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Re: Gremlins!
开云体育I usually have an adult beverage while I’m the fox. Seems to work for me. ? Dave N1IX ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Steve WX2S via groups.io
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2025 9:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [qfox] Gremlins! ? Seems like Fritz and I both had a case of the N1MM+ gremlins last night. Anyone know a good spell to get 'em to mind their manners during a hunt? :-) ? 73, -Steve WX2S ? |
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Re: New, improved WX2S prelim log for 80m hunt 2025-03-21 (wrong log posted last night)
开云体育Steve, ? Can I buy an “E” please… ? Dean/ N2TNN ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
On Behalf Of Steve WX2S via groups.io
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2025 8:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [qfox] New, improved WX2S prelim log for 80m hunt 2025-03-21 (wrong log posted last night) ? Yeah, I posted the wrong log last night. Please check this one instead. ? For those who want to benefit by what happened, I have a naming convention for log files. Last night, I didn't name the file correctly (a space where a dash should have been.) That was mistake one. Mistake two was grabbing what I thought was the most recent file without checking that it really was. I remembered working Randy as my first contact, but Randy wasn't there in the wrong log. ? One more mistake to make and learn from. Murphy never sleeps. ? Please email me by Sunday night 0000Z if you need a correction from the correct log!!!!! ? Time Call RSTRcvd QTH Name Pwr |
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Re: K4OAQ 80 Meter Log 3/21/25
Ron KQ0E,
What can I say? Obviously I'm not as attentive as I thought I was when hearing what the hound sends & what my N1MM history file has populated with. Funny, I always thot "who we think we are is not necessarily who we actually are" applied to others, not me. :( Maybe we shud outlaw N1MM history file? Anyways, I'll try & fix the N1MM history file soon. Hopefully, ole scrooge the scorekeeper will show some pity. Anyways, getting your call into the log TWICE with no help from N1MM shud count at least 1/2 point :)
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Paul AK1P and Mr Scorekeeper,
I've finally awakened & been thinking how '5' got into the QTH. "It's complicated," as they say. First, I have AutoHotKey (AHK) setup so I enter the call, then hit the the number on the numeric keypad for the signal strength. AHK is set so when any number on the number keypad is hit, it tabs over one & enters the number that was hit on the keypad. Recall one tab over from the call field puts N1MM into the RST field. Most everybody is in the history file so QTH, NAME & PWR are populated at that point. For you that wud be NH PAUL 5W.?
AHK then hits the Enter key and at this point N1MM ESM (Enter Sends Message) mode sends my message (AK1P 559 VA FRITZ 5W AK1P)
So, that's the situation with our first QSO at 0104. So far so good, cursor is sitting there waiting for me to overwrite the 9 in 599 with what you send. There's one more tidbit of how numbers in calls AND RST received shud be entered. Do NOT USE the number keypad, USE numbers on the top row of the keyboard. So, we're all set for what I did to enter the RST ... yup, I rcvd 559 & I hit the '5' on the number keypad. Recall AHK tabs over one, enters the keypad number, '5' in this case, into the QTH field then Enter. N1MM ESM mode at this point logs the QSO clears all fields & sends the 'TU' msg. Well, this happens while you're in the middle of sending NH & PAUL, so I hit Esc & am wondering what the hell just happened ... it wasn't until several QSOs later that I realized what I had done. And the consequences of what I had done wasn't realized until this moring. I do believe our brains solve puzzles while we sleep ... or at least thinks about things ...?
For the 2nd QSO, I admit I don't pay a lot of attention since I know you're already in the log. I know, it's a bad habit, but you wouldn't believe how many times in other contests like CQWW & ARRL DX I have many dupe QSOs. Some guys even call more than twice. Nope, I don't waste time with B4, it's much quicker to work them again. And who knows, maybe they didn't log me the first time, hence it may result in me not losing points becuz I aint in their log.
Well, there you have it ... more information than you wanted.
72/73,
Fritz K4OAQ |
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New, improved WX2S prelim log for 80m hunt 2025-03-21 (wrong log posted last night)
Yeah, I posted the wrong log last night. Please check this one instead.
