What Logging Software Do People Use for Contesting?

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Admin Admin

I saw a very interesting post today in the CWops group. They referenced a blog that can be found at this link: https://cqww.com/blog/logging-software-used-in-cq-ww-ssb-2019/

The bottom line is that N1MM is by far the #1 choice with 49% of all November Sweepstake logs created using that program. N3FJP was #2 with 7%. Ham Radio Deluxe, which used to “own” the logging software market is only 0.1% (4 logs) and DXKeeper (not really used for contest logging) had 11 logs for 0.1% as well.

Granted this is for contesting, which is specialized for sure. I’m sure that N3FJP will rank near the top for general purpose logging, and am also sure that DXLabs/DXKeeper will also be quite popular.

NCRC Places 3rd Nationally in Field Day 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Admin Admin

Every Field Day has its challenges. Last year (2020), due to the pandemic, there really wasn’t a Field Day. This year was a big improvement, but a shortage of CW operators really hurt, and participation was down as COVID surged yet again.

Nevertheless, Newport County Radio Club, was in the 3rd place NATIONALLY for its Field Day operation in Category 2A (the most competitive). Hats of to Willy W1LY who did an outstanding job getting the antennas up, Nancy KC1NEK who coordinated the schedules, Paul K1YBE who did an outstanding job with the GOTA station, John Mills who took care of our logging and computers, as well as many others who operated or helped setup the stations or take them down.

NCRC Meeting 7PM Monday November 8

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Admin Admin

Our November club meeting will be via Zoom on Monday November 8, at 7 PM.

In addition to the regular business items, we will be holding elections for the 2022 officers. We have several on-air events coming up next year to discuss as well.

Following the business meeting, Paul K1YBE and Will KO4DLO will give a presentation called “Going around in circles – what IQ can do for you” where he will describe and demonstrate some signal decoding methods using In-phase (I) and Quadrature (Q) techniques used in SDR.

Club members will be receiving their invitation via email later today

The presentation is at GoingAroundInCircles-What IQ can do for you