[PPRAANet] field day info

[Steve KT0DX]

Steve. you might want to take a look at N1MM + and play with this 
program.  The Colorado QSO Party is coming up in I think September.  
Once you get use to using a log program you will never go back to pen 
and paper, except maybe a scratch pad.  The Colorado QSO party really 
needs the support of Colorado stations as it has been very low in the 
past.   If you should have any questions about the program I will be 
more then glad to help out as I have been using it for about 10 years.  
A few years back I had a friend who is a doctor sit down with me during 
a contest and he made the comment that for people of age that contesting 
was a good way to keep the mind in good shape.  There are so many things 
to consecrate on that it keeps the mind active.  Hope to see you on the 
HF bands again having fun.

Steve (KT0DX)

On 6/30/2020 05:14, Steve Schaarschmidt wrote:
> Jim K3ILC,
>
> Thanks for sharing that link to the *.pdf of the dupe sheet.
> I made some by hand by sticking together some pages out of the official
> ARRL Field Day Log Book! (Paper rocks as long as you have scissors... and
> tape!)
> We used them at the Village 7 ARC Field Day operation... I made almost 20
> CW contacts with nary a dupe in the bunch, hi hi!
> Computer logging,... what kind of a contester am I? I barely know what you
> gents are talking about... but I sure had fun!
>
> 73,
>
>   = Steve K0CI
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 11:26 AM Douglas Hagerman via PPRAANet <
> ppraanet at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
>> I successfully uploaded my Field Day submission on the ARRL site.
>> Hopefully my 290 points will push PPRAA over the top!  :-)
>>
>> This was my first attempt at a field day entry. I am not very active on HF
>> but am trying to get better at it. I am still at the “OMG he is sending me
>> Morse Code!!!” phase. There are a lot of considerations: How do you fill
>> out a dupe sheet? How do you keep from getting sunburned? How dark do the
>> clouds have to be before you take down your antenna? Does this really go on
>> all night long???
>>
>> While filling in the online entry submission form, I ran into an
>> interesting question regarding “natural” (also called “alternative”) power.
>> A few months ago I joined the Colorado Springs Utilities Green Power plan,
>> which is where you can sign up to get up to 100% of your electricity from
>> the CSU solar panel farms. Obviously the electricity still comes to your
>> house from the grid, and obviously there is a question of where does it
>> come from at night! But if the point of having a 100 point bonus on your
>> Field Day score for natural power is to encourage the deployment of solar
>> and wind power, then I would argue that the Green Power plan counts. I
>> asked the ARRL for clarification on this because the rules are unclear.
>>
>> 73  :-)
>>
>> Doug, w0uhu.
>>
>>
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