Arrl school club round up is right around the corner. And of course, be sure to work as many schools as you. Paper logs and summary sheets are still available, but participants might want to try the logging program scrlog, which is written especially for the school club roundup. There is another event coming up that i feel some of our members would enjoy. Since i retired, i no longer run the school club on4hti, but it was still fun to make some qsos during scr week.
I heard a few more individuals and clubs calling cq school club roundup this time. This is troublesome because performing this manually takes some knowledge regarding windows program uninstallation. It is not a general logging program with award tracking etc. The form software will automatically recognize the correct contest from your log file no need to select the contest. Sm3cer contest service contest software gen log by. Afterwards, the whole week of october 19th to october 23rd, we will be operating in the biannual arrl school club roundup. Roundup holds its own user database which primarily contains a username, password and email address for the user. Awards tracking logging software another name for every day logging is awards tracking software. By walter dallmeier, dl4rck and a group of beta tester from the bavarian contest club bcc.
Bruce horn, wa7bnm, has created a web entry service that accepts scores and logs. The school club roundup is cosponsored by the arrl and the long island mobile amateur radio club limarc, and results appear in qst as well as online. Rodlog ham radio logging system from rod, g4tug sco log windows software logging software for the windows platform. Run the contest and do the log creation after the contest using notepad or a similar text editor. Scrlog is freeware for school, club, and individual class stations. Listed under the softwarecontesting category that is about ham radio contest software. Posted in school club tagged amateur radio, arrl school club roundup, ham. From here you can access everything from the starting bell of a contest to your postevent hardfought certificate of accomplishment. It is a relatively simple exercise to update this listing on a regular basis, or on demand, so that it matches an external listing eg.
Nonschool clubs and individuals are encouraged to participate. There are a couple of logging programs specifically designed for the school club roundup contest. To exchange qso information with club stations that are part of an elementary, middle, high school or college. Kk4qjg, k4wbm street address available to members vinton, va 24179 usa welcome. Several dozen contests are supported with more added as requested. Members of the kansas state university amateur radio club had a great time participating in this years school club roundup. School club roundup is a wonderful weeklong amateur radio event held. On the back i write a note to the school club on one. There are two school club roundups during each school year in october and february. Hear first hand from the kids, how the school club roundup contest is generating enthusiasm and excitement in the video above. Also, we still use a paper log, so hopefully the log submission is usable.
Some schools will be looking for quick contacts to build a score. Of course we hope the kids will become licensed hams, but even if they dont, presenting the amazing hobby of amateur radio to the kids in a positive way still matters to all of us, a lot. Sometimes the point is to talk to a particular kind of station such as a school. Im having lots of fun working school club roundup stations on amateur radio this week. In this contest schools count for many more points than other contacts. Roundup must have its own user listing, in order to maintain internal consistency of its data.
Sponsored by the arrl, its hudson division education task force and and the long island mobile amateur radio club limarc to foster contacts with and among school radio clubs. The operating period for the fall term is the third full school week of october beginning at 0 monday utc and ending at 2359 utc friday. N3fjp software package users i just added the the winter field day software to the package in 2014. Scrlog is freeware for school, club, and individual class stations participating in the school club roundup. Big thanks to n3fjp for the school club roundup software.
A station may operate no more than 6 hours in a 24hour period, and a maximum of 24 hours of the 107 hour event. Qslsfor elementary and middle high schools, i always send 2 cards. Roundup public schools important links roundup public schools employment roundup public schools employment roundup public schools is currently seeking the following. Scrlog scrlog is freeware for school, club, and individual class stations participating in the school club roundup.
N1mm logger plus quickstart guide currently under construction. Serving the amateur radio community with contesting and general logging software since 1997. Every detail listed below is available for this callsign. It will then briefly check your log for proper formatting and completeness before uploading to the logchecking database. The program also incorporates the use of eibi shortwave database for logging and looking up various known shortwave stations world wide. Can your logging program or other ham software import callsign name, address, and latlong data directly from the hamcall database. The kb6ibb swl logger is a program designed for the shortwave radio listener. Full school club roundup rules updated february 2012 1. School club roundup is a week long event that runs twice a year and is a super outreach to young people. Above is a shot from station kl7dg, pilot station school in alaska, with the kids using my school club roundup software. The annual school club roundup by lew malchick, n2rq. N3fjps amateur radio logging software setting up rig interface. The population of users considered is limited to those with logging software that declares a programid in uploaded adifs.
