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2023 FM Challenge

Paul Blundell
 

Hi.

I am keen to kick this off. How does this sound?

For the month of April, log as many FM stations as you can.

- All stations must be ID'ed by callsign, content or RDS data.
- Each station can be logged once per location in the month.
- Any ultralight radio can be used.
- External aerials are permitted.

Example log sheet:

Paul Blundell
 

Futhur to this, I have now updated MWDXerDB with an option to log for this challenge: Below is the report output example. If anybody wants a copy of MWDXerDB with this feature added, please let me know.

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**2023 DX Project - Report**
**V23.03**
** https://tangersultralightradiodxing.blogspot.com/ **
Report Date: 03/28/2023
Report Time: 11:31:35
-------------------------
DATE: 28/03/2023
TIME: 11:30
LOCATION: Home, Launcestron Tasmania
RADIO: AR-1733
NOTES: Test Event
 89.3 - LA FM
 90.1 - Chilli FM
 91.7 - ABC Northern Tasmania
 92.5 - ABC News Radio

On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 10:36 AM Paul Blundell via groups.io <tanger32au=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:

Hi.

I am keen to kick this off. How does this sound?

For the month of April, log as many FM stations as you can.

- All stations must be ID'ed by callsign, content or RDS data.
- Each station can be logged once per location in the month.
- Any ultralight radio can be used.
- External aerials are permitted.

Example log sheet:



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Paul

Johnny
 

Hi Paul,
 
This sounds great to me!
 
I think I would like to use your software logging program if possible, is it free and/or how could I download it?
 
I think the guidelines that you have posted will work great for me, it sounds very fun!
 
I already have my target radio in mind for this challenge.
 
Thank you for posting this challenge and "getting things going" for FM!
 
I will plan to start on April 1st!
 
 
Johnny

Paul Blundell
 

No problems.


As below, if you press the DX2023 button, this will open up the screens to log your catches.



Any issues or questions, let me know :)

Paul

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 9:42 AM Johnny via groups.io <jlochey=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
Hi Paul,
 
This sounds great to me!
 
I think I would like to use your software logging program if possible, is it free and/or how could I download it?
 
I think the guidelines that you have posted will work great for me, it sounds very fun!
 
I already have my target radio in mind for this challenge.
 
Thank you for posting this challenge and "getting things going" for FM!
 
I will plan to start on April 1st!
 
 
Johnny



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Paul

Paul Blundell
 

2023 FM Challenge

For the month of April 2023, log as many FM stations as you can.

- All stations must be ID'ed by callsign, content or RDS data.
- Each station can be logged once per location in the month. A location is physical location which is separate from a previous location. This is trust based and would require a physical barrier or the need to drive to each location.
- Any ultralight radio can be used.
- External aerials are permitted.

MWDXerDB has been updated with an option to log this challenge.
https://tangersultralightradiodxing.blogspot.com/2023/03/software-mwdxerdb.html


Results will be shared here at the end of the month. 

https://tangersultralightradiodxing.blogspot.com/2023/03/2023-fm-challenge.html


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Paul

Liam Wells
 

How far away do locations needs to be?
Same suburb okay? What about beaches or parks?

From: main@UltralightDX.groups.io <main@UltralightDX.groups.io> on behalf of Paul Blundell <tanger32au@...>
Sent: 29 March 2023 14:28
To: UltralightDX@groups.io <UltralightDX@groups.io>; IRCA List <IRCA@groups.io>; WOR@groups.io <WOR@groups.io>
Subject: [UltralightDX] 2023 FM Challenge
 

2023 FM Challenge

For the month of April 2023, log as many FM stations as you can.

- All stations must be ID'ed by callsign, content or RDS data.
- Each station can be logged once per location in the month. A location is physical location which is separate from a previous location. This is trust based and would require a physical barrier or the need to drive to each location.
- Any ultralight radio can be used.
- External aerials are permitted.

MWDXerDB has been updated with an option to log this challenge.
https://tangersultralightradiodxing.blogspot.com/2023/03/software-mwdxerdb.html


Results will be shared here at the end of the month. 

https://tangersultralightradiodxing.blogspot.com/2023/03/2023-fm-challenge.html


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Paul

Liam Wells
 

Hi.
Is this something that is ran often and does the group have these on a monthly basis? I won't be able to take part as I don't have any portable radios yet. I have been using my R75 at home for SWL.

