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More ARRL DX CW Results

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The morning after report …

I managed to put about 6 hours of BIC time in 3 different spurts and was really impressed with the conditions. It reminded me of “the good old days” (whatever that means). Here’s my results…

LOCATION: RI
CALLSIGN: K3IU
CLUB: CTRI Contest Group
CONTEST: ARRL-DX-CW
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-ASSISTED: NON-ASSISTED
CATEGORY-BAND: ALL
CATEGORY-MODE: CW
CATEGORY-POWER: HIGH
CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
CLAIMED-SCORE: 171288

Contest: ARRLDXCW
 Band     QSOs     Pts  Cty  Pt/Q
   3.5      14      42   12   3.0
     7      28      84   22   3.0
    14      63     189   35   3.0
    21     117     351   44   3.0
    28     144     432   43   3.0
 Total     366    1098  156   3.0

When I submitted the log to ARRL, it reported one(1) less multiplier(155) but i sure can’t find it. I was all S&P.

73
Ken K3IU

2022 ARRL Sweepstakes SSB – WB2VVV

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Raw Score: 548 Qpts x 78 Mults = 42,744
Category: Single Operator, High Power
Operator: SINGLE-OP
Assisted: NON-ASSISTED
Power: HIGH
Band: ALL
Location: RI
Station Grid: FN41CR
Club: CTRI Contest Group

Operated strictly S&P using my homebrew LDMOS PA driven by my IC-7200 – while tending to the woodstove in my shack to stay warm.

Antennas: 10/15/20m SteppIR beam; 40m Rotary Dipole; 75m Full Wave Horizontal Quad Loop.

Nice to find and work HI, AK, PR, VI, DE, EWA and other hard to find US sections – but missed several of the ever-growing list of Canadian sections. This year a clean sweep required 84 sections and I only worked 78 without assistance…

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CQ WW CW Contest

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CQ WW CW Contest
Ran the Yaesu FT-817 QRP into Tribander, Vertical and Delta LB.

Single band 20 Meters.

Band QSOs  Pts     ZN  Cty
14       90       249   13     38

Score: 12,699
Bob W1IG

Logging Essentials using N1MM+

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This listing pulls together a dozen (or so) keyboard commands that are extremely useful in N1MM+ Logger.

General
· Esc : stop, exit, abort, back out of whatever you are doing

Logging
· Spacebar or Tab : move between exchange elements
· Enter : log a completed valid QSO
· Ctrl+Alt+Enter : log an incomplete/invalid QSO with a note in the log
· Ctrl+N : add a note to the log
· Ctrl+O : to enter the operator’s name or call sign (or type OPON in call sign field)
[optional, use to keep track of who was operating when] · Alt+W : wipe whatever is entered so far (Alt+W again to undo the wipe)

Changing logged contacts
· Ctrl+D : delete last QSO from log
· Ctrl+Q : Quick Edit last QSO
o while in Quick Edit (blue background), use Ctrl+Q to go to earlier QSO in log, or
Ctrl+A to go to later one
o Enter to accept changes, Esc to abort and return to logging

Changing current frequency & mode
· To change modes, type CW or SSB or RTTY or PSK into Entry window, hit Enter – or,
if your radio is interfaced for radio control, just change modes on the radio
· To change frequency, type the frequency in kHz into the Entry window, hit Enter – or, if
your radio is interfaced for radio control, change frequency on the radio

CW/SSB/Digital (needs CW keying interface/voice keyer/Digital interface respectively)
· Alt+U : switch between Run & S&P mode and messages
· F1 : send CQ message and switch to Run mode
· F4 : send your own call sign (S&P)
· ; key or Ins : send his call sign + exchange message (F5 + F2)
· ‘ key : send TU and log QSO (F3 + Enter)
· = key : re-send last function-key message
· Alt+K : edit current function-key message buttons
· Ctrl+K : ad lib keyboard CW/digital text (use Enter or Esc or Ctrl+K to end)
· PgUp/PgDn : CW speed up/down