Contesting
WriteLog Module for CWJF Manchester Mineira
I wrote a series of blog posts describing how to write a contest module for WriteLog. In 2009 I started writing a contest module for the CWJF Manchester Mineira All America contest. The CWJF club sent out a nice brochure with the rules and the winners for 2009 and that spurred me into writing version 1 [...]
What a Difference Sunspots Make
I worked a little DX during the ARRL DX CW contest last weekend. It was very pleasing to work Europe on 15 meters at 100 watts and a ground mounted vertical antenna. One of the French contacts reported their power as 5. Now if that was really QRP, then they had a great mix of [...]
Salmon Run Site Location
“The Wheat Field” is what the USGS map says our Salmon Run location is. From the photos, it doesn’t look like much wheat is there at all. In this picture, you can sort of see the end of the Forest Service road that leads up to the camp. The US Geological Survey provides quadrangle maps [...]
Salmon Run 2009 With N7PP
The N7PP multi-two county expedition will be in Columbia county this year. We will be camping again this year but about 1,000 feet lower than last year. View a Map From the photos, the site looks beautiful with scrub pines and a grassy meadow. I suspect we will practically own the Salmon Run this year. [...]
WriteLog – A New Old Logging Program
I operated at a big-gun contest station, W7VJ, where they use WriteLog therefore, I’m re-familiarizing myself with it. Three years ago, I gave up Writelog because N1MM had finally matured to the point where, at least, it didn’t crash all the time and the price was right. WriteLog has a large share of the contest [...]
Load up little pistols. This contest is for you.
Mix together the NCCC Thursday sprint with a little World Radiosport Team Championship and a little sailing regatta handicapping and you get the Locust QSO Party. Rick, K6VVA a.k.a. The Locust, organized the first LQP to celebrate his 50th anniversary as a ham. 2009 will be the third running of the “LQP – 52st Anniversary [...]
Wooot! K7OG Will Certainly Make It To K5ZD's Partial Check DB
I know K7OG will be K5ZD’s super check partial lookup database because I worked K5ZD during the ARRL RTTY Round Up. Hah! I don’t have to depend on submitting a log or hoping for some other operator to submit their log. The RTTY Round Up contest was pretty fun. Just casually, I worked over 100 [...]
Working Domestic DX
Last night I had a lot of fun working the ARRL 10M contest from home at night – when the band was almost totally closed. A group of contesters and DXers were grouped together sort of half rag chewing half contesting and half working simulated DX. On 10 meters at night, South Dakota is DX, [...]
Salmon Run QSO Party 2008 Results
Here’s the tale of the tape: The little trip we made to Garfield last September bagged another box of smoked salmon for the South Hill Contest Club, N7PP. Reflecting back, the score isn’t the biggest thrill to me. I’ll remember the time we spent shivering together on Mount Misery long after I have forgotten the [...]
Operated CQ World Wide CW with N7BV
I had the great pleasure of meeting some new friends this last weekend during CQWW CW. I had limited time to spend working the contest and really pushed the limits with time away from the family during a holiday. My operating hours were limited to 19:00 PST to 01:00 PST. Early on Sunday I worked [...]