Happy Ied Mubarak 1430H

Happy Ied Mubarrak 1430H

Track your route on Google Earth

Now you've got your Garmin Nuvi GPS and you know about Google Earth. How about combining the two interesting things?
The easiest way is seeing your rute you've made on your Nuvi on the Google Earth. Too bad that my Nuvi has no capability to talk with Google Earth; so the option to combine the Nuvi data is doing by manually.

First fireup your Nuvi and connect to your computer. Fireup also your Google Earth programmed. After succesfully acces the Google Earth server drag a file with the extension .GPX from your Nuvi to the Places Folder.

Soon will be created a place called GPS Device consisting waypoint, tracks and routes.
Now you will see the tracks on the Google earth screen and sure also with some waypoint from your favorites.
Very interesting and nice.
So if you wanna see where your mate have been going you could grab his GPS and load the .gpx to your google earth, and you'll see where the place he's been visiting.....

Shopwiki : ......a new wiki?

Being influenced with internet we've already know about some wiki: wikipedia provides the encyclopedia, wikimapia provides wiki for map.
Now what about shopwiki?
Does it provide also wiki on shop? You bet it.
As a surfer, and also a ham radio, who's progressive, maintain the knowledge and skill, shoping via internet is a must.

We can order such as book [I've several time made order to ARRL, bought ON4UN Low Band DX-ing, ARRL HandBook and even HamRadio Map] and get satisfied with the service.
What about the other things? Now, just like a wiki, shopwiki provide plenty of things you could buy.

As a ham radio, sometime coffe and tea is the best friend along chasing the rare station, sure you could order kitchen and dinings things, coffee maker, toaster and steamer so you don't need worry along the night on your radio room.
With a hundred of groups things you could search the good that you need from your computer.
From accesories, automotive things and also wedding things such as wedding rings.

What about some celebrations after tired and long contesting? Sure you could toast with friend with some wine, sure also you can get the wine glasses from shopwiki....Just try it!

No sunspot : .......how about playing spades?

What actually will you do if the band conditions is so poor, with the lowest sunspot? Stil need chasing dx-station?
There're several choice being paused on dx-ing: maintaining the radio-shack, or just relax with friend playing spade maybe? Spade? Yes, there'll be an interesting choice waiting the sun spot.
According wikipedia Spade is a partnership trick-taking card game, in which the object is for each pair or partnership to take at least the number of tricks they bid on before play began. Spades is a descendant of the Whist family of card games which also includes Bridge, Hearts and Oh, Hell. Its major difference as compared to other whist variants is that, instead of trump being decided by the highest bidder or at random, the spade suit is always trump, hence the name.
You can play alone by yourself or playing with friends.
How about online spades? Sure you can learn first how to play spade. Then you can play with your friends. If you dare enough to play with money online spade sure you could try and proof how best you are on spades.
Spadester as online spades on internet claims better than Yahoo Spades, Pogo Spade or even MSN Spade. You can log in and get practice, the you can upgrade playing online with friends.
If you dare enough you could play on line with the money and you can earn the cash.
You can also joining the online tournament with the real online score... Very nice.
So...if you wanna pausing for a while, waiting the sun spot just got relax, playing spade will be one interesting choice....

Garmin Nuvi 205W : my new gadget

Finally got grabbed on my hand, after waiting and collecting some cents.
Thanks to YD0NGA for bringing to my life, so pretty and nice.

Acquiring the satellite is so fast. Completely with Indonesian City Navigator ver.4.0.
But sure you can add more maps to this unit. I've added NavNet from www.navigasi.net and also Southern Asia [Malaysia & Singapore]. But you need to provide additional SD Card.
Now my Nuvi completely with these maps and also add LCD screen protector to gain scratch resitance to this screen.
Nice and ready to the journey.
Would you take me to ride along..........sure follow me cause [now] I have the GPS!

Poll Result : What favourite Logger

30 days are over, now here's the result.
I believe that it's just a sampling methode, but thanks for the reader and also visitor the blog to join on this poll.
This is multiple choice and all visitor could vote also multiple answer.
From 21 votters it looks that N1MM logger is the favourite logger for contesting with 6 votes (42%), followed by WriteLog with 5 votes [35%] and Others 5 votes [35%], but I don't know with others logger type what they used. Next is MixW 2 votes [I am afraid that visitors are not too much intereresting with Digital Mode contesting.....hi hi....] and old fashioned log: manual [I am afraid also that they actually have the computer but not for contesting or even for the radio-shack].
I am also confused that CT by K1EA, the most interesting contest logger on great event such as WRTC just vote by one votter [7%].
Last but not least, thanks again for joining the poll.
The new poll has issued and hope that you'll be the participants.

Have a nice contesting!

Commercial Direct TV : not just a TV...

Sure, I believe every family has their own TV set, one or two or even more on their own rooms.
But, the next question is: are you still using the 'terestrial' TV Broadcast which so 'fragile' with the weather condition and sure you'll need the next level for TV Broadcast quality?

'Weather-proofed' TV reception is a must on this era. Analog mode is not enough, we need and eager to get more; digitalized or even on High Definition.....
Getting the commercial TV direct is added more value; value for price and sure value for personal image. You're on the next level enjoying the TV broadcasting.

Sure you can enjoy this commercial TV direct for you and sure for your family.... but wait for a minute.... you can spread this valuable service and added more business opportunity.
Placing this direct TV business can add more value for your own business, such as restaurant, barber shop or salon, gym, or even your coffee shop.
By placing this DirectTV Business you can easily rise up your business value.
Only TV show? No...Direct T V Business or Commercial DirecTV also provide hundred channels of TV stations; variety from film, talkshow, and sure TV sport or even just listening music on XM satellite radio, which the quality beyond the FM mode.

Whether your business is a public space - like a bar, a restauraunt or a salon - or a private office, DIRECTV will bring you and your clientele the best sports, entertainment, and news available anywhre.

AP-Sprint SSB 2009

Do you wanna feel the real 'Sprint' Spirit? Take AP-Sprint for a shot....
I bet you'll feel your adrenalin rise up.
It takes only two hours on only two bands: 15m and 20m.
But this week end, according to the propagation condition, 20m may be giving the best opportunity for me.
Focusing on 20m after taking a pray; I got several station, but too weak. I need more ear for receive those signal with heavy QRM.
Just like other sprint, such as EU Sprint, AP-Sprint give us a special advantage. Contest rule allow us working everyday.... So we are the object of the beaming.
15m looks like a burial, but I could find YC5OUB consistenly, due to the his prevelledge allow him only on 15m could grab a good point, he give me 15 Q's on 15m. Good job old man.
I have ask some JA who previously worked on 20m to QSY to 15m but could hear nothing.....
After battling almost two hours here is the contest result :

Band QSOs Pts WPX
14 25 25 24
21 5 5 1
Total 30 30 25
Score: 750

Comparing last year's result is not much better, but could gain Q's on 15m.
Hope could grab one T-Shirt.....
73 de yb2ecg.