[VHFcontesting] Another rookie question

[Zack Widup]

I have an Olympus VN-960PC DVR.  We have a little local 2m FM contest here 
a couple times a year.  I was a Rover in the contest last time and I 
didn't want to try to log while I was driving, and since there were no 
rules specifically prohibiting logging by recording the QSO's and 
transcribing them later, that's what I did.  It was also safer while I was 
driving (by myself).

I started the recording exactly on the hour.  The contest was exactly an 
hour long. I could get times by playing the recording back with Audacity 
(a great free program!) and noting the time into the recording. Since I 
knew what the starting time was, I just added the minutes to the start 
time.

The VN-960PC gives almost 6 hours of recording time in hi-quality mode. 
There are newer models now sold by Radio Shack, such as the VN-4100PC 
which gives you over 11 hours in XHQ mode. The VN-4100 sells for what I 
paid for the VN-960 a couple years ago.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007, aa4zz at aol.com wrote:

> AA4S runs amazing scores HF mobile in the North Carolina QSO party. He runs a tape recorder during the entire contest speaking the time every few minutes and speaking band changes. He then plays back the tape?after the contest?and enters the taped information (mostly cw contacts) into his computer logging software.??
>
> 73 Paul
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Evans <dan.evans at insightbb.com>
> To: Nate Duehr <nate at natetech.com>
> Cc: VHF Contesting eMail Remailer <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 7:33 pm
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Another rookie question
>
>
>
> Hi Nate,
>
> In the last contest, I used my daughter's MP3 player in voice recorder
> mode.  It took a bit of trial and error to get the distance from the
> speaker suitable, but it did work pretty well.
>
> I don't make many QSO's while in motion.  If I do, I use a recorder to
> catch the QSO and then add it to the log after the contest.  I rove
> solo, so this is the only solution I have been happy with.
>
> Later,
>
> 73
> Dan
>