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looking for software to control my hy-gain DCU-3 rotator controller that will work with n3fjp (not HRD software. Have had problems with HRD working n3fjp.--
wa1say (Sandy)
locked Re: NA Sprint

Pat Whelton
 

If I’m not mistaken all of Scott’s loggers log in 24 hour time.  That’s basic Ham Radio.  How would you be able to confirm QSOs if you logged in local time (12 hour) and your contact was drinking a cool one in Swaziland?

 

 

From: N3FJPSoftwareUsers@groups.io <N3FJPSoftwareUsers@groups.io> On Behalf Of Donald R Beck
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 4:03 PM
To: N3FJPSoftwareUsers@groups.io
Subject: Re: [N3FJPSoftwareUsers] NA Sprint

 

To those of us who prefer a 24 hr clock could you please add that option in a future update?  Thanks 

DR Beck

Toolbox Productions,Inc.



On Oct 28, 2020, at 02:50, Scott Davis via groups.io <SNKDavis@...> wrote:



Hi JoAnn,

 

Thanks for your e-mail.  For a time, their rules diverged, necessitating the addition of a different program.  If things ever slow down and I have the opportunity I will remerge them into one, but there are countless, higher priority items on the to do list presently.

 

Enjoy!

73, Scott

N3FJP

 

Serving the Amateur Radio community with contesting and general logging software since 1997.

 

1 Peter 3 vs 15: Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect...

 

-----Original Message-----
From: JoAnn Donaldson via groups.io <joannplano2005@...>
To: n3fjpsoftwareusers@groups.io <n3fjpsoftwareusers@groups.io>
Sent: Tue, Oct 27, 2020 5:59 pm
Subject: [N3FJPSoftwareUsers] NA Sprint

Scott,

    I am getting setup for the NA SSB Sprint this weekend. I noticed that you have TWO NA Sprint downloads. One has the CW and RTTY Modes greyed out and the other you can select between

CW/RTTY/SSB. Just wondering what the difference is between the Loggers. IMHO, it seems to be

a redundancy with the SSB Only Version.

 

JoAnn

AB8YZ
locked Re: NA Sprint

Donald R Beck
 

To those of us who prefer a 24 hr clock could you please add that option in a future update?  Thanks 

DR Beck
Toolbox Productions,Inc.

On Oct 28, 2020, at 02:50, Scott Davis via groups.io <SNKDavis@...> wrote:


Hi JoAnn,

Thanks for your e-mail.  For a time, their rules diverged, necessitating the addition of a different program.  If things ever slow down and I have the opportunity I will remerge them into one, but there are countless, higher priority items on the to do list presently.

Enjoy!

73, Scott
N3FJP

Serving the Amateur Radio community with contesting and general logging software since 1997.

1 Peter 3 vs 15: Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect...


-----Original Message-----
From: JoAnn Donaldson via groups.io <joannplano2005@...>
To: n3fjpsoftwareusers@groups.io <n3fjpsoftwareusers@groups.io>
Sent: Tue, Oct 27, 2020 5:59 pm
Subject: [N3FJPSoftwareUsers] NA Sprint

Scott,
    I am getting setup for the NA SSB Sprint this weekend. I noticed that you have TWO NA Sprint downloads. One has the CW and RTTY Modes greyed out and the other you can select between
CW/RTTY/SSB. Just wondering what the difference is between the Loggers. IMHO, it seems to be
a redundancy with the SSB Only Version.

JoAnn
AB8YZ
Re: NAQP SSB sprint question

Joseph Miller
 

Thank you Scott. I've been away from ham radio for two years and find I need some reorientation. Still enjoy using your software and still recommend it to my friends.

Vy 73 de Joe

On Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 10:07 AM Scott Davis via groups.io <SNKDavis=aol.com@groups.io> wrote:
Hi Joe,

Thanks for your e-mail.  Here is the program that you are looking for, for this weekend's contest:


Enjoy!

73, Scott
N3FJP

Serving the Amateur Radio community with contesting and general logging software since 1997.

1 Peter 3 vs 15: Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect...


-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Miller <kj8o.ham@...>
To: N3FJPSoftwareUsers@groups.io
Sent: Wed, Oct 28, 2020 11:41 am
Subject: [N3FJPSoftwareUsers] NAQP SSB sprint question

Good morning, Scott,

I keep getting e-mails about this Sprint that runs for 4 hours. The exchange is their call sign, your call sign, serial number, name and state/province.

