K1DG and N0AX are inducted in to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame !!!

The 2015 inductees to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame are:

Doug Grant, K1DG - is
not only a world-class contester, but has not hesitated to share his
knowledge and skills with others. He has built or helped to build
several championship contest stations, is a founding member of the
Yankee Clipper Contest Club, a founding director of the World Wide Radio
Operators Foundation, is a regular instructor at Contest University and
has run the Contest Forum at the Dayton Hamvention® for the past 20
years. In addition, Doug has competed in five World Radiosport Team
Championships (WRTCs), and has medaled three times.

Ward Silver, N0AX -
has been a contester for over four decades and has operated from some
of the world's top contest stations, spanning four continents. A founder
of the World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) competitions in 1990,
Ward is currently Secretary of the WRTC Sanctioning Committee. He is
also president of the YASME Foundation, which supports DXpeditions and
contest operations around the world, QST contesting editor and author of
Ham Radio for Dummies and Circuitbuilding Do-It-Yourself for Dummies.

I know Ward really well, went to High School with him
I know Doug as well, went on the Ti5N contest expedition with him
Congrats to both of them !

Cheers!

Steve

KG5VK

Wow what a close race between the W5RU team and the W6YI team in November 2014 ARRL SS Phone

http://www.arrl.org/files/file/ContestResults/2014/2014ARRLNovPhoneSweepstakes-FullResultsVersion1_0.pdf

Awesome writeup by Steve London N2IC

Who was the first to earn a Clean Sweep this year?
That honor goes to team W5RU who made the sweep in the

Multioperator, High Power category at 0024Z. This is the

same team that made the first Sweep last year, using the

call sign KG5VK. Their last section? Virgin Islands.

 

Multioperator, High Power (MH)

72 teams competed in the Multioperator, High Power

category. 13 new section records and 4 new division

records were set. This year, there was a close battle

between the W6YI team (K6AM, N6AN, N6KI,

W2PWS, W6YI) in San Diego and the W5RU team

(KN5O, K1DW, K5ER, W5WZ, KG5VK) in Louisiana.

When the dust settled, team W6YI emerged victorious by

a mere 14 QSOs. 

 

Note: Team W5RU also set new division and section records - KG5VK

 

HFTA assistance from stu on getting an HFTA plot done

Web Site of the Week - Stu K6TU has automated the process of generating terrain profiles for use with N6BV's HF Terrain Analysis (HFTA) program. To support HFTA's modeling, a user must first obtain a terrain profile which describes the height of terrain around the antenna location. This process is cumbersome and time consuming as the source of the data must be located, downloaded, then processed with MicroDEM. Terrain Profile Requests are available to any user with a registered account on K6TU.NET at no charge and no subscription to Stu's propagation prediction service is necessary. Stu's site maintains copies of both the USGS National Elevation Dataset (for the United States) and the NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission dataset enabling fast turnaround of requests.

EP6T Iran DXpedition (Kish Island - AS-166) | Southgate Amateur Radio News

EP6T Iran DXpedition (Kish Island - AS-166) | Southgate Amateur Radio News

An Introduction To The DXLab Suite | Our HAM Station

An Introduction To The DXLab Suite | Our HAM Station

N1MM & Morse Runner » PA1T

N1MM & Morse Runner » PA1T



Learn how to set up an awesome training or CW contest simulator

following the steps at PA1T's website



here are the steps from his website........



English instruction.

This is an instruction how to connect N1MM and Morse Runner together
with a hotkey program made by Don K7OG. Now you can practice cw
contesting in a real contest environment.

You have to install 3 programs.

1 N1MM

2 Morserunner

3 Hotkey

N1MM logger

Go to www.n1mm.com

Go to download (full installer) en download N1MM and install it.

You then have to install the latest version of the logger.

Morse runner

Go to http://www.dxatlas.com/MorseRunner/ and download morse runner (is located at download)

Install the program.

Hotkey script

Go to  http://k7og.net/?p=90 download here “n1mm to Morse Runner connection exe version”

Be sure to take the exe version.

Hotkey script

Go to  http://k7og.net/?p=90 download here “n1mm to Morse Runner connection exe version”

You may copy this file where you want. You have to unzip it. because it is a zip file.

Run the programs

Start N1MM and go to files. Open a new database and give it a name maybe Morserunnertrainer.

Go again to files and open a new log in the data base and choose cqww wpxcw. This is your only choice otherwise it will not run.

