If you are interested in getting started in contest work, or getting back into it, the WA7BNM Contest Calendar is probably the best source of information. Quite an improvement over the eight minutes it was taking before tackling the cleanup! Further scrubbing of the laptop's unneeded files and start-up programs has sped boot-time to about 90 seconds.
#Sdrplay and n1mm logger at the same time software
The old laptop, running Windows XP, continues to work well as does the N1MM logging software driven by the K1EL USB keying interface. In reality, either mode is a great way to keep your CW skills honed. Hopefully something will come up soon where I can get more 'run' practice as this requires a higher level of alertness compared with S&P. One area that doesn't get a lot of practice is in the 'run' mode, since most of these QSO party contacts are in the 'search and pounce' (S&P) mode. My weekly QSO Part activity has been a good way for me to ease back into contesting and an aid in improving my ear-brain-keyboarding skills. Two were worked in 9 counties, missing the extra thousand points by one more from each. Two of them were worked in more than 15 counties, while five were worked in 10 counties. Mobile stations also provide extra 'bonus' points, with 500 additional points gained each time you work the same mobile in 5 different counties. you fellows really add a lot of interest to the contest. There was a very active fleet of mobile operators as well, moving from county to county and sometimes setting-up on county borderlines to provide two, three or even four counties at a time. I entered in the low-power, single- operator, CW-only class and without spending huge amounts of time, ended up with 185 contacts in 117 counties. As well, Texas is a nice single-hop from here on HF and most signals, even from the numerous mobiles, were loud. With Texas being such a large state, there seemed to be a correspondingly large amount of activity. As annual QSO Parties go, this one must be one of the best.
I spent a few hours, yesterday and today, playing in the Texas QSO Party.
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