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Fellow contesters, I discovered the joy of contesting within the first few months of being licensed. It was 2002, sunspots were many, and I was working Europeans like they were next door. I was on an Icom 746Pro and a Power Mac G4 Cube running MacLoggerDX. It was CQ WW DX Phone and, to be honest, I don’t even remember where I stuffed the exchange information. I didn’t know I’d need it. At the end of the contest, when it was time to submit my log, I discovered the hole in my world. What was a Cabrillo file? This prompted me to write the first scripts that would become CabConverter. Windows and DOS users had contest loggers, but nothing existed for that purpose for MacOS—so I wrote my own converter. In the intervening years, I published the first CabConverter 1.0 application written in RealBasic. When it became clear that I needed a way to allow users to build support for contests themselves, I rewrote the program as CabConverter 2 ten years ago. I did all this because there wasn’t a solid contest logger for the Macintosh. That has changed. SkookumLogger is now a very mature logging program with a rich feature set. It is also free and available directly from the Apple App store. SkookumLogger is a far superior solution to using MacLoggerDX + CabConverter. I’ve used it in a couple of contests, and I must say I’m impressed. I am recommending that all Macintosh-based contesters download and examine SkookumLogger. You can read about it here: https://www.k1gq.com/SkookumLogger/ This weekend I played in the North American QSO party. When the contest was over, I generated a Cabrillo file and submitted it quickly and without any issues. I then exported my log from SkookumLogger to ADIF and imported the data into MacLoggerDX. From MacLoggerDX I uploaded to LoTW, eQSL, and ClubLog, again without incident. I believe that other CabConverter users will have similar experiences. CabConverter’s purpose is now served much better by another program: SkookumLogger. I am therefore declaring that CabConverter’s end-of-life will be at the end of this contesting season (at the end of May). We (the two moderators and I) will continue to support the program directly through the Groups.IO platform. We will answer questions, moderate messages, help users through conversion and installation issues, and provide any other guidance you might find helpful through May. After that, we’ll open up the group a little bit, allowing users to join without the level of moderation we currently have. We will monitor the traffic and remove bad actors as necessary, but otherwise allow more free access to the software and recipes. We will NOT remove the group or delete the files. CabConveter will be around for as long as people need it. This is a good time to remind people that the software is indeed free, source code is available, and JavaDoc provides reasonable commentary on the form and function, should anybody else want to make a project of this. But I’m guessing that won’t be necessary. Once you try SkookumLogger you’ll be happy to never think about Java or recipes again. You should know that this has been a discussion between the other moderators and me for some time. We wanted to be sure that there was a stable path without CabConverter available for our users. I believe there is. It has been an honor and a joy to provide this to the Macintosh Ham community. I still love MacLoggerDX (it is my main logger) and I still love contesting. Now I have better software for these efforts in SkookumLogger. I hope all of you find this change refreshing as well. Sincerely, — Scott (NE1RD and author of CabConverter)

Does anyone have a working copy of CabConverter who would be willing to generate a Cabrillo from a MLDX ADIF for me? Time is running out for me to submit my log from ARRL Sweepstakes SSB. tnx todd WB2ZAB

Could you please tell me:- During the CQWW SSB should the sent and received CQ Zone number be placed in the Sent & Recvd Sn box or the sent & recvd String box.

The following files and folders have been updated in the Files area of the [email protected] group. /Oceania DX Contest/Oceania-DX.xml By: NE1RD B. Scott Andersen <bsandersen@...> Description: Oceania DX Contest -- Updated by NE1RD on 2 Oct 2022 to correct a typo.

Is this still possible and, if so, where would I be able to find the link please?

Trying to install on my Macbook Pro M1Max first had to install Java, finished that... Can anyone help? Many thanks! 73, Alan / KM2P 508-523-7955 Then tried to install Cabconverter and got this: Java application launch failed Check Console for possible error messages related to ”/Users/alangonsenhauser/Documents/CabConverter/CabConverter 2.jar”. -- Principal, DemandRevenue B2B Healthcare CMO Executive Advisor and Interim / Fractional CMO W: https://www.demandrevenue.com/ E: alan.gonsenhauser@...: 508-523-7955 Blogs: https://www.demandrevenue.com/our-blog/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alangonsenhauser Twitter: @agonsenhauser Schedule time on my Calendar: calendly.com/alan-gonsenhauser

Hello All! I use MacLoggerDX and for the past eight or 10 years I have used CabConverter to get my Kansas QSO Party Log into the Cabrillo format for submission. This year I can't get CabConverter to find the CCContests folder even though I have placed it exactly where it is supposed to be (in my users' documents folder). I have tried in on Monterey Beta 6, Big Sur and even tried Catalina. Same results everywhere. I even tried launching it from the terminal. Same Result! Any tips would be greatly appreciated as I need to get the Wichita Amateur Radio Club merged log submitted for 2021. Thanks! 73 de Dale K0HYD in Goddard, KS (W0U) in the QSO Party -- 73 de Dale K0HYD Goddard, KS 67052

