Congratulations Wayne! I still keep a log - a paper log that includes all contacts, band cdx notes, station setup, etc. It's as much of a journal as anything. I always filled the back side of the ARRL log book pages with those notes while the contacts went on the front of each page. I now use loose pages (numbered as the are used) that go into 3-ring binders.
I tried an electronic log for a while, thinking it would be fun to surprise someone with "Hi OM! Good to hear you again. Are you still running the XXXX?" from a contact 5 years ago! And it worked. But I spend my days at a keyboard and the only computer hardware in my shack is the notebook I used to update firmware or run some tests. Ham time for me is not time staring at a screen and flailing at the keyboard - it's for listening to sounds and flailing on my bug, Hi! And it's funny, I can hear a call that sounds like I may have worked him before and almost always flip to the last QSO very quickly, even if it's many pages and many months back! But then I'm a rag-chewer, not someone who enjoys quickie 5NN-5NN contacts. 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- In nineteen seventy something, I passed a ham radio exam for the first time. I never got a station put together, and so never got on the air. In nineteen eighty something, I passed the test again. But once again I didn't get a station and never got on the air. This time, I built the station _first_, then got licensed. About a month ago I finished K2 #7150, with the aid of great instructions, Elecraft's fine support, the archive of this mailing list, and all of your generous help. Oh, and the Optivisor. I spent weeks wearing the Optivisor. Saturday, dad and I each passed both the technician and general exams. Our callsigns have just been assigned (they're even sequential). I'm going to drop by the ham store on the way home and pick up a log book. I know I'm not required to log my contacts, but having dad's callsign as my first log entry... how can I not do that? This has been a long time coming. Thanks for all of your help in making it happen. 73, Wayne Conrad KF7QGA ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
