Cabrillo Format for the JARL All Asian DX (AADX) Contest

Date: March 25, 2025
Author: JARL Contest Committee

Cabrillo is a universal contest log submission format proposed by N5KO. That is one of the required formats for e-mailed submission for the All Asian DX (AADX) Contest as well as the JARL's original format.

There are two versions of the Cabrillo format available today. Both version 3.0 and 2.0 of the Cabrillo format can be accepted for the AADX contest.

The basic Cabrillo specification is described at http://www.kkn.net/~trey/cabrillo/ but there are some additional data items are defined below for the AADX contest.

If you have any question, please contact JARL Contest Committee.

Summary Sheet Specification

The descriptions highlighted by green are for version 3.0 only, those highlighted by light blue are for version 2.0 only, and those without any marker are common to version 3.0 and 2.0.

• START-OF-LOG: version-number
  Must be the first line of the log submission. The version-number is 3.0 or 2.0.
• END-OF-LOG:
  Must be the last line of the log submission.
• CALLSIGN: callsign
  The Callsign used during the contest
CATEGORY-ASSISTED: (not used in AADX)
CATEGORY-BAND: text
ALL, 160M, 80M, 40M, 20M, 15M or 10M.
CATEGORY-MODE: text
CW or SSB (can be omitted as long as the contest-name is identified properly)
CATEGORY-OPERATOR:text
SINGLE-OP, MULTI-OP or CHECKLOG
CATEGORY-POWER: text
HIGH or LOW.
CATEGORY-STATION: (not used in AADX)
CATEGORY-TIME: text
24-HOURS (for Single Operator All-Band 24-hour Category)
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: text
ONE or UNLIMITED (MULTI-OP must identify)
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: text
SOSV or SOJR (The option for JA stations which category is SINGLE-OP,ALL)
CATEGORY: operator-category band-category power-category [time-category] [mode-category]
For JARL AADX Contest 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, 160M, 80M, 40M, 20M, 15M or 10M.
The power-category must be HIGH, LOW.
The mode-category must be CW, SSB. (can be omitted as long as the contest-name is identified properly)
NOTE: If you are entering a 24 Hours category (Single Operator All Band 24 Hours), you must also provide the time-category information as 24-HOURS. If you are not entering a 24 Hours category, do not include the time-category information.
CLAIMED-SCORE: n
The claimed-score of the log submission, in integer form such as 1217315 or 19113 or 12.
CLUB: text
Number of the JARL registered club with which the score should be aggregated. (Must be written with JARL registration number.)
CONTEST: contest-name
AADX-CW or AADX-SSB.
CREATED-BY: text
Name and version of the logging program used to create the Cabrillo file. (can be omitted)
EMAIL: text
JARL intends to send emails to the address specified in this field.
LOCATION: text
Used to indicate the location where the station was operating from.
NAME: text

ADDRESS: text

ADDRESS: text

ADDRESS: text
Mailing address. Each line should be a maximum of 45 characters long. Up to 6 address lines are permitted.
ADDRESS-CITY: text (optional)

ADDRESS-STATE-PROVINCE: text (optional)

ADDRESS-POSTALCODE: text (optional)

ADDRESS-COUNTRY: text (optional)

