de K4FO

In the "Navigation" area to the right, there are two new links.

One is to the picture gallery - I will be adding WP2 pictures in the next day or two, as well as whatever else I feel like putting in there. Right now, there are some Dayton pics.

One is to Andrei's RTTY DXCC via LoTW page. This was posted to the CQ-RTTY reflector last month, and people are requesting some form of navigation off of the main page. If you are a RTTY operator and want to post how many DXCC confirmed countries you have (Logbook of the World (LoTW) only!), feel free to register and post your score.

More updates on the way...

de (me)

Well, I just gave 80CW a shot, but the band is ridiculously noisy right now from the Caribbean. 20M is dead, and Andrei KP2/NP3D is working RTTY on the 40 beam. I am the only one here that is working mostly CW, and then only for a while.

I will try 80M CW later, for those interested. If I am able to hop on 40M, the beam is headed for EU and I'll be running in the lower part of the band.

If anyone has Google Mail / Google Talk, you can add me to your gtalk contact list. My gtalk ID is "palmer.sample"
73
-Palmer - WP2/K4FO

OK, so here are some things we've managed to accomplish:

Day 1:

• Miss connection from San Juan to St. Croix because my flight from Orlando had "low pressure indications we want to check out" and taxiied back to the gate. Stayed at gate for about 2 hours. Very happy in the fact that I purchased an upgrade to first class.


• Arrive St. Croix. Late. Make our host (Brad) wait even longer for the next flight from San Juan.


• In true form, decide that we should drive to a beach and get some food. This is an island paradise; there MUST be food by a beach.


• Manage to get incredibly lost on an island that is only 82 square miles. Apparently roads just kind of turn 90 degrees, but that 90 degree turn takes you off of the "main road" that you were on.


• After getting lost, find hole-in-wall place. Not even really any walls, just an open air joint with rising smoke. Order plate of BBQ pork and chicken, both of which are hot off the grill and are hacked into smaller pieces with a machete that I'm pretty sure wouldn't live up to the standards of "sanitary."


• Revel in the fact that the ghetto BBQ is possibly the best BBQ pork I've had in my life.


• Somehow make it back to the house. This was probably the most amazing thing that happened to us on the first day.

Welcome to St. Croix U.S.V.I. - 23 Sep - 01 Oct 2007

(Остров Святого Креста, Американские Виргинские острова
23-го Сентября - 1-го Октября, 2007)

In preparation for the CQWW RTTY Contest, we have arrived in KP2. We are staying at Radio Reef, on top of a hill overlooking the Caribbean toward the north.

3 operators are working:

Palmer, WP2/K4FO
Andrei, KP2/NP3D
Dima, NP2/AK2P

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           NAQPRTTY Score Summary Sheet

      Start Date : 2007-07-21

   CallSign Used : K4FO
     Operator(s) : K4FO

            Band : ALL
           Power : LOW
            Mode : RTTY
Default Exchange : LES FL
      Gridsquare : EL89VC

            Name : Palmer Sample
         Country : USA

    ARRL Section : NFL
       Club/Team : Florida Contest Group
         Software: N1MM Logger V7.7.1

        Band    QSOs    Pts  Sec
         3.5      36      36   21
           7     144     144   40
          14      17      17   13
          21      55      55   26
          28       6      6    6
       Total     258     258  106


           Score : 27,348
             Rig : IC-756ProII

        Antennas : the MONSTER (tm) - 100' of copperweld up 15'


         Soapbox : 

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              FD Score Summary Sheet

      Start Date : 2007-06-24

   CallSign Used : K4FO
     Operator(s) : K4FO, N4OK

            Band : ALL
           Power : LOW
            Mode : MIXED
Default Exchange : 2E NFL
      Gridsquare : EL89VC

            Name : L. Palmer Sample
  City/State/Zip : Ocala  FL  34476
         Country : USA

    ARRL Section : NFL
       Club/Team : Florida Contest Goup
         Software: N1MM Logger V7.5.10

        Band  Mode  QSOs    Pts
         3.5  CW      33      66
           7  CW      65     130
           7  LSB      9      9
          14  CW      94     188
          14  RTTY     3      6
          21  CW      18      36
       Total  Both   222     435


           Score : 435
             Rig : IC-756ProII

        Antennas : the MONSTER (tm) - 100' of copperweld up 15'


         Soapbox : 

OK, so I'm trying to come up with a layout for this bit of the site. Hopefully something that will carry over to the rest of the pages. If I can keep up some motivation, there may be content added at some point...

... we'll see

-P

Just testing the look and feel of this CMS...

I really hate to use the term 'blog' to describe this portion of the site, but I guess that's technically what it is. I tend to think of a 'blog' more as an online diary, something that is _supposed_ to be updated on a regular basis - but that's not what I'll be doing.

Nope, I like the concept of "content management system" - since potential posts will be informative, opinionated, or both. Don't expect this to be my online diary - just a place to share knowledge.

In other words, don't expect daily updates... and until I can figure out what system would best suit my needs, don't even get too attached to this portion of the site. I've tried wikis, FAQs, text - lots of stuff. I'm just wanting something that's easy to maintain, easy to edit, and easy to administer. Heck, I've written my own CMS tools, but I just don't have the time or inclination to do software development on a website anymore (unless I'm getting paid, and then I would rather outsource the work!)

73 and let's see how this works out...

-Palmer / K4FO