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For those who want to benefit by what happened, I have a naming convention for log files. Last night, I didn't name the file correctly (a space where a dash should have been.) That was mistake one. Mistake two was grabbing what I thought was the most recent file without checking that it really was. I remembered working Randy as my first contact, but Randy wasn't there in the wrong log. At the very least, I could have checked that Fritz was listed as my partner in foxery.
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One more mistake to make and learn from. Murphy never sleeps.
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Please email me by Sunday night 0000Z if you need a correction from the correct log. *
73, -Steve WX2S ?
* Dang computer put a whole bunch of exclamation marks at the end and changed 73 to cussing. It's trying to make me out to be a worse curmudgeon than I am. I won't say it's haunted, but it's haunted... :-)
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Time Call RSTRcvd QTH Name Pwr 0102 NC4RT 579 NC RANDY 5 0102 N9NE 579 WI TODD 5 0104 W9XU 559 WI LON 5 0107 K4PQC 559 GA PHIL 5 0107 AK3X 559 MD PETER 5 0108 AK1P 559 NH PAUL 5 0109 W9OD 559 WI CRAIG 5 0110 VE3NFK 559 ON JOHN 5 0111 WA9CW 559 WI TOM 5 0112 VE3NFK 559 ON JOHN 2 0113 K9CW 579 IL DREW 5 0114 NK9G 559 WI RICK 5 0115 NN4K 559 GA MAC 5 0116 N2RK 599 NY JACK 5 0117 NN4U 559 TN DEN 5 0118 K2TW 569 VA TOM 5 0119 ND4K 559 GA DAVE 5 0120 N8SS 559 MI EARL 5 0121 N2TNN 559 VA DAN 5 0122 K2SJB 559 NY DAVE 5 0123 WB9HFK 559 IL MARK 5 0124 K9DRP 579 IL DON 5 0125 K4BAI 559 GA JOHN 5 0126 KT0AA 559 MO TONY 5 0128 KR0U 599 CO TIM 5 0128 KK5LD 559 TX DAN 5 0130 N0YJ 559 KS BERT 5 0132 W1FMR 559 FL JIM 5 0133 N9WKE 559 IL BRUCE 5 0134 N4KV 579 AL JOHN 5 0134 K9IUA 559 IA KEVIN 5 0136 W2SH 559 NJ CHAS 5 0136 N1IX 559 NH DAVE 5 0138 ND4U 559 TN DEN 5 0140 K3PH 559 PA BOB 5 0141 WA4ZOF 559 GA TOM 5 0144 N4MJ 559 TN GLENN 5 0149 KC1FB 559 CT JIM 5 0152 K0LOA 559 TX DWAIN 5 0153 KK4BNC 559 GA RANDY 5 0159 NC4RT 559 NC RANDY 100MW 0204 K7GO 559 MT LEW 5 0205 N0AR 559 MN SCOTT 5 0212 NO2D 559 CO PETER 5 0217 W1XV 559 NH BRAD 5 0227 K9TA 599 IL STEVE 5 0229 WD4CFN 559 TN STEVE 5 330 FOX K4OAQ VA FRITZ 5W 330 FOX WX2S NJ STEVE 5W |
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Re: K4OAQ 80 Meter Log 3/21/25
Hi Fritz - I worked you at 1:28Z but didn't see my dot on the Fritz map for Wylie, TX (near Dallas).? I assumed it could have been a logging hiccup so I worked you again at 1:52Z (we had good propagation the whole session).? Once again the Fritz map did not show we worked at my Wylie, TX QTH.? It was only then that my eyes drifted further north on the map and, sure enough, there was my dot at my old QTH in Bemidji, MN.
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I've had this issue before and provided my updated QTH to Dale and the issue was resolved.? So I'm wondering if there is more than one database that Fritz map uses?? My new QTH (TX) has been updated in QRZ since July 2023.
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72,
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Ron - KQ0E |
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Re: WX2S prelim log for 80m hunt 2025-03-21
Hi Steve & tnx for the pelt b u t?per the time it appears the below listed log is from the 19 Feb 2025 40m hunt.?? We worked at 0144Z on 80m last evening. See Fritz map. 73 de n4mj//glenn ? “PLEASE REMOVE all email addresses before you send it on and use BCC?option when forwarding" ? Thank you!?
