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Re: Serious question
Love it when a station gives me a 599 and keeps asking for fill....  Jerry n9avy
On Monday, December 28, 2020, 09:33:23 AM CST, John - KC3FL via groups.io <kc3fl@...> wrote:
One of my favorite subjects. An RSQ is an arbitrary number that the op makes up. Some give a meaningful RSQ but most give the 599. S/N and IMD are real numbers that your software generates and tells all about the signal. The IMD without the S/N is useless because if the S/N is 15 dB and the IMD is -15 dB, that is a great signal, however if the S/N were 30 dB and the IMD was -15 dB, that is being over driven and probably is 2 or 3 hundred Hz wide. The closer the IMD is to the negative value of the S/N, the cleaner the signal because all the harmonics are suppressed. Unfortunately the software has a tough time getting the IMD right as you can tell as the IMD figure usually jumps around.
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Re: 25 contacts on 20m
Thanks for the confirmation of log receipt. I was able to make 32 contacts. 15 on 40 and 17 on 20. 15 US states in about 5.5 hours operating time.
Sometimes it was like pulling teeth to get a confirmed qso but that's what makes these events fun.
Dave
KB3RAN
1692/381
APE Event Mgr.
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From: Stephen Melachrinos via groups.io <melachri@...> To: main@070Club.groups.io <main@070Club.groups.io> Sent: Mon, Dec 28, 2020 7:07 am Subject: Re: [070Club] 25 contacts on 20m Pat -
I have your log and it is good.
So far I have received qualifying logs from the following:
AC1JR
AG4QX
EB3JT
K3ALB
K3YES
K4VBM
K5SP
KA5VZG
KB3RAN
KC3FL
KC4OBB
KD9DVB
KE4PWE
KK6KMU
KO4EJD
KR4U
N5SLY
N6MG
N6PCD
N7WE
N9AVY
NN9K
ON2AD
W0JSL
W3HF
WA3WZR
I also received emails logs from a few stations who did not make 25 QSOs but wanted to say that they participated.
Thank you for the efforts in making the logs readable and usable for manual processing. And keep them coming!
Steve
W3HF
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From: ON2AD Pat <ON2AD.Pat@...> To: main@070Club.groups.io Sent: Mon, Dec 28, 2020 5:18 am Subject: Re: [070Club] 25 contacts on 20m I started 25 Dec 2020 at 08:37 to 19:18 UTC.
Worked:
20M and 40M band results (very poor for a day): 34 QSOs
17 DXCCs
04 Continents - AF - AS - EU -NA
07 WAZ
09 ITU
29 WPX
I worked only one USA station, the conditions on that day were weak and there was a lot of QSB on some signals. I hope my log is received I wish everyone a Happy New Year in good health 73 de Pat ON2AD (PODX070-703) -- Dave H KB3RAN 1692/381
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Re: Serious question
One of my favorite subjects. An RSQ is an arbitrary number that the op makes up. Some give a meaningful RSQ but most give the 599. S/N and IMD are real numbers that your software generates and tells all about the signal. The IMD without the S/N is useless because if the S/N is 15 dB and the IMD is -15 dB, that is a great signal, however if the S/N were 30 dB and the IMD was -15 dB, that is being over driven and probably is 2 or 3 hundred Hz wide. The closer the IMD is to the negative value of the S/N, the cleaner the signal because all the harmonics are suppressed. Unfortunately the software has a tough time getting the IMD right as you can tell as the IMD figure usually jumps around.
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Re: ACLog
Dan,
Thanks for the tip on Award Tracker. I’m going to download a copy. Sounds like just what the doctor ordered! -- All the best, Ken N6PCD/0 070 #801 LONP #187
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Re: 25 contacts on 20m
Stephen Melachrinos
Pat -
I have your log and it is good.
So far I have received qualifying logs from the following:
AC1JR
AG4QX
EB3JT
K3ALB
K3YES
K4VBM
K5SP
KA5VZG
KB3RAN
KC3FL
KC4OBB
KD9DVB
KE4PWE
KK6KMU
KO4EJD
KR4U
N5SLY
N6MG
N6PCD
N7WE
N9AVY
NN9K
ON2AD
W0JSL
W3HF
WA3WZR
I also received emails logs from a few stations who did not make 25 QSOs but wanted to say that they participated.
