[CCF] OH2HQ:lle haastetta, kuka ottaa HQ:n hommakseen?

[jukka.klemola at nokia.com]

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73,
Jukka OH6LI

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of ext 
> Igor Sokolov
> Sent: 13 February, 2005 10:38
> To: David Robbins K1TTT; 'Mario'; cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Next generation SO2R and logging software
> 
> 
> We are planning on possible operation of HQ stations in IARU from
> zone 30. Since there need to be several stations scattered around the
> entire zone we immediately thought of N1MM with internet
> connectivity. So we tried to test how it works, 4.0.189 was said to
> be more or less stable version so we have set it up. Here are my
> observations about what does not work as we think it should:
> 1)Force other station stop TX when I TX. Although it works but the
> algorithm is different from what would be needed. That is if there
> are two stations linked and both would set that flag on, then the one
> that start TX later interrupts the one that starts to TX first. If
> only one of the two linked stations set that flag this station then
> has a priority and it could be used somehow provided you physically
> see the other operator and his input window. Ideally it would be neat
> to see the input window of each operator on both screens and also
> have a small screen with video of the other operator (10-15 frames
> per second will be more then sufficient)
> The alternative is to have some indication of PTT signals of both of
> the stations on each screen. There is some indication but it only
> shows you who has interrupted your TX. And it stays on even when PTT
> of the other station has been released.
> It would also be helpful to have some sort of MP3 audio channel
> between the two ops one of whom is running and another one does S&P
> on the same band.
> 2)Audio recording of the contest does not work in this version
> 3)We could not figure the way on entering of the call to see
> immediately what bands this station is still needed and what bands
> this mult is needed. This info is readily available when we use TRlog
> 4) Band map is pretty limited. I can only see about 150 kHz of 20m
> band on 17 inch monitor with 1024X768 resolution. There is no
> provision for the band map of all the bands on the same screen. IMHO
> TRlog implementation of band map is occupying less space on the
> screen and is much more flexible.
> 5) The need to use mouse a lot is IMHO also a disadvantage. I only
> have two hands for keyboard and radio.
> 6) We also tried to use N1MM in PACC contest as Multi-Single but we
> could not do that because of the issue with serial numbers starting
> with 001 on every new band.
> The conclusion we came to is that N1MM probably has good potential
> for MS, M2 and MM in the future but so far we are better off with
> more reliable and fast and stable TRlog which unfortunately lacks
> proper connectivity and integration with audio and video but still
> IMHO is the best choice for single op (including SO2R). Will be
> looking forward to ver.  5 of N1MM to see how it works.
> 
> 73, Igor UA9CDC
>