Just a quick reminder that there will be lots of kids on this week for school club roundup they are on now. Use this form to submit your cabrilloformatted log to the arrl for log checking. Other logging program choices are listed on the scr website. School club roundup scr is sponsored by the council for the advancement of amateur radio in the new york city schools caarnycs, the arrl and its hudson division education task force to foster contacts with and among school radio clubs. Take the audio output of one piece of software and send it to another. Upward compatibility from one version of adif to the next, data types, enumerations, fields, and formats shall be upwardly compatible, meaning that an adif file compliant with adif version n will comply with any future adif version m where mn ii. Upload some photos of your school team in action to the arrl soapbox. Support for lotw, eqsl, clublog, paper qsl label printing, along with cat control of many rigs. William byrd middle school amateur radio club trustee. It offers shortwave specific logging of stations, with most tasks handled automatically. I love seeing the kids using my n3fjp school club roundup software this past week in a multitransmitter, multiop environment. The file was created by the n3fjp logging program and i got several hundred errors like the one below. Hello everybody and welcome back to the everything ham radio podcast.
We were really glad to hear many folks go out of their way to acknowledge our school after sending our exchange, especially since the school club has. There are a number of different types of data that are exchanged during a. Other popular logging programs may also support the scr. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. Elementary, high school and college students across the us and beyond are getting on the air, learning about. More details on the school club round event are here. Due to poor planning and not realizing that i hadnt made a podcast episode yet until the night before this episode is scheduled to be released, it is just me today. When cabrillo is the requested log format, create the cabrillo log and update the header. The contest sponsor will calculate the multipliers and points. I am thankful for your tireless efforts under these unprecedented and demanding circumstances and for embrace of the guiding principle. Even if you are not a school, here is a great opportunity to encourage young people and leave them with a favorable impression of amateur radio.
It is based on the winning design from kaping yee in the software carpentry track design competition. Full school club roundup rules updated february 2012. Roundup public schools employment roundup public schools. Scott davis, n3fjp, has just posted arrl school club contest log 1. Each 5day event runs monday through friday from 0 utc monday through 2359 utc friday. Since we have so many home schooled members, that is a. R25log logging program free in german english version coming soon. Shortwave log software shortwave log is an electronic logbook. If you would like to set up an amateur radio club for your school, there is an email support group here.
Even if you are not a school, here is a great opportunity to encourage young people and leave them with a favorable impression of amateur. See our custom name badges, design and order online. Arrl rookie roundup arrl rtty roundup contest arrl school club roundup arrl september vhf qso party. Software used by new hams top 5 this chart shows the logging software used by club log users who have a total of less than 3 years activity in their log excluding expeditions.
A free or paid membership is required to view all callsign details. Jackaudio is a virtual audio software cable that run on windows linux and macos and if free to download and to use. For those without logging software for this contest, who are interested, it. Genlog supports more than contests and activities from both ends of the qso. Exchange qso info as below with any class of stations, especially with school stations. Look for us on all the bands, and give us all the contacts you can.
Scandinavian activity contest ssb school club roundup. Several more states added to the logalong with spain, germany and south. Roundup is a simpletouse and install issuetracking system with commandline, web and email interfaces. Grig is a freeware simple ham radio control cat program based on the ham radio control libraries hamlib. Fellow emergency managers, first, let me thank you for all the incredible things you have done, and continue to do, for the american people. Aio contest logging software by wd8knc this program can be set up as a multiuser app. Eth096 school club roundup, hamvention update and more. Based upon a survey of net control operators in early 2016, it was determined that about of them still use pencil and paper. For more years than weve had radio logging software, operators have been running nets and logging into nets using pencil and paper. This is the one repository of your contacts where progress towards various milestones are compiled. N1mm logger plus is free software featuring automatic cw generation, rotator and radio control, suport for so2r, cluster support, winkeyer interface, import export cabrillo and adif formats and many more features. Nonschool clubs or multiop groups and individuals are also eligible for a certificate. Elementary, middleintermediatejunior high school, senior high school, collegeuniversity.
I attempted to upload a adif file for n4sms contacts made during school club roundup. Arrl school club roundup contest log is a program marketed by n3fjp software affirmatech. Our new icom ic7300 arrived during the week and got a great workout on the air. School club roundup is a wonderful weeklong amateur radio event held each february and october. Skookumlogger skookumlogger ia a contest logger for os x 10. Welcome to the new arrl contests portal your onestop shop for all of your arrl contest interests. Welcome scrlog freeware for school club roundup ad8b. Contest program for ham radio contesting events, list of contest software category is a curation of 68 web resources on, arrl 10 meter contest log, k2 logger, scrlog. We are going to be talking about the school club roundup, some new information about this years hamvention and more tech corner correction from the last. School club clay county amateur radio emergency service ares. Contesting jargon explained nashua area radio society.