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In the pure wireless era, the predecessors of amateur radio had few auxiliary tools. Personal computers were actually more exotic and mysterious than radios themselves. Therefore, materials such as radio diaries were recorded in notebooks one by one. They exchanged QSL cards with each other and manually counted communication data, which was a very cumbersome task. However, they were not tired of it because this was one of their hobbies.
As personal microcomputers took the stage of history and rapidly developed at an extremely rapid pace, PCs gradually also entered the vision of hamsters. Hamsters themselves are a group of high IQ, eager to accept new things and challenges, when they found that PCs have even more fun than wireless radio, more puzzles waiting for them to explore and discover, many hamsters turned to the world of computers. They found that this world is a broader, more mysterious and freer new continent waiting for them to open up, compared to the world of wireless radio.
Of course, the vast majority of hams have not abandoned their ham identities, but are often active in these two somewhat related yet vastly different worlds.
After a long time, ham radio operators began thinking about how computers could serve their wireless careers.
One of the powerful functions of personal computers is statistics and calculation, while wireless telegraphy requires a huge amount of work to statistically process communication data, usually requiring ham operators to spend a lot of time, and sometimes due to just one small statistical error, they may have to start all over again.
As a result, various software specifically designed to assist hams in amateur wireless communication gradually emerged. Due to the natural convenience of long-distance communication for hams, people within their own circles spread these software, shared usage experiences, and continuously provided feedback on usage, improvement suggestions, and various bugs to the software authors.
Some authors have created software that stands out, not only are they powerful and specifically designed for ham radio use, but more importantly, they are free. People are very willing to share their work with friends so they can enjoy the convenience they bring to them.
In the amateur radio service's accepted amateur radio operator's code of ethics there is this tenet:
"Friendliness - willing to send slowly and patiently when requested, friendly guidance and discussion for beginners, providing kind help, cooperation and consideration for the benefit of others."
It is clear that these software authors are quietly following the good traditions passed down by their predecessors. Without these basic guidelines, the world of amateur radio might fall into chaos and disorder, rather than being filled with joy and warmth as it is now.
The world of amateur radio is a warm and affectionate one. Although radio waves are invisible and colorless, and the night sky is cold and quiet, these waves carry warmth, bearing everyone's blessings and greetings, crossing mountains and oceans, tightly connecting people from different ethnicities and countries. Even if everyone speaks different languages and may be complete strangers beforehand, as long as they report their call sign, whether they are seasoned operators or newcomers, they will receive warm welcomes and guidance.
The software that N3DS obtained is one of the more popular logger programs, Logger32. The author of this program is Bob Furzer, K4CY.
The software interface is in English, and Duan Fei's English level is obviously good, and he is also very familiar with the software, operating it with ease. As for Xu Wenjing, she has not reached his level yet, and on top of that, she is not familiar with the software, so even just watching from the side is a bit difficult.
However, she also saw that the logger32 function is very powerful and greatly simplifies the process of log recording and statistics. As long as you enter the key parameters, it can automatically perform calculations and statistics. Moreover, through some specialized interfaces, this software can be directly connected to the radio-related interface for data detection and monitoring.
On the right side of the software, there is even a window displaying a world map. It can display the actual location of radio stations that appear during the connection process on the map, as well as the trajectory and coverage area of amateur satellites in the sky.
This feature is particularly useful for amateur radio enthusiasts, as the world view shown above is centered on one's own location and the distances on the map are also in direct proportion to actual distances.
The operator can easily determine the direction of the communication station through the parameters displayed above, and adjust the antenna's orientation and frequency. It can also intuitively reflect the communication path and distance.
"Fei Ge, it seems our preparation is really thorough." Xu Wenjing said sincerely.
"This is for sure." His brother Xu Wenle walked over with an amplifier, "We've all decided that if we still can't win the Asian championship in multi-machine groups like this, we'll cancel our licenses and never play radio again!"
Xu Wenjing was shocked by his words and stuck out her small tongue, but she knew how much her brother and his friends loved radio control cars, something they had played with since childhood. How could they just give up? It was clear how determined they were about the outcome of this competition.
"Fei Ge, I want to write a news article and submit it to the newspaper, do you think that's suitable?" Xǔ Wénjìng asked after taking out her camera and snapping a photo for the radio station.
"Of course," Duan Fei said with a smile, "but it's better not to write about the antenna outside, that wouldn't be good..."
Duan Fei stopped talking. These antennas were originally set up according to military standards, and if this was also reported, it would have a very bad influence.
"Hmm! I understand." Xu Wenjing had been exposed to these things since she was a child and naturally knew what to do.
Then, Xu Wenjing wrote a news article about this and submitted it to the Central People's Broadcasting Station in the name of their school broadcasting station. Perhaps due to the nature of the radio station, they were very interested in this matter and quickly broadcast the article on that day's news with the title "Amateur Radio International Competition is approaching, Beijing Ham Gathering together to prepare for battle". Moreover, the intern reporter of the radio station, Zhong Yun, contacted Xu Wenjing on the same day, saying that she wanted to do a follow-up report on this matter.
"CQWW DX Contest is a major amateur radio competition sponsored by CQ Amateur Radio magazine. It takes place every year on the last weekend of November in UTC, which is two days from now. The contest will be held in CW mode, also known as Morse code communication mode. Ham operators around the world are actively preparing for this event... In our capital city Beijing, there is also a group of hams who are actively preparing for this contest, they..."
The radio broadcast the clear and pleasant voice of a CCTV announcer, Lin Hong, who was busy at his workstation, turned around to glance at the radio and muttered: "There are quite a few people from China participating in this competition."
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