.DAT file? those I don't know about .BIN or .DAT files, but if what you really want is an ADIF file, the easiest way is to use Excel to format the data directly into ADIF format, one field per column
Common sense suggests the following: First, to get credit for a valid CONTACT you must log what was sent. If you log something different than what was sent, and if the other log was also submitted, t
By that argument we should not be allowed to use radios. A radio is, after all, a tool to assist humans to communicate, i.e. it is assistance "of any kind". Truly unassisted contesting would consist
The original question was about the CQ WW. According to the CQ WW rules, Part III, "For all categories": "Only the entrant's callsign can be used to aid the entrant's score. A different callsign must
Thanks for the reminder about the Peace Gardens, Bill. I remember going to the hamfest there in the late 70s when I was a VE4. You could easily operate consecutive QSOs from ND and MB, but I don't th
There is no logical requirement for the Cabrillo file and the exchange to match each other. The only requirement for the Cabrillo file is that it must contain all of the information that was in the e
Why bother wasting the time it takes to remove them from the log? Why not just work them, log them and submit the log as is? The log checking software will give you zero points for them, the same as
With respect to the practice of using an accented character (slashed "oh") instead of the number zero, as some people used to do when sound card digital modes first came on the scene, I agree with Do
Hi Yuri, The point is that if the *other* station is using Writelog, and if your own call sign is not in the master.dta file, then your call sign will not be highlighted on his screen unless you prec
I am fairly sure it means that it must be possible to make up your mandatory off time using no more than three time periods. In other words, you cannot use four 3-hour off periods to make up the 12 h
Scott, N1MM Logger supports the EU PSK DX contest. What format is your log in? If your contacts are in an ADIF file, you will likely need to do some editing before importing it into N1MM Logger: 1. E
A group of Eastern Ontario amateur radio operators will be operating in PEI during the IARU HF Contest 2012 July 14 - 15 using VY2RAC as Canada's HQ station. We will be operating multi 2, phone & CW.
Hi Roger, It will be good to see you and Tom on in the Sweepstakes. A correction to your first paragraph: The boundaries have been realigned since the original announcement in February. One of the pu
Dick, I agree with what Kirk wrote, with one addition. Someone else has posted a suggestion about using different tones on the two radios. The two channels in the stereo sound card don't care whether
In SSB modes, an amateur transceiver's dial reading is the suppressed carrier frequency, not the actual transmitted frequencies. If your radio's dial is on 14349 USB and you speak into the microphone
Call areas count as mults in WAEDC, but the rules specifically say that this is without regard for geographical location. On the other hand, there are several RTTY contests where call areas count as
According to the CQ 160 CW rules on the Web (<http://www.cq160.com/rules.htm>), there IS a single op assisted class in this contest. It was added in 2009, and appears in the results listings since th
I'm not a phone operator, so perhaps I'm missing something, but how is "twenty-five" or "two five" shorter than "thanks"? More importantly, though, I think that sending his exchange back to him opens
is there a N1MM log for this? if so what's it called? Yes, there is a UDC (user-defined contest) module for NAQCC. Go to n1mm.com, select Files > User Defined Contests (UDC), and on page 2 of 4 ther
K5IID asked: My radio is old and the output has dropped. If I chose to would it be legal (ethical) to use an amplifier to get it back up to 100 watts output. Depends on the contest and the entry cate