Field Day Logging Software
&
Paper Logging
June 4, 2009
Background
• N1MM Logger is a FREE contest logging
program
• Developed by N1MM with a large group of
programmers
– Very fast response to improvement
suggestions
• Easy to use, but very powerful
• See http://pages.cthome.net/n1mm/ to
download it and practice with it (or use it at
home)
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Startup
• There will be an N1MM Logger icon on the
desktop
• Double click it!
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Startup Screen
N1MM Logger Icon
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Logging Screen
N1MM Logger Icon
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Use of the
Logging Screen
Data Entry
1. You may have to use the
mouse to put the cursor in
the callsign entry field
2. Type the callsign of the
station you are working
(KD7VBG)
3. Use the space bar to move
to the “Class” box
4. Type the class you receive
from KD7VBG (1B)
5. Use the space bar to move
to the “Section” box
6. Type the section you
receive from KD7VBG (AZ)
7. Hit Enter (or Return) or use
the mouse to click Log It
8. You’re done!
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Use of the
Logging Screen
Corrections
To erase everything, use AltW (press Alt and the W key at
the same time) or use the
mouse to click on the Wipe
button.
To correct 1 or more letters
use the space bar to move
the cursor through the boxes
– it cycles through them.
Highlight and correct the
letter or delete it and replace
it.
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Use of the
Logging Screen
Frequency and Mode
If we have computer control
of the radio, the frequency
and mode will automatically
show up here
and it will track the
radio as you change
bands.
If we do not have computer
control of the radio, type the
frequency into the callsign
entry box and hit Enter.
Type the mode into the
callsign entry box and hit
Enter.
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Use of the
Logging Screen
Other Buttons
The green and red dots and
the buttons to the right of
the dots are not required for
Field Day. The remaining
buttons are for CW (see the
appendix).
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Use of the
Logging Screen
Log Window
The Log window can be opened by
clicking Log in the drop down
Window menu on the callsign entry
box. It shows the recent previous
contacts. In the bottom section, it
shows if we have worked that
station on another band or mode.
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Use of the
Logging Screen
Log Window
If you try to work a station we have
worked before, the callsign turns
gray and the word Dupe! appears
to the right of the entry boxes. You
can type Alt-W to clear the boxes
or click Wipe.
Operating Hint: When Dupe!
appears, you should immediately
tell the station you are working
“You’re a DUPE!”. There is no
quicker or easier way to make
radio friends than by calling
someone a dupe.
Sometimes it is faster to work the
station again, rather than try to
explain to them we have worked
before. The software will score
that contact with 0 points.
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Use of the
Logging Screen
Start Up Message
If the 2 Field Day station
computers are networked
together and you have to
re-start N1MM Logger, you
will get a message asking if
this computer is Station 1
or Station 2. There will be
a card with the radio
defining the station
number. Click on the right
answer.
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Appendix
CW Operation
If we can set up the
computers and radios for
automatic CW generation,
clicking on the buttons
labeled F1, F2, etc. will send
the preprogrammed
messages shown on them or
you can use the keyboard
function keys. Also, the ; key
sends his call and the report
and the ‘ key sends F3 and
logs the contact. The
messages can be changed by
right clicking on one of the
buttons and changing the text
in the dialog box. Sorry, no
automatic CW copying is built
into N1MM Logger!
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Using the Paper
Logs
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W7YRC
--------14.220
--------14.050
-----SSB
-----CW
?
2 ALFA ARIZONA
----------6/27/2009
----------6/28/2009
------------1846
------------0024
------------------W1ABC
------------------W7XYZ
PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY
OPER: WA6ZZJ / KD7VBG
3A CT
OPER: N7CW / W7TQJ
4A WY
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Appendix
Beer
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QUESTIONS??
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HANDS ON DEMO…
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