[Elecraft] General Digital Contesting Help

[goldtr8 at charter.net]

Thank you Pete, this is a tremendous amout of help at the sites listed. 
I can go at my reading pace to understand what is going on.

Don
KD8NNU


On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Pete Smith wrote:

> I'd suggest you take a look at some of the sample macro files that 
> K8UT has put on the N1MM Logger web site, at 
> <http://n1mm.hamdocs.com/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=13>.  As 
> an aid to deciphering, F1 is your CQ message, F2 is your exchange, F3 
> is the TU message used at the end of the QSO, and F4 is reserved for 
> your call.  F5 is his call.  In N1MM, your call is represented by * or 
> {MYCALL} and his call by !. The rest of the stuff in curly brackets is 
> additional automation provided by N1MM.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
> The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at 
> www.conteststations.com
> The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at 
> reversebeacon.blogspot.com,
> spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000
>
>
>
> On 2/11/2011 9:22 PM, goldtr8 at charter.net wrote:
>> Group,
>>
>> I would like to attempt to try and do some digital contesting with my
>> K3.
>>
>> It took me a long time to get HRD and its associated software working
>> and I finally can use the DM780 software fairly good.
>>
>> What I am not able to figure out is the proper set of calls and
>> responses that contestors are looking for.
>>
>> So can someone point me in the proper direction on how to go about
>> understanding how contesting works and how to log.   I have been 
>> trying
>> to read up on the internet, but I am missing some basic points of
>> knowledge to pull it together.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>
>> Don
>> KD8NNU
>>
>>
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