Thank you for the efforts in making the logs readable and usable for manual processing. And keep them coming!
Steve
W3HF
-----Original Message-----
From: ON2AD Pat <ON2AD.Pat@...> To: main@070Club.groups.io Sent: Mon, Dec 28, 2020 5:18 am Subject: Re: [070Club] 25 contacts on 20m I started 25 Dec 2020 at 08:37 to 19:18 UTC.
Worked:
20M and 40M band results (very poor for a day): 34 QSOs
17 DXCCs
04 Continents - AF - AS - EU -NA
07 WAZ
09 ITU
29 WPX
I worked only one USA station, the conditions on that day were weak and there was a lot of QSB on some signals. I hope my log is received I wish everyone a Happy New Year in good health 73 de Pat ON2AD (PODX070-703)
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Re: 25 contacts on 20m
I started 25 Dec 2020 at 08:37 to 19:18 UTC.
Worked:
20M and 40M band results (very poor for a day): 34 QSOs
17 DXCCs
04 Continents - AF - AS - EU -NA
07 WAZ
09 ITU
29 WPX I worked only one USA station, the conditions on that day were weak and there was a lot of QSB on some signals. I hope my log is received I wish everyone a Happy New Year in good health 73 de Pat ON2AD (PODX070-703)
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Remote coax switch
Spent a good portion of day troubleshooting the Ameritron remote coax switch. Everything checked out okay from controller out to the remote switch. Checked out relays and they were all fine once I figured there was a temporary short which caused 2 relays to operate at same time. Was putting it back together when relay board fell off desk and slightly damaged relay #3; it's a bit wobbly, but I've always had a spare relay position... lucked out on that one ! So switch will go back in place on Monday and hope it all works okay. At my tender age, I'm starting to be less fond of troubleshooting. BTW, the remote switch beats running out in cold, snow and rain to switch antennas. Jerry n9avy
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Re: Signal Reports
In the 10-10 organization it is required that you copy over-the-air the 10-10 number, name, state, band is 10m, but signal report is optional. 10-10 numbers can ONLY be exchanged on 10m, but I've seen many station on other bands give out 10-10 numbers (whether or not they are claimed is not my business). Some folks just don't have a clue about rules. My own logging usually has every bit of info I can copy ... except for the other station's hat size ! An op actually gave that to me when I was running W1AW/9 on PSK a few years ago ! It's everyone's business what they put in their logs - personal preferences. Would recommend that logs be kept in UTC as a standard. I often get QSLs with time a few hours off. Don't know why people get confused with date changing at 0000 UTC. Good points, Lee ! Jerry n9avy
On Sunday, December 27, 2020, 09:24:41 PM CST, Leland Sly <lee.n5sly@...> wrote:
If you keep a log of your contacts there are 8 things that it should always include...
