Wednesday, November 19, 2008

A match maker : I hope not!

How many dx-er you can count from the YB-land?
How many contester you can count from the YB-land?
Are they same people?
It looks they are.
What's the main problem on dx-ing? Let me tell you, that's it the QSL-ing! As far as I know the main 'problem' on dx-ing is QSL-ing although there some many options on QSL-ing; sometimes is cheap sometimes is free.
Just like the QSL manager offer I found that they're free and nice service. We just send them our picture and some detail about our QSL info soon they designed and printed the QSL free and all we have to do is just edit our international call book, you name it QRZ, Buckmaster, and put your info QSL via Manager you've already done, and the rest is you just make your CQ DX or CQ Contest and forget the QSL-ing problems.
After some short comunication via email with my manager, David EB7DX finaly I could help a ham friend Ardhi, YD2LEV to get the his service.
He intends to focus on dx-ing and contesting specially on CW mode, and you know that it's rare for that YD prefix [novice] is only allowed making dx-ing on CW mode only.
So, please watch him on the next CQ WW CW and make sure to work him and get attention that his QSL is via EB7DX.
For YD2LEV have a nice dx-ing and forget the QSL-ing problem. Just put on your finger on the paddle and make some proud: QSL ur 599 28 es QSL via EB7DX, QRZ de YD2LEV k?

Monday, November 10, 2008

30M Digital Group 1st Anniversary


Got an email from Don, KB9UMT, this groups will celebrate their 1st Anniversary next 22-23 November 2008 with some activity on 30m. It looks that I should ready to join this crowd,.
Several digital mode will be activated such as Hell, PSK, Olivia, MFSK, WSPR and sure 30m Feld Hell Net at 10.138.
It will be crowded because they also invite 1.350 plus 30MDG member.
Be there.

More information about this group you could log on http://www.30meterdigital.org/
See you there.

Sunday, November 09, 2008

WAEDC RTTY contes 2008 : Live Report #2

Last reports :

QSOs DX
20m 88 2x41
15m 136 2x40
Total 224 162
QTC points : 276

Score: 500*162 = 81000 points
Finnally I could break my own records [2006].

WAEDC RTTY contes 2008 : Live Report

Very nice setup so far, until November, 9th 2008, 07.50Z here's the statistics :

QSOs DX
20m 50 2x24
15m 122 2x37
Total 172 122
QTC points : 227

Score: 399*122 = 48678 points

Still running CQ-ing plus search and pounch.
A little cold raining but it's warm, what's a nice and fun playing the QTC's.
I hope I could break down my own records!

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

jVTS : Java Vehicle Tracking System, originaly from JAVA

It looks that YB0KLI, OM Arman Yusuf, did again.........


We know that if we wanna play APRS, Automatic Position Reports System, thanks to Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, we must ready with the hardwares, such as GPS [offcourse], interfaces just like OpenTrack, Tinytrack, and sure transceiver.
And now, YB0KLI offers the alternative APRS application, and I believe as he claims more simple because it only using cellular phone, bluetooth gps modul and sure the SIM Card to accesing the internet.

All we need is only :
  1. A cellular phone support run JSR-82 MIDLet
  2. Bluetooth gps with serial port
  3. Data account for accessing the Internet via cellular phone.

More detail pse visit to YB0KLI, OM Arman's site here.

I have't tried this service yet, but it worthy enough as the APRS alternative, simple and more cheaper.

Have a try and appreciate to YB0KLI, you did it again old man!

CQ WW SSB 2008

Sorry for a late reports.

It looks that I did not fully endorsed on this contest. Band conditions for 20m [I intend to join on SOLP20] was not so good.So bad make me feels bad, what's wrong with my system? Even JA's which usually a lot on 20m it looks disappear....Assisted with Propagation Prediction tools and review some spot on dxsummit could not boast my performance.For the rest I could log only 53 Q's on this band, 9 zones for 40 zones, is much the worst achievement on my CQ WW contest series.......:(
So nothing more to say............