5 Responses to “Suggestions For The Net”

1. Kevin says:

   October 24, 2017 at 9:36 pm

   New posts are best placed under the NEWS header

   We used to have 2nd shift NCS that allowed for many west coast QSO’s, but condx have not helped last few seasons.

   Re: LoTW, good question for Board members

2. AE2T says:

   October 24, 2017 at 9:43 pm

   All posts end up under NEWS. In fact, we could change the name to POSTS.
   I think WE0A is thinking of the categories, which help organize the posts. This one fell into the ‘uncategorized’ bucket.
   There are only a few categories set up. Kevin, feel free to add more as you see fit. They are in the right sidebar when you edit a post from the dashboard. There is also a dashboard place for managing them.

3. we0a says:

   October 28, 2017 at 7:27 pm

   Yes, it appears that finding “normal” hour net control is a bit of a challenge. I wonder if we could do an “unofficial” meetup at a different time. Perhaps only during certain days. As an example only: 5am (UTC) on Saturdays.

   As a reminder: Geratol contacts DO NOT have to happen during a net. No one needs to give you a “good contact” confirmation for a QSO to count. A QSL card does that.

4. Kevin says:

   October 29, 2017 at 7:25 pm

   In response to WE0A (Jeff) question re: Using LoTW for GERATOL QSO confirmation. Below my explanation, there is an excerpt from the FAQ section of LoTW site at the ARRL. As you will see, and based on viewing my own personal uploads to LoTW, the “exact” frequency is not a requirement, but rather the BAND is what gets uploaded. Hence, we could not confirm the GERATOL QSO’s were made in the Extra Class portion of the band, which is a requirement for the Unbelievable Operating Achievement Basic Award.

   From ARRL Web Site: What constitutes a QSO “match?”
   Two submitted descriptions of a QSO match if
   your QSO description specifies a call sign that matches the Call sign Certificate specified by the Station Location your QSO partner used to digitally sign the QSO
   your QSO partner’s QSO description specifies a call sign that matches the Call sign Certificate specified by the Station Location you used to digitally sign the QSO
   both QSO descriptions specify start times within 30 minutes of each other
   both QSO descriptions specify the same band
   both QSO descriptions specify the same mode (an exact mode match), or must specify modes belonging to the same Mode Group

5. we0a says:

   October 29, 2017 at 8:32 pm

   Just to show an example QSL record from LoTW. This is one that was cryptographically signed by both parities. I do think it does work for all award. I do appreciate the motion and also the rule modification. I really appreciate both. You guys are great to work with.

   Station
   Call Sign WE0A
   DXCC UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
   CQ Zone 4
   ITU Zone 7
   Grid EN34AD
   State Minnesota (MN)
   County BLUE EARTH
   Worked Station
   Worked K0FD
   DXCC UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (291)
   CQ Zone 4
   ITU Zone 7
   Grid EM36QO
   State Missouri (MO)
   County OZARK
   Date/Time 2017-10-23 02:01:00
   Mode SSB (PHONE)
   Band 80M
   Frequency 3.66800
   QSL 2017-10-23 02:10:07
   Record ID 869028769 Received: 2017-10-23 02:06:05