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Re: YASME Excellence Award

Geoff Way
 

The really nice thing about this recognition is that the N1MM team hits on all 3 of the categories: Technical, Operating, and Organizational.

Well done!

-KA1IOR
Re: YASME Excellence Award

Jim Brown
 

On Fri,11/13/2015 6:03 PM, N1MM tfwagner@snet.net [N1MMLoggerplus] wrote:
Today we were honored with the YASME Excellence Award.
The recognition is well deserved and long overdue. We in the contesting community owe the N1MM Logger team a huge debt of gratitude for your longstanding, ongoing, and excellent contributions. I discovered your software in 2007 and never looked back. Thank you.

73, Jim K9YC
Re: YASME Excellence Award

Olli
 

Congrats to the whole team and please keep up the good work!

73, Olli - DH8BQA
Contest, DX & radio projects: http://www.dh8bqa.de
Am 14.11.2015 um 03:03 schrieb N1MM tfwagner@... [N1MMLoggerplus]:

 

Today we were honored with the YASME Excellence Award. This is their
press release:

November 13, 2015
St. Charles, MO

*THE YASME FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES YASME EXCELLENCE AWARD TO
*/*N1MM+*/*DEVELOPMENT TEAM*

The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that it has awarded the
Yasme Excellence Award to the /N1MM+/Development Team: Tom Wagner, N1MM;
Rick Ellison, N2AMG; Steve London, N2IC; John Bednar, K3CT; Nikolay
Safronov, NA3M; Pete Smith, N4ZR; Andreas Hofman, KU7T; Larry Gauthier,
K8UT; and Richard Ferch, VE3KI. The initial /N1MM Classic/is a
sophisticated logging program offered at no cost to contesters around
the world. /N1MM+/is a major revision to the original program and was a
completely volunteer effort of thousands of programmer-hours to rewrite
and test more than 250,000 lines of code. (_www.n1mm.com
_) The program continues to be made available
without charge and continues to be refined on a regular basis, supported
by an extensive user group and full documentation.

The Yasme Excellence Award is presented to those who, through their own
service, creativity, effort and dedication, have made a significant
contribution to amateur radio. The contribution may be in recognition of
technical, operating or organizational achievement, as all three are
necessary for amateur radio to grow and prosper. /**/

The Yasme Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized to
conduct scientific and educational projects related to amateur radio,
including DXing (long distance communication) and the introduction and
promotion of amateur radio in developing countries. For additional
information about The Yasme Foundation, visit our website at
*www.yasme.org*.

Ward Silver, NØAX, President

The Yasme Foundation

Board of Directors:

Ward Silver, NØAX, President and Director
Fred Laun, K3ZO, Director and Vice-President
Rusty Epps, W6OAT, Director and Treasurer
Kip Edwards, W6SZN, Director and Secretary
Hans Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T, Director
Ken Claerbout, K4ZW, Director
Martti Laine, OH2BH, Director
Mac McHenry, W6BSY, Director
Bob Vallio, W6RGG, Director
WAE RTTY Test

Sam Rubin <srubn@...>
 

Disregard my query,  I figured it out. 
Sam

 
 
 Loaded this contest but no QTC area shows up. What do I have to do?

Sam WC7Q
WAE RTTY Test

Sam Rubin <srubn@...>
 

 Loaded this contest but no QTC area shows up. What do I have to do?

Sam WC7Q
Re: YASME Excellence Award

Fred - NA2U
 

Congrats to the team for earning this well-deserved honor!

