Sunday, January 16, 2022

How to Log a DMR QSO on QRZ

Here's a full walkthrough of creating a new DMR QSO entry on QRZ as Digitalvoice, requesting a confirmation, editing the entry, and deleting the entry.




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Should you log non-simplex (repeater/network/DMR/DStar/YSF) QSO's? Yes, it's your log! When might you not log non-simplex (repeater/network) QSO's? During a contest, rules will typically stipulate only simplex connections can be logged for points. And contests usually expect Cabrillo logs be submitted, or the logging be done on LoTW (Logbook of the World), not QRZ.com. In SOTA (Summits On The Air), for example, you can log non-simplex contacts for points if its a non-terrestrial repeater (satellite). I think the main reason for logging outside a contest is in keeping with ARRL's guidance on the 3 reasons for keeping a log (Legal, Operational, Personal), the 3rd being, "Personally, a log is like a personal radio history reminding you of the people and places you’ve talked to...". http://arrl.com/keeping-a-log

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Friday, January 14, 2022

DMR QRZ got a home today at: http://dmrqrz.com we switched hosting from GitHub pages to AWS S3

DMR QRZ got a home today at: http://dmrqrz.com we switched hosting from GitHub pages to AWS S3:

     http://dmrqrz.com or http://www.dmrqrz.com 



Changes:

- Create a redirect from the original GitHub page to dmrqrz.com 

- Create a new GitHub repo: https://github.com/brianjester/dmrqrz

- Create an AWS deployment pipeline from GitHub to S3

- Create DNS entries for dmrqrz.com and alias for www.dmrqrz.com with AWS Route53

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

You Can Run Out of Milk, But Never Run Out of Retirement Cash

I’m paraphrasing the current TIAA-CREF ad campaign but the concept is the same, we frequently run out of daily necessities (milk, batteries ...