Ok - hopefully see you in the contest
ATB
David W Wood
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Forst
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 12:29 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: ARRL 10-meter Contest Strategy
No, not in Writelog. It needs to be invoked with a drop down menu or
hot key. Also an entry needs to be added to the .ini file to cause the
cursor to move to the next field on enter being hit. There are some
other functions using the insert and plus keys, but these need you to
toggel the num lock and thus messing up jaws. I'll have to look at
this stuff later and see if it is something I want and how to make it
work.
73, Steve KW3A
On 12/14/2013 4:21 AM, David W Wood wrote:
> Ah - understood!
> Isn't it invoked by default?
> It is such a standard contesting process.
>
> 73
>
> David W Wood
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 3:00 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: ARRL 10-meter Contest Strategy
>
> David,
>
> I know it has been in Writelog for the dozen years or so I've been
> using it, but it is new to me since I am just overcoming my timidity at
> calling CQ on CW. I'm never going to be competitive in any of the
> major contests, but in some of the state QSO parties I enjoy playing
> in, I realize that if I want to move to the next level, I need to
> increase my ratio of cw to ssb to a higher percentage than my usual 20
> percent.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
> On 12/12/2013 3:12 AM, David W Wood wrote:
>> Steve
>>
>> All the contest logging software that I have used has this facility as
>> standard.
>>
>>
>>
>> ATB
>>
>> David W Wood
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
>> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 2:35 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: ARRL 10-meter Contest Strategy
>>
>> Tom,
>>
>> Hope the band is good this weekend. No real strategy for me, I'm just
>> going to concentrate on improving my CW contest skills. Last weekend I
>> started using a feature in Writelog that lets me use the enter key
>> several times to call CQ and complete a QSO. This isn't going to
>> drastically improve my rate, but should keep me from hitting the wrong
>> F key and reduce some repetitive hand motion.
>>
>> I've also been playing with the voice announcement packet spots in XMlog
>> and may set this up to only give me needed countries on 10 meters phone
>> or cw, so I won't be bombarded with spots, but can grab a new one if it
>> shows up.
>>
>> 73, have fun this weekend, Steve KW3A
>>
>> On 12/11/2013 8:10 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
>>> Thanks for the good advice, Lloyd.
>>>
>>> Whatever happens, the week-end should be lots of fun.
>>>
>>> It will be cold and snowy here, so the contesting weather should be
> ideal,
>>> as long as the wind doesn't take down my wire antennas.
>>>
>>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: For blind ham radio operators
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> On Behalf Of Lloyd Rasmussen
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 9:27 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: ARRL 10-meter Contest Strategy
>>>
>>> I don't know about strategy, but the latest predictions show solar flux
> in
>>> the 170 range next weekend, which should provide some good F2
> propagation.
>>> Go where the stations are, and the multipliers will probably fall into
>>> place. Phone activity can spread way up the band if it is active, so
> keep
>>> tuning upward until you reach frequencies where the activity has thinned
>>> out. If you can switch quickly between phone and CW, I would recommend
>> not
>>> segregating the modes by day, but really going where the QSO rates are
>> high.
>>>
>>> There are not additional points for working people farther or closer,
> just
>>> multipliers for states, provinces, Mexican states and other countries.
>> Have
>>> fun. These may be the best 10-meter conditions in years, or at least as
>>> good as two years ago.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
>>> http://lras.home.sprynet.com
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Tom Behler
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 8:13 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: ARRL 10-meter Contest Strategy
>>>
>>> Hi, everyone.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The recent post from David (G3YXX) got me to thinking about the best
>>> strategy for this week-end's ARRL 10-meter contest, and I'm now
> interested
>>> in any thoughts from the group on what might be the best way to go.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My originally-planned strategy was to do a completely CW operation.
This
>>> was based on the idea that you get 2 points per contact, and that you
>> would
>>> be working under considerably less-crowded band conditions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> However, David's idea of doing CW one day, and SSB the next has caused
me
>> to
>>> re-consider my strategy.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm interested in what others who are planning to play in the contest
are
>>> thinking of doing.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I fully realize that, with my rather meager antenna setup here, I am not
>>> going to be able to adequately compete with the big guns, but I would
> like
>>> to see what kind of a score I can achieve during the hours I'll be able
> to
>>> operate on both Saturday and Sunday.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hopefully, band conditions will be reasonably good for the event.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>
>>>
>>>
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