Do you mind explaining a bit about this and the group for an old timer like myself?

From: main@UltralightDX.groups.io <main@UltralightDX.groups.io> on behalf of Paul Blundell <tanger32au@...>
Sent: 29 March 2023 09:56
To: main@ultralightdx.groups.io <main@ultralightdx.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] 2023 FM Challenge
 
No problems.


As below, if you press the DX2023 button, this will open up the screens to log your catches.



Any issues or questions, let me know :)

Paul

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 9:42 AM Johnny via groups.io <jlochey=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
Hi Paul,
 
This sounds great to me!
 
I think I would like to use your software logging program if possible, is it free and/or how could I download it?
 
I think the guidelines that you have posted will work great for me, it sounds very fun!
 
I already have my target radio in mind for this challenge.
 
Thank you for posting this challenge and "getting things going" for FM!
 
I will plan to start on April 1st!
 
 
Johnny



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Paul

Paul Blundell
 

Really I am going base on trusting each person to decide what counts as a new location.

If you go to park a today and tomorrow go to a separate park, that's fine. If you went to a different location in the same park, it is not. 

Happy for the group to offer any input on this also.

On Wed, 29 Mar 2023, 5:11 pm Liam Wells, <vk3xgw@...> wrote:
How far away do locations needs to be?
Same suburb okay? What about beaches or parks?
From: main@UltralightDX.groups.io <main@UltralightDX.groups.io> on behalf of Paul Blundell <tanger32au@...>
Sent: 29 March 2023 14:28
To: UltralightDX@groups.io <UltralightDX@groups.io>; IRCA List <IRCA@groups.io>; WOR@groups.io <WOR@groups.io>
Subject: [UltralightDX] 2023 FM Challenge
 

2023 FM Challenge

For the month of April 2023, log as many FM stations as you can.

- All stations must be ID'ed by callsign, content or RDS data.
- Each station can be logged once per location in the month. A location is physical location which is separate from a previous location. This is trust based and would require a physical barrier or the need to drive to each location.
- Any ultralight radio can be used.
- External aerials are permitted.

MWDXerDB has been updated with an option to log this challenge.
https://tangersultralightradiodxing.blogspot.com/2023/03/software-mwdxerdb.html


Results will be shared here at the end of the month. 

https://tangersultralightradiodxing.blogspot.com/2023/03/2023-fm-challenge.html


--
Paul

Paul Blundell
 

In the past we have ran some challenges and so on. We don't run them every month but when somebody wants to put one together.

Gary is the group owner and can provide some more information and history on the group.

On Wed, 29 Mar 2023, 5:37 pm Liam Wells, <vk3xgw@...> wrote:
Hi.
Is this something that is ran often and does the group have these on a monthly basis? I won't be able to take part as I don't have any portable radios yet. I have been using my R75 at home for SWL.

Do you mind explaining a bit about this and the group for an old timer like myself?
From: main@UltralightDX.groups.io <main@UltralightDX.groups.io> on behalf of Paul Blundell <tanger32au@...>
Sent: 29 March 2023 09:56
To: main@ultralightdx.groups.io <main@ultralightdx.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] 2023 FM Challenge
 
No problems.


As below, if you press the DX2023 button, this will open up the screens to log your catches.



Any issues or questions, let me know :)

Paul

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 9:42 AM Johnny via groups.io <jlochey=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
Hi Paul,
 
This sounds great to me!
 
I think I would like to use your software logging program if possible, is it free and/or how could I download it?
 
I think the guidelines that you have posted will work great for me, it sounds very fun!
 
I already have my target radio in mind for this challenge.
 
Thank you for posting this challenge and "getting things going" for FM!
 
I will plan to start on April 1st!
 
 
Johnny



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Paul

Johnny
 

Thank Paul for the logger link!

Looking forward to starting this challenge this weekend!


*** Welcome aboard Liam!!! ***  :)


Johnny

Paul Blundell
 

Hi all.

I have had some reports of some issues with the program I added to manage and log for this. 

I have had a project going for a while to migrate MWDXerDB from JustBasic to Python, based on this feedback, I am going to instead spend some time on moving across this to Python also. I have some code ready and working, it just needs some more testing but should be all good to go by late tomorrow, ready for the 1st April and to kick this off.

Paul

Paul Blundell
 

New version is here:


UNZIP to C:\MWDXerDB



Run C:\MWDXerDB\2023FMChallenge_CMD.exe



password is dxing


On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 6:22 PM Paul Blundell via groups.io <tanger32au=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:
Hi all.

