SCORE: 462
CLUB: TOEC - Top Of Europe Contesters
CONTEST: SAC-CW
CREATED-BY: SACMan ver. 2.21
NAME: Jan-Eric Rehn
ADDRESS: Finstavagen 26, 7 tr.
ADDRESS: SE-863 31 SUNDSBRUK
ADDRESS: SWEDEN
OPERATORS: SM3CER
SOAPBOX: RIG: Kenwood TS-950SDX
SOAPBOX: PWR: 100 W
SOAPBOX: ANT: 10/15/20 m - Cushcraft R7, 40/80 m - Dipoles
SOAPBOX: E-MAIL: sm3cer(at)ssa.se
SOAPBOX: Thanks for a nice contest! I will be back next year.
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1748 7S3A          599      1 4K6GF         599    116 0
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1750 7S3A          599      2 G4IIY         599    219 0
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1758 7S3A          599      3 SP7BCA        599     57 0
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1802 7S3A          599      4 UA1PBI        599     61 0
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1804 7S3A          599      5 RA3NN         599    322 0
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1805 7S3A          599      6 LY2KW         599     63 0
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1807 7S3A          599      7 GW3KDB        599    188 0
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1808 7S3A          599      8 HA8RJ         599    130 0
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1812 7S3A          599      9 GM3FDN        599     27 0
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1815 7S3A          599     10 DJ7XA         599    119 0
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1817 7S3A          599     11 G3NSY         599     98 0
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1818 7S3A          599     12 3Z8BAB        599     91 0
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1820 7S3A          599     13 HA5CW         599     64 0
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1822 7S3A          599     14 RF9C          599    392 0
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1824 7S3A          599     15 G3RSD         599    200 0
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1825 7S3A          599     16 G0LII         599    319 0
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1826 7S3A          599     17 G3YEC         599    215 0
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1827 7S3A          599     18 DL5KUD        599    250 0
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1829 7S3A          599     19 DK3GO         599     51 0
QSO: 14000 CW 2009-09-19 1832 7S3A          599     20 S51SX         599     27 0
END-OF-LOG:

Possible Scandinavian entries:

CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL QRP
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 80M
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 40M
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 20M
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 15M
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 10M
CATEGORY: MULTI-ONE
CATEGORY: MULTI-MULTI
CATEGORY: CHECKLOG

NOTE: If you are entering one of the Overlay categories, you must also provide CATEGORY-OVERLAY information – see below. If you are not entering an Overlay category, do not include this line or leave blank.

CATEGORY-OVERLAY: CLASSIC
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: ROOKIE
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: TB-WIRES
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: WIRE-ONLY

Possible Non-Scandinavian entries:

CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL QRP
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP LOW-BAND
CATEGORY: MULTI-ONE
CATEGORY: CHECKLOG

NOTE: If you are entering one of the Overlay categories, you must also provide CATEGORY-OVERLAY information – see below. If you are not entering an Overlay category, do not include this line or leave blank.

CATEGORY-OVERLAY: CLASSIC
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: ROOKIE
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: TB-WIRES
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: WIRE-ONLY