73 from the desert,

Fred/NA2U

On Nov 13, 2015, at 7:03 PM, N1MM tfwagner@snet.net [N1MMLoggerplus] <N1MMLoggerplus@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Today we were honored with the YASME Excellence Award. This is their
press release:

November 13, 2015
St. Charles, MO


*THE YASME FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES YASME EXCELLENCE AWARD TO
*/*N1MM+*/*DEVELOPMENT TEAM*


The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that it has awarded the
Yasme Excellence Award to the /N1MM+/Development Team: Tom Wagner, N1MM;
Rick Ellison, N2AMG; Steve London, N2IC; John Bednar, K3CT; Nikolay
Safronov, NA3M; Pete Smith, N4ZR; Andreas Hofman, KU7T; Larry Gauthier,
K8UT; and Richard Ferch, VE3KI. The initial /N1MM Classic/is a
sophisticated logging program offered at no cost to contesters around
the world. /N1MM+/is a major revision to the original program and was a
completely volunteer effort of thousands of programmer-hours to rewrite
and test more than 250,000 lines of code. (_www.n1mm.com
<http://www.n1mm.com/>;_) The program continues to be made available
without charge and continues to be refined on a regular basis, supported
by an extensive user group and full documentation.

The Yasme Excellence Award is presented to those who, through their own
service, creativity, effort and dedication, have made a significant
contribution to amateur radio. The contribution may be in recognition of
technical, operating or organizational achievement, as all three are
necessary for amateur radio to grow and prosper. /**/


The Yasme Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized to
conduct scientific and educational projects related to amateur radio,
including DXing (long distance communication) and the introduction and
promotion of amateur radio in developing countries. For additional
information about The Yasme Foundation, visit our website at
*www.yasme.org*.


Ward Silver, NØAX, President

The Yasme Foundation

Board of Directors:

Ward Silver, NØAX, President and Director
Fred Laun, K3ZO, Director and Vice-President
Rusty Epps, W6OAT, Director and Treasurer
Kip Edwards, W6SZN, Director and Secretary
Hans Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T, Director
Ken Claerbout, K4ZW, Director
Martti Laine, OH2BH, Director
Mac McHenry, W6BSY, Director
Bob Vallio, W6RGG, Director



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Re: YASME Excellence Award

JOHN POWELL
 

Congratulations to the N1MMLogger Team. Wee done and deserved.

JOhn. ZL1BHQ




----- Original Message -----
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Sent:
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Subject:
[N1MMLoggerplus] YASME Excellence Award


 

Today we were honored with the YASME Excellence Award. This is their
press release:

November 13, 2015
St. Charles, MO

*THE YASME FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES YASME EXCELLENCE AWARD TO
*/*N1MM+*/*DEVELOPMENT TEAM*

The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that it has awarded the
Yasme Excellence Award to the /N1MM+/Development Team: Tom Wagner, N1MM;
Rick Ellison, N2AMG; Steve London, N2IC; John Bednar, K3CT; Nikolay
Safronov, NA3M; Pete Smith, N4ZR; Andreas Hofman, KU7T; Larry Gauthier,
K8UT; and Richard Ferch, VE3KI. The initial /N1MM Classic/is a
sophisticated logging program offered at no cost to contesters around
the world. /N1MM+/is a major revision to the original program and was a
completely volunteer effort of thousands of programmer-hours to rewrite
and test more than 250,000 lines of code. (_www.n1mm.com
_) The program continues to be made available
without charge and continues to be refined on a regular basis, supported
by an extensive user group and full documentation.

The Yasme Excellence Award is presented to those who, through their own
service, creativity, effort and dedication, have made a significant
contribution to amateur radio. The contribution may be in recognition of
technical, operating or organizational achievement, as all three are
necessary for amateur radio to grow and prosper. /**/

The Yasme Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized to
conduct scientific and educational projects related to amateur radio,
including DXing (long distance communication) and the introduction and
promotion of amateur radio in developing countries. For additional
information about The Yasme Foundation, visit our website at
*www.yasme.org*.

Ward Silver, NØAX, President

The Yasme Foundation

Board of Directors:

Ward Silver, NØAX, President and Director
Fred Laun, K3ZO, Director and Vice-President
Rusty Epps, W6OAT, Director and Treasurer
Kip Edwards, W6SZN, Director and Secretary
Hans Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T, Director
Ken Claerbout, K4ZW, Director
Martti Laine, OH2BH, Director
Mac McHenry, W6BSY, Director
Bob Vallio, W6RGG, Director
Re: Bandmap

K2PS Pete Stafford
 

Thanks to Steve, N2IC, and John, K3CT for your quick responses to my Bandmap issues.

