I use DXwatch as my primary dx cluster for years now. Funny how it never crossed my mind I could also make an account for this site so I also can add spots.
The other day I signed up for an account (free) and I discovered another cool thing! You can create filters for specific spots and when that spot appears on DXwatch, DXwatch will send you a mail and/or an IM!
Pretty cool! I should sign up way earlier! 😉
Besides this site, I’m also writing for the site of our local club Veron PI4RCG. It is really nice to do, but it also takes up a lot of time.
And of course I’m also practicing for my morse skills. First we have to learn how to receive morse code. So this is what I’m practicing now. At about 12 words per minute. I’m at the R-character in the alphabet. Hopefully I can receive the whole alphabet in about 2 weeks from now. Then we will start sending. Pretty cool adventure!
Well, that was a very nice contest! I went from Schalkwijk (see previous post) to our new clubbuilding the NERA-building. There were a few club members so I joined them. Later on that evening I went home to pick up my own rig. The evening went by and I made a few (35) contacts. About 1:30 am I went home for some sleep. This morning I continued about 9:00 am. When the clock hit 13:00 hours I had made 60 QSO’s. I know I know, it’s nothing compaired to the big guns. But I don’t care. It was a very nice experience, it was my first PACC. I have many ideas how to do the contest next year.
For starter I want to have some kind of voice sampler (external) between my microfoon and my rig so I can record samples and play them by just pressing a button (cq contest cq contest). Because it wasn’t very nice to have to repeat it a few hundred times. That’s why I stopped CQ-ing after a while.
Anyone good tips for such a device?
