[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] FW: [N3FJPSoftware] Field Day Log 6.3 is Now Available for New 2020 FD Rule Changes!

Fri May 29 15:18:01 EDT 2020

I own a personal copy of N3FJP and I like it.  However, after attending the South Jersey Radio Association Field Day 2020 band captains meeting last night along with Richard, KW4UJ, and seeing N1MM in use, I think it is worth a try if there are budgetary concerns about N3FJP.  Richard took little time learning how to operate N1MM on a network, which was impressive.  N1MM is free and has a huge following; it is the leading software used in many contests. N1MM can be found here:  https://n1mmwp.hamdocs.com/downloads/n1mm-full-install/.

73 Don, KI4D

From: Ian <iann8ik at gmail.com> 
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Subject: Re: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] FW: [N3FJPSoftware] Field Day Log 6.3 is Now Available for New 2020 FD Rule Changes!

All,

N3FJP is great software.  We have a "free" license for use with the club callsign W4HFH.  But for this Field Day you'll be operating with your own callsign so you need a paid version.

73, Ian 

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 10:48 AM Don (KI4D) <don.ki4d at gmail.com <mailto:don.ki4d at gmail.com> > wrote:

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Subject: [N3FJPSoftware] Field Day Log 6.3 is Now Available for New 2020 FD Rule Changes!

Hi All, 

In case you haven't heard, Field Day 2020 is now a whole new ballgame!

Field Day Log 6.3 is Now Available!

Yesterday, ARRL announced a special waiver for Field Day 2020:

1)      For Field Day 2020 only, Class D stations may work all other Field Day stations, including other Class D stations, for points.

 <http://www.arrl.org/field-day-rules#classd> Field Day rule 4.6 defines Class D stations as “Home stations,” including stations operating from permanent or licensed station locations using commercial power. Class D stations ordinarily may only count contacts made with Class A, B, C, E, and F Field Day stations, but the temporary rule waiver for 2020 allows Class D stations to count contacts with other Class D stations for QSO credit.

2)      In addition, for 2020 only, an aggregate club score will be published, which will be the sum of all individual entries indicating a specific club (similar to the aggregate score totals used in ARRL affiliated club competitions).

Ordinarily, club names are only published in the results for Class A and Class F entries, but the temporary rule waiver for 2020 allows participants from  <http://www.arrl.org/field-day-rules#class> any Class to optionally include a single club name with their submitted results following Field Day.

The full text of ARRL's announcement, with additional details is here:

http://www.arrl.org/news/temporary-rule-waivers-announced-for-2020-arrl-field-day

I have updated the Field Day software to accommodate point scoring for Delta station to Delta station QSOs.  If you plan to operate in a category other than Delta, version 6.2 is fine, but if you will be operating in the Delta class, please upgrade to version 6.3.  You will find version 6.3 here:

http://n3fjp.com/fieldday.html

And the upgrade steps here:

http://n3fjp.com/upgradestepscontest.html

As always, upgrades are free to registered users!

Field Day and Clubs!

I am very excited about ARRL's 2020 modification!  While, Lord willing, we will be able to share Field Day together at the same location in 2021, the opportunity for clubs to experience a contest weekend together virtually this time will be a new, fun and exciting experience for many!

Lots of clubs, who are passionate about Field Day, haven't yet experienced the joys of participating as a club in the many other great contests we have to enjoy annually.  The same techniques that clubs will use this Field Day, in the social distancing environment to stay together while apart, can be applied to ARRL November Sweepstakes, ARRL International DX, CW World Wide DX and many other contests.  

Sharing contest weekends together virtually, as we each operate from home with lots of fun, support and camaraderie, has taken Amateur Radio joy and excitement to a whole new level for our club!   Regularly operating together virtually to turn in combined club scores has thoroughly invigorated our group!  I'm very glad that many of you will be able to experience it for Field Day 2020!

Last time I wrote in more detail how our club shares contest weekends together using tools like:

- The Virtual Clubhouse text chat room we set up on the free Discord App:  http://www.nemarc.org/clubhouse.html

-  My free Club Score Processor, so you can see how your club is doing individually and in total in real time:  http://www.n3fjp.com/clubscore.html

-  And I should have mentioned Zoom, which is new to us in the last few months, but is an awesome tool for both impromptu and scheduled virtual gatherings:  https://www.zoom.us/

For lots more details, please see the How can our group enjoy Field Day together virtually, while staying apart? section here:  http://n3fjp.com/news/news2020-05-06.html

And if you aren't currently participating with a club, find one or start one!

Enjoy Field Day gang, and see how your club fairs in total compared to our Northeast Maryland Amateur Radio Contest Society!  We are planning to bring it Field Day weekend!  :)

I'm looking forward to working you!

And in response to the questions we always receive when we neglect to include the following in our e-mail announcements...    

Package Upgrade Information...   

If you have registered one or more individual programs and would like to upgrade to N3FJP's Software Package for full use of all our Amateur Radio software, we would be glad to apply the amount that you have registered so far as a credit towards that purchase. Please send us an e-mail directly and we'll let you know your balance.   

N3FJP's Software Package includes more than one hundred programs for contesting, net management and general logging Amateur Radio applications. In addition to full use of all these programs, registered package customers are also entitled to receive free passwords for any new software that we add to the package and free upgrades to existing programs. There are no annual / maintenance costs of any kind.  Simply register once and you are set with N3FJP Software for life!  You'll find all the details on the Register Now page here: 

 <http://www.n3fjp.com/purchasepackage.html> http://www.n3fjp.com/purchasepackage.html

Donations are Gratefully Accepted! 

And in response to the often asked question for which Kimberly and I are very grateful...  

"I know your upgrades are free, but I also realize how much time and effort coding these enhancements and new programs take and that your pricing policy doesn't fully reflect that. Can I send you something to show my appreciation for your continued efforts?"   

Yes, thanks so much, your continued support in any amount is very welcome and deeply appreciated! You can use this page:  

 <http://www.n3fjp.com/donations.html> http://www.n3fjp.com/donations.html

or send your contribution by mail, payable to Affirmatech Inc., to:  

G. Scott Davis

118 Glenwood Road

Bel Air, MD 21014-5533  

Thank you so much for your continued support!  

Thanks!  

As always, thanks for your kind words, support, linking to our web site and spreading the word about our software. Kimberly and I really appreciate it!  

73, Scott

N3FJP

 <http://www.n3fjp.com/> http://www.n3fjp.com

Serving the Amateur Radio community with contesting and general logging software since 1997.

1 Peter 3 vs 15: Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give  <http://www.n3fjp.com/Faith.htm> the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect...

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73, Scott

N3FJP

http://www.n3fjp.com

Serving the Amateur Radio community with contesting and general logging software since 1997.

1 Peter 3 vs 15: Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for  <http://www.n3fjp.com/Faith.htm> the hope that you have <http://www.n3fjp.com/Faith.htm> . But do this with gentleness and respect...

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