Do you have any software that might work? The NAQP would work if I wrote down separately each serial number. But trying to eliminate that extra step.

Thanks in advance.

73 de Joe KJ8O
Re: NAQP SSB sprint question

Scott Davis
 

Hi Joe,

Thanks for your e-mail.  Here is the program that you are looking for, for this weekend's contest:

http://www.n3fjp.com/nasprint.html

Enjoy!

73, Scott
N3FJP

Serving the Amateur Radio community with contesting and general logging software since 1997.

1 Peter 3 vs 15: Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect...


-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Miller <kj8o.ham@...>
To: N3FJPSoftwareUsers@groups.io
Sent: Wed, Oct 28, 2020 11:41 am
Subject: [N3FJPSoftwareUsers] NAQP SSB sprint question

Good morning, Scott,

I keep getting e-mails about this Sprint that runs for 4 hours. The exchange is their call sign, your call sign, serial number, name and state/province.

Do you have any software that might work? The NAQP would work if I wrote down separately each serial number. But trying to eliminate that extra step.

Thanks in advance.

73 de Joe KJ8O
NAQP SSB sprint question

Joseph Miller
 

Good morning, Scott,

I keep getting e-mails about this Sprint that runs for 4 hours. The exchange is their call sign, your call sign, serial number, name and state/province.

Do you have any software that might work? The NAQP would work if I wrote down separately each serial number. But trying to eliminate that extra step.

Thanks in advance.

73 de Joe KJ8O
locked Re: NA Sprint

Scott Davis
 

Hi JoAnn,

Thanks for your e-mail.  For a time, their rules diverged, necessitating the addition of a different program.  If things ever slow down and I have the opportunity I will remerge them into one, but there are countless, higher priority items on the to do list presently.

Enjoy!

73, Scott
N3FJP

Serving the Amateur Radio community with contesting and general logging software since 1997.

1 Peter 3 vs 15: Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect...


-----Original Message-----
From: JoAnn Donaldson via groups.io <joannplano2005@...>
To: n3fjpsoftwareusers@groups.io <n3fjpsoftwareusers@groups.io>
Sent: Tue, Oct 27, 2020 5:59 pm
Subject: [N3FJPSoftwareUsers] NA Sprint

Scott,
    I am getting setup for the NA SSB Sprint this weekend. I noticed that you have TWO NA Sprint downloads. One has the CW and RTTY Modes greyed out and the other you can select between
CW/RTTY/SSB. Just wondering what the difference is between the Loggers. IMHO, it seems to be
a redundancy with the SSB Only Version.

JoAnn
AB8YZ
Re: new user-lotw confirmations?

Jim Shorney
 

Don't know, mine just showed up that way. Local time in 12 hour format and UTC 24 hour.

73

-Jim
NU0C

On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 19:14:51 -0700
"Donald R Beck" <dbeck@toolboxproductions.net> wrote:

I got that. Finally. What about 24 hr clock?
DR Beck
Toolbox Productions,Inc.

On Oct 26, 2020, at 19:13, Jim Shorney <jshorney@inebraska.com> wrote:


Scroll to the right until you see the frequency column. Click-hold on the title bar and drag it to the left until you have it where you want it.

I suggest you keep it in the lower box also for times when you may want to enter the freq manually.

73

-Jim
NU0C

On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 11:37:27 -0700
"Donald R Beck" <dbeck@toolboxproductions.net> wrote:

What I want to do is have a column under “recent contact” that displays frequency. And not have it on the lower box. How?
DR Beck
Toolbox Productions,Inc.
Re: Nov Sweep

Mel Marcus
 

I went to read your talk and got a web page error

Mel
NE9A

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [N3FJPSoftwareUsers] Nov Sweep
From: "Dave via groups.io" <kc3am@...>
Date: Tue, October 27, 2020 9:38 pm
To: N3FJPSoftwareUsers@groups.io

Very interesting talk Larry.
I am not that energetic for DXCC but I do want to try more CW.
I may try the site you suggested and see what happens.
I have listened to qso's in progress which helps also. I can probably do
8 wpm at this time.

73,
Dave KC3AM

On 10/27/2020 12:00, Larry Banks via groups.io wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> I am also slow at CW, but I do have DXCC.  Check out my talk at: <
> https://www.qsl.net/w1dyj/CW%20DXCC.pdf  >.
>
> 73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Dave via groups.io
> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 11:44
> To: N3FJPSoftwareUsers@groups.io
> Subject: [N3FJPSoftwareUsers] Nov Sweep
>
> I just installed Nov Sweepstakes from my CD and it was version 4.4,
> 2006 CD.
>
> Went to the web site and upgraded to 7.1 and this went perfect.
> I may try the CW weekend but I am very slow at CW.
>
> Thanks Scott & family for everything.

