[NLRS] SBMS 2GHz & Up Logs
John P. Toscano
tosca005 at tc.umn.edu
Sun May 15 14:25:58 EDT 2005
If you are having any problems computing your distances, you might want
to check out::
http://www.qsl.net/w0jt/10GHz/index.htm
This is a logging spreadsheet for the 10 GHz and Up Cumulative Contest
that automatically computes the distances from grid center to grid
center for you. However, it is not optimized for the 2 GHz and Up
sprint, having no provisions for bands below 10 GHz nor the power
multipliers.
73 de W0JT
jcplatt1 at mmm.com wrote:
>Regarding the recent SBMS Microwave Contest, please send me your logs.
>The contestis based on a club entry, so I'll provide a summary sheet based
>on your logs .... I plan to attach all the logs to it.
>
>Bruce has done a very nice job of providing us with such a tool ..... see a
>cut & paste of his previous email below. If you want too, or if you do
>not have Excel, send me a txt copy of your log and I'll punch it in .... it
>doesnt take too long, but please compute the distance points for me using
>BD, WinGrid, or your favorite tool. Remember, its km, not miles ... 1km =
>1 pt.
>
>Also, do not forget the power multiplier on the distance points ! Its 3x
>for less than 5mW, 2x for 6mW to 5 watts, and 1x for above 5 watts.
>
>I have logs from:
>W9FZ
>W0JT
>KC0IYT
>
>Ask questions if you've got them. We have 30 days to get the logs in.
>
>73, Jon
>W0ZQ
>
>
>
>I've built an .xls sheet that you may want to use as a logsheet. It does
>no math although you could easily highlight portions of a column and use
>the SUM button and generate a total. Plus, I've included my own log for
>review. Both are available for download at:
>http://w9fz.com/ham/sbmssprintlog.xls and
>http://w9fz.com/ham/sbmssprintlogw9fz05.xls
>
>If you have 36 or fewer QSO's, then when you hit print, only print page 1
>to save a piece of paper. Otherwise there is room for 72 QSO's on 2pages.
>
>(I highlighted the callsign column, edit>replace -- 0 in the top line and Ø
>(alt-0216) in the second line --then replace all)
>
>If you click on them, they may open in your browser. To actually use the
>files on your computer, you'll have to right-mouse-click the hotlink above
>and save the files to your harddrive. If you edit a file, you may want to
>then save it with a unique name on your computer.
>
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