Hello my friend is new member 73 de wp4dt

Pse welcome new 070 Club members Jose WP4DT #1637 and Trent N2WKL #1638...73 de Jay N3DQU

Tonight confirmations for 13 contacts were received on LoTW !    Thanks to those 13 stations !   

Jerry , N9AVY

There a bunch on Eqsl, but I'm still having issues with Eqsl.


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The 2013 PSKFest results are up and can be seen at the url below. Congrats to trophy winners K9VIC (QRP SB), WD9FTZ (QRP MB), KD8JSP (LOW) and AK5Y (MED). We had 112 entries this year, only a handful that had problems with their logs and couldn't make the list, so all in all I would say this year's event was a success! Tnx to all who participated and look forward to next year!
If you sent in your log, received an email from me acknowledging receipt and do not see your entry on the results page, or you think your score as listed is way off from what you think it should've been, pse send an email to jbudzowski@verizon,net ....73 de Jay N3DQU

http://www.podxs070.com/2013-pskfest-results
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Dan,
 
Thanks, I din't know that. I will have to look for it.
 
The show in March is going to feature his 'basemnt' shack, a
picture of it is on the ARRL site.
 
Larry WA7HDZ

From: Daniel Severance <daniel_severance@yahoo.com>
To: "070@yahoogroups.com" <070@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [070] (unknown)

The series already periodically shows the radio equipment in the background of his office but hasn't featured it.  He has a callsign and you can send for a QSL card (without working him of course)...

73
Dan
N6ERD


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From: Ld Rockne <pops435@yahoo.com>
To:
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 9:45 PM
Subject: [070] (unknown)


 
 
 
Hi All,
 
The comedy series starring Tim Allen, will be featuring
'Ham Radio' sometime in March.
 
See the ARRL website below:
 
http://www.arrl.org/news/em-ham-radio-in-hollywood-em-last-man-standing-to-feature-ham-radio-in-upcoming-episode
 
Larry WA7HDZ #404

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Thanks for the heads up,

Unlike PODXS I can use someone else's station so I'll see what's available!
I have done a few EPC contests from friends stations in CT.

73
Dan


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From: David Westbrook <dwestbrook@gmail.com>
To: 070@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 4:32 PM
Subject: [070] EPC-RU-PSK contest


 
Anyone planning on significant psk31 time in the RU-PSK contest this
weekend?
Just started 30 min ago; goes til 2100Z saturday

i pounced a few stations on 20M .. will probably check it out later if i
can.
could be good WTW fodder :)

http://www.epc-ru.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=562&Itemid=192

--david
kj4izw
070 #1041

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Anyone planning on significant psk31 time in the RU-PSK contest this
weekend?
Just started 30 min ago; goes til 2100Z saturday

i pounced a few stations on 20M .. will probably check it out later if i
can.
could be good WTW fodder :)

http://www.epc-ru.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=562&Itemid=192

--david
kj4izw
070 #1041

Greetings,

A ham in the San Diego DX club compared windows 7 and windows 8 (after removing the interface) and found that windows 8 uses a lot less memory.  It makes sense - since windows 8 will span tablets to PCs, they finally are forced to write more efficient code which benefits older machines.

Keep us up to date how things work!
73
Dan
N6ERD



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From: Jim Sens <jdsens@earthlink.net>
To: 070@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: [070] Valentine Sprint


 
I actually like windows 8, once i ditched the metro interface. it
really brought my
old dell laptop back to life, much snappier response than xp or 7. 73
de KX8C Jim

On 2/14/2013 9:41 PM, Mark Crosbie - N8MNI wrote:

Sorry to say I will be off the air tonight. I am in the process of
installing a new computer in the shack.
I am switching from Windows XP on a Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz with 2 GB ram, to
a Windows 8 64, on an AMD 6 core 3.5Ghz with 32GB ram.
Big step up, and a big learning curve. I added RS-232 ports and a second
sound card to the new computer today.

--

73,

N8MNI
Mark Crosbie
London, Ohio
PODXS 070# 0525
PODXS Clubhouse Barkeep
PODXS Reflector Boss

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The series already periodically shows the radio equipment in the background of his office but hasn't featured it.  He has a callsign and you can send for a QSL card (without working him of course)...

73
Dan
N6ERD


________________________________
From: Ld Rockne <pops435@yahoo.com>
To:
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 9:45 PM
Subject: [070] (unknown)


 
 
 
Hi All,
 
The comedy series starring Tim Allen, will be featuring
'Ham Radio' sometime in March.
 
