BotScan v0.15.9 — Contest Log Analysis

1. Input and eligibility

BotScan reads selected Cabrillo logs locally in the browser. The core parses Cabrillo headers and QSO lines, removes exact repeated QSO-line artifacts from behavioral metrics, separates non-scored records, rejects Multi-Op categories for Single-Op review, and analyzes only logs with enough cleanly parsed QSOs.

2. Metrics

The analysis combines file integrity, rest breaks, continuous operating blocks, frequency-change rate, run/S&P texture, minute-level frequency spread, band movement, rate context, duplicate/reworked-station context and frequency-detail quality. Each metric is interpreted by mode and contest profile, not as a single global rule.

3. Peer comparison

Each contest and category has its own historical peer profile. BotScan compares the loaded log against matching Single-Op groups by contest, year, mode, power, band and assistance where available, so EA-RTTY, CQ-160-CW, CQ-WW, WPX, WAE, ARRL and IARU are not judged with one generic threshold set.

4. Evidence logic

BotScan avoids relying on one weak signal. RED-level review requires hard timing, scanner/no-run structure, hard minute-level spread, or multiple independent evidence families. In RTTY Single-Op review, 5+ distinct logged frequencies in one minute remains a high-priority hard spread signal. Frequency-spread display now starts at 4+ and dynamically reveals higher 7+/8+ levels only when they are present. Three-frequency minutes are retained only as internal/informational context. In CW, isolated single-band 5-frequency minutes are treated as aggressive S&P context; repeated 5+ or any 6+ minute remains high-priority review. In SSB, stable dual-run/2BSIQ and aggressive S&P are handled separately, and SSB scatter is compared against the matching historical peer-group peer reference/max before it affects review level. Fast duplicates and same-band reworked stations remain context only and do not create RED by themselves.

5. Batch ranking context

In batch mode, claimed score is used only to show pre-adjudication rank inside the loaded category group. Automation Evidence is calculated separately from claimed rank.

6. Limitations

Cabrillo timestamps are usually minute-level, so the tool is a screening layer. Strong flags should be followed with higher-resolution evidence when available: ADIF seconds, raw RBN timing, audio, station layout, operator declarations and written explanation.