[WriteLog] Band map feature

[Ford Peterson]

Bear with me guys, I'm new to this.  Thanks for the info.

Ford-N0FP
ford@cmgate.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com>
To: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Band map feature


> And in addition to the techniques listed already.
> type the call into the edit screen and right click, choose the post to
band
> map option.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>
> To: <writelog@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:14 AM
> Subject: [WriteLog] Band map feature
>
>
> > I was working 40 M at a M/M this weekend.  I had the graveyard shift.
> 1.5KW
> > into a 4 element full sized 40M yagi at 180' was at my fingertips.  It
was
> > impressive and depressing to hear all the EU stations calling CQ and
> getting
> > them fairly strong.  Endless calling resulted in them consistantly
calling
> > CQ right in my face.  Humbling...
> >
> > As I was working the band, it occurred to me that a useful tool in times
> > like this would be to be able to post my own local spots to the band
map.
> > The cluster was posting new spots (albiet very few).  As I tuned the
band,
> > alot of time was wasted just waiting to copy the guy's call.  Most
> stations
> > had been worked before but the band map could have allowed me to
organize
> > the band on my screen.
> >
> > Consider an alternative to the Cntr-W.  Suppose a Cntr-P (for "post")
was
> > available.  If the CntrP could perform the duties of CntrW and also put
> the
> > callsign on the band map, with the appropriate color, at least I could
> have
> > band neatly organized so that my S&P efforts were more fruitful--i.e.
not
> > waste time on stations already worked.
> >
> > Ford-N0FP
> > ford@cmgate.com
> >
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