--
Hams should be seen as well as heard, 73, Dave KC3AM
Re: Nov Sweep

Dave
 

Very interesting talk Larry.
I am not that energetic for DXCC but I do want to try more CW.
I may try the site you suggested and see what happens.
I have listened to qso's in progress which helps also. I can probably do 8 wpm at this time.

73,
Dave KC3AM

On 10/27/2020 12:00, Larry Banks via groups.io wrote:
Hi Dave,

I am also slow at CW, but I do have DXCC.  Check out my talk at: < https://www.qsl.net/w1dyj/CW%20DXCC.pdf  >.

73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ


-----Original Message----- From: Dave via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 11:44
To: N3FJPSoftwareUsers@groups.io
Subject: [N3FJPSoftwareUsers] Nov Sweep

I just installed Nov Sweepstakes from my CD and it was version 4.4, 2006 CD.

Went to the web site and upgraded to 7.1 and this went perfect.
I may try the CW weekend but I am very slow at CW.

Thanks Scott & family for everything.
--
Hams should be seen as well as heard, 73, Dave KC3AM
Re: ACL not opening

Scott Davis
 

Hi Bernard,

You are running an older version.  Please go ahead and upgrade as detailed here:

http://www.n3fjp.com/upgradestepsaclog.html

73, Scott
N3FJP

Serving the Amateur Radio community with contesting and general logging software since 1997.

1 Peter 3 vs 15: Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect...


-----Original Message-----
From: Bernard Terry <vk4kx@...>
To: N3FJPSoftwareUsers@groups.io
Sent: Tue, Oct 27, 2020 8:01 pm
Subject: Re: [N3FJPSoftwareUsers] ACL not opening

Version 5.0.3

Re: ACL not opening

Dave
 

Right click the icon then properties and see what the path is to get to ACL.
Go there and see if the program is actually there or possibly the path is wrong somehow.

Dave KC3AM

On 10/27/2020 19:57, Bernard Terry wrote:
No Error message at all, it just won't open when I try the icon.
I have tried Admin repair as well.

--
Hams should be seen as well as heard, 73, Dave KC3AM
Re: ACL not opening

Bernard Terry
 

Version 5.0.3
Re: ACL not opening

Bernard Terry
 

No Error message at all, it just won't open when I try the icon.
I have tried Admin repair as well.
Re: ACL not opening

Scott Davis
 

Hi Bernard,

Thanks for your e-mail.  I'm sorry that you have run into trouble.  What specifically is the error message that you are receiving when you try to start AC Log?  Which version are you running?

Your log files are independent of the installation (and AC Log makes backups automatically too), so unless your hard drive is failing, your log is likely fine.

73, Scott
N3FJP

Serving the Amateur Radio community with contesting and general logging software since 1997.

1 Peter 3 vs 15: Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect...


-----Original Message-----
From: Bernard Terry <vk4kx@...>
To: N3FJPSoftwareUsers@groups.io
Sent: Tue, Oct 27, 2020 6:46 pm
Subject: [N3FJPSoftwareUsers] ACL not opening

Until today my ACL has worked well but this morning I tried to start the program and it will not start from the desktop shortcut or in Windows menu. I am at a loss as to how to fire it up, can anyone offer a suggestion? I am going to reboot the pc shortly to see if that fixes it, I am concerned that if I do a reinstall I will lose my logs that have not been backed up for a while.

ACL not opening

Bernard Terry
 

Until today my ACL has worked well but this morning I tried to start the program and it will not start from the desktop shortcut or in Windows menu. I am at a loss as to how to fire it up, can anyone offer a suggestion? I am going to reboot the pc shortly to see if that fixes it, I am concerned that if I do a reinstall I will lose my logs that have not been backed up for a while.
Re: Nov Sweep

K8TS
 

Scott has a cw practice program the last I looked, and admittedly never used.

G4FON has a contest emulator that includes SS, as well as 5-6 other major CW contests.

It set me back $20, but can be set at any speed.  Work a couple of hours a day and push the envelope on speed.

You will be pleasantly surprised at your score on Scott’s SS program when done.

