February 2024 to date 26th CW scores
Congratulations to all the CW Operators of The COOL CW Operators Club and for sharing your logs on The COOL with each other, inspiring each other to be active on a regular basis. Well done !
Month February 2024
The TRANSPARENCY of The COOL
In some ways it’s good that the COOL meets some resistance, this shows that the foundations of the systems are 100% water tight and open to public scrutiny as to whether a contact is legit or not. The resistance primarily…
The easiest way to log on The COOL
As easy as One, Two, Three. I somehow find the smartphone to be convenient. Only three required fields, the rest are OPTIONAL! The “heavy lifting” can be done on a PC like editing and transferring of logs. One must just…
The COOL and RaDAR Sport
Actually RaDAR Sport is where the ideas of The COOL began. This artificial intelligence (AI) video brought back some fond memories. They are still applicable! Outdoor radio, no limit on equipment, rapid deployment amateur radio. Moving amateur radio Stand still…
Congratulations Helge ZS6HB
A COOL report: Well done Helge, the COOL CW Operators Club are extremely proud of you. Helge had logged his AWA contest QSO’s on The COOL and it was within minutes that we could see he, Ludwig and Ed were…
In recognition of the development of The COOL
The award money will go towards the annual hosting fees for radarops.co.za
Cellphone logger updated
Well, the Cabrillo scene has changed The COOL a little to start accepting FIVE NINE NINE’s again! The RST’s take up valuable vertical space but hopefully okay on most smartphones. Actually easier to use than a PC just you can’t…
ZS6HI proves the effectiveness of the uploader
Well done Kieth! Absolutely perfect ADIF upload including RST’s and Exchanges. We note many of our friends who would be most welcome to join The COOL. The Evaluator showing our COOL dudes for the day. Well done guys!
RST’s are back
Seems the world still needs 599’s ………. International contests require a separate RST, sent and received, even if it’s FIVE NINE NINE ….. So far available on the PC.
Second Cabrillo submission test
START-OF-LOG: 3.0CONTEST: ARRL-DX-CWCALLSIGN: ZS6BNELOCATION: MolopoCATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OPCATEGORY-ASSISTED: NON-ASSISTEDCATEGORY-BAND: 10mCATEGORY-POWER: LOWCATEGORY-MODE: CWCATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONEGRID-LOCATOR: KG34acCLAIMED-SCORE: 00001CLUB: The COOL CW Operators ClubCREATED-BY: The COOLNAME: EddieADDRESS: 50 Piet my vrou avenueADDRESS-CITY: Molopo Private ParkADDRESS-STATE-PROVINCE: Northwest provinceADDRESS-POSTALCODE: 2740ADDRESS-COUNTRY: South AfricaOPERATORS: ZS6BNESOAPBOX: First attempt at Cabrillo submissionQSO:…