Re: POTA and small rigs
Has anyone operated from more than 1000 different geographic locations? Looks like I have a goal now ;-) 73, Ken, KJ9B ________________________________ Sent: Tuesday, May 6, 2025 17:50 To:
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Ken Bandy, KJ9B
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Re: POTA and small rigs
+ AA6YQ comments below + DXKeeper assumes that all QSOs in your log were made from the same DXCC entity, and are thus valid for all DXCC awards. You can designate? operating locations that do not
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Dave AA6YQ
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Re: POTA and small rigs
+ AA6YQ comments below + At present, the maximum number of myQTHs supported by DXKeeper is 4096. Has anyone operated from more than 1000 different geographic locations? + If, say, you're using
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Dave AA6YQ
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Re: POTA and small rigs
I have not done a POTA activation yet, but enjoying hunting. Although, I plan to begin activations soon. I have been playing with HAMRS PRO on a notebook for the field that I could then export an ADIF
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wb4ydy2
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Re: POTA and small rigs
I basically do this (Dave's recommendation) and it works great. I use HAMRS in the field for pota and then import the adif files to DXKeeper. To keep things simple and because I thought there was a
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Al
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#229118
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Re: POTA and small rigs
Google will find county maps for a state, then search for the county that you think includes the QTH and click on the displayed map. Those of us old enough to have depended on paper road maps may
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Jim Brown
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Re: POTA and small rigs
Chuck I forgot to mention, when I import the adi file from my logger into DXK, I make sure to check the box for "Substitute for missing myQTH IDs" and choose the correct my QTH ID I made for that
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Kent N6WT
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Re: POTA and small rigs
There are several apps you can use to find the county. Where am I? - is available for both android an iphones County Lines? - is available for iphone, not sure about android. I know there is also a
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KA9JAC
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Re: POTA and small rigs
Chuck No, I don't use the KX3 or KX2 with DXLabs. Thanks 73 Kent N6WT [email protected]> wrote:
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Kent N6WT
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#229114
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Re: POTA and small rigs
Thanks, Kent - exactly what I was looking for. I see the "Rig" field shows "KX3". Did you have to create a KX3 entry in Commander's Multi-Rig to append to the MyQTH ID? I'd rather avoid that route for
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Chuck, WS1L
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Re: POTA and small rigs
Here is a link to a couple of screenshots of my DXKeeper my QTHs and my TQSL Station location tab. The hardest part of this process is figuring out what county the location was in for TQSL.
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Kent N6WT
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Re: POTA and small rigs
Okay, looking back at the original post, I did not answer the question. I have a separate MYQTH ID for each place I activate. The only things that I enter is the correct CQ and ITU zone and the
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Kent N6WT
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#229111
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Re: POTA and small rigs
Chuck I do all my SOTA and POTA logging on my phone. I use Ham2K Portable Logger. It is a very useful tool. After the activation, it produces an ADI file that I import directly into DXKeeper and
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Kent N6WT
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#229110
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Re: POTA and small rigs
+ AA6YQ comments below + Before importing a log of QSOs from your just-completed POTA activation, 1. define a new myQTH in your Main log; populate the Sig textbox with the activated park code, and
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Dave AA6YQ
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Re: POTA and small rigs
Hi Chuck. https://docs.pota.app/ is the best place to get started. You can find all the details there. I have really gotten into POTA over the last few years. I use N1MM+ in the field. There are a
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Ken Bandy, KJ9B
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Re: Propview Issues
+ AA6YQ comments below + You have that capability now: u ncheck the "Frequency-dependent Settings" panels Enable box. + That's the purpose of the interoperation with Commander: to provide automatic
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Dave AA6YQ
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#229107
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POTA and small rigs
The local radio club is starting to get POTA active, and I am going to give it a try. I own a few small rigs suitable for very lightweight work, including a small 40M monobander and a KX1. I would
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Chuck, WS1L
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Re: Propview Issues
Thanks a lot, Dave! I have disabled the frequency dependent settings and PV is working as expected. Please consider, however, to take away the coupling of the program to Commander. As the prediction
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dl8le
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Re: Edit TZ for ZS8?
+ AA6YQ comments below + The DXCC database specifies the UTC offset for Mali as 0. + The definition of an Override's TimeZone field is " the UTC offset for location from which the station is
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Dave AA6YQ
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Re: Edit TZ for ZS8?
1) Close DXKeeper and SpotCollector 2) Open DXView and click the DXCC button 3) Scroll down the list to ZS8 4) replace 0 in the Time Zone box with -2 5) Click "Save" 6) Click "reTable" 7) Close the
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Joe Subich, W4TV
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