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<P><BR><FONT face=Fixedsys>Bill,<BR><BR>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.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Fixedsys><BR><BR>1. Contest logging software: WriteLog
(10.63h)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Fixedsys> <FONT color=#0000ff>*** Be sure there
is an Internet <FONT color=#000000>connection</FONT> before proceeding!
***</FONT><BR><BR></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Fixedsys>2. Menu Bar: Click WINDOW | PACKET WINDOW.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Fixedsys></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Fixedsys>3. If a WRITELOG PACKET TERMINAL window opens, this
is what you may see (or usually the window in step 4):</FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face=Fixedsys><IMG
src="cid:571123905@30072007-06BC"></FONT></P><FONT face=Fixedsys>
<P align=left> </P>
<P align=left>4. Menu Bar (above): Click FILE | TELNET...</P>
<P align=center><IMG src="cid:571123905@30072007-06C3"></P>
<P align=left> </P>
<P align=left>5. Enter an IP ADDRESS or a TELNET DOMAIN NAME ADDRESS.
(<FONT color=#0000ff>k1ttt.net</FONT> is used in the above example, <FONT
color=#0000ff>dxc.k1ttt.net</FONT> will also work); Port 23 is "standard" unless
otherwise stated by the Telnet server.)</P>
<P align=left> </P>
<P align=left>6. Click OK in the above...to get this:</P>
<P align=center><IMG src="cid:571123905@30072007-06CA"></P>
<P align=left> </P>
<P align=left>7. If you get <<<Disconnected>>>, usually
because you timed out, repeat step 4. Otherwise, you will get a PLEASE ENTER
YOUR CALL:" prompt:</P>
<P align=center><IMG src="cid:571123905@30072007-06DF"></P>
<P align=center> </P>
<P align=left>8. As you type in your call, the following window will pop
up:<BR><BR></P>
<P align=center><IMG src="cid:571123905@30072007-06D8"></P>
<P align=left> </P>
<P align=left>9. Click OK and you will see this:</P>
<P align=center><IMG src="cid:571123905@30072007-06E6"></P>
<P align=left>(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?)</P>
<P align=left> </P>
<P align=left>10. Now <FONT color=#ff0000>MINIMIZE this window so you won't see
the spots</FONT>! And <FONT color=#ff0000>be sure you are NOT using the Bandmap
window</FONT> either. If you see a Bandmap window, CLOSE IT!</P>
<P align=left> </P>
<P align=left>11. After you work a station and have entered the contact into the
log (or while the call is in the ENTRY WINDOW), <FONT color=#0000ff>bring up the
EDIT PACKET SPOT window</FONT> 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:</P>
<P align=center><IMG src="cid:571123905@30072007-06ED"></P>
<P align=left>You <FONT color=#0000ff>may</FONT> add comments in this window,
e.g., UP 1, LOUD IN HAWAII, Good Ears (for us QRPers), etc, <FONT
color=#0000ff>or just send the spot "as is."</FONT></P>
<P align=left> </P>
<P align=left>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.</P>
<P align=left> </P>
<P align=left>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.</P>
<P align=center><IMG src="cid:571123905@30072007-06F4"></P>
<P align=left>...you should see <<<Disconnected>>> in the
Packet Terminal window:</P>
<P align=center><IMG src="cid:571123905@30072007-06FB"></P>
<P align=left> </P>
<P align=left>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.</P>
<P align=left> </P>
<P align=left>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.
;)</P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Fixedsys size=2>--<BR>Matt Lee, K4AQ<BR>Atlanta,
Georgia</FONT></P>
<P align=left><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
secc-bounces@contesting.com [</FONT><A
href="mailto:secc-bounces@contesting.com"><FONT
face=Fixedsys>mailto:secc-bounces@contesting.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Fixedsys>]
On Behalf Of Bill Coleman<BR>Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 23:33<BR>To: Fred
Dennin<BR>Cc: SECC<BR>Subject: Re: [SECC] Member Support<BR><BR><BR>On Jul 29,
2007, at 6:06 PM, Fred Dennin wrote:<BR><BR>> Much has been said about
spotting, and the benefits, or lack <BR>> thereof in doing so.
Mine is not a discussion of either, but an <BR>> observation based on
the lack of spotting, at least in my case by <BR>> SECC
members.<BR>><BR>> This is not a criticism, but just an observation that
as a contest <BR>> club, regardless of your mode preference, we could
better support <BR>> each other, and our club overall, if when we're in
the S&P mode, <BR>> that we conciously spot SECC members.<BR><BR>I
fully understand the spirit with which this is intended, Fred. <BR>However,
it makes an unfortunate assumption -- that we all are using <BR>the dx
cluster and spotting is a simple matter.<BR><BR>When I'm operating from home,
I'm usually single-operator unassisted, <BR>so I can't really access the dx
cluster during the contest. Based on <BR>the results I see, many of our
members are also in the unassisted <BR>category, and so would have the same
restriction.<BR><BR>Perhaps the fundamental problem isn't that SECC members are
being <BR>"stingy" with spots, but that most of us just aren't using the
dx <BR>cluster during a contest.<BR><BR>Bill Coleman, AA4LR,
PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net<BR>Quote:
"Not within a thousand years will man ever
fly!"<BR>
-- Wilbur Wright,
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