Cabrillo files are preferred as it takes a bit of time to reformat a text file (depending on your number of contacts) into a cabrillo format for the scoring program to evaluate your submission.

Information on the cabrillo format specification can be found here.

In your contest software setup please fill in the "ARRL-SECTION:" or "LOCATION:" field. This field determines how your log is scored as in-Province or Out-of-Province. It must be a section as defined by the ARRL, please don't put in your county or city name or OQP Multiplier.

Please indicate your entry class in your cabrillo header, it makes it easier to sort the scores based on what is submitted instead of our "best guess."

Ensure the "CALLSIGN:" field matches what you are using for the contest. The "OPERATORS:" field of the cabrillo file can designate your personal callsign if you are using a special event call.

If you submit a text file, ensure you capture the band, date and time, mode, who you worked and the sent and received QTH, one line per contact.

The exchange for OQP requires the sent and received QTH, not a serial number.

If you are operating rover or portable even though you are sending CALL/QTH to indicate your location, just submit qso's using CALL without /QTH appended. Your location is captured in your QTH exchange field. Mobile logs have to be split to separate logs for each area you operate from for the evaluation software to score the multipliers properly - we do that for you as part of the evaluation process.

Dupes are not counted against you, so work them and submit anyway.