 

Indeed I was using an Icom radio, and modifying those settings did the trick.  I see the Telnet | Filter parameter, good.  And just entering the call and spinning the dial to add the spot, well, that's just too easy :)!

 

Looking forward to the ARRL 10M Test and trying out my new toys.

 

73, Pete, K2PS
New file uploaded to N1MMLoggerplus

N1MMLoggerplus@...
 

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Description : File of Japanese station calls extracted from MASTER.SCP primarily for use by stations outside of Japan working the JIDX contest.


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Hello,


This email message is a notification to let you know that
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Description : File of European calls extracted from MASTER.SCP for use primarily by non-European stations working WAE


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Re: Zone Confusion, Observation in Makrothen test

John Bednar
 

Jerry,

 

The program will not allow you to log a QSO without an exchange. Some users bypass this check by adding the {ForceLog} macro in the TU function key message. This of course leads to issues like this. If you are using this macro, remove it.

 

If you log a nonsense QSO, delete it instead of changing the callsign and exchange.

 

Not logging this QSO would also have avoided this issue.

 

John, K3CT

 

From: N1MMLoggerplus@... [mailto:N1MMLoggerplus@...]
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 8:57 PM
To: N1MMLoggerplus@...
Subject: Re: [N1MMLoggerplus] Zone Confusion, Observation in Makrothen test

 

 

John K3CT and all,

You have hit the nail squarely.   I may still need some tutoring.

Here is what I conclude from looking at the TRN file ... if I'm reading it right.  I was using enter-sends-message (ESM) and in the middle of a short run of CQ's.  Whether I grabbed some garbage copy or I fumble-fingered a mouse-click, I ended up with my Entry Window having EL09 (that's EL-zero-nine, probably an expert Liberian contester-DXer, just kidding) in my callsign blank.  From the TRN File, I believe I mistakenly entered that EL09 into the log.  From the surrounding QSO times, I conclude that I immediately saw the mistake, corrected it, and thanked KN5S for his response to my CQ.   The KN5S QSO was edited before I responded to the next station answering my CQ.  I appear to have copied and recorded everyone's grid locator correctly.  As we all agree, I did not and would not see a CQ Zone number.  At the end of contests, I make it a habit to do a before exporting the Cabrillo log and ADI file.

My Question at this Point:
Is there anyway I could have avoided recording into my log that erroneous West African CQ Zone number for the non-existent EL09 station?

I wish I could have worked a few West African stations though.....

Thanks for your quick response, correct analysis, and the help to set me straight.   Thanks to the whole team!
73,

   Jerry    K7VIT

On 11/13/2015 10:54, 'John Bednar' k3ct@... [N1MMLoggerplus] wrote:

 

Jerry,

 

This was likely cause by this series of events.

-          You entered and logged a callsign in zone 35 at 20151010 214046

-          Then you changed only the callsign and not the zone.

 

You can review the TRN file for this contest. It contains the series of events (logging, editing, deleting). Search for the callsign and review the history.

 

The MAKROTHEN RTTY contest does not use the zone field but is populated as you type the callsign based on the Country file information. When I import ADIF into Dx4Win it flags any unexpected zones.

 

John, K3CT

 

 

From: N1MMLoggerplus@... [mailto:N1MMLoggerplus@...]
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 12:50 AM
To: N1MMLoggerplus@...
Subject: [N1MMLoggerplus] Zone Confusion, Observation in Makrothen test

 

 

Earlier in August 2015, I wrote about some erroneous zone numbers reported from N1MM+ causing "mismatches" between what was showing in my log versus LOTW.  This occurred even though CQ Zone numbers were not part of the contest exchange.  A couple of those responding said the problem had been corrected.  I also believe that the situation has improved.  Recently I uploaded some contest logs to LOTW and experienced one mismatch which I can carefully and curiously report.  I do NOT have an explanation.

Please understand, I am reporting it just in case it will be helpful for those taking measures to correct issues.

