General Digital Contesting Help

[KD8NNU]

Group,

I would like to attempt to try and do some digital contesting with my
K3.

It took me a long time to get HRD and its associated software working
and I finally can use the DM780 software fairly good.

What I am not able to figure out is the proper set of calls and
responses that contestors are looking for.

So can someone point me in the proper direction on how to go about
understanding how contesting works and how to log.   I have been trying
to read up on the internet, but I am missing some basic points of
knowledge to pull it together.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Don
KD8NNU


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[Pete Smith N4ZR]

I'd suggest you take a look at some of the sample macro files that K8UT
has put on the N1MM Logger web site, at
<http://n1mm.hamdocs.com/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=13>.  As
an aid to deciphering, F1 is your CQ message, F2 is your exchange, F3 is
the TU message used at the end of the QSO, and F4 is reserved for your
call.  F5 is his call.  In N1MM, your call is represented by * or
{MYCALL} and his call by !. The rest of the stuff in curly brackets is
additional automation provided by N1MM.

73, Pete N4ZR

The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com
The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com,
spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000



On 2/11/2011 9:22 PM, [hidden email] wrote:

> Group,
>
> I would like to attempt to try and do some digital contesting with my
> K3.
>
> It took me a long time to get HRD and its associated software working
> and I finally can use the DM780 software fairly good.
>
> What I am not able to figure out is the proper set of calls and
> responses that contestors are looking for.
>
> So can someone point me in the proper direction on how to go about
> understanding how contesting works and how to log.   I have been trying
> to read up on the internet, but I am missing some basic points of
> knowledge to pull it together.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Don
> KD8NNU
>
>
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[KD8NNU]

Thank you Pete, this is a tremendous amout of help at the sites listed.
I can go at my reading pace to understand what is going on.

Don
KD8NNU


On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Pete Smith wrote:

> I'd suggest you take a look at some of the sample macro files that
> K8UT has put on the N1MM Logger web site, at
> <http://n1mm.hamdocs.com/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=13>.  As
> an aid to deciphering, F1 is your CQ message, F2 is your exchange, F3
> is the TU message used at the end of the QSO, and F4 is reserved for
> your call.  F5 is his call.  In N1MM, your call is represented by * or
> {MYCALL} and his call by !. The rest of the stuff in curly brackets is
> additional automation provided by N1MM.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
> The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at
> www.conteststations.com
> The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at
> reversebeacon.blogspot.com,
> spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000
>
>
>
> On 2/11/2011 9:22 PM, [hidden email] wrote:
>> Group,
>>
>> I would like to attempt to try and do some digital contesting with my
>> K3.
>>
>> It took me a long time to get HRD and its associated software working
>> and I finally can use the DM780 software fairly good.
>>
>> What I am not able to figure out is the proper set of calls and
>> responses that contestors are looking for.
>>
>> So can someone point me in the proper direction on how to go about
>> understanding how contesting works and how to log.   I have been
>> trying
>> to read up on the internet, but I am missing some basic points of
>> knowledge to pull it together.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>
>> Don
>> KD8NNU
>>
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> Elecraft mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
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>>
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>>
>>

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