[Elecraft] EQP Logging

[Hank Kohl K8DD]

At 3/2/2003 01:50 PM -0500, Parker Buckley wrote:

I'm realitively new to contesting
and have no experience

with logging software.  Hence, the following questions:


Do folks run the software in the midst of the event?  I am
aware of automated software, which I guess will integrate

keyboard sending and logging.

Yes, especially when the logging software will check dupes,

send CW, etc.  Even if it doesn't do these things, it is 
still,

once you get used to it, the only way to go ..... IMHO!




I notice the EQP software requires
that signal reports be

entered for every QSO.  Is this typical?  Maybe this is 
to

encourage genuine reports instead of automatic 599 for QRO

and 559 for QRP.

No, it's not typical with most of the contest logging software -
most

of them use the {quot}canned report{quot} - 599 or 5NN for the major
contests

and I've noticed in a lot of QRP contests & sprints there are
many

559s being sent by stations who are sitting on one freq CQing, but

with some of the contest loggers you can make it send the signal

report that you want sent (NA Logging program does this - I'm not

sure about the others).


73    Hank    K8DD




I'm trying to make the transition
from paper to computer

logging, and the Elecraft even seems like a good one to

start with...but I'll probably still be using my paper while

in QSO, at least for cw (sent by bug, not keyboard).

Comments appreciated.


Parker WD8JOL, K2 #2636.


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