I made contacts in The Makrothen Contest.  The Makrothen contest exchange is a signal report and a 4-character Maidenhead Grid locator.  I do not recall having any problems during this contest, and there were no opportunities for entering CQ Zone numbers.  I do use N1MM+ Logger's super check partial option.  I do not use call history, and I do not use any link to a callbook.   I did not experience RF feedback during these QSO's. 

During the contest, I was using N1MM Logger+ 1.0.5221.0.  After the contest, I exported my Cabrillo log for reporting to contest sponsors.  I also exported the ADI file to import into my general DX logging program.  After uploading my logs to LOTW, I noted a mismatch between LOTW and the ADI-file which was exported by N1MM+.

Below are Cabrillo log-record exports followed by the corresponding ADI-file records for the reported mismatch.  Both are directly exported from N1MM+.

Cabrillo log entries ...

QSO: 21090 RY 2015-10-10 2140 K7VIT         599 CN85   KN5S          599 EL09    
   
QSO: 14095 RY 2015-10-10 2211 K7VIT         599 CN85   KN5S          599 EL09

ADI-file Records ...

KN5S 20151010 214046 K7VIT 21.09030 MAKROTHEN-RTTY 21.09030 RTTY 599 599 600 K7VIT EL09 35 64 2746 1 AF 1 1 True GTWILSONX 1

<Intervening QSO's snipped out for brevity>

KN5S 20151010 221101 20M K7VIT 14.09500 MAKROTHEN-RTTY 14.09500 RTTY 599 599 600 K7VIT EL09 4 74 2746 1 1 1 True GTWILSONX 0 <EOR>


Again I have not seen this zone issue lately, but this one popped up and was so easy to spot that I thought I would submit one observation.  As can be seen, the 2 ADI-file records do not agree regarding the CQ Zone number.

Constructively submitted with appreciation
and with 73,

  Jerry    K7VIT

Tech. Details:
Windows 7 Pro (64)
AMD A10  3.4 GHz
16 GB RAM



 
Re: Macros and Choppy CW

John Bednar
 

I use these USB to COM port adapters with good success:

Sabrent Model SBT-FTDI  or  Model CB-FTDI

 

They are made with the FTDI chipset.  One has screw threads and the other has nuts. I purchase them converters from newegg.com. They often have free shipping or discounts on these converters.

 

John, K3CT

 

 

From: N1MMLoggerplus@... [mailto:N1MMLoggerplus@...]
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 1:43 PM
To: N1MMLoggerplus@...
Subject: Re: [N1MMLoggerplus] Re: Macros and Choppy CW

 

 

The description on Newegg or Amazon will say that it is FTDI. If it
doesn't, don't buy it.

