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There are many PC logger programs (freeware to $$$) which can do this task. For mobile HF, I just started using Aether for Mac, since I only take Apple devices on the road. Aether supports most contest formats including uploading cabrillo files. At QTH, I can upload ADIF files to my HRD software, if I choose. Aether is easy and has many features; alas, it does not have super check partial support.
73, Dave (N1RF)
Well…
It says “this transition takes a few hundred million years, but once the Sun completely crosses this Rubicon of middle age, it will remain magnetically inactive for the rest of its hydrogen-burning life.”
I am not sure how close our Sun is to middle age & it might have been nice if Forbes mentioned this in the article.
Ari WB1ABC
Along the same vein of conversation:
Greg, I looked up the Alpha-Delta arresters you use: They allow DC voltage through. In Fred’s blog, the PolyPhase ones block DC. So my question is which is the better investment? Like all things, I am betting the answer is “it depends”, but I’m looking for the caveats following that statement.
The only thing I could think regarding why you want to allow DC through is if one has some antenna switching setup that sends a control voltage to the outside box to switch the ports. I don’t know if that is typical in practice to encounter, however.
The price point between the Alpha-Delta and PolyPhase isn’t enormous, so I’m really just curious about which ones seems best for just getting started. As a sidenote which may be helpful, I may have 3 antennas (maybe 4) by the end of the summer.
Thanks for all help and 73,
Brian (AB1ZO)
Along the same vein of conversation:
Greg, I looked up the Alpha-Delta arresters you use: They allow DC voltage through. In Fred’s blog, the PolyPhase ones block DC. So my question is which is the better investment? Like all things, I am betting the answer is “it depends”, but I’m looking for the caveats following that statement.
The only thing I could think regarding why you want to allow DC through is if one has some antenna switching setup that sends a control voltage to the outside box to switch the ports. I don’t know if that is typical in practice to encounter, however.
The price point between the Alpha-Delta and PolyPhase isn’t enormous, so I’m really just curious about which ones seems best for just getting started. As a sidenote which may be helpful, I may have 3 antennas (maybe 4) by the end of the summer.
Thanks for all help and 73,
Brian
Kevin, I also had a very high noise level and it got to the point where I was going to climb the power myself and fix it right. Well, perhaps that was a bit too much but it need attention!
At the time it was NH Public Service and I called their service line for help. I was put in contact with a fellow who asked all the obvious questions and I answered them with the obvious answers. I asked him to come visit and see what my excitement was all about and he agreed to come in a few days.
When he arrived, I took my portable AM radio and tuned into the worse possible hash you could imagine and we both walked the neighborhood locating the faulty insulator. Overall, it was very productive for I not only found the cause of the loudest, troubling insulator but also found several more in my neighborhood causing the noise. The RFI power service specialist, with in two weeks, cured the hash and I was back again in full swing sending and copying CW. By the way, I showed him the shack and when he saw the layout, he knew I wasn’t just pulling his leg with a crank call and his coming was a legislate request.