[BVARC] Recap - ARMG June Program - "QSO Logging Programs"

2020-06-23 Thread Rick Hiller via BVARC 
For those that might have missed this great program about logging
applications
The Amateur Radio Mentoring Group (ARMG
) held an overview and demos
for of QSO Logging Programs Monday, June 22. Programs included:

*DXKeeper DXLab*
Jerry-N5EKO
*Grid Tracker*
Kirc-N5XJB
*N3FJP*
Lee-KC3LEE/WA5LEE
*Logging CW QSOs*
Marty-W5MF

Many thanks to the 35+ participants who checked in. You will find the
check-ins in the chat log.

*The session recording along with the chat log available here
.* *The presentation deck with
associated links is available in the files section here
.*

Let us know if you have any issues locating the recordings, files or links.
Also, please let other amateurs know about these programs.

73, Bill - K5LK




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[BVARC] WSTJ-X Release 2.2.2

2020-06-23 Thread Jeff Greer via BVARC 
Got this in another reflector and thought I would pass it along.

-j

WSJT-X v2.2.2 is a bug fix release, mainly to incorporate the new RAC
section PE into the FT8/FT4/MSK144 Contest Mode for Field Day.

 - Stations intending to operate in Field Day (FD) are urged to
   upgrade to this release, without it you cannot set your section to
   PE, and of equal importance you cannot decode contest messages from
   stations who are operating from PE without this upgrade.

 - FT8 decoder speeded up in Normal and Fast modes. This change gives
   a speed of decoding closer to that of v2.1.2 without compromising
   the number of decodes. It is particularly targeted for slower
   single board computer users such as the Raspberry Pi Model 3 or
   similar.

 - Thanks to our user interface language translation contributors for
   many improvements to the translated strings.

 - The DX Grid field is now cleared automatically when the DX Call
   field is changed. Care should be taken to complete entry of a
   call sign before entering a grid square.


>From 2.2.2 Release notes



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Re: [BVARC] ARMG -- June Program -- Tomorrow night on Zoom

2020-06-23 Thread Rudy Hardy via BVARC 
Ron Litt,

Since you’re so critical maybe next time we will ask you to do a presentation 
and hopefully yours will be perfect!

Take care!

Rudy, W5HRH

> On Jun 23, 2020, at 10:39 AM, Ron Litt via BVARC  wrote:
> 
> Bruce,
> I had just the reverse experience.  Bought PDA.  Worked erratically. Crashed 
> a lot. No support either by phone or email.
> 
> Moved to Dxlabs. Its free. Installed smoothly. Worked right out of the box.   
> Got help from the reflector.  Which is also monitored by the author.  Regular 
> updates which are also free.  Go figure.
> .
> Ron 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2020, 21:00 Bruce via BVARC  > wrote:
> I have a Windows PC. Tried to load DXlab one day to see how it works. Loaded 
> up but never ran, could not do anything. Their tech support said to reformat 
> my hard drive, install Windows and then install their program. If their 
> software has to run on a clean PC without anything else, that was not the 
> software for me. Although I know there are many using it, just did not 
> workout for me. 
> 
> I have used PDA's Logic since, well, since about 1993. Have gone through many 
> iterations and upgrades. Never hurts to see what other packages can do. Maybe 
> I would have found a neat feature that I really liked. Never know. 
> 
> 73...bruce
> 
> On 6/22/2020 8:47 PM, ron.litt--- via BVARC wrote:
>> Listened to the first part of this meeting which was on DX Labs.  The 
>> presenter was not prepared, only knew a small part of DXLAB.  Made it look a 
>> lot more complicated that it is.  He had a lot of the DXkeepr module that 
>> did not work because it was not set up. IMHO, he did more harm that good.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Ron Litt
>> 
>> 281-961-4570
>> 
>> 866-667-0521 FAX
>> 
>> ron.l...@gmail.com 
>>  
>> 
>> From: BVARC   On 
>> Behalf Of Rick Hiller via BVARC
>> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2020 4:48 PM
>> To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB  
>> 
>> Cc: Rick Hiller  
>> Subject: [BVARC] ARMG -- June Program -- Tomorrow night on Zoom
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> The local Amateur Radio Mentoring Group will host an interactive program on 
>> "QSO Logging Software"
>> 
>> Monday, June 22 at 8 PM CDT (01:00 UTC Tuesday, June 23)
>> 
>> Zoom  https://zoom.us/j/2815436502  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Zoom Meeting Number: 2815436502  Password 123456
>> 
>> Interactive sub-topics and demos currently planned:
>> - Logging basics, best practices in logging
>> - DXKeeper
>> - GridTracker
>> - N3FJP
>> - Logging considerations for CW ops
>> 
>> We hope to CU Monday!
>> 73, Bill, K5LK  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
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> 
> -- 
> 
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>  
> AMSAT Director Contests and Awards 
> AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020   
>   
> ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE 
>   
> Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* 
> Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com  
> Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml 
>  or iTunes 
>   
> Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News   
> http://www.arrl.org  
> 
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Re: [BVARC] ARMG -- June Program -- Tomorrow night on Zoom

2020-06-23 Thread Ron Litt via BVARC 
Bruce,
I had just the reverse experience.  Bought PDA.  Worked erratically.
Crashed a lot. No support either by phone or email.