73,
Tom - N1MM

On 11/10/2015 7:22 AM, Peter Alterman w2cdo@... [N1MMLoggerplus] wrote:
>
> Tom,
>
> I’ve done a bit of sleuthing and found some interesting things: first,
> I’ve been using an ATEN USB-Serial device and a **Prolific** driver
> since the beginning. This is something I didn’t know. The WinKeyer
> USB uses the FTDI driver and chipset on COM4 and I must have been
> looking at that instead of the USB-Serial device on COM6 connected to
> the Mark V CAT. That said and contrary to the experience of many, the
> Prolific driver has worked for me (HP 500-205t i3-4350 CUP @ 3.60 GHz,
> 8 GB RAM, Win 10/64) so far. (Yes, I know I’m jinxing myself by saying
> this out loud.) Testing with only the Mark V at ~ 30 Watts I had no
> problem going between F keys and the manual keying. Kicking in the
> Alpha brought on the symptoms so the answer seems to be that RFI is
> affecting the device. I’ll wrap the stuff in tinfoil and install
> toroids to protect the connection. And replace most of my
> interconnect coax for good measure. Just in case it all stops
> working, can you remind me which USB-Serial adapters use the FTDI chipset?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter W2CDO
>
> p.s., Out of curiosity, can you tell me what this means: “Device
> USB\VID_0557&PID_2008\6&ba9edbb&0&1 requires further installation”?
> It shows up in the Information window under the Port’s Events tab and
> the Event Viewer provides the following: “Driver Management concluded
> the process to install driver
> ser2at.inf_amd64_2208228bed2dedb3\ser2at.inf for Device Instance ID
> USB\VID_0557&PID_2008\6&BA9EDBB&0&1 with the following status: 0x0.”
> The Event Log Online Help link goes to a “Page Not Found” on MS TechNet.
>
> P.
>
> Sent from Mail for
> Windows 10
>
>
> *From: *N1MM tfwagner@... [N1MMLoggerplus]
> *Sent: *Monday, November 9, 2015 3:33 PM
> *To: *N1MMLoggerplus@...
> *Subject: *Re: [N1MMLoggerplus] Re: Macros and Choppy CW
>
> Please report your results, good or bad.
>
> This article used to be linked in the doc and the link got broken.
>
> http://knowledge.digi.com/articles/Knowledge_Base_Article/Optimizing-USB-to-serial-port-settings
>
> Tom - N1MM
>
> On 11/9/2015 3:29 PM, Peter Alterman w2cdo@... [N1MMLoggerplus]
> wrote:
> >
> > Will do, Tom. Thanks.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > Sent from Mail for
> > Windows 10
> >
> >
> > *From: *N1MM tfwagner@... [N1MMLoggerplus]
> > *Sent: *Monday, November 9, 2015 3:08 PM
> > *To: *N1MMLoggerplus@...
> > *Subject: *Re: [N1MMLoggerplus] Re: Macros and Choppy CW
> >
> > Try fiddling with the advanced settings in the FTDI driver for that
> > "serial" port.
> >
> > Try very low receive/transmit bytes and 1 msec for the latency timer. I
> > doubt timeout or the checkbox options will help.
> >
> > If you don't see any change, reset to defaults.
> >
> > 73,
> > Tom - N1MM
> >
> > On 11/9/2015 2:52 PM, Peter Alterman w2cdo@... [N1MMLoggerplus]
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I’m one of those having trouble with choppy CW the first few
> > > characters I send. Then it settles down after that. I use the FTDI
> > > chip and current driver and Winkeyer. Have had this problem from the
> > > very beginning of use of +. I figure it’s got to be a setting on the
> > > virtual com port.
> > >
> > > Peter W2CDO
> > >
> > > Sent from Mail for
> > > Windows 10
> > >
> > >
> > > *From: *drew.vonadasmith@... [N1MMLoggerplus]
> > > *Sent: *Monday, November 9, 2015 1:50 PM
> > > *To: *N1MMLoggerplus@...
> > > *Subject: *RE: [N1MMLoggerplus] Re: Macros and Choppy CW
> > >
> > > Audio might be the most obvious preemptive Windows event, but it isn't
> > > the only one. Serial CW generation works fine for you, and probably
> > > works for most people, but it does not work for everyone, audio or
> > > otherwise.
> > >
> > > Winkey is the gold standard for good reasons.
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Drew K3PA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ---In N1MMLoggerplus@..., wrote :
> > >
> > > Being very polite --- That is total hogwash Rick!!
> > >
> > > For years, I have run 100 + wpm QSO's using Windows 95 to the current
> > > Windows 10 and I never have problems with NL+ macros nor with choppy
> > > CW, no matter what CW generation application I use.
> > >
> > > Understand how a computer works! The reason the serial port (or any PC
> > > I/O port) will cause CW generation to be 'choppy' or to 'stutter' is
> > > simply because when a CPU generates audio, it shuts all I/O ports
> > > (meaning serial/parallel ports) OFF, generates the audio, and then
> > > turns the I/O port ON again. The simple solution is to go into Windows
> > > set-up and turn OFF the PC's internally generated audio.
> > >
> > > The under informed will spend their nickel's to 'go buy a solution'; I
> > > prefer to save my nickel to buy another bottle of wine. YMMV!!
> > >
> > > 73,
> > > Tom - W4BQF
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: N1MMLoggerplus@...
> > >
> > > [mailto:N1MMLoggerplus@...
> > > ]
> > > Sent: Monday, November 9, 2015 11:56 AM
> > > To: k4ie_tom@... > > > Cc: N1MMLoggerplus@...
> >
> > > Subject: [N1MMLoggerplus] Re: Macros and Choppy CW
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sending CW through any serial port - real or USB-adapted - is hit or
> > > miss. Some versions of some logging programs will work with some ports
> > > on some releases of some operating systems at some maximum system load
> > > that depends on the CPU type, the nature of other programs running at
> > > the same time, and the amount of I/O they are performing. (Most
> > > notable here is Telnet spotting in a contest like SS in which many
> > > operators spot every S&P QSO they make! The load is huge.)
> > >
> > > Please, bite the bullet and get an external keyer that accepts ASCII
> > > characters from the logger and forms dots and dashes outside the
> > > computer CPU. Generating Morse Code is a real-time computing activity.
> > > Windows was never intended to do real-time computing and, when asked,
> > > doesn't do it very well. MM is one of the best at taming the beast but
> > > some combinations of the factors listed above will confound even MM.
> > > External keyers are nearly timing-independent. A Winkeyer USB is cheap
> > > and reliable and will save you hours of frustration. There are many
> > > alternative external keyers as well. I use a YCCC SO2R Box Plus.
> > > Microham and other keyers and SO2R boxes work fine, too.
> > >
> > > GL & 73,
> > >
> > > /Rick N6XI
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Rick Tavan N6XI
> > > Truckee, CA
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Re: MMTTY - Win 8.1

