[WT-support] [FCG] IARU HF Championship

[Joe OZ0J / 5Q2T]

Correction

W1AW will be W1AW/9 in 2016 according to K9CT

73 Joe, OZ0J


> Den 1. juli 2016 klokken 03:47 skrev George <georgek5kg at aol.com>:
> 
> 
> Here are a few additional comments about the IARU HF World Championship.
> 
> W1AW will be W1AW/5 in this year's contest.
> 
> Z60A will be a HQ station this year for the first time.  Ops are OH2BH 
> and friends.
> 
> In addition to J77HQ that our team is activating, the team in J8 will be 
> activating J87HQ.  Be sure to not confuse these two call signs.  Beware 
> of bad spots on the cluster.
> 
> For those of you who use WinTest, N6TV recommends that you upgrade to 
> version 4.21.0 for the following reasons:
> 
> 1.) Your HQ multipliers will now be counted correctly (for the first 
> time), even the ones using the same HQ abbreviation, e.g. both ER7HQ and 
> XX9A send "ARM", but they are different HQ multipliers. 4.20 does not 
> handle that correctly.
> 
> 2.) Log sync between computers will be faster (every computer on the LAN 
> needs to be running WT 4.21)
> 
> 3.) If you are using Windows 10 with certain USB-to-Serial adapters for 
> rig control, 4.21 will work better
> 
> 4.) If you accidentally press Ctrl-T, then get distracted, your radio 
> won't stay keyed forever any more
> 
> Update all the Super Check Partial and Check Country files, and make 
> sure you are using cty_wt_mod.dat on every computer.  N6TV's batch file 
> automates the process of fetching the latest super check partial and 
> country files. Go to http://bit.ly/wtscripts, download UpdateCtySCP.zip, 
> and follow the directions in the Readme file. You also need a free 3rd 
> party program called WGET, which is documented in the Readme file.
> 
> Separately, the current IARU HQ prefill list (itu.dtb) is in 
> http://www.kkn.net/~n6tv/itu.zip and will be updated as N6TV receives 
> more info from OZ0J. Unzip the file and copy itu.dtb to your /databases 
> folder and HQ abbreviations will be entered automatically (make sure 
> Tools -> Data Entry -> Exchange Guessing is enabled).
> 
> The three laptops that we are taking to J7 have WT upgraded to 4.21.0.  
> In addition, I will have installed the UpdateCtySCP script, and the 
> itu.dtb file for the HQ multiplier stations.  Next week, before the 
> contest begins, I will be sure to download to each laptop the latest 
> itu.dtb file of HQ stations.
> 
> All of the above can be followed on the WT reflector: support at win-test.com
> 
> If you have any question about this WT stuff, please contact me.
> 
> 73, George, K5KG / J75KG / J77HQ
> 
> 
> On 6/30/2016 8:02 PM, Chris Plumblee wrote:
> > It's a bit early for my normal activity emails; the IARU HF Championship is
> > not this weekend, but begins at 1200z on July 9 (8:00 Eastern on July 9;
> > next Saturday) and runs 24 hours. However, it's been a while since a major
> > DX contest, and I'm enthusiastically anticipating the contest this year,
> > even in declining conditions.
> >
> > Modes are CW and SSB. Exchange is RS(T) and IARU zone. National societies
> > (such as the ARRL, RAC, RSGB, and others) activate multi-multi stations
> > within their countries. Many national societies that don't have historical
> > callsigns (like W1AW) use "HQ" for their suffixes, so keep an ear tuned for
> > the elusive extra multipliers, as some will call you.
> >
> > So, with the commercial out of the way, planned FCG activity:
> >
> > N6AR - SOHP(A) CW
> > WX4G - SOHP(A) Mixed
> > AD4Z - SO?P Mixed (@ W4UH)
> > NP2X - SO?P Mixed (K9VV)
> > KE1F - SOHP CW
> > KN4Y - SOLP CW
> > NN4X - SOHP(A) CW
> > N2AN - SOLP CW (WC4E/1 beating us all to Europe with 40' high dipoles in
> > Mass)
> > NF4A - SOMixed(A) HP
> > N4EK - SOLP CW
> > N4UU - SOHP CW
> > WW4B - SOHP(A) CW
> > K4DMH - SOLP SSB
> > N4BP - SOHP(A) CW
> > N8PR - SOHP(A) Mixed
> > N4WW - SOHP CW (WF3C, opr)
> > K0LUZ - SOHP CW
> > N4KM - SOLP CW
> >
> > J77HQ - DARCI (K5KG, WI9WI, W4IX)
> > E2HQ - RAST (K4VUD, numerous Thai hams)
> >
> > The last two are headquarters stations. Their exchange is their HQ
> > abbreviation rather than a zone. W1AW sends ARRL, NU1AW sends IARU, GB5HQ
> > sends RSGB, TM0HQ sends REF, and so on. There are profile files for N1MM+
> > and Win-Test that pre-fill national societies based on callsign, which can
> > be very helpful when you work E70HQ and he sends you "5NN ARABH" at 54wpm.
> >
> > Good luck, and please send additional activations to me via email so I can
> > add them to the list.
> >
> > 73,
> > Chris WF3C
> >
> 
> -- 
> George Wagner, K5KG
> Sarasota, FL
> 941-400-1960
> 
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