Please post your results here for this contest. Thanks…

Ken K3IU

The preliminary 2011 Phone Sweepstakes Results are now posted on the ARRL website.  Kudos to Bill, W1WBB, who is the New England Division winner for Single Op Unlimited Low Power!!  Nice going!  Rhode Island shows up as one the rarest ARRL sections to work.  73!

— John, W1XX

Today I received my .TQ6 file from the ARRL, one business day after requesting it. I followed my instructions and decided to clarify two points. I’ve created a .pdf file which I have found to be impossible to attach to this post, but it’s in the files section of the Dashboard. Incidentally, I used the method of double-clicking on the .TQ6 file to install the certificate – it was automatic after that except for pressing “OK” to acknowledge the process after it completed. If anyone finds any inaccuracies in my instructions please let me know.

73,

Pat, NG1G

Would someone please explain how to link to a file within a post? I don’t think I’ve managed to do it yet and that should be an easy thing to do. It certainly is one we should know how to do.

How to Create a 1×1 Call Sign Certificate for LoTW

The following was posted on the CWOps Reflector this morning, and probably others as well…

W1BIH – SK

Posted by: “Peter Chamalian” w1rm@nullarrl.net

Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:14 am (PST)

It is with great sadness that I pass along the news that John Thompson,
W1BIH (aka PJ9JT) became a Silent Key on March 8. John was an ardent
contester and DXer (390 confirmed), a member of the CQ Contest Hall of Fame
(number 14) and an ardent CW operator.

John was a member of YCCC, FOC, Connecticut Wireless Association and QCWA.

Funeral arrangements are pending at this time.

While John was not a member of CWops, I’m sure he would have been if he
could still send CW. He had a partial stroke in 2008 that left his right
side pretty much useless.

Pete, W1RM

Here is the latest Leaderboard update which includes all of the info I have received as of this morning. One thing new to note is that if you scroll to the extreme right end of the rows, you will see a total reported club score for each contest. I have reports from 5 stations for the ARRL DX SSB contest.

Hopefully, if you click on this link, you will be led to the leaderboard which you can download to your maching and critically analyze the results.

Don’t know why I can’t make this work with just one click, so just keep clicking on the link that shows up until it gives you the opportunity to save it.

73, Ken K3IU

 

CTRI-Champions-Leaderboard-20120310

If you are familiar with the interactive meeting notice skip down to “Topics“. This is an interactive meeting notice. What, you may ask, is an interactive meeting notice? As the phrase suggests, it is a meeting notice which requires interaction by the readers. For example: we need to have topics for presentation at the meeting; we need presenters; we need volunteers to provide lunch; we need to know who is coming to the meeting so the quantity of lunch portions may be determined, and so on. This post will be updated as interactions (comments) are appended.

Topics

1. Contest Report
2. Petition for Rule Making, 40 Meter Band
3. Managing a pile up
4. N1MM Logger
5. RTTY WPX 2013

Lunch provider:  KA1GEU

Coffee and Drinks by: W1AN

Members who will attend:  W1PN, KA1GEU, NG1G, W1XX, W1AN, N6ERD/1, W1WBB, KW2G

Venue: Crandall House, 1100 to about 1400

Please post your results for this contest by commenting on this  posting.

Thanks & 73, Ken K3Iu

FROM RADIO ANSONIA…

CQ160SSB Score Summary Sheet

Start Date : 2012-02-24

CallSign Used : W1CTN
Operator(s) : W1CTN

Operator Category : SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED
Band : ALL
Power : HIGH
Mode : SSB
Default Exchange : CT
Gridsquare : FN31ST

Name : DAVE ARRUZZA
Address : 32 BENZ STREET
City/State/Zip : ANSONIA  CT  06401
Country : USA

ARRL Section : CT
Club/Team : CTRI CONTEST GROUP
Software : N1MM Logger V11.10.3

Band    QSOs    Pts  StP   DXC
1.8     206     479   48    8
Total     206     479   48    8

Score : 26,824
Rig : FT2000 VL1000 1.2 KW

Antennas : 160 INVERTED L 70′ VERTICAL

Soapbox : CHAIR TIME 3.09 HRS.
HEAD COLD/FLU GOT THE BETTER OF ME
FOR AWHILE I WAS THE ONLY CT STATION ON THE BAND AND I WAS
REALLY IN DEMAND.

 

73

DAVE W1CTN

CTRI Contest Group;

     This  coming weekend is a great opportunity to get some more RTTY practice using N1MM.  This contest is 12 hours only, and is limited to 100 Watts.  This means every one is “high power” and sleep will not be a problem.  I suggest you give it a try.  The CQ WW 160 SSB is the same weekend, but since the noise has been an issue with this warm winter, maybe the NAQP RTTY would be more fun and less pain!