ve3ki@...
 

Two different computers (Win 7 vs Win 8.1)? Same radio or different radios? FSK or AFSK? If FSK, EXTFSK or a real serial port? If AFSK, the REV button in MMTTY? Sideband on the radio? Mode control settings (right side) in N1MM+ Configurer? Baud rate setting in MMTTY?

73,
Rich VE3KI


---In N1MMLoggerplus@..., <k3md009@...> wrote :

I have found that MMTTY in WL and N1MMpus is giving me gibberish on transmit, while Rittywrite in WL works fine in Win 8.1.  Has anyone else had this experience?  MMTTY workd fine in Win 7 in both WL and N1MMPlus.
73,
John K3MD
Re: QSO Number AWOL?

Larry K8UT
 

With the:
- contest name = WAERTTY”
- the contest Sent Exchange field = “#”
- the exchange Function Key (F2) message contains the {EXCH} macro
 
Version 1.05289 is sending serial numbers appropriately.
 
Maybe you put the # in the Function key message and not in the >File >Open Log in database “Sent Exchange = #”?
 
-larry (K8UT)
 

Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 8:13 PM
Subject: [N1MMLoggerplus] QSO Number AWOL?
 
 

N1MM doesn't seem to be sending serial numbers? Is it something I did?

I haven't changed anything but in WAE RTTY I can see # # # which usually send serial number but it sends nothing?

Changed to another contest template and its the same so may be in the last update?

Dead in the water now..

73

G8UBJ
MMTTY - Win 8.1

John Thompson
 

I have found that MMTTY in WL and N1MMpus is giving me gibberish on transmit, while Rittywrite in WL works fine in Win 8.1.  Has anyone else had this experience?  MMTTY workd fine in Win 7 in both WL and N1MMPlus.
73,
John K3MD
YASME Excellence Award

N1MM <tfwagner@...>
 

Today we were honored with the YASME Excellence Award. This is their press release:

November 13, 2015
St. Charles, MO


*THE YASME FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES YASME EXCELLENCE AWARD TO */*N1MM+*/*DEVELOPMENT TEAM*


The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that it has awarded the Yasme Excellence Award to the /N1MM+/Development Team: Tom Wagner, N1MM; Rick Ellison, N2AMG; Steve London, N2IC; John Bednar, K3CT; Nikolay Safronov, NA3M; Pete Smith, N4ZR; Andreas Hofman, KU7T; Larry Gauthier, K8UT; and Richard Ferch, VE3KI. The initial /N1MM Classic/is a sophisticated logging program offered at no cost to contesters around the world. /N1MM+/is a major revision to the original program and was a completely volunteer effort of thousands of programmer-hours to rewrite and test more than 250,000 lines of code. (_www.n1mm.com <http://www.n1mm.com/>;_) The program continues to be made available without charge and continues to be refined on a regular basis, supported by an extensive user group and full documentation.

