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1. [CQ-Contest] Post-Contest Log Analysis (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 11:42:40 +0100

I'd like to ask all of you about post-contest log analysis: the examination of a log after it has been submitted, in order to evaluate and improve contest performance. No doubt all the big guns go th

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-09/msg00005.html (7,736 bytes)

2. Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Section Map (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 09:52:30 +0100

Hi Ev - please visit my website - I have added the map that you need. By the way - completely off-topic: Has anyone any ideas where I can get a job? I have been un-employed for a while - things are v

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-09/msg00029.html (8,475 bytes)

3. Re: [CQ-Contest] Post-Contest Log Analysis (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 09:53:31 +0100

Thanks for that link, Igor - its an excellent piece of software, and will be of use to many contesters. I had some problems downloading it at first - the file kept being received as 'corrupted', but

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-09/msg00040.html (8,104 bytes)

4. Re: [CQ-Contest] Callsign Logging When Location is Exchanged (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 07:41:53 +0100

Not true at all. There are plenty of countries that share a grid square. For instance, a station in JN61: is he signing /I or /HV? A station in JN02: is he signing /F or /EA3 or /C3? There *is* a way

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-09/msg00191.html (9,324 bytes)

5. Re: [CQ-Contest] Ca QSO Sad :( (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 07:36:36 +0100

Perhaps if you guys had voted to become a state in December '98 things would be different !! 73s Tim EI8IC http://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/ Ham Map Heaven. Contester Resources. Free zone maps, and co

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-09/msg00284.html (8,152 bytes)

6. [CQ-Contest] Contest Logs Needed (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 14:55:15 +0100

Hi - I am working on a new contest-log visualisation tool, and need a few logs to test it with. I would be grateful for recent Cabrillo-format logs for the following contests: ARRL-10 ARRL-160 ARRL-D

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00107.html (7,599 bytes)

7. Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest Logs Needed (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 12:02:49 +0100

Following my previous post, there have been quite a few questions wondering what a 'contest-log visualisation tool' actually is! Well, don't be surprised if you haven't heard of one, because I think

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00122.html (8,395 bytes)

8. Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest Logs Needed (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 12:08:20 +0100

Hi David - thanks for mentioning your Contest Propagation Prediction Tool. http://www.k1ttt.net/software.html#mofdos which I'm sure is an excellent program. If I read the website correctly, it says t

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00139.html (9,706 bytes)

9. Re: [CQ-Contest] Phonetics (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 18:54:52 -0000

I remember an article in the British mag 'Radcom' about twenty years ago suggesting a contest where all participants used the 'Aggle' series of phonetics: A=Aggle, B=Baggle, C=Caggle, D=Daggle, E=Eag

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-11/msg00083.html (8,358 bytes)

10. [CQ-Contest] LogView - now online (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 07:22:34 -0000

I am pleased to announce that LogView is now online: http://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/logview/ LogView is a post-contest log-visualisation tool, for analysing contest performance. It plots the QSOs in

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-11/msg00344.html (8,440 bytes)

11. Re: [CQ-Contest] More Audio Recordings (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:55:19 -0000

Is there anyone out there with lots of time, who wants to make a useful contribution to the contesting community, as well as giving their website some real *content*? I have often thought that an ide

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-11/msg00775.html (7,590 bytes)

12. Re: [CQ-Contest] Worst contesting location? (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 08:13:28 -0000

somewhere Talking of another famous Soviet Arctic Explorer and radio ham - Ernst Krenkel, callsign RAEM: the book containing the account of the sinking of the ice-breaker Chelyuskin, the stranding on

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2006-01/msg00355.html (10,058 bytes)

13. Re: [CQ-Contest] Worst contesting location? (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:13:49 -0000

Just a reminder that anyone using the Internet Explorer browser with Java can view a universal beam heading chart here: http://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/maps/universal.html Its a great way of visualis

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2006-01/msg00370.html (9,065 bytes)

14. Re: [CQ-Contest] OT (A bit) Links to 7J4AAL's 5L 80M Yagi (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:06:00 -0000

Hmm Tom - you need to think laterally to get past the password !! Do a Google site search for 7J4AAL on kkn.net - i.e. http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-03,G

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2006-01/msg00393.html (8,725 bytes)

15. [CQ-Contest] Montenegro - a new Ham country? (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 12:08:59 +0100

Since the successful vote for independence on May 21st, it would seem that Montenegro is now a separate country from Serbia. Is this official yet? Does anyone know what has to take place for Serbia a

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2006-06/msg00031.html (9,663 bytes)

16. Re: [CQ-Contest] Montenegro - a new Ham country? (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 12:12:38 +0100

PS - it seems that officials in Podgorica have set July 13 - the date of Montenegro's original independence in 1878 - as their unofficial target for a new declaration of independence. Is the Ham comm

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2006-06/msg00032.html (6,758 bytes)

17. Re: [CQ-Contest] Montenegro - a new Ham country? (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 08:45:34 +0100

No, I hadn't heard anything about that. 'E5' is certainly allocated to the S.Cooks: E5A-E5Z New Zealand - Cook Islands Anyone else know anything about this? 73s Tim EI8IC Tim, I think I saw something

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2006-06/msg00068.html (8,023 bytes)

18. Re: [CQ-Contest] Montenegro - a new Ham country? (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 08:50:30 +0100

Thanks, Ron, and everyone else who posted. I guess we will all have to wait and see what happens after July 13th. 73s Tim EI8IC www.mapability.com/ei8ic Ham Map Heaven. Contester Resources. Free Stuf

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2006-06/msg00069.html (10,332 bytes)

19. Re: [CQ-Contest] IARU (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:14:58 +0100

The CIRAF Zone map is not the same as the Amateur one - CIRAF only have zones up to 84, whilst Amateurs go to 90. France is in Zone 27, not 28 or 37. 73s Tim EI8IC http://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/map

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2006-06/msg00351.html (11,953 bytes)

20. [CQ-Contest] Beta Tester wanted (score: 1)

Author: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 12:23:19 +0100

Wanted - a couple of people who would like to test the latest version of the Global Overlay Mapper. You will need Windows XP Home or Pro, and will have to download 5 files total 24MB. You will also n

/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2006-07/msg00060.html (6,554 bytes)