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
OPERATORS: @N6IJ
OFFTIME: (not used in AADX)
SOAPBOX: text
SOAPBOX: text
SOAPBOX: text
... [as many as needed...]
Soapbox comments. (optional for all stations)
Any location information (indicate the DXCC entity if it's not definitely judged it from the callsign)
Operator's age. (must be for JA's SINGLE-OP JUNIOR and SENIOR)
QSO: qso-data
QSO data as specified by the Cabrillo QSO data format.
DEBUG: n
The DEBUG: tag is intended for software developers. If the JARL email robot receives a log with the DEBUG: tag set, then it will do all its regular processing and generate an auto-reply message, but it will not save the log into data set provided to the log checking team.
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 ****** n
QSO:  3798 PH 2005-09-03 1324 K8YU          59  36     JA1RL         59  42     0
000000000111111111122222222223333333333444444444455555555556666666666777777777788
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901
This is the same format as those for many other contests.
• freq:
  Actual integer frequency in kHz; if freq not known then 28000, 21000, 14000, 7000, 3500, 1800
• mo:
  CW or PH
• date:
  UTC date in yyyy-mm-dd form
• time:
  UTC time in nnnn form
• call:
  callsign (only A-Z, 0-9 and / permitted)
• rst:
  RST
• exch:
  contest exchange
• t:
  transmitter id 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 (not required for SINGLE-OP category and omitted)
Example: Cabrillo Log v3.0
START-OF-LOG: 3.0
CALLSIGN: K8YU
CATEGORY-BAND: ALL
CATEGORY-MODE: SSB
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-POWER: HIGH
CLAIMED-SCORE: 256
CLUB: 
CONTEST: AADX-SSB
CREATED-BY: Elogmaker V10.0
EMAIL: xxx @ zzz.com
NAME: Hidetoshi Tsutsumi
ADDRESS: 599 Radio blvd, Cleveland,
ADDRESS: OH, 44131
ADDRESS: USA
OPERATORS: JH8KYU
SOAPBOX: RIG: YAESU FT-3000 + Amp
SOAPBOX: ANT: Dipole
SOAPBOX: Operator's License: Extra
SOAPBOX: Very fun contest. I want to spend much longer period next year.
QSO: 14190 PH 2009-09-05 0147 K8YU          59  49     HL4CJG        59  48      
QSO: 14173 PH 2009-09-05 0157 K8YU          59  49     BD1BYV        59  41      
QSO: 14227 PH 2009-09-05 0208 K8YU          59  49     HL4RBR        59  62      
QSO: 14228 PH 2009-09-05 0722 K8YU          59  49     UA0IDZ        59  47      
QSO: 14253 PH 2009-09-05 0724 K8YU          59  49     BX5AA         59  49      
QSO: 21288 PH 2009-09-05 0748 K8YU          59  49     HL2FDW        59  48      
QSO: 14265 PH 2009-09-06 0312 K8YU          59  49     BY3MM         59  59      
END-OF-LOG:
Example: Cabrillo v2.0
START-OF-LOG: 2.0
CALLSIGN: 3W2KYU
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH 24-HOURS
CATEGORY-OVERLAY:
CLAIMED-SCORE: 882
CLUB: 06-2-3
CONTEST: AADX-CW
CREATED-BY: WriteLog V10.32E
NAME: Hidetoshi Tsutsumi
ADDRESS: 1-14-5 Sugamo
ADDRESS: Toshima-ku,Tokyo,170-8073
ADDRESS: Japan
OPERATORS: JH8KYU
SOAPBOX: RIG: Kenwood TS-850 100W
SOAPBOX: ANT: 3EL YAGI for 10/15/20 m and DP for 160/80/40m
SOAPBOX: Operator's License: Japanese 1st class
SOAPBOX: Condx for Europe and US was really great! Thanks for a nice contest!
QSO: 21000 CW 2000-06-17 2014 3W2KYU        599 40     W7YU          599 91    
QSO: 21000 CW 2000-06-17 2015 3W2KYU        599 40     I4YCE         599 58    
QSO: 21000 CW 2000-06-17 2017 3W2KYU        599 40     DL3PS         599 36    
QSO: 28000 CW 2000-06-17 2021 3W2KYU        599 40     I2TAO         599 63    
QSO: 28000 CW 2000-06-17 2025 3W2KYU        599 40     EA3GIP        599 31    
QSO: 28000 CW 2000-06-17 2026 3W2KYU        599 40     I1URX         599 28    
QSO: 28000 CW 2000-06-17 2026 3W2KYU        599 40     I4VJC         599 60    
QSO: 28000 CW 2000-06-17 2026 3W2KYU        599 40     W7RG          599 52    
QSO: 28000 CW 2000-06-17 2027 3W2KYU        599 40     W5IZ          599 57    
QSO: 28000 CW 2000-06-17 2027 3W2KYU        599 40     9A9R          599 45    
QSO:  7000 CW 2000-06-17 2040 3W2KYU        599 40     E21EJC        599 27    
QSO:  7000 CW 2000-06-17 2041 3W2KYU        599 40     HS0AC         599 23    
END-OF-LOG:
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