Submitting
your contest entry by e-mail
Sending
your contest log by e-mail is by far the best option: it simplifies
the
job of the adjudicator, it helps to avoid errors, and you do not need
to mark duplicate contacts or highlight your squares worked. If you
have
your log on computer in any form, please follow these instructions
to send it by e-mail, rather than a paper entry by post. However,
for those without computers, handwritten entries by post will continue
to be acceptable (if clearly written).
There
are two stages in submitting your entry by e-mail. Both must be
done
by the closing date, Tuesday 2nd July 2024.
1. Send your log
Your contest
log should be sent by e-mail to this NEW address:
entries@pwcontest.org.uk
Include
your log file as an attachment. Photos are also welcome, but please keep the total attachments in any one email below 10MBytes - please split into several emails if you have multiple photos.
The log file that you send should contain the same information that
you would put in one sent on paper by post, except that you do not
need to highlight the first contact in each locator square, nor do you
need to mark duplicate contacts.
Files written
by most popular contest logging software can be accepted including .LOG files from SDV and REG1 .ADI files from MINOS.
Keep it as simple as possible: a plain ASCII text file is just fine,
so are spreadsheet files, etc..
144MHz (2m) Log Spreadsheet
Excel Format Log Sheet
(19kb)
When sending
a file, please give it a file name that includes the callsign of your
entry, e.g. G8EQX.XLS
You will
receive an acknowledgement of your entry, normally within a few of days of
submitting it (it may take longer during the first week after the contest). If there is anything about your entry that gives problems
(e.g. formatting), you will be contacted by e-mail.
If
you haven't received a confirmation within 8 days of sending a log
by e-mail, please contact me at entries@pwcontest.org.uk.
2. Send the covering
information
You must
also send the covering information required by Rule 6 (see full rules
published in June Practical Wireless). The best way of doing
this is to use this:
online
contest entry system
Using
this system not only reminds you to include all the required information,
but also performs a number of checks on what you have entered before
it is sent, helping to prevent errors. It also enters your information
directly into the adjudicator's database, saving time and preventing
errors.
If for some reason you cannot use the online form, then send the Rule
6 covering information to the same e-mail address as the logs.
If you have
any questions about this procedure, or other problems with sending your
entry, please e-mail me at entries@pwcontest.org.uk.
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