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HamSphere Newsletter Feb 2013
2013-02-18 01:28 |
Admin Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 1,061 |
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Dear HamSphere Operators Welcome to the Feb 2013 Edition of the HamSphere Newsletter! Lots of stuff so here we go: New DXHC Awards HamSphere proudly presents three new North American Awards: Worked 25 US States, Worked All States and Worked 10 Canadian Provinces or Territories. When it comes to State and Province location we rely entirely on Geo IP tracking. It is the IP number that determines the location, but if you find any discrepancies or you know that we have the wrong location, we can always correct this. Please let us know if you want to correct a location of a US/Canadian operator. 
There are 56 European countries and we have created three challenging European Awards. Work 40, 45 and 50 European countries. 
Click here for more info about the new awards Unconfirmed Countries/States/Provinces  You can now use our system for Unconfirmed Countries/States/Provinces etc.You will get an instant update of what Countries/States you need to work to get your prestigious awards. State/Province now listed in cluster  Each DX Cluster on HamSphere now has State and Province information for USA and Canadian operators. This is helpful information when you are working North American stations.
QSO Matching Some users have asked us about the QSO matching for awards. This is the way it works: A verified QSO (Contact) requires a sent and received QSL card. In your log book you will find two squares, S and R which will turn red and green when you have sent a QSL and received a QSL for a QSO. As you know you will click the grey S to send a card and it will turn red when the card has been sent. The R will then turn green when the other station has sent you a confirming card for that same QSO. When you look in your logstats page you will find your log book, At the end of each logged row you will find two X like XX when both a QSL has been sent and QSL has been received. The trick is the have XX = Both Sent and Received QSL cards = A verified QSO. Good luck! 
Contests The HamSphere International DX Contest was held Saturday to Sunday 2013-02-23 00:00 to 2013-02-24 23:59. A total of 10300 QSOs were filed from 475 contestants. Contest results will be displayed in a week on the Contest Forum. Contest Results 
Here are the results from the HamSphere Christmas contest 2012 that was held 26 Dec 2012 between 08:30 and 11.00 UTC. The results are based on a properly filled out logbook, verified log entry and that power limitation were kept. Congratulations to Martin 161HS363 who won this contest with the score of 1300. He managed to get 52 QSOs and 24 multipliers Results: "HamSphere Christmas contest", 26 Dec 2012 1st, 161HS363, POLAND, 1300 points 2nd, LY3BHY, LITHUANIA, 968 points 3rd, CT2EHF, PORTUGAL, 805 points New Servers We have invested in new powerful 8 core servers located in Strasbourg, France and St. Louis, Missouri. These servers are more powerful than the old cloud servers in London and Chicago. We also run an 8 core server in Stockholm as well as a 4 core Greenqloud server in Reykjavik, Iceland. DX Cluster Updates/Changes We have now implemented a more realistic DX Cluster in the Transceiver. It lists only transmitting stations and the last frequency they were QRV on which is a big advantage when you are QSO-ing. Transmitting stations will always be presented at the top. The cluster makes more sense and it is not so cluttered. If you want to show up in the cluster, just hit the PTT on a specific frequency and you will pop up immediately. If you bring up the WEB Cluster http://www.hamsphere.com/cluster.php you will find all logged on stations, even stations that do not transmit. Learning channels Newcomers to HamSphere will in the future be able to listen to "Learning Channels" which will be automated stations looping on the Ham Bands of HamSphere. These learning station will describe Amateur Radio concepts and operation ethics as well as practical tips and tricks. Reworked Forum As some of you may have seen we have reorganized the HamSphere Forum The forum is now more structurized and we have added a new forum for Contesting. Most of the spread out Manuals have been compiled into the "Manuals" forum. HamSphere DXHC Top-1000 
DX Countries 
Since the beginning of 2013 a total of 176 different countries and 8200 users registered an account with HamSphere. Rare DX Operators from the following countries have been active (And verified via IP-number) on HamSphere over the past month. SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, MOZAMBIQUE, BENIN, JERSEY, MALI MALDIVES, CAYMAN ISLANDS, CHAD, ST. KITTS, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS BELIZE, ETHIOPIA, VIET NAM, BOTSWANA, CONGO, SAMOA, CAMEROON, CURACAO, NEPAL Featured Bloggers on HamSphere.NET http://sv9kir.hamsphere.net/ Dimitrios Blog, Crete, Greece http://m0wwd.hamsphere.net/ James Blog, Devon, UK http://ea7fmt.hamsphere.net/ Nicolas Blog, Huelva, Spain http://68hs339.hamsphere.net/ Tonys Blog, Coleraine, Northern Ireland http://57hs797.hamsphere.net/ Tilroys Blog, Goa, India http://2hs1434.hamsphere.net/ Steves Blog, Philadelphia, USA If you are keen on starting your own Ham Blog, please go to: http://www.hamsphere.net New Functions in Transceiver You can now use the /lookup command with parts of call signs. If you for instance want to search all 2HS stations, you just type /lookup 2hs in the chat. Android Beta app works well  After many months of testing we are now presenting the latest Android beta version. The reason it is still in beta is that we still have some features to work out. But the app is working great and it can be downloaded from HamSphere Android Beta.
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