    GL and 73, Mike, K1DM

I saw this email on the N1MM reflector and recalled that there was some confusion about LOGTHENPOP & LOGTHENGRAB during the run up to CQWPX RTTY a couple weeks ago. The first email was cut from one from Rick Ellison, N2AMG, the digital programmer of N1MM, in response to a query on the reflector.
Ken K3IU
=====================================================================
—– Original Message —–
From: “Ken Wagner K3IU” <kenk3iu@nullcox.net>
To: “Mike McKaughan” <k1dm.dr.michael@nullgmail.com>; “Pat Atwood, NG1G” <ng1g@nullverizon.net>; “Ed Haskell” <haskell.ed@nullgmail.com>; “W1AN” <w1an@nulldxusa.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 9:08 AM
Subject: LOGTHENPOP vs LOGTHENGRAB

This should clarify as explained by the guy who wrote it…
Ken

“Log then pop allows more control as it allows the operator click on calls
that they see in the screen and stack them on the bandmap to work in
succession qfterwards(sic)…

Log then grab instead of using the bandmap just grabs the next available
call from the grab window on the Digital window. Sometimes you might be
grabbing a garbage callsign as some calls do not decode correctly and still
get placed in the grab window. So the operator needs to be aware of the call
that is being grabbed..

73 Rick N2AMG”

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On 2/19/2012 9:19 AM, Pat Atwood, NG1G wrote:

Thank you for that elucidation, Ken. I suspected as much from reading the manual’s description of where the “grabbed” calls came from, but with  no direct experience I couldn’t swear to it.

BTW, in the little time I spent working 80M this weekend I used ESM, and found it very helpful as long as I didn’t screw up the sequence by hitting SPACE too early. I just need to better train my brain and hand to the motions.

73,
Pat, NG1G

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On 2/19/2012 10:17 PM, Mike McKaughan wrote:
Gang,

Let’s include Rick in these discussions so he can stay up to speed as he learns N1MM Logger.  Does someone want to volunteer to put these e-mails on the Web site so we know where they are? Also, we need to start documenting all the little things we learn about the Logger during contests so we know where all the tricks are stored.
We had trouble this CW weekend with the program freezing on the Windows-7 computer that ran the Yaesu 1000MP or the side of the room where Ken’s K3 was used during the RTTY WPX weekend.  I found info on the FAQ (I think) for N1MM about how to install the logger on Windows 7 computers.  I didn’t see anything that looked unusual (make sure you’re Administrator when you install the software), but I do not have a Windows-7 machine.
I’ll be in contact via e-mail only through Thursday.

Mike, K1DM
====================================================================
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:31:49 -0500
From: Ken K3IU <kenk3iu@nullcox.net>
To: Mike McKaughan <k1dm.dr.michael@nullgmail.com>
CC: “Pat Atwood, NG1G” <ng1g@nullverizon.net>,
Ed Haskell <haskell.ed@nullgmail.com>,
W1AN <w1an@nulldxusa.net>, KI1G <KI1G@nullverizon.net>
Subject: Re: LOGTHENPOP vs LOGTHENGRAB

I have seen something somewhere in the last couple of weeks saying that Win7 problems, assuming that N1MM Logger was installed correctly, is probably caused bu RFI. I can’t imagine how RFI would cause problems with the software, but that is what was reported. It was recommended that ALL equipment have chassis’ connected together and to the station ground. It was NOT reported that this cured the problem with crashes.

The special installation instructions for N1MM on a Win7 machine are mainly about “where” to install it because of the Win7 “security” setup that objects to a program writing to a file in the \Program Files folder where N1MM (and virtually everything else) used to be installed. The default installation folder is now in \N1MM Logger folder. Also as Mike says, the installation should be made by right clicking on the installation file and selecting “Run as Administrator.”

73, Ken K3IU
================================================================

From: “Rick Davenport” <ki1g@nullverizon.net>
To: “‘Ken K3IU'” <kenk3iu@nullcox.net>,
“‘Mike McKaughan'” <k1dm.dr.michael@nullgmail.com>
Cc: “‘Pat Atwood, NG1G'” <ng1g@nullverizon.net>,
“‘Ed Haskell'” <haskell.ed@nullgmail.com>,    “‘W1AN'” <w1an@nulldxusa.net>
Subject: RE: LOGTHENPOP vs LOGTHENGRAB

Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:33:22 -0500

Hi Guys,

I did not experience any major issues with N1MM this weekend, only a minor
annoyance on the computer connected to the FT-1000, every time I would click
on a spot to go work it, the software would put the rig in dual receive mode
which gives the headphone audio a whole new sound. Probably just a setting
that  I need to change somewhere, but finding the somewhere is the hard
part. I did not use ESM mode, just programmed the F-Keys as I have always
used them in Writelog.

Other than that, the weekend started out on record pace and stayed so until
06Z on Sunday when my K3 shut off, the FT-1000 did not hear any signals and
there was an alarm that I have never heard before that was beeping away in
the shack. Needless to say that after being up and on the rig for 30 hours
prior to all this, some mental chaos ensued.

Turns out that the alarm was an overvoltage alarm on my 12V power supply and
it had turned off the DC output. No 12V = no K3 and none of my other
switching widgets were working. I do not have a back up power supply and am
still off the air. Moral of this story is to know your stations Achilles
heel. Once I decide on what to replace the power supply with, I will be
getting two.

Hope everyone had fun….

73,
Rick KI1G

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73, Ken K3IU