Start het Hotkey program.

Start Morse Runner and start it with Run

Type  CW in the entry window of N1MM because N1MM has to know it is cw.

Push now F1 in n1mm (only on the keyboard and N1MM logger gives CQ  and  Morse Runner will answer..

Good luck.

CQWW 2014

CQWW 2014



http://4o3a.com/index.php/4o3a-station/stories/cqww-2014



Wow this is some serious stuff !!!



cheers!

steve

DF3CB.com :: Software :: Fast Log Entry (FLE) paper Log to ADIF Tool set

DF3CB.com :: Software :: Fast Log Entry (FLE)

Amateur Radio Contesting FAQ

Not everyone knows everything about contesting in Ham Radio the day they become a contest op

here is a good resource on everything about contesting

To me the bottom line is to have fun !!!

Cheers!

steve

KG5VK



Amateur Radio Contesting FAQ



http://www.qsl.net/zs1an/contesting_faq.html

N1MM+ Beta Testing A Note from The N1MM+ development Team

Since we began the public beta test of N1MM Logger+, over 1000 people
have downloaded the Full Installer, but only about 300 of those are
keeping up with the daily updates, and only about 370 have joined the
N1MMLoggerPlus e-mail group on Yahoo.



Two requests:



If you want to help us test N1MM+, please join the Yahoo group.  It's
the only public channel for discussion of the new program, and if you want
to help us test you have to be there.



Please stay current.  We are updating pretty much every day. As you can
imagine, something that was reported yesterday may well have been fixed
in today's update.  If you report something that has already been fixed,
it's a big waste of time for everyone involved.



Thanks and 73,



The N1MM Development Team

N1MM Logger Website | N1MM Plus Open Beta

N1MM Logger Website | N1MM Plus Open Beta


Please keep in mind downlaods will be "Throttled"

so Tom's server will not die :)

Reminder this is still a BETA version !!!!!

Please, please, please read the FAQ file

before posting any questions on the N1MM email reflector


However when you post a questions many of the team members are monitoring and will strive to answer questions fast and accurately, but once again you can help by reading the FAQ files as your answer may already be there


Last full N1MM (before +) were downloaded over 14 thousand times

so this is going to wild answering every single question if no one reads the FAQ files first.

Below is a Note from Tom....

• When you begin testing, please wait one full day before asking your first question on the reflector. Take the time to look at the manual on the website, and at the N1MM Logger Plus Yahoo group archive. You’ll also find that the N1MM Plus website's Search function has been much improved – please give it a try.

Cheers!

steve

KG5VK

What a dif a year makes....NAQSOP 2013 versus 2014 at KG5VK

Of course not near as much time in the chair but not sure it would have made the dif as it looks like from these graphs I lost a lot of q's with 10 and 15 not being "useable" this year......

 

Twice ops asked to move me to 15m
we had no joy (could not hear each other)
I tried CQ on 10m several times and looked at the bands (10&15)
with a band scope numerous times
Did I miss a short opening or was it this way for everyone ?
KG5VK

QSO/SWL real time maps - W2LN - ALH

QSO/SWL real time maps - W2LN - ALH

Side by side Graphical comparision of Stations in CQWW Graphic Analy

LogQso Home

N1MM Logger Website | What's New in N1MM Logger Plus

N1MM Logger Website | What's New in N1MM Logger Plus

WRTC2014 Receives Colvin Award Grant

WRTC2014 PRESS RELEASE #24 http://www.wrtc2014.org/wrtc2014-receives-colvin-award-grant/ Windham, NH March 31, 2014 WRTC2014 Receives Colvin Award Grant This is very well deserved, many amateurs around the world have worked long and hard for WRTC 2014 to come together and shine, esp the amateurs on the east coast Congrats ! steve KG5VK

▶ SSB PILE UP Trainer by Chris HB9ELV Vogt

▶ SSB PILE UP Trainer by Chris HB9ELV Vogt

B&B Cyber Software - CyberDX-CW

B&B Cyber Software - CyberDX-CW

Which Contest Software is the right one to use.....

Experienced ops are using N1MM here is an interesting chart http://ly2kz.blogspot.fi/2013/05/populiariausi-contest-logeriai.html Cheers! steve KG5VK

DXlite from Michael the author of ClubLog

very handy for seeing spots on your smart phone without bloated graphics !! http://dxlite.g7vjr.org/?refresh=1 Thanks to Michael steve