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The Yasme Foundation

Board of Directors:

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Bob Vallio, W6RGG, Director
Re: Zone Confusion, Observation in Makrothen test

Gerald Wilson
 

John K3CT and all,

You have hit the nail squarely.   I may still need some tutoring.

Here is what I conclude from looking at the TRN file ... if I'm reading it right.  I was using enter-sends-message (ESM) and in the middle of a short run of CQ's.  Whether I grabbed some garbage copy or I fumble-fingered a mouse-click, I ended up with my Entry Window having EL09 (that's EL-zero-nine, probably an expert Liberian contester-DXer, just kidding) in my callsign blank.  From the TRN File, I believe I mistakenly entered that EL09 into the log.  From the surrounding QSO times, I conclude that I immediately saw the mistake, corrected it, and thanked KN5S for his response to my CQ.   The KN5S QSO was edited before I responded to the next station answering my CQ.  I appear to have copied and recorded everyone's grid locator correctly.  As we all agree, I did not and would not see a CQ Zone number.  At the end of contests, I make it a habit to do a before exporting the Cabrillo log and ADI file.

My Question at this Point:
Is there anyway I could have avoided recording into my log that erroneous West African CQ Zone number for the non-existent EL09 station?

I wish I could have worked a few West African stations though.....

Thanks for your quick response, correct analysis, and the help to set me straight.   Thanks to the whole team!
73,

   Jerry    K7VIT

On 11/13/2015 10:54, 'John Bednar' k3ct@... [N1MMLoggerplus] wrote:
 

Jerry,

 

This was likely cause by this series of events.

-          You entered and logged a callsign in zone 35 at 20151010 214046

-          Then you changed only the callsign and not the zone.

 

You can review the TRN file for this contest. It contains the series of events (logging, editing, deleting). Search for the callsign and review the history.

 

The MAKROTHEN RTTY contest does not use the zone field but is populated as you type the callsign based on the Country file information. When I import ADIF into Dx4Win it flags any unexpected zones.

 

John, K3CT

 

 

From: N1MMLoggerplus@... [mailto:N1MMLoggerplus@...]
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 12:50 AM
To: N1MMLoggerplus@...
Subject: [N1MMLoggerplus] Zone Confusion, Observation in Makrothen test

 

 

Earlier in August 2015, I wrote about some erroneous zone numbers reported from N1MM+ causing "mismatches" between what was showing in my log versus LOTW.  This occurred even though CQ Zone numbers were not part of the contest exchange.  A couple of those responding said the problem had been corrected.  I also believe that the situation has improved.  Recently I uploaded some contest logs to LOTW and experienced one mismatch which I can carefully and curiously report.  I do NOT have an explanation.

Please understand, I am reporting it just in case it will be helpful for those taking measures to correct issues.

I made contacts in The Makrothen Contest.  The Makrothen contest exchange is a signal report and a 4-character Maidenhead Grid locator.  I do not recall having any problems during this contest, and there were no opportunities for entering CQ Zone numbers.  I do use N1MM+ Logger's super check partial option.  I do not use call history, and I do not use any link to a callbook.   I did not experience RF feedback during these QSO's. 

During the contest, I was using N1MM Logger+ 1.0.5221.0.  After the contest, I exported my Cabrillo log for reporting to contest sponsors.  I also exported the ADI file to import into my general DX logging program.  After uploading my logs to LOTW, I noted a mismatch between LOTW and the ADI-file which was exported by N1MM+.

Below are Cabrillo log-record exports followed by the corresponding ADI-file records for the reported mismatch.  Both are directly exported from N1MM+.

Cabrillo log entries ...

QSO: 21090 RY 2015-10-10 2140 K7VIT         599 CN85   KN5S          599 EL09    
   
QSO: 14095 RY 2015-10-10 2211 K7VIT         599 CN85   KN5S          599 EL09

ADI-file Records ...

