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Aug 17

Club Log OQRS Survey Results

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Michael Wells

For the past few months I have been running a survey about Online QSL Requests (OQRS). The objective of this survey has been to understand the preferences and mood of the DX Community. The important question is about bureau cards … Continue reading →

Posted in Club Log, Ham Radio Software, Info, OQRS | Tagged club log oqrs, oqrs survey
May 23

How to parse ADIF files in PHP

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Michael Wells

A question which I am occasionally asked is “how to read ADIF into a database?”. For me this is really about reading a file into PHP, to break up the contents of the ADIF line by line. One of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Club Log, Ham Radio Software
Apr 19

How many DXers are there in the world?

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Michael Wells

A question that comes up in the context of DXpeditions is just how many uniques are there out there? We’re aware that there are at least 50,000 (a record set by T32C in 2011) but can we estimate the full … Continue reading →

Posted in Club Log, DX, Info, News
Feb 11

Radio Arcala – the world’s largest 160m antenna at OH8X

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Michael Wells

Far north of Helsinki, close to the Russian border and 40 miles from the nearest town, you need to take an unmarked turn-off down a snowy track to reach OH8X. As you crunch through the snow in twilight at -20C, … Continue reading →

Posted in Contesting, Equipment, Info, News | Tagged OH8X
Dec 07

Yasme Foundation grant to Club Log

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Michael Wells

I’m very happy to announce that the Yasme Foundation has awarded Club Log a grant of $2,000! Club Log is built to be run on a frugal platform using just one server, and part of the fun and games has … Continue reading →

Posted in Club Log, Info, News | Tagged yasme
Dec 05

XR0YG – Easter Island

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Michael Wells

Expedition web site: http://xr0yg.com Between 20-27 March 2013, a team of British hams will be active from Easter Island on all bands 160m to 10m, mainly CW. We will run the HF bands but we also plan to work challenging … Continue reading →

Posted in Expeditions, News, XR0YG | Tagged easter island
Dec 02

5 Things I Love (and Hate) about Windows Phone 8

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Michael Wells

Not long ago, after many years using a Apple iPhone I decided to give Windows Phone 8 a go, and bought a Nokia Lumia 920. There are a lot of attractive features in the Nokia (especially the camera) and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Equipment | Tagged windows phone 8
Sep 24

Azores Islands Hunt – CU9AC

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Michael Wells
Azores CU9AC

During the next week or so I’ll be on Corvo, in the western Azores with Nigel G3TXF. We’re activating the callsign CU9AC as part of the Azores Islands Hunt (see http://www.slideshare.net/g7vjr/the-azores-islands-hunt). Hope to work you! http://azores-islands-hunt.com/ Update: here is a gallery … Continue reading →

Posted in CU9AC, Expeditions
Sep 07

Pushing MySQL tables to the limit

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Michael Wells

Club Log has been a great testing ground and learning tool in the last few years. I’ve picked up a lot of ideas along the way about how to get MySQL to scale (without giving up and going for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Club Log
Aug 24

Example of using Club Log OQRS in iFrame

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Michael Wells
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