Day 1
I ran 40 phone 11 am - 1 pm yesterday and logged 264 contacts. FT8 on 15 in the 3 to 5 pm slot was another story. Calls were pretty constant and all but one or two completed successfully but I still
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Kay N3KN
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Re: First session
The RAC contest is today. Tomorrow should be not so crowded. Rick N1RM Sent: Friday, July 01, 2022 11:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [K2B-13Colonies2022] First session 40 Meter
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N1RM - Rick Miller
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Re: 40 CW
Stu: I almost wore out PG UP and PG DOWN on the N1MM keyboard! I think the range I heard was from about 16 to 30 WPM, with all sorts of "accents". I agree that it is fun to listen to the variety and
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N1RM - Rick Miller
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Re: First session
40 Meter phone 144?Contacts? 7:00pm? to 9:00pm? ? 40 meters? Slow speed CW only 6 contacts between 9 and 11pm. Kept getting stomped on by faster Ops taking over my frequency. Knocking the rust
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Terry KC4DV <terry.erlacher@...>
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40 CW
Lots of QRN! Worked about 120 on my first shift and sometimes, it was pretty hard to pull out the weak ones. It's interesting to see the variety of CW skill levels compared to a contest. I tried to
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Stu2 - W7IY
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Re: Time Slot Question
David, I've been on since 9. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ Sent: Friday, July 1, 2022 9:36:39 PM To:
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Carole Alexander KG4DTM
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Re: Time Slot Question
KG4DTM at 3947. Fun to be able to listen to K2B op's. I spotted a couple times. Guess there's no good TV on tonight, big pile-ups. David, K2WPM
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David Wright K2WPM
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Re: First session went great!
Just finished 20 cw.?? Condx poor but still managed? 57 and a few in Europe.??? David,? may I assume you want one log at the end and not daily or after each shift ??? I can send you whatever
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George Marzloff K4GM
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Re: Time Slot Question
Carole, are you going on 75 meters? A couple 13COL stations really doing great guns. I can get on, if you can't. David , K2WPM
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David Wright K2WPM
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Re: Logs
Thanks Bird Man. Yes post-event I need to get a lot of this straight ¡ since people come to me for confirms. So far, not too much sat guys. David, K2WPM K2B Coordinator ¨C 13 Colonies Sent: Friday,
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David Wright K2WPM
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Re: Logs
Steve, anything you give me, my friend, I can handle. I usually prefer adif, but no matter. Tnx David, K2WPM K2B Coordinator - 13 Colonies Sent: Friday, July 1, 2022 5:48 PM To:
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David Wright K2WPM
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Picked up 20 Meters at 8:00
Managed to get 32 before the band dropped out on me. Will start my 40 meter shift at 9:00. Good luck everyone! Blue Skies! Linwood Linwood Campbell linwoodcampbell@...
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Linwood Campbell K2LLC
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Re: First session went great!
200 contacts in 90 minutes! Wow, 20 meters was hopping. Lot of Europeans, I'm surprised.? Hmm ... May turn the beam around tomorrow. Thank you, Mercury IIIS ... Can't wait for the 75 meter late
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David Wright K2WPM
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Re: Logs
I will switch to N1MM "DX Satellite" log. I am using N1MM in stand alone mode. Steve R
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Steve KO4ENU
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Self Spot Failure
DXScape will not send me a password (I've tested my connection to ARRL.NET). With no effective self spotting, I'm only wasting my effort. I'll try again tomorrow, but I've never had good luck spotting
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William Buchholz <wgbk8syh@...>
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Re: First session went great!
I pulled in on 17M behind you Jim.? It was hopping to everywhere.? EU, JA, VK.? I couldn't point the beam in enough directions. I just quit early due to the thunderstorm over your QTH.? The QRN is
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Chuck K4QS
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Re: Logs
I think it's fine Ray, and may be easier than what I am doing. I didn't want to quick-learn another logging program :) David needs a usable ADIF file. How we create it is up to us. 73 Steve KS1G
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Steve (KS1G)
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Re: Logs
I¡¯m using Log4OM based on the youtube tutorial produced by Ant NU1U. At the end of the event I should be able to produce a .adi file that has the following 8 fields that will satisfy LoTW?for a
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Ray Crafton
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Re: Logs
Steve (KO4ENU): I used N1MM and hand-massaged the resulting log after the event to send in to David. I am using the N1MM "DX Satellite" log, NOT their "13 Colonies" log. I feel the generic DX sat or
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Steve (KS1G)
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Re: Logs
David, this is what our input interface looks like for SATOPS using TQSL/Logbook of the World. I have a paper log but I have also been entering in N1MM using the 13 Colonies template (see below
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Steve KO4ENU
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