KN5S 20151010 214046 15M K7VIT 21.09030 MAKROTHEN-RTTY 21.09030 RTTY 599 599 600 K7VIT EL09 35 64 2746 1 AF 1 1 True GTWILSONX 1



KN5S 20151010 221101 20M K7VIT 14.09500 MAKROTHEN-RTTY 14.09500 RTTY 599 599 600 K7VIT EL09 4 74 2746 1 NA 1 1 True GTWILSONX 0


Again I have not seen this zone issue lately, but this one popped up and was so easy to spot that I thought I would submit one observation.  As can be seen, the 2 ADI-file records do not agree regarding the CQ Zone number.

Constructively submitted with appreciation
and with 73,

  Jerry    K7VIT

Tech. Details:
Windows 7 Pro (64)
AMD A10  3.4 GHz
16 GB RAM
Re: Macros and Choppy CW

Terry Glagowski / W1TR / AFA1DI
 

Often WHAT IS NOT SAID is important…

When surfing / browsing for products, USB to Serial, many alternatives will be suggested.

READ CAREFULLY the product spec, to be sure it explicitly states FTDI chips / devices.

Alternatives can be ultra cheap, but typically you can find a USB to Serial FTDI for under $15…

I recommend PI Manufacturing, but they also offer some with Prolific chips, so beware.

 

73, Terry / W1TR  :  )

 

From: N1MMLoggerplus@... [mailto:N1MMLoggerplus@...]
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 14:01
To: N1MMLoggerplus@...
Subject: RE: [N1MMLoggerplus] Re: Macros and Choppy CW

 

 

Read the description and reviews carefully if shopping at Amazon.

Not everything that claims to be FTDI actually is FTDI.

--
Michael Adams | N1EN | mda@...

From: N1MMLoggerplus@... [mailto:N1MMLoggerplus@...]
Sent: Friday, 13 November, 2015 13:43
To: N1MMLoggerplus@...
Subject: Re: [N1MMLoggerplus] Re: Macros and Choppy CW

 
The description on Newegg or Amazon will say that it is FTDI. If it
doesn't, don't buy it.

73,
Tom - N1MM

Re: Bandmap

John Bednar
 

Pete,


Good to bump into you here....


#1 -- You must be using an Icom radio. In the radio menu set Transceive to OFF.
Recommended: While you are in the radio menu, set the baud rate to 19200 if it isn't. Set the Logger+ Config radio port baud rate to 19200.


#2 -- Telnet window, one of the tabs near the top of the pane.


If someone else doesn't help with the last question, I'll answer it when I'm in front of a full keyboard.


John, K3CT

On 11/13/15, 'K2PS Pete Stafford' psk2ps@gmail.com [N1MMLoggerplus] wrote:









































I've noticed that the Bandmap only changes after I've
stopped tuning. Is this the way it is supposed to work, or is it my PC or
radio interface?







Is there a parameter that will allow me to set the time that
Bandmap spots remain?







And how about some quick way to have a call entered into the
Bandmap when I'm S&Ping, unassisted, and scanning the band for calls late
in the contest and where I've already worked most of 'em, to avoid waiting for
them to identify time and again?







Thanks!







Pete, K2PS
Re: Bandmap

Steve London
 

On 11/13/2015 02:07 PM, 'K2PS Pete Stafford' psk2ps@gmail.com [N1MMLoggerplus] wrote:
I've noticed that the Bandmap only changes after I've stopped tuning.
Is this the way it is supposed to work, or is it my PC or radio interface?
Something is wrong. What is your radio, etc ?


Is there a parameter that will allow me to set the time that Bandmap
spots remain?
Yes, it's in the Telnet, Filters tabs, even though you may not be using spotting, it still works.


And how about some quick way to have a call entered into the Bandmap
when I'm S&Ping, unassisted, and scanning the band for calls late in the
contest and where I've already worked most of 'em, to avoid waiting for
them to identify time and again?
Type in the call. Spin the dial. The call should appear in the bandmap. Make sure you have "Show Non-workable Spots and Dupes in Bandmap" checked. It's in the Entry Window Config menu.

73,
Steve, N2IC
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