See the ARRL website below:
 
http://www.arrl.org/news/em-ham-radio-in-hollywood-em-last-man-standing-to-feature-ham-radio-in-upcoming-episode
 
Larry WA7HDZ #404

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Being a relative new member (#1620), this was my first Valentine Sprint, and I really enjoyed it. I did have some difficulties submitting my log, so I thought I'd pass along some tips for other "newbies".

The automated processes for scoring and log submission works really slick (thanks to all who had a hand in making that happen), provided you have your log data in the correct format.

Submitting your entry is a two step process. First you have to submit your log to the scoring website http://dwestbrook.net/projects/ham/scorer/?contest_id=Valentine-Sprint&year=2013. The scoring website reviews your log and automatically extracts the data needed for scoring (i.e. # or YL/OM QSOs, SPC's, etc.) and then calculates your score. It also puts together a log summary that's used by the Contest Manager. The second part of the process is to submit your information from the scoring (including the log summary produced by the scorer) to the Contest Manager via the link found in the Valentine Sprint rules (i.e. http://www.podxs070.com/vs-entry).

The problems I ran in to involved making sure my log was set up the way the scoring software expected. Here are the tips that I found. 1) The DXCC field on each contact must be filled out with the correct DXCC entity number (i.e. United States = 291, Canada = 1, Puerto Rico = 202, etc..) or your multipliers and score will be zero. You can get the DXCC entity numbers from the ARRL (just google "DXCC list") 2) The State and Country fields must be filled out (you can't rely on the scorer parsing them out of exchange info). 3) The OM/YL designator goes into the "Serial Number In" field. If that field is blank, it assumes OM, so you only need to fill in the YL contacts (saves some work).

I hope this is helpful. Sorry about the length of the post.

de Bob, KC9UR

This was my first 070 sprint and my first QRP Contest.

Thanks to all who came back to me.

73
Johan
NI3C

Touche!

Managed to work a few, but obviously missed a few more (drat !). The QSB made signals rough at times with them being up & down ...  so much up & down I was starting to get seasick, hi !

Had a good time, but about 2300 LT I was falling asleep and slowing down. Never saw 2 AM LT. 

Not a winner, but just like the Cubs , "There's always next year !".

Jerry  N9AVY  #454

I can make you happier, 3 beats my 2 qrp on 80,: KC9JBU and K5EVR
but I got a late start but, "happy wife, happy life". 
73 kd0fip Robert #1396
 
R.A. Johnstone

________________________________
From: "ljl2002@att.net" <joe_molon@yahoo.com>
To: 070@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 6:37 AM
Subject: [070] Valentine Sprint


 
Only heard N9AVY,KC9JBU and N7MJ but just too much QRN here fer the QRP to cut through. I was counting on N6ERD for at least one contact.HI HI.
So there was no joy in Mudville this time. I struck out.
Hope to see you all the next time around!
GL & 73.
Joe
KA1PPV #1482

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Only heard N9AVY,KC9JBU and N7MJ but just too much QRN here fer the QRP to cut through. I was counting on N6ERD for at least one contact.HI HI.
So there was no joy in Mudville this time. I struck out.
Hope to see you all the next time around!
GL & 73.
Joe
KA1PPV #1482

Adam,
No problemo Amigo.
You're in the log.
I do the same thing all the time. :-)
Milt.
N6MG
070-650
LONP #76

Milt-

Thanks for picking up my call during the sprint..I worked
meticulously to create good macors this time around.alas, I clicked the
wrong one for the exchange and then tried to type madly over it.Sorry! GL
and thanks for the QSO!



73,



Adam, K7FLI #1310

N9JCA is on 80M LONP #165 PODXS #797

C U on the waterfall Good Luck to all

N9JCA-Chris

Running on lousy antenna tonight.  Made a few contacts. Most were good, but a couple non-070 members sneaked in.  Worked a couple new ones for LONP.

East coast seems to be fading out. 

I'm on 40m, but don't think I'll be on 80m.. will give it a try later if antenna will load up.
160m is a no -go.

Thanks for the Q's  gals N' guys !

Jerry  N9AVY


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I actually like windows 8, once i ditched the metro interface. it
really brought my
old dell laptop back to life, much snappier response than xp or 7. 73
de KX8C Jim