I enjoyed working both you guys in the ARQP!  Hopefully we can work this weekend in the TQP.  I'll miss working you in Culberson this year Scott but maybe I can catch you in San Saba.

73,  Alan  N5NA

Guess you were the only station on in the NJQP 

This weekend I'm looking forward to the HI QSO party as well as the KS and OH QSO parties.  Hopefully there will be lots of activity in all three.

NO5W has recently added a multi-QSO party to his logging program, CQ/X.  With it you can log all three QSO parties.  One of the challenges is OH uses serial numbers whereas HI & KS use RST.  CQ/X determines whether to send a serial number or RST based on the county received.  Pretty cool!

CQ/X is free and can be downloaded from http://www.no5w.com/.

Alan  N5NA

Yes, WF5E DX QSL Service is still in business.  He switched to AT&T Uverse (or whatever it's called) a few months ago and must have failed to update his email address on the website.

His new email address is wf5e@yahoo.com

Alan  N5NA

Will they sell directly to consumers or do you have to go through a dealer?

Alan  N5NA

How about the Memory Control Program at http://www.kenwood.com/i/products/info/amateur/software_download.html

Alan  N5NA

The whole tower rotates on bearings.

Alan  N5NA

Yes, N1MM does support the NJQP.  Select QSOPARTY as the contest then choose NJ for the state.

Personally I enjoy using CQ/X de NO5W.  http://www.no5w.com/

Alan  N5NA

You need PMapServer.

Follow these instructions.  http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/pmap8_notes.htm

Alan  N5NA

I think it's a 1.70 ID x 4.0 OD, assuming it's the same as on a VX-6R.  I've been buying that size for my old FT-530 and I just tried it in my VX-6R and it fits perfectly.  Also tried the VX-6R charger plug in my FT-530 and that fits.

Just powered up the VX-6R with the 1.7 x 4.0 plug and it works.

The Mouser part number for the one I've been buying is 171-3219-EX.

Alan  N5NA

Google turned up this article.

http://www.eham.net/articles/13322

I checked my cable and it is a 6 conductor straight through cable.

Alan  N5NA

I think much of the incessant calling on CW is no code hams trying to use code readers to work DX in a pileup.  They can't decode the DX so just keep calling and calling.  They have no clue what is going on.

N1MM handles that quite well.  The hard part is getting the levels set right and making sure you don't pick up hum between the computer and the rig.

Alan  N5NA

ARKAN has posted a summary of the 2010 rules on their website.  Looks like a few changes.

For one, there are no multipliers.  The score is just the sum of the QSO points.  I don't think I've ever seen any QSO party rules in which the counties aren't multipliers.  Pretty strange.

Info on the TT4 is at http://www.byonics.com/tinytrak4/.

There are two serial data in/out connections on J2.  You'll have to build a splitter cable with one going to the GPS and one going to the computer.