[WT-support] You may have to edit your IARU Cabrillo file before sending it to the log robot

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

My IARU Cabrillo file was rejected by the log robot (IARUHF at iaru.org) with:

***** Error Messages from the Contest Robot *****

[X] LOCATION: CA
'CA' is not valid.  Please see the list of valid abbreviations at
http://www.arrl.org/contest-sections-list -- DX stations use 'DX'.

For USA/Canada stations (only?), Win-Test 4.8 prompts you to enter your
State/Province when creating the Cabrillo file.  It should instead prompt
you to enter your ARRL SECTION or "DX", not State/Province.  For much of the
country, they are the same, but some larger states are split into multiple
ARRL sections.

I've opened task
#310<http://flyspray.win-test.com/index.php?do=details&id=310>to track
this.

Solution:

Do WRITELOG again, but at the Win-Test prompt for Sate/Province, enter your
ARRL Section or DX.  Win-Test will then put

ARRL-SECTION:  (whatever you entered)

into the Cabrillo file.  (The Cabrillo 2.0 ARRL-SECTION tag is automatically
translated to the Cabrillo 3.0 LOCATION tag by the robot).

Finally, be sure to specify your callsign, and only your callsign, in the
SUBJECT line of the email with the log that you send to the robot.

73,
Bob, N6TV
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