Bill,
This is a WriteLog example (i.e., my way of doing it) of how easy spotting
is (via the Internet) and still operate UNASSISTED. This assumes that the
written rules does not forbid connecting to a cluster in any way, shape or
form, for UNASSISTED category.
1. Contest logging software: WriteLog (10.63h)
*** Be sure there is an Internet connection before proceeding! ***
2. Menu Bar: Click WINDOW | PACKET WINDOW.
3. If a WRITELOG PACKET TERMINAL window opens, this is what you may see (or
usually the window in step 4):
4. Menu Bar (above): Click FILE | TELNET...
5. Enter an IP ADDRESS or a TELNET DOMAIN NAME ADDRESS. (k1ttt.net is used
in the above example, dxc.k1ttt.net will also work); Port 23 is "standard"
unless otherwise stated by the Telnet server.)
6. Click OK in the above...to get this:
7. If you get <<<Disconnected>>>, usually because you timed out, repeat step
4. Otherwise, you will get a PLEASE ENTER YOUR CALL:" prompt:
8. As you type in your call, the following window will pop up:
9. Click OK and you will see this:
(If this is a first time connection to this Telnet IP/address with your
call, read and answer the prompts. We ALL test our software well BEFORE the
big contest, right?)
10. Now MINIMIZE this window so you won't see the spots! And be sure you are
NOT using the Bandmap window either. If you see a Bandmap window, CLOSE IT!
11. After you work a station and have entered the contact into the log (or
while the call is in the ENTRY WINDOW), bring up the EDIT PACKET SPOT window
by using ALT-F3 or ENTRY | SEND PACKET SPOT... in the Menu. I will use WW4LL
for my example as the station that I just worked:
You may add comments in this window, e.g., UP 1, LOUD IN HAWAII, Good Ears
(for us QRPers), etc, or just send the spot "as is."
12. Click OK and your spot is on its way to the DX Cluster. That's all there
is to it. Actually easier to do than illustrate.
13. When you are ready to disconnect your Telnet connection, maximize the
Packet Terminal Window (and be sure to give that window the "focus," if
necessary) then type QUIT (which will be entered in a Packet Command window
as shown below). Then click OK.
...you should see <<<Disconnected>>> in the Packet Terminal window:
If you are using a rig interface (with freq interface), the "exact"
frequency will be sent to the DX Cluster so be sure you send the spot BEFORE
moving your VFO.
I will let someone else volunteer an example for N1MM or other popular
contest logging software that will send spots "in the blind," with ease. ;)
--
Matt Lee, K4AQ
Atlanta, Georgia
-----Original Message-----
From: secc-bounces at contesting.com [ <mailto:secc-bounces at contesting.com>
mailto:secc-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Coleman
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 23:33
To: Fred Dennin
Cc: SECC
Subject: Re: [SECC] Member Support
On Jul 29, 2007, at 6:06 PM, Fred Dennin wrote:
> Much has been said about spotting, and the benefits, or lack
> thereof in doing so. Mine is not a discussion of either, but an
> observation based on the lack of spotting, at least in my case by
> SECC members.
>
> This is not a criticism, but just an observation that as a contest
> club, regardless of your mode preference, we could better support
> each other, and our club overall, if when we're in the S&P mode,
> that we conciously spot SECC members.
I fully understand the spirit with which this is intended, Fred.
However, it makes an unfortunate assumption -- that we all are using
the dx cluster and spotting is a simple matter.
When I'm operating from home, I'm usually single-operator unassisted,
so I can't really access the dx cluster during the contest. Based on
the results I see, many of our members are also in the unassisted
category, and so would have the same restriction.
Perhaps the fundamental problem isn't that SECC members are being
"stingy" with spots, but that most of us just aren't using the dx
cluster during a contest.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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