Moved to Dxlabs. Its free. Installed smoothly. Worked right out of the
box.   Got help from the reflector.  Which is also monitored by the
author.  Regular updates which are also free.  Go figure.
.
Ron

On Mon, Jun 22, 2020, 21:00 Bruce via BVARC  wrote:

> I have a Windows PC. Tried to load DXlab one day to see how it works.
> Loaded up but never ran, could not do anything. Their tech support said to
> reformat my hard drive, install Windows and then install their program. If
> their software has to run on a clean PC without anything else, that was not
> the software for me. Although I know there are many using it, just did not
> workout for me.
>
> I have used PDA's Logic since, well, since about 1993. Have gone through
> many iterations and upgrades. Never hurts to see what other packages can
> do. Maybe I would have found a neat feature that I really liked. Never
> know.
>
> 73...bruce
>
> On 6/22/2020 8:47 PM, ron.litt--- via BVARC wrote:
>
> Listened to the first part of this meeting which was on DX Labs.  The
> presenter was not prepared, only knew a small part of DXLAB.  Made it look
> a lot more complicated that it is.  He had a lot of the DXkeepr module that
> did not work because it was not set up. IMHO, he did more harm that good.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Ron Litt
>
> 281-961-4570
>
> 866-667-0521 FAX
>
> ron.l...@gmail.com
>
>
>
> *From:* BVARC   *On
> Behalf Of *Rick Hiller via BVARC
> *Sent:* Sunday, June 21, 2020 4:48 PM
> *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB  
> *Cc:* Rick Hiller  
> *Subject:* [BVARC] ARMG -- June Program -- Tomorrow night on Zoom
>
>
>
> The local *Amateur Radio Mentoring Group* will host an interactive
> program on *"QSO Logging Software"*
>
> Monday, June 22 at 8 PM CDT (01:00 UTC Tuesday, June 23)
>
> *Zoom  **https://zoom.us/j/2815436502 *
>
>
>
>
> *Zoom Meeting Number: 2815436502  Password 123456 *
> Interactive sub-topics and demos currently planned:
> - Logging basics, best practices in logging
> - DXKeeper
> - GridTracker
> - N3FJP
> - Logging considerations for CW ops
>
> We hope to CU Monday!
> 73, Bill, K5LK
>
>
>
>
>
> [image: Image removed by sender.]
> 
>
> Virus-free. www.avast.com
> 
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> --
>
> Bruce Paige, KK5DO
>
> AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
> AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020
>
> ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE
>
> Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT*
> Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com
> Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes
>
> Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News   http://www.arrl.org
>
> AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat
>
> 
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Re: [BVARC] Old cd recorder

2020-06-23 Thread John Mechura via BVARC 
If you are not in a rush, I can attempt a repair.  I am a retired consumer
electronics technician with a small shop in SW Houston.

John, KI5HOC

On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 6:40 PM Martin Blaise via BVARC 
wrote:

> I have an old 8 in one radio plus turntable plus cassette plus cd
> recorder. However the cd tray is not working. Does anyone know someone who
> could repair it? If it’s working I can copy LP and 45s to Cds. Thanks
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Re: [BVARC] Update on Houston ECHO Society

2020-06-23 Thread Jimmy Vance via BVARC 
It is worth noting that Google offers its own enterprise Zoom competitor 
called Meet as part of its G Suite offering which would be the primary 
reason they wouldn't want their employees using a competitors software




On 6/23/2020 3:02 AM, D. Howard Bingham via BVARC wrote:


On 6/22/2020 11:28 AM, Will Gray via BVARC wrote:

*I find it disturbing that China owns/operates ZOOM with the servers 
in China.*


Will KB7QL


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On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 10:53 AM Chris Heustis via BVARC 
mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org>> wrote:


This was a good presentation during the Zoom meeting, but there
were several questions regarding the history of the call sign
system itself.

There is a QST article from '94 that does a pretty good job.


https://archive.org/details/AnOverviewOfAmateurCallSignsPastAndPresent/mode/1up?q=X


 '73
Chris Heustis
W5GX





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Re: [BVARC] Update on Houston ECHO Society

2020-06-23 Thread D. Howard Bingham via BVARC 

On 6/22/2020 11:28 AM, Will Gray via BVARC wrote:

*I find it disturbing that China owns/operates ZOOM with the servers 
in China.*


Will KB7QL


--

*Just one reason why GOOGLE prohibits GOOGLE EMPLOYEES FROM COMPANY 
CONFERENCING on ZOOM.

*

D. Howard Bingham

KE5APJ

--



On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 10:53 AM Chris Heustis via BVARC 
mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org>> wrote:


This was a good presentation during the Zoom meeting, but there
were several questions regarding the history of the call sign
system itself.

There is a QST article from '94 that does a pretty good job.


https://archive.org/details/AnOverviewOfAmateurCallSignsPastAndPresent/mode/1up?q=X


 '73
Chris Heustis
W5GX




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