W1AW/0 Minnesota Operating Guide
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1 W1AW/0 Minnesota Operating Guide In creating the Centennial QSO Party, the ARRL has given us an amazing opportunity to operate using their famous W1AW callsign as well as be in a situation that will generate incredible numbers of QSOs. You will representing Minnesota Wireless Association on one or more band/mode combinations for the UTC week of June 11 through June 17. This document should provide you with the background you need to successfully operate as W1AW/0 in Minnesota. You should also check the information from MWA s web site under the ARRL Centennial QSO Party Link General Questions When is W1AW/0 available to use in Minnesota? From 0000 UTC Wednesday June 11 through 2359 UTC Tuesday June 17. In local time it works out to: 7:00 PM Tuesday June 11 through 6:59 PM Tuesday June 17 Where is the W1AW/0 operating schedule? The public schedule is found here: The schedule with call signs is here: How do I reserve operating time? Review the schedule for openings on your available dates and time. Select a band and mode you would like to operate. your operating request with date, time(s), band and mode to: HF requests go to AC0W at mnw1aw@charter.net VHF requests go to W0ZQ at w0zq@aol.com What if cannot make my reserved operating times? Contact AC0W for HF and W0ZQ for VHF via as quickly as possible. This will allow them to update the schedule quickly so last minute operators may be able to use the band and mode. Remind me again what this whole ARRL Centennial QSO Party is about. See Also the North Carolina team produced a nice video summarizing their operation as well as the whole W1AW program. See On Air Guidelines and Suggestions What should I do when I get on the air? Call CQ Call CQ Call CQ! There is no sense in dialing around calling people, they will be looking for us. Also, it won't hurt to occasionally call CQ DX Only if the band is open and stateside is loud covering up potentially weak DX stations, or to ask for Mobiles and QRP only for the same reason, just don't do that for more than a couple minutes. Initial experience has shown that the USA will be patient for those special requests. Operate Split: You should always operate split when using W1AW/0 even when rates are slow. You never
2 know when things will pick up. When things do pick up it is difficult to change from single frequency to split operation. The pile-ups typically are large and are easier to handle when operating split for both you and the other station. How should I identify myself when calling CQ or QRZ? Always identify yourself as W1AW/0 on CW and Digital and as W1AW Portable 0 on Phone. W1AW/5 in Arkansas will also be on the air the same week we are so make sure to give our full call to differentiate ourselves from them. What exchange should I give? It is recommended to give as an exchange 59 Minnesota or 599 MN. At a minimum you should give a signal report. You don't need to give anything more than that. What else should I say in the QSO and anything else I should keep in mind? For the most part these are going to be contest style QSOs -- meaning get their call, give them your exchange, confirm the QSO and move on to the next one. They are not intended to be ragchews. However use your best judgment and especially if rates are slow feel free to chat for a while. What Frequencies should I operate at? Stay in General portion of bands (or Tech on 10M Phone) as much as possible. For a reminder on where all these portions are see: Only operate frequencies you are authorized by your license. If you hold a general class license you may not operate extra class frequencies just by using the W1AW/0 call sign. Stay in the sub-band where your mode is authorized and/or expected Stay clear of nets and dxpeditions. Watch out for band edges. For instance in LSB don't get closer than 3 khz from the Phone subband bottom or in USB don't get closer than 3 khz from the band top. Watch out for the SSTV areas notably /- and established DX segments like Digital operators when operating RTTY should look out for PSK31 which is usually around.070 and JT around.075 and.076 See Appendix A for Band specific suggestions. How will people know what frequency I am operating on so they can find me? On CW this won't be a problem as the skimmer network will find and spot you instantly as soon as you call CQ. If you are a Phone or Digital operator I recommend you spot yourself on one of the internet packcluster nodes when you begin operating, when you QSY, if you switch to operating Split, etc. If need be, repeat the spot every minutes or so. Remember to spot yourself as W1AW/0 not your home call. What if someone asks me to QSY to a different band or mode? Tell them that you are only authorized to operate W1AW/0 on this band and mode and so can't QSY. Let them know we have other operators assigned to all bands and modes and they will be on the air during the week. How do I avoid interfering with nets? Listen before you transmit and check out your listening frequency range if you are going split. If you just take the approach of being a considerate operator things should be ok 99% of the time. There are a couple of lists of nets that people have suggested. You can take a look at these. Some of the major nets people have said to be on the lookout for include, but is obviously not limited to: Pacific Seafarers Net (14300), Century Club (3905, 7188/7178), Geratol (3668), Triple H 0700 UTC), County Hunters (14336, , and many more often X36 on SSB and 56.5 on CW.), OMISS (14290), etc. Similarly, we should also watch out for the SSTV areas notably /- and established DX segments like Digital operators when operating RTTY should look out for PSK31 which is usually around.070 and JT around.075 and.076.
