OJ0V QSL status

At this moment I received some 400 direct QSL request for OJ0V.

Labels are printed, addresses are ready. The only thing we don't have at this moment is... the QSL card.

Hopely Max, on5ur, will do the layout and printing job quickly because my shack is full of paper at this moment.

OJ0V : EQSL authenticity Guaranteed

Today I received the confirmation for EQSL Authenticity.

We hope to make happy those who are applying for EQSL awardss...

OJ0V on EQSL - Authenticity not yet guaranteed

Today, I made an EQSL login for OJ0V and a special QSL card.

Because Peter ON8VP has the license documents and I'm on Holiday, we are still not "authenticity guaranteed".  This will be fixed in the coming weeks.

All bands - except 17 and 40m - are corrected and this info will be used for a Clublog update tonight.

I'm very sorry to see that there are some stations asking for confirmation, but who are not in our log.

In the mean time, the paper QSL has been ordered.  Hopely, this can be handled very quickly because the amount of direct QSL and OQRS is enormous.

Welcome back Optibeam 2-40

Sometimes you do things that you regret.

Fortunately in our hobby we mostly can undo mistakes.

For example the super 2 element 40m Optibeam yagi that I sold a few years ago because it detroyed my Yaesy rotor.

I could catch a new one from ON7SU.

Maybe I'll will play 40m SOAB-A in the CQWW CW contest.

Problems with the OJ0V log (hopely) solved

Ok, it is true and also written in the stars : when you do not use a transceiver-pc controller logging software, you will have have problems with band and mode settings and/or changes.

Of course not the first day, when everybody is full of energy and attention for the logging, but after a few days when operator changes occur more often and sleep is missing...

It was clear at the beginning : not all operators were used to play with software like N1MM, even worse (viewed from the logging side), half of the team would play morse with the keyer manually and not with the computer.
These factors let me decide to use a simple self-written software that had proofed reliability during our TM3X and TM4X operations on Ile De Aix a decade ago.

Big extra advantage : while using small netbooks, the input window could be made very big (versus eg. N1MM software).



But you have to change slots manually and there was the problem...

Thanks to clublog we received very quickly complaints about wrong band indications, so the solution could be quickly adapted.  There was mainly a problem with 28Mhz SSB at July 2nd and 18Mhz SSB at July 3rd.

Furthermore we had an ADIF incompatibily issue :  on LOTW, the syntax mode:3 Rty  is allowed for rtty contacts.  On clublog only the more logical mode 4: rtty is accepted.  I had to change my source code for it.  A similar issue occured with PSK modes.

OJ0V : lucky bastards !

We are lucky bastards !




On Tuesday the Saterday weatherforecast was 7 nuts from north.  The boatsman doens't come near the reefs at 10 nuts.  Than you have to take a zodiac to go to deeper water.

So we decided to leave on Friday without taking risks.

On Saturday the speed was 13 nuts and here is the result for our Finnish friends :

The zodiac turned into the water and 2 men felt into te sea.

 I don't dare to think about our transceivers and amplifiers falling in the water...  value 15.000 €

OJ0V pile-up by OT1A on youtube

Here is a video of my 14 Mhz pile-up at Market Reef, received in Uruguay.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S4vSYglEZbM

Thanks CX6DZ