I have had some reports of some issues with the program I added to manage and log for this. 

I have had a project going for a while to migrate MWDXerDB from JustBasic to Python, based on this feedback, I am going to instead spend some time on moving across this to Python also. I have some code ready and working, it just needs some more testing but should be all good to go by late tomorrow, ready for the 1st April and to kick this off.

Paul



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Paul

Liam Wells
 

Could this be made to work on a tablet or mobile phone? I often carry mine when out walking. 

From: main@UltralightDX.groups.io <main@UltralightDX.groups.io> on behalf of Paul Blundell <tanger32au@...>
Sent: 31 March 2023 10:07
To: main@ultralightdx.groups.io <main@ultralightdx.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] 2023 FM Challenge
 
New version is here:


UNZIP to C:\MWDXerDB



Run C:\MWDXerDB\2023FMChallenge_CMD.exe



password is dxing


On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 6:22 PM Paul Blundell via groups.io <tanger32au=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:
Hi all.

I have had some reports of some issues with the program I added to manage and log for this. 

I have had a project going for a while to migrate MWDXerDB from JustBasic to Python, based on this feedback, I am going to instead spend some time on moving across this to Python also. I have some code ready and working, it just needs some more testing but should be all good to go by late tomorrow, ready for the 1st April and to kick this off.

Paul



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Paul

Paul Blundell
 

It is written in Python which is quite mobile. I am not sure how some of it would work around saving data. I am happy to keep developing it on Windows until I am happy, then might look at porting it across.
I did look at a web version which would work via a web browser but am not sure how easy this would be to port across.

Paul

On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 1:39 PM Liam Wells <vk3xgw@...> wrote:
Could this be made to work on a tablet or mobile phone? I often carry mine when out walking. 
From: main@UltralightDX.groups.io <main@UltralightDX.groups.io> on behalf of Paul Blundell <tanger32au@...>
Sent: 31 March 2023 10:07
To: main@ultralightdx.groups.io <main@ultralightdx.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] 2023 FM Challenge
 
New version is here:


UNZIP to C:\MWDXerDB



Run C:\MWDXerDB\2023FMChallenge_CMD.exe



password is dxing


On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 6:22 PM Paul Blundell via groups.io <tanger32au=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:
Hi all.

I have had some reports of some issues with the program I added to manage and log for this. 

I have had a project going for a while to migrate MWDXerDB from JustBasic to Python, based on this feedback, I am going to instead spend some time on moving across this to Python also. I have some code ready and working, it just needs some more testing but should be all good to go by late tomorrow, ready for the 1st April and to kick this off.

Paul



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Paul



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Paul

Liam Wells
 

Thank you, Paul.

I would be happy to see you do this, if it is even possible.

73
Liam

From: main@UltralightDX.groups.io <main@UltralightDX.groups.io> on behalf of Paul Blundell <tanger32au@...>
Sent: 31 March 2023 21:22
To: main@ultralightdx.groups.io <main@ultralightdx.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] 2023 FM Challenge
 
It is written in Python which is quite mobile. I am not sure how some of it would work around saving data. I am happy to keep developing it on Windows until I am happy, then might look at porting it across.
I did look at a web version which would work via a web browser but am not sure how easy this would be to port across.

Paul

On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 1:39 PM Liam Wells <vk3xgw@...> wrote:
Could this be made to work on a tablet or mobile phone? I often carry mine when out walking. 
From: main@UltralightDX.groups.io <main@UltralightDX.groups.io> on behalf of Paul Blundell <tanger32au@...>
Sent: 31 March 2023 10:07
To: main@ultralightdx.groups.io <main@ultralightdx.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] 2023 FM Challenge
 
New version is here:


UNZIP to C:\MWDXerDB



Run C:\MWDXerDB\2023FMChallenge_CMD.exe



password is dxing


On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 6:22 PM Paul Blundell via groups.io <tanger32au=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:
Hi all.

I have had some reports of some issues with the program I added to manage and log for this. 

I have had a project going for a while to migrate MWDXerDB from JustBasic to Python, based on this feedback, I am going to instead spend some time on moving across this to Python also. I have some code ready and working, it just needs some more testing but should be all good to go by late tomorrow, ready for the 1st April and to kick this off.

Paul



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Paul



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Paul

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