Are there others on this distribution list who wish to confirm.? We would like up to 10 names to form a full team.
Please let me know if I have missed any members.
First three responders take the empty slots!!
73 Frank VO1HP Team Captain
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Re:BERU 2009 - 2009/02/10 17:55Claude, I will be in the contest for a few hours (category 12Hrs, restricted) If you need a member of Canada Team #4 or #5 I will be happy to join.73! Alexey VE2XAA
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Re:BERU 2009 - 2009/02/10 18:49Alexey, thanks for your offer. The Canadian team is compleate with 10 members but I am sure we need spare stations just in case someone can not be on. Send a msg to the Captain: Frank VO1HP at E-mail Address(es): fdavis@nfld.net
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Re:BERU 2009 - 2009/02/28 10:02VE2AWR/Serge will be the main operator for VA2RAC during BERU contest, from Québec city.
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Re:BERU 2009 - 2009/03/02 08:10For N1MM users during the BERU CW contest, you will have to use CTRL/ALT/ENT to force all canadian callsign into log. Or use a spécial WL_CTY.DAT file made by Rich/VE3KI. I have the file if someone need. 73, Claude ---------------------------- Hi Claude,
Your understanding of the rules is correct.
Using the standard WL_CTY.DAT file, you would have to force-log (Ctrl-Alt-Enter) all contacts with Canadian stations, and you would have to send the final message in each QSO using function keys instead of ESM. This would be a major pain.
You can make things easier by making a special version of WL_CTY.DAT that has an added "country" for every Canadian call area except your own (for your own call area, you need to keep the original Canada entry). You will still have to force-log QSOs with the HQ station in your call area (VA2RAC in your case), but you will at least be able to work other Canadian stations outside your call area. You can also make the multiplier window work better by removing all non-Commonwealth countries, by combining G, GM, GW, GI, GD, GI, GJ, GU into a single country, and by splitting up Australia, New Zealand and South Africa into separate call areas.
A couple of other hints for N1MM: N1MM will not get the scoring right, and it won't give you the right bonus ("multiplier") status either. I believe it will force you to reload the modified WL_CTY.DAT file every time you start it up. Whether it does or not, remember to reload the normal WL_CTY.DAT file before the next contest. Also, make sure you turn Call History Lookup off for this contest.
Claude, I will send you a modified WL_CTY.DAT file, designed to work from VE2, by separate e-mail. I have one made up for VE3, and it wouldn't be hard to do other versions for N1MM users in other call areas - anyone who wants one can just drop me an e-mail at ve3iay@gmail.com.
As for myself, I will most likely use SDC this time around. I've tried it out with my Winkeyer and it seems to work quite well. Its bandmap and Super Check Partial aren't as good as N1MM's (I suspect its SO2R isn't as good either, but I haven't tried that), but for the BERU contest those features aren't as important as they would be in a contest like CQ WW DX. It will take a bit of practice to get used to the way it works, but I think it will be easier to use than trying to work around N1MM's deficiencies for this particular contest.
73, Rich VE3KI
-----Original Message----- From: canada_contest@narc.net [mailto:canada_contest@narc.net] On Behalf Of Claude Du Berger VE2FK Sent: March 1, 2009 8:32 PM To: canada_contest List Member Subject: [canada_contest] N1MM for BERU
Anyone have tested N1MM for BERU contest? It wont let me contact any VE VA not even VA2RAC.
If my understanding is ok, I can not work VA2/VE2 but VA2RAC HQ is ok and all other Canadians?
73, claude VE2FK
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Re:BERU 2009 - 2009/03/11 09:33N2IC reworked N1MM software. Version 9.3.1 is now ok for the BERU contest.
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Re:BERU 2009 - 2009/03/15 13:11I've made few contacts during yesteday's BERU test:
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: OPEN CATEGORY-OVERLAY: 12H
Band Mode QSOs Pts Cty 3.5 CW 24 120 7 7 CW 99 495 11 14 CW 124 640 17 21 CW 4 20 4 Total Both 251 1275 39
Time on: 6.4 hrs.
RIG: Yaesu FT-1000, AL-80B (750w) ANT: 2 el. MQ-26, Inv.L
I don't know what's the score because I feel my N1MM (ver.9.3) counts wrong score))) There was good activity. I think that was much better then was one year ago. I heard few exchanges up to 800 close to the end.
It was very nice to work few DX: V5, ZD8, VP8K. That was so nice to work VK6 on 40 meters right afternoon during daylight time. I heard VE2FK CQ-ing BERU once on 40m and met VE2XAA on 40m.
73!
Victor
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Re:BERU 2009 - 2009/03/16 08:47Commonwealth Score Summary Sheet Start Date : 2009-03-14 CallSign Used : VE2FK Operator Category : SINGLE-OP Band : ALL Power : HIGH 500w Mode : CW Default Exchange : 001 Club/Team : Team Canada Software : N1MM Logger V9.3.2
Band QSOs Pts Cty 3,5 78 425 15 7 142 770 18 14 161 820 22 Total 381 2015 55
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Re:BERU 2009 - 2009/03/16 22:34BERU Score Summary Sheet Operator : VE2XAA Operator Category : SO OPEN 12 hrs Club/Team : Contest Group du Quebec Software : N1MM Logger V9.2.4 Total Time On: 03:46 (226 mins)
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