Lloyd:
As a fellow contester, but in the very beginning stages of honeing my
contesting skills, I am genuinely impressed with your terrific score in this
week-end's contest!
A hearty congrats from me for sure!
I also noticed with interest that you are working with the N1MM logging
software.
I tried using that when out in Colorado, because that's what the guys out
there used, and because it supported the Colorado QSO Party, but I had a
heck of a time getting it to work with Jaws.
I'll read with interest about your ongoing progress with the software, and
may tap into your wisdom on using it once I get a number of other things
crossed off my ham radio "to do" list first.
Again, congrats from a beginning but hopefully budding contester!!
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: CW is Dead. Really!
> Long live CW!
>
> In 26.5 hours of operating, I made 1,224 QSOs with at least 88 countries,
> for a new personal record score of just over 1.5 million points. I
> finally
> figured out how to make Window-Eyes 7.5.2 automatically speak text in the
> color used by the Dupe! Warning in N1MM. So I could type a callsign in as
> I
> was scanning the band, and get warned immediately if this would be a
> duplicate QSO with that station on that band. Sometime I may try to get
> N1MM working with spotting networks or the Reverse Beacon Network. Also,
> I'm using an FH2 keypad and the FT950's internal memories for CW
> transmissions, rather than having the computer do the sending. I'm tired,
> but it was a blast, with 153 QSOs on 40, and more than 300 each on 20, 15
> and 10.
>
> My brother Paul, W6PR, doesn't copy CW all that well, so I advised him to
> track my progress by looking for W3IUU on www.reversebeacon.net . This
> system showed my frequency and how strong my signal was at various CW
> skimmer locations whenever I stayed on a frequency and called CQ. So Paul
> found me and worked me on 20 CW on Saturday. That also was fun.
>
> I'm glad you had a good 20-meter net. I should be back in action for the
> next twoSundays.
> 73,
> Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Wheaton, Maryland
> Home: http://lras.home.sprynet.com
> Work: http://www.loc.gov/nls
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Ed Malmgren
>> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 5:27 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Fw: CW is Dead. Really!
>>
>> Yes Phil, some of those guys were really spitting it out. I had to
>> listen
>> four of five times before getting their call. One dit of qrm or qrn and
>> you
>> miss half of the call. Great fun for sure. 73
>> Ed K7UC
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 3:26 PM
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: CW is Dead. Really!
>>
>> > Tell me again how dead the CW mode is and then tune 10 through 160 =
>> > meters during CQ Worldwide CW. Some stations art transmitting at 45
>> > and
>> =
>> > 50 words per minute and it is wall to wall stations. I put my Icom
>> > 7000
>> =
>> > on the lowest setting for filtering last night, and slow tuned the 40 =
>> > meter band. I put the tuning knob in the click mode and started at =
>> > 7.00001 and 02 and 03 and right up the band. With my G5RV at 35 feet,
>> > I
>> =
>> > copied European and Russian and Africa and South America and stuff =
>> > coming out of the Pacific on almost every second or third click or Hz
>> > as
>> =
>> > their signals fell into my narrowband CW filter. DX was stacked right
>> > =
>> > on up the whole CW band and some with big signals, too.
>> >
>> > Phil.
>> > K0NX
>
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