Log Checking Reports

All logs submitted for the WPX Contest are checked using custom software. The software cross checks all QSOs from the available logs and adjusts the score accordingly. As part of this process, we create a log checking report for each entrant.

The log check report is a text file that contains all the information about how your log was scored and any errors that were found. Sections include:

• Scoring summary by band
• List of calls not found in the other station’s log (Not in Log)
• List of calls that were cross checked or judged to be incorrect (Bad calls)
• List of calls that only you worked that were not removed from your log (Uniques)
• Additional sections may list operating time or band change violations if they exist.

To provide additional feedback on your operation, the report also includes information on how your exchange and call was received by others.

• List of stations that did not copy your exchange information correctly
• List of stations that did not copy your call correctly

It can be shocking to see a log check report for the first time. Everyone makes errors. The best ops have spent years improving their skills and learning a vocabulary of callsigns. Study your errors and work to improve them in the next contest.

We believe it is helpful for participants to receive information on the errors found in their log. We hope everyone uses this opportunity to look for ways to improve. To help you understand the value of the reports, we have made a few log check reports public from WPX SSB 2010.

• Winner Single Operator All Band High Power CN2R (op W7EJ)
• Winner Single Operator All Band Low Power P49Y (op AE6Y)
• Winner Single Operator All Band Assisted High Power CQ3L (op DF7ZS)
• Winner Single Operator Single Band High Power ZX5J (op PP5JR)
• Winner Multi-Single 5D5A(ops IK2QEI, IK2SGC)
• Winner Multi-Two HC8GR (ops K1TO, K6NA)
• Winner Multi-Multi EB8AH (ops EA5DFV EA5DY EA8AH EA8CAC EA8ZS ES2RR OH6RX)
• My report AK1W (op K5ZD)

Note: Your browser may ask you if you want to download the file. Select yes. Then use any text editor such as Notepad or Wordpad to view the file.

The email with link to your log checking report is sent to the email account you used to submit the log. Using a valid email address to submit your log (or provide one in the log file) is very important. We use that address if we need to contact you about your entry.

If you did not receive an email and would like to see your report please contact the WPX Director at director@cqwpx.com.