Colleagues, As I see people begin to unsubscribe (hopefully because they've found a better solution!) I thought I should take this moment to thank all of you for your patience and support of CabConverter over the years. Speaking for the group's management team of me, Dave, and Rich, it has been a joy helping Mac-based contesters everywhere. Like I said before, we're not going away, but active support for the program will cease at the end of this year's contesting season in May. I'll keep this forum up for as long as there is a need, and so long Groups.IO allows it. From the bottom of my heart, thank you, and see you on the bands. 73, -- Scott (NE1RD and author of CabConverter)

Colleagues, I got a new MacBook Air running 11.2.3 (Big Sur) and was able to run CabConverter normally. But, I had to do the following: 1. Downloaded the CabConverter.tar file from the Files area and expanded it. 2. Downloaded the CabConverter.jar file from the Files area and overwrote the same file from step 1. 3. I double clicked on the CabConverter.jar -- and it refused to open, of course. 4. I had to go through the Security & Privacy thing where I said it was OK to run this program (open anyway...) 5. When CabConverter.jar did open, it behaved normally (much to my surprise). After I copied the CCContents folder all the contests appeared. 6. I was able to convert a fellow user's ADIF file without incident. This is on a MacBook Air M1 machine running Big Sur. I did go to the Java.com site and install the latest supported Java, agreed to all their terms (gave up my first born and all my forests and lands), and installed the Java normally. Maybe that is the secret to getting things working correctly again. The Java installed was Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_281-b09) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.281-b09, mixed mode) I hope that others can have the same luck with these steps. If not, please let me know and I'll help figure it out. Thank you and 73! -- Scott (NE1RD and author of CabConverter)

Like many, just returned last year to ham radio after decades away. Lots of progress, like Cabconverter, BUT I see it's at its sunset. Was just getting ready to try it when I saw the developer's message. Was going to use it to send in a 40-item check log for ARRL DX contest just completed but now it looks like I'm too late. Skookum next time, but should I bother now (Big Sur) or just submit hand log and move on to SL for future. Thanks, W6MVT

Thanks Dave. I logged them in MLDX. Can I import an ADIF to RumLog, and then convert them? Michael Guerin

There is no recipie for the ref ssb contest. Does that exist? It exist in macloggerdx contest list.

Evidently whoever wrote this didn't sign the work in such a way as to let my MacMini (Catalina) run it. :-( Dave, K4TO

I just installed and attempted to run CabConverter on my MAC Mini running Catalina. I get an error box the says unknown source... cannot trust or run. Now what? de Dave, K4TO

As titled. I've just installed CC on my Mac. I've moved the CCContests to ~/Documents/CCContests folder. I've rebooted CC runs in java fine, but the contests dropdown box is empty. I've also tried the permissions hack - but no Java option shows in files/folder Any help appreciated MacOS 10.15.6 Catalina ... Shaun

Colleagues, The new MacOS 11 "Big Sur" has brought some changes that impact Java, the tool I used to build CabConverter. Specifically, it looks like there isn't a good way to give Java permissions to view your disk directly. This means we can no longer just double-click the Jar file for CabConverter and have it work. BUT, CabConverter works fine if you start it from the terminal application. I've made a quick YouTube video showing how to do this. https://youtu.be/kiF_uwMlskQ In short: 1. Make sure the CabConverter.jar file is in your home directory/folder. That makes it easy to find. 2. Start the terminal application. 3. From the prompt type "java -jar CabConverter.jar" CabConverter will start and MacOS will begin challenging you, asking if the Terminal application should be able to have access to your Documents directory. Say yes. If you try to open an ADIF file that you've put on your desktop, MacOS will challenge you again asking if Terminal should be able to access your desktop. If you give CabConverter permission to access the disk locations when prompted, it should work as before. Apple is trying to do a good thing here: making sure applications that run on your machine are not doing mischief. Denying random apps access to your disk is a good way to protect you. Our problem is Apple didn't give us an easy way to grant Java applications such permissions. This work-around gives us a path forward. A big shout out to Philip Alley for doing a Zoom session with me yesterday, and helping me debug this problem. As always, I'm here, along with Rich (AB1HD) and David (M0XDF), to make sure you can get your log converted and your Cabrillo entry submitted. Please let us know if you have any problems. Thank you, -- Scott (NE1RD and author of CabConverter)

A new poll has been created: Please take a moment and do an About this Mac... and let us know what version of MacOS you are running. Thank you! -- Scott, Dave, and Rich (The moderators) 1. 11 (Big Sur or whatever is latest!) 2. 10.14 (Mojave) or 10.15 (Catalina) 3. 10.13 (High Sierra) 4. 10.12 (Sierra or version prior to it) Vote Now Do not reply to this message to vote in the poll. You can vote in polls only through the group's website.