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A few months ago I made a little list of needed grids using Excel and keep next to radio so when I work a grid I can quickly see if I need it. It has been very helpful/ Last night I compared it to the checker and found that a few had been worked . Crossed them off list, but found a couple that were missing and not worked. Wonder if anyone working on grids does same ??? Still have lots of grids to work and it may be years before I finish , if ever. Jerry n9avy
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Geary McDowell <gearymcdowell@...>
I’ve started using the FFMA I think it is, found the spreadsheet at ARRL. It helps, easy to use, but my problem is going back to LOTW every few days to find more confirmed QSOs. Seems like I have to go through the whole list every time . There has to to be a better way. Surprised one of the contest scoring people, ARRL or a software developer does not have one.
Geary, KE5IRK
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Bill Garwood
Jerry,
I made a chart like that but I also have a copy of the ARRL Grid Locator for North America map. It is printed in landscape format on regular 8 1/2 by 11 paper. What I do is I put a red dot in the square of every grid that shows worked in the 070 Checker. I occasionally will pull up the info on the checker and be sure my chart agrees with the grids approved by the checker. At a quick glance, I can see if I have that grid. I have most of the grids in the eastern US but a lot of spaces left in the west. I also put an X in the squares that the 070 awards do not use.
Happy Radio!
Bill N4GBK in NC
From: 070Club@groups.io <070Club@groups.io> on behalf of Jerry N9AVY <n9avy@...>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 11:15:51 PM To: 070Club@groups.io Subject: [070Club] Grids A few months ago I made a little list of needed grids using Excel and keep next to radio so when I work a grid I can quickly see if I need it. It has been very helpful/ Last night I compared it to the checker
and found that a few had been worked . Crossed them off list, but found a couple that were missing and not worked.
Wonder if anyone working on grids does same ??? Still have lots of grids to work and it may be years before I finish , if ever.
Jerry n9avy
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I have a spreadsheet and also a map. But I am NOT persuing the ARRL Grid thing. I'll stick with 070 and like Jerry, it is going to take a while! While I'm talking about Jerry... he mentioned the new "worked from" provision for grids (Thank you 070!) and that my grid count should go up. They will, but not as much as one might think. Of the 51 grids I activated, only 16 were grids that I had not worked from the home QTH. Sure would like to do that trip again and hit some different grids, but not to be....it was The Farewell Tour.
-- Rick - N7WE 070 - #1602
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Think a lot of good people left ARRL. Dave Patton, NN1N, who came up with the original LoTW idea, Centennial Event, and helped streamline the QSL Bureau, has left ARRL and is now back in Illinois working at Western IL University. Other have left as well, but ARRL are probably not aware yet. My little Excel sheet has 2 columns, one for grid and one for state. My computer skills aren't up to those of others; so I had to separate the long column and a cut & paste (with real glue stick & scissors).., to get it to fit one one 8 1/2 x 11 " sheet and copied it on printer. If the sheet get worn/messy I can go back to Excel and edit it to remove grids worked and start the process again. It works for me and it's something to do when bands are dead. Been a fan of Excel and its Open Office equivalent for years. Maybe someday someone will come up with software to do the job, but for now I wouldn't look to ARRL for it. Jerry n9avy #454
From: Geary McDowell <gearymcdowell@...> To: 070Club@groups.io Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 6:50 PM Subject: [070Club] Grids I’ve started using the FFMA I think it is, found the spreadsheet at ARRL. It helps, easy to use, but my problem is going back to LOTW every few days to find more confirmed QSOs. Seems like I have to go through the whole list every time . There has to to be a better way. Surprised one of the contest scoring people, ARRL or a software developer does not have one. Geary, KE5IRK
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Bill: When I started chasing grids did the same, but wasn't satisfied with size; so I took it to copy place and had it enlarged to twice the size in B&W. When I worked a new grid I just color it it with a pencil (your choice of color). Chart fits on back of shack door. I abandoned it for the chart because my station is in cabinet with doors and the Excel sheet is taped to door for quick reference . This afternoon I saw a station on 40m who was in DM97, but he faded qiuckly and was gone in a minute. Rats ! Jerry n9avy
From: Bill Garwood <n4gbk@...> To: 070Club@groups.io Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 6:59 PM Subject: Re: [070Club] Grids Jerry,
I made a chart like that but I also have a copy of the ARRL Grid Locator for North America map. It is printed in landscape format on regular 8 1/2 by 11 paper. What I do is I put a red dot in the square of every grid
that shows worked in the 070 Checker. I occasionally will pull up the info on the checker and be sure my chart agrees with the grids approved by the checker. At a quick glance, I can see if I have that grid. I have most of the grids in the eastern US but
a lot of spaces left in the west. I also put an X in the squares that the 070 awards do not use.
Happy Radio!