On Friday, March 21, 2025 at 12:24:09 AM CDT, Tim Groat <tcgroat@...> wrote:
Steve, I think you posted the log from your earlier hunt. I was not a fox this week, and the log times would be for a pre-DST hunt. This week we worked at 0128Z (according to my log and the Fritz map). Thank you for the great effort tonight. These late hunts on 80M are not easy assignments! 72, --Tim (KR0U) On 3/20/2025 8:40 PM, Steve WX2S via groups.io wrote: > Skip wasn't in, though I did bag hounds in Colorado and Montana. Stayed > on 3554.44 all evening, went simplex at 01:49Z. Regrets for those who > were trying to get me and who I was never quite able to hear well enough. > Please email any corrections by 0000Z Friday night and I'll post an > updated log. Thanks for the hunt! > Time Call RSTRcvd QTH Name Pwr > 0201 WB9HFK 559 IL MARK 5 > 0202 K5LD 559 TX DAN 5 > 0203 N4MJ 599 TN GLENN 5 > 0205 N9NE 579 WI TODD 5 > 0206 AK1P 559 FL PAUL 5 > 0206 NC4RT 599 NC RANDY 5 > 0207 VE3NFK 559 ON JOHN 5 > 0208 N2RK 579 NY JACK 5 > 0209 K2SJB 579 NY DAVE 5 > 0210 N4KV 579 AL JOHN 5 > 0211 KK4BNC 599 GA RANDY 5 > 0213 N1IX 559 NH DAVE 5 > 0214 KO4VW 559 GA STEVE > 0215 K2TW 579 VA TOM 5 > 0216 K9CW 579 IL DREW 5 > 0217 N3VO 559 MD MARC 5 > 0218 N3MM 599 VA HARRY 5 > 0219 NX1K 559 MA MARK 5 > 0220 K9IUA 559 IA KEVIN 5 > 0221 K2ZC 559 NJ DAVE 5 > 0222 ND4K 559 GA DAVE 5 > 0223 KZ5J 559 TX PAT 5 > 0224 W1FMR 559 FL JIM 5 > 0225 N2TNN 559 VA DEAN 5 > 0226 AK3X 559 MD PETER 5 > 0228 K0LOA 559 TX DWAIN 5 > 0230 N9WKE 559 IL BRUCE 5 > 0231 W4CMG 559 TN CATHY 5 > 0233 WB8QZM 559 TX BRIAN 5 > 0234 K3UT 559 GA PHIL 5 > 0235 NK9G 559 WI RICK 5 > 0237 NO2D 559 CO PETER 5 > 0237 K4PQC 579 GA PHIL 5 > 0238 WD4CFN 559 TN STEVE 5 > 0240 N9FZ 559 GA CAINAN 5 > 0241 N0YJ 559 KS BERT 5 > 0242 AC0BQ 599 KS JOHN 5 > 0243 KC1FB 559 CT JIM 5 > 0244 NK3H 599 AZ MITCH 5 > 0246 AL7V 559 OK SAM 5 > 0247 WB5BKL 559 TX NICK 5 > 0248 KD5KC 559 TX MIKE 5 > 0249 KV2X 559 NY TOM 5 > 0250 WA9CW 559 WI TOM 5 > 0251 WC7S 599 WY DALE 5 > 0252 ND4U 559 TN DEN 5 > 0253 KG5UK 559 OK BRAD 5 > 0254 KB5FCF 559 OK JOEL 4 > 0256 K6FA 559 CA DAVID 5 > 0256 K9TA 559 IN STEVE 5 > 0258 NK2Y 559 NY JAY 5 > 0259 NN4K 579 GA MAC 5 > 0300 N5KIP 559 TX DICK 5 > 0303 N8SS 559 WI CARL 5 > 0305 K8LBQ 559 GA BAIN 5 > 0306 NX1K 559 MA MARK 2 > 0309 KT0AA 579 MO TONY 5 > 0310 WA4ZOF 339 GA TOM 5 > 0311 N8SS 559 WI ARL 5 > 0313 NK6A 559 CA DON 5 > 0315 N0AR 559 MN SCOTT 5 > 0316 K9DRP 559 IL DON 5 > 0317 KI0RB 559 CO VINCE 5 > 0321 W5AJD 559 LA JERRY 5 > 0325 K7GO 559 MT LEW 5 > 330 FOX KR0U CO TIM 5W > 330 FOX WX2S NJ STEVE 5W > |
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Re: WX2S prelim log for 80m hunt 2025-03-21
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I think you posted the log from your earlier hunt. I was not a fox this week, and the log times would be for a pre-DST hunt. This week we worked at 0128Z (according to my log and the Fritz map). Thank you for the great effort tonight. These late hunts on 80M are not easy assignments! 72, --Tim (KR0U) On 3/20/2025 8:40 PM, Steve WX2S via groups.io wrote:
Skip wasn't in, though I did bag hounds in Colorado and Montana. Stayed |
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Re: K4OAQ 80 Meter Log 3/21/25
Paul,
Good grief. The first '5' I think was due to my AHK setup altho I'm a little fuzzy exactly how it happened.
