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--- oarc-sota-day-scoring [2022/05/22 12:48] – created mm3iig
+++ oarc-sota-day-scoring [2023/07/04 18:57] (current) – 2m0iig
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-===== Scoring and Logging =====
+[[oarc-sota-day|Back to the main page]]
-If you want to log your contacts on the SOTA website and actually score points then you will need an account on the [[https://www.sotadata.org.uk/|SOTA Data]] website first.
+====== SOTA Exchange, Scoring and Logging ======
-Options to submit the log are on the right hand side under **Menu - > Submit Logs**
+**Edit 04th July 2023 - the SOTA Data website has had a facelift, so most of this is out of date. The basic information is the same but the screenshots will be somewhat useless.**
+The usual SOTA exchange is callsign and summit reference. Names and signal reports are nice but not technically part of a SOTA log. Be sure to also record the UTC time of each QSO you have as you will need this later when logging.
+If you want to log your contacts on the SOTA website and actually score points then you will need an account on the [[https://www.sotadata.org.uk/|SOTA Data]] website first. Remember that to activate the hill you just need one QSO, but to score points you will need four QSOs.
+Options to submit the log are on the left-hand side under **Menu - > Submit Logs**
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 Be sure to log the following:
-  * Your activation log of all of your contacts from the top of your summit. You can delete and re-add any erroneous contacts before submitting the entire log if doing this via the website.
+  * Your activation log of all of your contacts from the top of your summit. You can delete and re-add any erroneous contacts before submitting the entire log if doing this manually via the website.
   * Your summit-to-summit contacts separately as chaser entries. You will score chaser points and S2S points separately.
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+Double check your log is accurate before submitting, otherwise you’ll need to resubmit the entire log with the correct entry replaced.
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 Import/Export options for logging are available on the website.
+Here is a link for a CSV to ADIF log converter for SOTA use: https://www.on6zq.be/w/index.php/SOTA/SOTA2ADIF
+And one to go the other way: https://www.on6zq.be/w/index.php/SOTA/ADIF2SOTA