Bill N4GBK in NC
From: 070Club@groups.io <070Club@groups.io> on behalf of Jerry N9AVY <n9avy@...>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 11:15:51 PM To: 070Club@groups.io Subject: [070Club] Grids A few months ago I made a little list of needed grids using Excel and keep next to radio so when I work a grid I can quickly see if I need it. It has been very helpful/ Last night I compared it to the checker
and found that a few had been worked . Crossed them off list, but found a couple that were missing and not worked.
Wonder if anyone working on grids does same ??? Still have lots of grids to work and it may be years before I finish , if ever.
Jerry n9avy
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Rick: Farewell Tour ??? All those musicians have had several farewell tours ... you know like many of those divas are on their Farewell Tour... Final Farewell Tour ... Final Final Farewell Tour, and so on until they either lose their voice, can't climb on the stage or .... Jerry
From: Rick - N7WE <n7we1980@...> To: 070Club@groups.io Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 7:17 PM Subject: Re: [070Club] Grids I have a spreadsheet and also a map. But I am NOT persuing the ARRL Grid thing. I'll stick with 070 and like Jerry, it is going to take a while! While I'm talking about Jerry... he mentioned the new "worked from" provision for grids (Thank you 070!) and that my grid count should go up. They will, but not as much as one might think. Of the 51 grids I activated, only 16 were grids that I had not worked from the home QTH. Sure would like to do that trip again and hit some different grids, but not to be....it was The Farewell Tour. -- Rick - N7WE 070 - #1602
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Mike Besemer <mwbesemer@...>
I just hope Rick doesn’t have a wardrobe malfunction!
Speaking of musicians that should give it up, I was listening to a live Meatloaf concert a few months ago. That guy used to have the most incredible voice, but he can't carry a tune in a basket anymore - and the audience still loved him. I'll try to remember him the way he was. Back to our regularly scheduled program! Mike WM4B From: 070Club@groups.io [mailto:070Club@groups.io] On Behalf Of Jerry N9AVY Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 9:15 PM To: 070Club@groups.io Subject: Re: [070Club] Grids Rick: Farewell Tour ??? All those musicians have had several farewell tours ... you know like many of those divas are on their Farewell Tour... Final Farewell Tour ... Final Final Farewell Tour, and so on until they either lose their voice, can't climb on the stage or .... Jerry ________________________________________ From: Rick - N7WE <n7we1980@gmail.com> To: 070Club@groups.io Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 7:17 PM Subject: Re: [070Club] Grids I have a spreadsheet and also a map. But I am NOT persuing the ARRL Grid thing. I'll stick with 070 and like Jerry, it is going to take a while! While I'm talking about Jerry... he mentioned the new "worked from" provision for grids (Thank you 070!) and that my grid count should go up. They will, but not as much as one might think. Of the 51 grids I activated, only 16 were grids that I had not worked from the home QTH. Sure would like to do that trip again and hit some different grids, but not to be....it was The Farewell Tour. -- Rick - N7WE 070 - #1602
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No danger of wardrobe malfunction!. Just a pair of shorts, t-shirt, moccasins, but a big selection of baseball caps. It is Florida and I can't remember when I had hair on my head. The Meatloaf experience reminds me of a similar one we had many years ago....except it was the Everly Brothers. Couldn't find the tune. When they sang "Wake Up Little Susie" the crowd went to sleep! Speaking of which, I think I forgot to go to bed! Good night all.
-- Rick - N7WE 070 - #1602
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Stephen Melachrinos
Ditto
Steve
W3HF
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From: Jerry N9AVY <n9avy@...> To: 070Club <070Club@groups.io> Sent: Wed, Jan 10, 2018 6:16 pm Subject: [070Club] Grids A few months ago I made a little list of needed grids using Excel and keep next to radio so when I work a grid I can quickly see if I need it. It has been very helpful/ Last night I compared it to the checker and found that a few had been worked . Crossed them off list, but found a couple that were missing and not worked.
Wonder if anyone working on grids does same ??? Still have lots of grids to work and it may be years before I finish , if ever.
Jerry n9avy
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I also use Excel to maintain my list of calls of unworked club members. Delos / NO8R Sent from My iPad 3
On Jan 10, 2018, at 11:16 PM, Stephen Melachrinos <melachri@...> wrote:
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Delos...Good to hear from you Old Timer! It's been a while...
I also have an excel spreadsheet that I made & use, but, primarily, I use the mixw built in log, plus the "icon.cfg" file and the "icons" folder within mixw to tell me if I need them or if I've worked them before.
Back in the day, that excel spreadsheet is what I used to submit, for LONP, to Charlie, K8IJ. Not necessary anymore with David's great log checker. Milt N6MG 070-650 LONP #76
From: 070Club@groups.io [mailto:070Club@groups.io] On Behalf Of delos_byrne
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2018 5:23 AM To: 070Club@groups.io Subject: Re: [070Club] Grids
I also use Excel to maintain my list of calls of unworked club members. Delos / NO8R
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Joseph Molon <ljl2002@...>
Hey Delos,
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Good to see you again. I can guarantee that I am not on that unworked list!  Joe KA1PPV #1482
On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 08:23 AM, delos_byrne wrote:
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