I have added phpHamLog to the site, available for browsing here. I have been wanting a way to keep up with contacts that didn't involve being at the PC at home, and I found this.
I have also been wanting to experiment with SQL databases, and Cornerhost provides up to two free with my hosting plan.
One thing that browsing the log in such a convenient format has produced: I am really despondent over the premature death of my sweet little DSW-20. It was a consistent and reliable performer, and gave me almost half the entries in the log. If I could replace it with anything else besides another DSW-20, I would probably opt for the DSW-30 where 24 hour DX seems to be the rule, rather than the exception.
As it is, I am now confined to 15 and 40. Admittedly, 40 has been pretty good for short skip lately with reliable openings of 600-1500 miles during the day. 40 also can get covered by horrible QRN that comes and goes without any predictable pattern. 15 is its usual quiet sun self, with sporadic openings into Africa and Europe around midday, and into South and Central America near sunset. A couple of days ago I was sitting in my driveway trying to work TI8CBT in Costa Rica, and started just hearing the JAs he was working. They were coming in at a whopping S0-S1, but I could get about 20-30% copy. I expect if my antenna were higher than 4 feet I would do better.
Posted in Radio Daze by WA5ICA at November 8, 2005 04:01 PM