I have an Olympus VN-960PC DVR. We have a little local 2m FM contest here
a couple times a year. I was a Rover in the contest last time and I
didn't want to try to log while I was driving, and since there were no
rules specifically prohibiting logging by recording the QSO's and
transcribing them later, that's what I did. It was also safer while I was
driving (by myself).
I started the recording exactly on the hour. The contest was exactly an
hour long. I could get times by playing the recording back with Audacity
(a great free program!) and noting the time into the recording. Since I
knew what the starting time was, I just added the minutes to the start
time.
The VN-960PC gives almost 6 hours of recording time in hi-quality mode.
There are newer models now sold by Radio Shack, such as the VN-4100PC
which gives you over 11 hours in XHQ mode. The VN-4100 sells for what I
paid for the VN-960 a couple years ago.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007, aa4zz@aol.com wrote:
> AA4S runs amazing scores HF mobile in the North Carolina QSO party. He runs a
> tape recorder during the entire contest speaking the time every few minutes
> and speaking band changes. He then plays back the tape?after the contest?and
> enters the taped information (mostly cw contacts) into his computer logging
> software.??
>
> 73 Paul
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Evans <dan.evans@insightbb.com>
> To: Nate Duehr <nate@natetech.com>
> Cc: VHF Contesting eMail Remailer <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 7:33 pm
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Another rookie question
>
>
>
> Hi Nate,
>
> In the last contest, I used my daughter's MP3 player in voice recorder
> mode. It took a bit of trial and error to get the distance from the
> speaker suitable, but it did work pretty well.
>
> I don't make many QSO's while in motion. If I do, I use a recorder to
> catch the QSO and then add it to the log after the contest. I rove
> solo, so this is the only solution I have been happy with.
>
> Later,
>
> 73
> Dan
>
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