Cabrillo 3.0

The SAC CABRILLO format (V3.0)

Last update: 23 June 2023

The CABRILLO Version 3.0 format is the preferred format for SAC LOG submission.
Read more about the CABRILLO Version 3.0 format at: https://wwrof.org/cabrillo/

SAC Summary Sheet Specification (V3.0)

START-OF-LOGversion-number
Must be the first line of the log submission. The current version-number is 3.0.

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

CALLSIGN: callsign
The callsign used during the contest.

CATEGORY-BAND:
• ALL
• 80M
• 40M
• 20M
• 15M
• 10M
• LOW-BAND (Added in 2014, not part of the official Cabrillo standard)

CATEGORY-MODE:
• CW
• SSB

CATEGORY-OPERATOR:
• SINGLE-OP
• MULTI-OP
• CHECKLOG

CATEGORY-POWER:
• HIGH
• LOW
• QRP

CATEGORY-STATION:
• FIXED
• MOBILE
• PORTABLE
• EXPEDITION
• EXPLORER (added in 2023)

CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER:
• ONE
• UNLIMITED

CATEGORY-OVERLAY:
The category overlay of the log submission, select only one when appropriate.
• CLASSIC
• ROOKIE
• TB-WIRES
• WIRE-ONLY  (Added in 2015, not part of the official Cabrillo standard).

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:
• SAC-CW
• SAC-SSB

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

EMAIL: text
A place to put an email address.

NAME: text
ADDRESS: text
ADDRESS-POSTALCODE: text
ADDRESS-CITY: text
ADDRESS-COUNTRY: text
Name and address. A maximum of four ADDRESS: lines is permitted.

OPERATORS: callsign1 [callsign2 callsign3…]
A space-delimited list of operator callsign(s). You may also list the callsign of the host station by placing an “@” character in front of the callsign within the operator list, such as  @SK0UW

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

QSO: QSO-data
QSO data as specified by the Cabrillo QSO data format. All QSO lines must appear in chronological order.

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 is frequency/band:
•   3500 or actual frequency in kHz
•   7000 or actual frequency in kHz
• 14000 or actual frequency in kHz
• 21000 or actual frequency in kHz
• 28000 or actual frequency in kHz

mo is mode:
• CW
• PH

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

time is UTC time in hhmm form:
• [ ex. 1748 ]

call is callsign:
• only A-Z, 0-9 and / permitted

rst:
• RS [ ex. 59 ]
• RST [ ex. 599 ]

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

t is transmitter id:
• 0
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

SAC-CW log example:

START-OF-LOG: 3.0
CONTEST: SAC-CW
CALLSIGN: 7S3A
CATEGORY-BAND: ALL
CATEGORY-MODE: CW
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-POWER: LOW
CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
CATEGORY-OVERLAY:
CLAIMED-SCORE: 462
NAME: Jan-Eric Rehn
ADDRESS: Finstavagen 26, 7 tr.
ADDRESS: SE-863 31 SUNDSBRUK
ADDRESS: SWEDEN
EMAIL: sm3cer@ssa.se
OPERATORS: SM3CER
CLUB: TOEC - Top Of Europe Contesters
CREATED-BY: Log4U Ver 0.981 - 12 Januari 2008
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:

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Possible Scandinavian entries:

CATEGORY-BAND: ALL
CATEGORY-BAND: 80M
CATEGORY-BAND: 40M
CATEGORY-BAND: 20M
CATEGORY-BAND: 15M
CATEGORY-BAND: 10M

CATEGORY-MODE: CW
CATEGORY-MODE: SSB

CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: MULTI-OP
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: CHECKLOG

CATEGORY-POWER: HIGH
CATEGORY-POWER: LOW
CATEGORY-POWER: QRP

CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: UNLIMITED

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

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Possible Non-Scandinavian entries:

CATEGORY-BAND: ALL
CATEGORY-BAND: LOW-BAND

CATEGORY-MODE: CW
CATEGORY-MODE: SSB

CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: MULTI-OP
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: CHECKLOG

CATEGORY-POWER: HIGH
CATEGORY-POWER: LOW
CATEGORY-POWER: QRP

CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE

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