Your call sign The other persons call sign Date Time Band/Frequency Mode Signal Report Sent Signal Report Received Since you already know 5 of these things... Your call sign Date Time Band/Frequency Mode You only have to get 3 during the QSO... The other persons call sign Signal Report Sent Signal Report Received As near as I can tell LOTW, eQSL.cc, QRZ, Parks On The Air, FT8 Digital Mode Club...or any other group/organization cares about the Signal Reports when you send in your log...in fact many don't even want them. Signal reports can not be verified and are mostly completely subjective. I believe they are simply left over from the early days of radio when folks really wanted to know how others were receiving their signals over the air. These days if I can hear a station I can usually work a station and if I work them no matter how poor their signal it's still a good QSO and will get confirmed on LOTW, eQSL.cc, etc. The other thing that doesn't matter is the exact Frequency you are using...everyone simply wants to know what Band you were using. So much of this is a lot to do about nothing in my opinion. The most important thing is to have fun doing what you enjoy in the hobby. 73 Lee N5SLY
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Signal Reports
Leland Sly
If you keep a log of your contacts there are 8 things that it should always include... Your call sign The other persons call sign Date Time Band/Frequency Mode Signal Report Sent Signal Report Received Since you already know 5 of these things... Your call sign Date Time Band/Frequency Mode You only have to get 3 during the QSO... The other persons call sign Signal Report Sent Signal Report Received As near as I can tell LOTW, eQSL.cc, QRZ, Parks On The Air, FT8 Digital Mode Club...or any other group/organization cares about the Signal Reports when you send in your log...in fact many don't even want them. Signal reports can not be verified and are mostly completely subjective. I believe they are simply left over from the early days of radio when folks really wanted to know how others were receiving their signals over the air. These days if I can hear a station I can usually work a station and if I work them no matter how poor their signal it's still a good QSO and will get confirmed on LOTW, eQSL.cc, etc. The other thing that doesn't matter is the exact Frequency you are using...everyone simply wants to know what Band you were using. So much of this is a lot to do about nothing in my opinion. The most important thing is to have fun doing what you enjoy in the hobby. 73 Lee N5SLY
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Re: Serious question
Eric: Thanks for info. Tend to ignore those numbers because there's no place in log for them , hi, hi ! Jerry
On Sunday, December 27, 2020, 07:44:10 PM CST, Eric KG6MZS <contact@...> wrote:
Jerry, From what I have seen those reports are generated by programs like DM-780. They fail to discriminate between empty rails and whatever else they may be receiving at any given time, so I think they are pretty meaningless. For instance: right now I have DM-780 on 20m and when I put the cursor on the background with no signals, DM-780 reports -30db IMD and a 32db s/n. Those would be good numbers on an actual signal, but utterly meaningless on background noise.
Another country heard from 73 Eric KG6MZS On 12/27/20 11:10 AM, Jerry N9AVY
wrote:
I see stations giving out
S/N and IMD reports. Tend to ignore them, but have always
wondered if they really have any value or are just filler.
If a station can make contact
with me that's usually good enough for me. If someone gets a
599 report from me, it's because the 599 is given to everyone
and I seldom deviate from that. (No one gets offended that
way, ha-ha !)
Jerry n9avy
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Re: Serious question
Jerry, From what I have seen those reports are generated by programs like DM-780. They fail to discriminate between empty rails and whatever else they may be receiving at any given time, so I think they are pretty meaningless. For instance: right now I have DM-780 on 20m and when I put the cursor on the background with no signals, DM-780 reports -30db IMD and a 32db s/n. Those would be good numbers on an actual signal, but utterly meaningless on background noise.
Another country heard from 73 Eric KG6MZS
On 12/27/20 11:10 AM, Jerry N9AVY
wrote:
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Re: ACLog
There is a little know program called ‘Award Tracker’ by W5DJT, David. It handles a number of logs including ACLog and will do different lookups. With said, with a trace of SQLite queries you are able to pull out anything you want from ACLog. So, If you only need certain data fields then Award Tracker would be a great little program to try out. And of course it is free and if any problems on queries, David generally will help out and do the query for you. I have used it many times in the past for a bunch of different 10-10 queries as well as several P070 queries. So, it will pull anything you want based on the query you create.
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Christmas Run
Stephen Melachrinos
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions about ACLog. We have it figured out.
Now to everyone else who has not yet sent in your log, don't wait! Send it in soon! Steve
W3HF
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From: Stephen Melachrinos via groups.io <melachri@...> To: main@070club.groups.io <main@070club.groups.io> Sent: Sun, Dec 27, 2020 5:22 pm Subject: [070Club] ACLog Does anyone use ACLog? I'm trying to help someone figure out how to extract their Christmas Run log.
Specifically, we need instructions on how to export a file that:
- only has QSOs from 12/25/2020
- only has PSK31 QSOs
- only has the Date, Time, Callsign, Mode, Freq or Band fields
- is either .txt, .prn, .csx, .xls, etc
If you can help, please post the instructions here. Thanks.
73,
Steve
W3HF
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Christmas Run
Stephen Melachrinos
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions about ACLog. We have it figured out.
Now to everyone else who has not yet sent in your log, don't wait! Send it in soon! Steve
W3HF
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Melachrinos via groups.io <melachri@...> To: main@070club.groups.io <main@070club.groups.io> Sent: Sun, Dec 27, 2020 5:22 pm Subject: [070Club] ACLog Does anyone use ACLog? I'm trying to help someone figure out how to extract their Christmas Run log.
