[LCC] QSO Recording and publishing

[Art (K5FNQ)]

Thanks. I saw your initial post and was going to ask you.

This is some neat stuff.  Part of the computer era addition to Ham Radio

73, Art K5FNQ


On 2/18/2018 21:20, w5wz at w5wz.com wrote:
> Hi Friends!
>
> Just wanted to take a couple of minutes to update you on somethings 
> I've recently tried at the W5WZ station.
>
>
> QSO / Contest Recording
> ==================================
> With the recent discussion on CQ-Contest of the ham getting DQ'd after 
> a top 5 finish because he didn't have a recording of the contest, I 
> figured I'd give it a try.  I wanted to do it with what I had on hand 
> for the time being, with ZERO cost.  So I spent many hours last week 
> working on the configuration necessary to do this in my station.  
> Finally got it to work in CW mode on Friday afternoon.  Thus, I wanted 
> to play some in the ARRL DX CW contest.
>
> PC     - Windows 7, had to adjust some audio settings and levels as 
> instructed in the MK2R+ manual
>
> N1MM+  - nothing had to change in my configuration inside of N1MM+
>
> MK2R+  - had to 'readjust' the audio level in every place in the 
> device, according to the latest version manual
>          Also had to push the WYH button on the front, so that the 
> yellow WHY LED is on
>
> QSORDER - ran it in default configuration, with a couple of command 
> line switches
>           qsorder "-C" "-P 12060" "--so2r"
>
> Transceivers - TX MONITOR had to be ON, with audible audio in my ears
>
>
> How it works:
> QSORDER software records a continuous audio stream with the -C 
> (contest) switch.  It appears to break the audio into a file for every 
> hour of the contest.  But the really cool part is that it also listens 
> on the network on TCP port 12060, which is the port that N1MM+ outputs 
> the QSO data when you log a QSO.  QSORDER listens for that, and upon 
> receipt, waits 20 seconds, and then saves the past 45 seconds of audio 
> in a file named with the details of the QSO, i.e.: 
> HG5C_de_W5WZ_ARRLDXCW_CW_20180218_033232Z_7MHz.mp3
>
> Then, I followed the instructions at https://qsorder.hamradiomap.com/  
> to upload and link my QSO data to the shared database.  To see what 
> this can do, go to the link and search for P40E, PJ2T, CR3DX, etc then 
> locate my call in the summary below.  Click my call for all the audio 
> of QSOs between us.
>
>
>
> --Scott
>
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K5FNQ - Art Mouton k5fnq(at)lusfiber.net (or (at)arrl.net) ARRL, QCWA, 
CW OPS, Louisiana Contest Club, DXCC Honor Roll (Mixed & CW), 
Digital/RTTY DXCC, 5BDXCC plus 12, 17, 30 Meters, DXCC Challenge 1,500