Hi Bill...
A pet peeve I have with N1MM Logger is not much though went into tracking
multipliers and who you worked on different bands. Plus.. there are no real
after contest reports to run after the contest. I am just using it because I'm
too cheap to buy Writelog and NA and CT usually provides the features I am
interested in anyway. I will say that N1MM works nice with MMTTY. You can use
the F keys/buttons on your logging screens to store and send the exchanges..
Wish I could of spent more time in the contest... I started building the TX
interface on Friday night after work. I thought I had more NPN switching
transistors laying around in the parts box but came up one short. Had to run to
Radio Shack on Saturday morning. Unfortunately the closest one is 20 miles away
in Columbus. I finally got fired up on Saturday night...
73, Jeff
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CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY
Call: AA4LR
Operator(s): AA4LR
Station: AA4LR
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 8
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts State/Prov DX Zones
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80: 0 0 0 0
40: 45 82 31 8
20: 76 163 43 16
15: 34 73 24 14
10: 6 16 5 5
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Total: 161 334 0 103 43 Total Score = 48,764
Club: South East Contest Club
Comments:
Note that N1MM doesn't separate States and Provinces from DX countries.
Antennas:
1/4 wave 40m sloper @ 12m (40, 20, 15, 10m)
Cushcraft A3S w/ A743 @ 13m (40,20, 15m) fixed north - see comments
Equipment:
Elecraft K2/100 running 20-35 watts
Ameritron AL-80A running 300-600 watts - see comments
CocoaModem v1.15, on 12" AL PowerBook 1 GHz
N1MM logging software
Comments:
This contest didn't quite go the way I planned. Last week, I had
taken down the A3S driven element to add the A743 40m kit. Climbed up
the tower late Friday, just before the contest started, but I ran out
of hands trying to clamp the DE
back on. Too sore to climb Saturday.
So, I started the contest by fooling around on 40m, using the sloper.
On 40m, I could run the amp. On 20 through 10m, had to fall back to
about 20-35 watts through the tuner. I did manage to get the amp
working on 15m to punch through the pileup to PZ5RA.
Only got to work an hour here an there. Finally made the climb Sunday
afternoon and got the A3S w/ A743 DE back on. The catenary rope needs
to be adjusted, because the DE is a little droopy, but it worked well
enough to finish out the last two hours of the contest. And, I could
run the amp.
Working most of the contest with just the sloper was an exercise in
frustration. CocoaModem is really amazing software, it was astounding
how well I could copy some of the weak signals. I soon figured out,
though, that many of those guys could not copy me.
CocoaModem doesn't support CQWW, so I used N1MM to log the contacts.
This made for some interesting interplay between the two computers.
One frustration with CocoaModem is that it responds to the Esc key
very oddly. Sometimes I'd hit the wrong button and reflexively press
Esc. (The proper keystroke is Command-X) This causes the main window
to close, and there's no way to re-open it without closing the
application. Caused some confusion once or twice.
Chen did give me the sources, so I can't complain. I ought to just go
fix it....
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