I am not sure how much but will try to be there in the week-long contest. >The rules say nothing about (not) using "spotting nets", so looking for >possible QSO's on www.dstarusers.org should be fine. I haven't been >there in a while - are the JA's running dstarmon yet? That would really >help in this event, to see which JA is on which gateway.
There is a similar web site under the JARL which shows the last heard information of JA stations. The problem is it is not publicized and only those who registered to the web can browse it. I asked the JARL if there is a plan to make it open. Well, they listed several reasons why they don't which did not make sense to me. After all they agreed to put it on the requirement list. So, I am not sure if/when it will happen. I am sure it won't by the contest :-( >I think you will want to have the JA (and as many other) gateways > as possible programmed in your radio Just in case, the list of JA repeaters were posted here several times in the past, and also there is a link in the top page of www.dstarusers.org. 73, -- JI1BQW - Kay Ishikawa ----------------------- Original Message ----------------------- On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:58:58 -0000 "john_ke5c" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Below is the latest announcement. I am excited as WriteLog is the only >> contesting software package that will support the D-STAR Contest as >> outlined on the ICOM Japan website. > >I don't know if I'll do anything in this contest - I am a contester but this >is not what most of us would consider as a contest. Anyway, you don't need to >purchase WriteLog. You can use any logging program with a "generic QSO" type >of contest, generate a Cabrillo file from your log, edit the contest name in >the Cabrillo log, then submit it. That is the whole idea of Cabrillo - you >just submit your log in that format and the contest manager dupes and verifies >your log (log checking against other logs submitted), then calculates your >score. > >I'm starting to use <http://www.n1mm.com/>http://www.n1mm.com/ more, and the >VHFDX contest under General Contest Logging will work, just leave the GRID >field blank in your log. N1MM is FREE. After the contest, generate a Cabrillo >log, edit the header, and you are done. > >The rules say nothing about (not) using "spotting nets", so looking for >possible QSO's on www.dstarusers.org should be fine. I haven't been there in a >while - are the JA's running dstarmon yet? That would really help in this >event, to see which JA is on which gateway. I think you will want to have the >JA (and as many other) gateways as possible programmed in your radio so you >can make slash routed calls quickly rather than having to constantly program >gateways on the fly. Again, what a shame that each DStar radio has a different >computer interface so that you can't control them and program them on the fly >with one program. > >More later perhaps, 73 -- John > > > > --------------------- Original Message Ends --------------------
