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

Hannu Saila hannu.saila at mbnet.fi
Sun Feb 13 13:34:44 EST 2005


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>> -----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
>> 
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