[FQP] N1MM+ in the FQP"

Mon May 1 11:06:21 PDT 2017

Thanks for all the Q's George!

N1MM+ "tries" to help keep mistakes out of logging but as you 
discovered, sometimes that feature gets in the way. You can force log 
anything when you are aware of the procedure. Here's their explanation:

  * *Force logging*- The program tries to help you by validating what
    you copy as the Exchange, but if it is balking and you don;'t want
    to stop to figure it out, you can force logging with
    *Ctrl+Alt+Enter*. A small Note window will pop up, pre-filled with
    the words "Forced QSO". You can type over to remind yourself later
    what you copied, or simply hit Enter to log the default note.

I don't know answers for #2 and #3. You can post inquiries on their 
reflector: N1MMLoggerplus at yahoogroups.com

Here's my QSO summary of FL mobiles I worked from Minnesota:

*Heavy**
**Hitters* 	*Logged**
**QSOs*
K4OJ/M 	32
N4EEB/M 	29
NO5W/M 	28
K4KG/M 	26
AD4ES/M 	25
K8MR/M 	23
W4AN/M 	22
N4FP/M 	16
N4GI/M 	13
KN4Y/M 	12
K4ZGB/M 	11
N4DAB/M 	8

I worked 66 of 67 counties, missing GULF. There's no one to blame but 
myself for that faux pas. . . I am not an early morning person and I 
slept through my opportunities for making a QSO with that county. 
Begging later in the contest did not help! :-)

The MN <> FL skip path is ideal on 20m and propagation was more or less 
decent. But there were times with deep QSB where even during the short 
exchange a signal would dive into the noise. Other times stations were 
+20 to +30 dB over S-9 up here!

For those who want to slice and dice their Cabrillo log to get 
statistics, you can download my FL Log Analyzer from here: 
https://1drv.ms/f/s!Am7cWbf-YWzZnE_oHw4iBKIycw3I  You will find Rev 
2.0.8 for all non-mobile logs, whether in- or out-of-state.

There is a separate FL Mobile Log Analyzer Rev 2.0.5 exclusively for the 
FL mobile operators. This Excel workbook assumes a consolidated Cabrillo 
file will be imported. The analyzer then parses the "performance" of 
each county visited in chronological order.

Here's my summary for the 2017 FQP event:

       FL QSOPARTY Summary Sheet
        Start Date : 2017-04-29
     CallSign Used : K0RC
       Operator(s) : K0RC
Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
              Band : ALL
             Power : HIGH
              Mode : MIXED
  Default Exchange : MN
          Software : N1MM Logger+ 1.0.6231.0

         Band   Mode  QSOs     Pts  Mul  Pt/Q
            7  CW      55     212    1   3.9
            7  LSB     12      24    1   2.0
           14  CW     276     884   65   3.2
           14  USB     43      76   26   1.8
           21  CW      14      28    0   2.0
           21  USB      3       3    0   1.0
        Total  Both   403    1227   93   3.0

             Score : *114,111*
     Total Time On : 14:51  (891 mins)
               Rig : TS-990S at 200 Watts
          Antennas : HyGain TH-11DX @ 70' & 40m vertical dipole
           Soapbox : TS-990S at 200 Watts

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN

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On 5/1/2017 10:30 AM, George I. Wagner wrote:
> Hello FQP'ers,
>
> At K4KG/m we used NMM+ in the FQP for the first time, and noticed a few
> things that I will report to the developers.  If you also used N1MM+,
> and specifically its FQP module, please let me know if you have anything
> that I should add to my report.
>
> 1.) QSOs with DX stations - In the FQP, it is permissible to enter the
> prefix of a DX station for the exchange, such as "I" for I4VEQ, or
> "DX".  Either way is acceptable.  However, N1MM+ will not accept "DX".
> Also, it would not accept "E51/S" which automatically populated into the
> field for the E51 station we worked.  I tried "E5" and "E51", but it
> would not take them either.  If N1MM+ will not accept "E51", what other
> DXCC entities' prefixes will not be recognized?  In order for N1MM+ to
> accept "DX" and "E51", I had to answer "Yes" in the error box that
> flashed up.
>
> I will request that the developers fix this.
>
> 2.) We worked KH7XS and HI8A, and N1M+ accepted "HI" as the exchange for
> both.  Another example is "ON" for both Ontario and Belgium. Question
> for the developers:: Are these identical exchange abbreviations counted
> as separate multipliers in the Summary?
>
> 3.) As I work a contest, I add notes to the log to be followed up after
> the contest.  I did this in N1MM+ using Ctrl-N, but when I went to find
> a file of these notes, I found that it did not exist. Rather, I
> discovered that the notes were added as "comments" in the specific log
> record, and not exportable as a separate notes file as other logging
> programs provide.  There was no way for me to go back and find my
> notes.  This is the way the developers build the program, but for me, it
> falls short of what I need.
>
> I'd like to see a command to enter a "comment" [something like Ctrl-C]
> for a log record and a separate command to enter a "note" [Ctrl-N] for
> the log, and that the notes be exportable in a file.
>
> FQP'ers: If you know of other things about N1MM" FQP Module that I
> should include in my report to the N1MM+ developers, please let me
> know.  Be specific about the FQP module, and not general comments about
> N1MM+.
>
> 73, George, K5KG / K4KG/m
>
>
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