Specifically, we need instructions on how to export a file that:
- only has QSOs from 12/25/2020
- only has PSK31 QSOs
- only has the Date, Time, Callsign, Mode, Freq or Band fields
- is either .txt, .prn, .csx, .xls, etc
If you can help, please post the instructions here. Thanks.
73,
Steve
W3HF
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Re: ACLog
Josef 'Jeff' Sipek
On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 22:22:44 +0000, Stephen Melachrinos via groups.io wrote:
Does anyone use ACLog? I'm trying to help someone figure out how toEven if the software doesn't allow all the fancy filtering for csv or txt export, it isn't too difficult to use the command line (namely 'grep' or 'awk') or something like Excel to throw away the rows and columns that don't fit the requirements for the Christmas Run log. This might be easier than fighting with some of the logging programs. Jeff.
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First PSK31 QSO since March 2019
meikol <meikol@...>
Hi all -
Due to many factors I haven't done much PSKing the last couple of years. Today I put up a new 20m dipole and while trying it out I saw 4 or 5 bright traces in the waterfall. Called CQ once and Kent, K7YXZ, came right back to me. We had a great 30+ minute QSO. A very nice way to get back into PSK31. -- 73 - Mike N6STA 070 # 1516
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Re: Signalink USB
Paul Butzi (W7PFB)
The SignaLink USB PTT control works exactly as you have described. It’s essentially VOX based on the audio coming from the computer.
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The nice thing about the SignaLink USB is that you can just buy a cable and internal jumper plug to match your radio, put the plug in the socket inside, connect the cable that runs to your radio, connect a USB cable, and you’re in business.
-p W7PFB
73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!
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Re: Signalink USB
David, K9DWR
On Dec 27, 2020, at 17:50, Stephen Melachrinos via groups.io <melachri=verizon.net@groups.io> wrote:Yes, it will definitely PTT from the software for you. I just didn’t want you expecting CAT control as well. — David, K9DWR #1604 LONP #255 david@graniteweb.com
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Re: Signalink USB
Stephen Melachrinos
I don't need CAT. I had previously said that rig control wasn't a goal (at least not now).
From what I read in the manual on pages 6 and 7
it has an internal PTT that's VOX-like (in my words). It detects the audio coming from the computer and triggers the PTT line to the radio.
Steve
W3HF
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From: David, K9DWR <david@...> To: main@070Club.groups.io Sent: Sun, Dec 27, 2020 11:29 pm Subject: Re: [070Club] Signalink USB > On Dec 27, 2020, at 12:28, Stephen Melachrinos via groups.io <melachri=verizon.net@groups.io> wrote: > > Lauri - > > Understood. The simplification comes from the fact that right now I have three cables from the computer to the interface: Tx audio, Rx audio, and PTT (which is a USB-to-RS232 adapter connected to the RS232 input on the adapter). Consolidating that mess into a single USB is one of the goals. Actually, the SignaLink likely will not meet that goal. It will be one USB for the audio to the SignaLink, but CAT control is not something the SignaLink does. You would still need a second cable for CAT control. https://tigertronics.com/slusbfaq.htm#Can%20I%20use%20the%20SignaLink%20USB%20to%20control%20my%20radio,%20or%20will%20I%20need%20a%20separate%20CAT%20interface? — David, K9DWR #1604 LONP #255 david@...
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Re: Signalink USB
David, K9DWR
On Dec 27, 2020, at 12:28, Stephen Melachrinos via groups.io <melachri=verizon.net@groups.io> wrote:Actually, the SignaLink likely will not meet that goal. It will be one USB for the audio to the SignaLink, but CAT control is not something the SignaLink does. You would still need a second cable for CAT control. https://tigertronics.com/slusbfaq.htm#Can%20I%20use%20the%20SignaLink%20USB%20to%20control%20my%20radio,%20or%20will%20I%20need%20a%20separate%20CAT%20interface? — David, K9DWR #1604 LONP #255 david@graniteweb.com
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