Dale K8TS

 

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

 

From: Jeff KB6CA
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 2:38 PM
To: N3FJPSoftwareUsers@groups.io
Subject: Re: [N3FJPSoftwareUsers] Nov Sweep

 

L

 
locked NA Sprint

JoAnn Donaldson
 

Scott,
    I am getting setup for the NA SSB Sprint this weekend. I noticed that you have TWO NA Sprint downloads. One has the CW and RTTY Modes greyed out and the other you can select between
CW/RTTY/SSB. Just wondering what the difference is between the Loggers. IMHO, it seems to be
a redundancy with the SSB Only Version.

JoAnn
AB8YZ
Re: CQ WW

Larry Banks
 

I had a boss for a time named Darryl – you can imaging the office jokes...
Larry / W1DYJ
 
 

Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 14:25
Subject: Re: [N3FJPSoftwareUsers] CQ WW
 

Larry

It could be a comedy routine, remember the Bob Newhart show " Larry introduce his brothers this is my brother Darryl this is my other brother Darryl"

I guess I forgot about the headings. It would be nice if it was with first block of info in the stats

with the contacts by band. The coding always looks easy from the outside.

73 Larry K1ZW

On 10/26/2020 6:26 PM, Larry Banks via groups.io wrote:
Hi Larry,
 
Those are listed on the band headings on the contest page.  Look for the numbers after the band, for example my 40M header shows: 40 = 18 / 8, which means 18 countries and 8 zones.
 
The other Larry / W1DYJ
 
 
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 18:14
Subject: Re: [N3FJPSoftwareUsers] CQ WW
 

Hey Scott

Thanks for the help BUT

I'm trying to fill out the 3830scores.com and the want zones and countries by band?

How do you get that from the stats?

73 Larry K1ZW

On 10/26/2020 4:49 PM, Scott Davis via groups.io wrote:
Hi Larry,
 
Thanks for your e-mail.  If you count off times greater than 30 minutes as being inactive, you operated 2:36:17.  If you count off times greater than 60 minutes as being inactive, you operated 4:07:37.

A quick check of the rules indicates 60 minutes for Class Overlay.  I didn't check to see if any of the other options had a time constraint.

Enjoy!

73, Scott
N3FJP
 
Serving the Amateur Radio community with contesting and general logging software since 1997.
 
1 Peter 3 vs 15: Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect...


-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Stowell K1ZW mailto:wa2fif@...
To: N3FJPSoftwareUsers@groups.io
Sent: Mon, Oct 26, 2020 4:39 pm
Subject: [N3FJPSoftwareUsers] CQ WW

I'm looking at the statistics an it has me confused(easy to do)
 
  Total op time (breaks > 30 min deducted): 2:36:17
Total op time (breaks > 60 min deducted): 4:07:37
 
Avg Qs/Hr (breaks > 30 min deducted): 39.5
 
What does this mean? How much operating time did I do?
 
73 Larry K1ZW
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Rig Interface

Thomas
 

This is a good opportunity to enable the API on AC Log, then have the contest loggers talk to the API for radio bits.  It also makes it dead easy to transfer your contest contacts into the general log.


On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 3:28 PM Pat Whelton <pwhelton@...> wrote:

Never mind.  I changed some more stuff on the Rig Interface screen and “FINALLY” got it to work.  I then figured out how to take a screen shot and now have my own photo of what it looks like.  I’m headed to Wells Fargo to place my copy in the old safety deposit box.

 

As an aside.  I’m not a programmer but I think I know what causes my Rig Interface to go into Never-Never Land.

 

Here’s the scenario:  you always have ACLog open (always).  You’re a Ham right?  Ok, you’re thinking of trying one of Scott’s other programs because there’s this contest you’ve been wanting to try.  You go to Scott’s website and browse around and find the contest logger you think might fit the bill.  You download a copy and fire it up.  Danger Will Robinson.  This is where I think Ham Radio as you and I know it comes to a screeching halt and you have to play detective for a couple of hours.

 

I think because you now have two copies of various loggers vying for the same resources nothing but bad and evil things can happen.  Especially when it comes to com ports and Win-Keyers.  Bad, bad, bad things.  Really bad.

 

Again I’m not a programmer and don’t know how hard it is to retrofit 100 programs or if it’s even possible but it seems to me something like if “such and such is running” or if “your favorite com port” is in use do not allow another iteration of the program access to the resource or allow another iteration of a similar logger to run.

 

However, what do I know?  I just manage to get trapped by this little operating event more than I care to.

 

Regards,

 

Pat – KZ5J



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-Thomas AC9BJ
Mount Horeb, WI  EN53da
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