Re: [IRCA] Old school logging

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

If I can't record in some fashion, I don't DX.  When I did some brief AM
and FM DXing as a passenger in the car, I held the phone up to the speaker
and recorded on an mp3 app on my phone.

I realize, not practical.... but if i can't record, I don't log and
report.... audio has been a huge help, especially with foreign language
broadcasts

And nowadays, the digital recorder, a Zoom H1 .. can be held in your hand
and has external mics and line in recording options






On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 8:32 AM, Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> First, I'll note that I've been mostly inactive the past couple of years,
> and the only reports I send out are from DX Tests, and even those ( Such as
> WBOB-600 ) don't always respond even with recordings.
>
> I agree with others than sometimes a recording isn't practical, such as on
> my short drive to work around SR.
>
> I migrated all of my logs for AM, FM, & LW to Access databases a few years
> ago ( previously they'd been in Excel). I use Access because it's a
> database where I can generate any sort of output file in terms of selection
> or sort. I don't use a paper backup, rather I regularly update 2 backup
> copies contained on memory sticks, one of which is stored offsite.
>
>
> Russ Edmunds
> 15 mi NW Phila
> Grid FN20id
> <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (3) barefoot w/whip
> FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder;
> Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 4); Sony XDRS3HD;
> modified Sony ICF2010's (2) w/APS9B @ 15';
> modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 9:56 PM, Russ Johnson <radiok3pi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I do.
> >
> > I handwrite in a paper log (I use an ARRL ham radio logbook and modify
> the
> > columns).  Then transfer to excel spreadsheet when convenient.
> > Periodically back it up to an external hard drive.
> >
> > I can't think of any "logging power" one would need beyond what you can
> do
> > in a spreadsheet.  At least not for me.
> >
> > Russ Johnson
> > Lexington NC
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 9:50 PM Mike Sanburn <mikesanburn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I have often wondered how many DXers use Excel spreadsheet as an AM
> radio
> > > log? It is always a good idea to keep things backed up with some old
> > school
> > > hard copy, ie paper. How many official logging software brands do we
> know
> > > of know?  ms
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPod
> > >
> > > > On Oct 8, 2017, at 5:16 PM, Martin Foltz <martinfoltz@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Mark,
> > > >
> > > > I write details in a Composition book for what I hear daily.
> > > > My log is a Microsoft Excel file that I have developed over time. It
> > has
> > > several tabs. The main log tab has all the usual columns for frequency,
> > > calls, city, state, format, etc. Another tab is statistics that
> > > automatically counts how many stations heard in each state and
> province.
> > > Other tabs are to track my reception reports and veries.
> > > >
> > > > Martin Foltz
> > > > Mission Viejo CA
> > > >
> > > >> Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 23:01:56 -0400
> > > >> From: Mark Pettifor <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >> To: IRCA List <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >> Subject: [IRCA] Old school logging
> > > >>
> > > >> Greetings all,
> > > >>
> > > >> Just wondering what your favorite log pages are for keeping logs of
> > BCB
> > > >> DX. I made a spreadsheet a while back, but in hindsight, it isn't
> the
> > > >> best format. For logging right now I've just been writing stuff down
> > in
> > > >> a small spiral notebook, and then transferring it later to the
> > > >> spreadsheet. That seems like double-work to me. (Not that I'm lazy
> or
> > > >> anything...)
> > > >>
> > > >> Are there some good pages already made out there on the webz
> somewhere
> > > >> for downloading that are good? I'm thinking of going old school and
> > > >> having a handwritten logbook in a 3-ring binder, with tabs for each
> > > >> frequency. Or something like that.
> > > >>
> > > >> How do you keep your logs and how do you organize them?
> > > >>
> > > >> Mark "Disorganized" Pettifor
> > > >> Goshen, IN
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