Obviously I was apparently asleep when the QSO was going on since I didn't notice.
Then, I remember wking you a 2nd time & it didn't dawn on me there mite have been probs with the first QSO.
And the second '5' I blame on N1MM for thinking consistency is the key to logging ... and of course I was asleep agn.
Ya know, I think AK1P in Morse code puts me to sleep ... zzzzzzzzz |
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Re: K4OAQ 80 Meter Log 3/21/25
开云体育Thanks for your comments, Fritz. I started hearing you about 0210z and calling at 0215. I did hear you send ‘?’ once, I think.? My low doublet is pretty much a cloud warmer on 80 and I have the coastal range close on the east so I’m surprised you heard me at all.? Looks like you had a good run. Thanks for being a Fox! 72, Brian , K0DTJ On Mar 20, 2025, at 20:10, FritzOAQ <Fritz@...> wrote:
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Re: WX2S prelim log for 80m hunt 2025-03-21
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I'm home in the great white north after a to short stay in sunny Florida last month. State should be NH. Thanks and 72, ---Paul AK1P On 3/20/2025 10:40 PM, Steve WX2S via groups.io wrote:
Skip wasn't in, though I did bag hounds in Colorado and Montana. Stayed on 3554.44 all evening, went simplex at 01:49Z. Regrets for those who were trying to get me and who I was never quite able to hear well enough. --
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Re: K4OAQ 80 Meter Log 3/21/25
开云体育Hi Fritz,Not sure what happened but you have my state as “5” in both my first and insurance QSO’s! ?It should be NH. ? Thanks and 72, —-Paul AK1P On Mar 20, 2025, at 10:40?PM, FritzOAQ via groups.io <Fritz@...> wrote:
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Re: K4OAQ 80 Meter Log 3/21/25
Yeah, I kinda remember a K0. Maybe I even got a few letters. Sri abt Brian. There were several times in the last 30 mins I was able to dig some letters out but then nada. I think there may have been several diff stns I just cudn't dig out. I cudn't tell whether it was QSB or whether they gave up on me hearing them. My NW beverage really sounded funny at times. It sounded like a strong stn nearby overloading the Rx but when I tuned trying to find the stn I never heard anybody. Also, when I flipped bev to another direction the "overload" went away. The wind was really blowing & often branches fall on the beverages ... it just dawned on me that the two wire beverages that are seperated by abt 12 inches could have been intermittenly touching which could explain what I was hearing. I'm thinking a long BOG towards the West mite be a good warm wx project for next year. Run it into the fields where the cows are just before the hunt & hope they don't stumble over it.? |
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Re: WX2S prelim log for 80m hunt 2025-03-21
0246Z that was not me. Sam, AL7V.?
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Re: K4OAQ 80 Meter Log 3/21/25
Fritz, TU for the early Pelt! Brian, K0DTJ out in Half Moon Bay, CA, was calling you for the last ~15 minutes, and I think you may have heard a whisper of his signal at times.? Nice job! 72 Todd N9NE On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 9:40?PM FritzOAQ via <Fritz=[email protected]> wrote:
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Ron Recsnik - KQ0E