3 Any special suggestions for CW operators? Use reasonable cw speeds, don't do 35 wpm just because you can. At regular intervals dial your speed back to wpm for a few minutes for the casual CW operator. Also, as the week progresses gradually slow your speed down. Any special suggestions for Phone operators? Use only standard phonetics Any special suggestions for Digital operators? Operate RTTY and at least some PSK31 if possible. Experience from other states is that 80-90% of their Digital QSOs are RTTY and the majority of the rest are PSK31. If you are capable of other digital modes give them a try as long as you are making QSOs, If you happen to use WSJT software, it turns out that WSJT (JT65A and JT9) doesn't work correctly with a slash after the call. It works fine if the slash is in the front of the call (W0/W1AW) Though there are reports that WSJT-X Version 1.3 has improved handling of compound callsigns. So, if you are running WSJT-X you can check that out. A good guide for RTTY sub-bands can be found at: Some hints on handling a RTTY pileup can be found at the following, and from my personal experience at YN5Z handling a RTTY pileup is tricky if you have never done it. o (See "Eddies Commandments for the DX Station) o What do I do when the pileup starts to build? Now won't that be fun! If you like pileups you are going to have a great time operating as W1AW/0. If you have never experienced pileups you are about to. (And for the pileup novices there is some additional material in Appendix B to look at). General experience from other state operations is: Avoid going by call areas if at all possible! This has been the operating technique that has generated the most complaints to ARRL HQ and the other W1AW/# operations. The general reason is that you will asking the vast majority of the pileup to standby for long periods of time when they can hear you quite well. If you absolutely feel you have to thin out the pileup by going by call areas here is some general advice: o Work no more than 7-8 stations in each call area before moving to the next one. This should let you get through all ten call areas in a half hour or less. o You can also throw in specific continent calls "Europe Only", "Asia Only", "DX Only" as well as asking for QRP and/or Mobiles. If you have a band that has only a 30 minute window each day to some continent whereas several hours to the US, you better concentrate your operations in the 30 minutes to that continent and ask the US to standby. It is fine and helpful to explain that to the pileup: "US please standby while I work XXXXXXX. I only have a 30 minute propagation window for them and want to work them when I can. I will be back to the US soon". o Be aware of where you have propagation now, where you don't, and how it will be changing as you move through the call areas. Nothing gets the pileup madder than to hear you fade away while you are working some other call area that they know will still have propagation hours from now. o You are best off going split using standard split amounts -- UP 5-10 on Phone, UP 1-2 on CW and UP 1-3 on Digital. If you have never transmitted split with your radio before make sure to try it out before getting on the air. Remember you will still be mobbed if you keep listening on the same split frequency. You really need to move the receive frequency around thru the pileup else you lose most of the advantage of split. For those of you that have not operated split before here is some advice from KM7R: Realize if you operate split you will be
4 doing it backwards from what almost all of us are used to when we work a DX station who themselves is operating split. In the latter case, which we are familiar with, we keep our listening frequency fixed and change our transmitting frequency to find where the DX station is listening. Since when operating split as W1AW/0 you are now the DX station you will be keeping your transmitting frequency fixed and will be changing your listening frequency to pick out a call in the pileup. I highly recommend you practice this setup on your radio before you start operating as the buttons you push, the knobs you turn, and the way you use your VFO's will be different enough to really confuse you. I've been there, done that, so I speak from experience. If someone asks "Who is the Operator?" or "What is your QTH?" what do I do? Just tell them who you are. You can give out your home call. For QTH you can say Idaho or maybe they want the county or grid. You can figure it out. What if someone calls me who I already have in the log but still wants to work me again? The easiest thing is to just work them again and log them again. They may be calling you because they want an insurance contact or they were not sure about their prior QSO. So, the advice is "Work and Log all Dupes". It will be faster than trying to convince them you already worked them and have them in the log. What if someone asks "How do I get your QSL card?" Tell them details are on the ARRL web site, under the Centennial QSO Party link. The ARRL is handling all QSO chores. Don t spend a lot of time explaining this as they can get more accurate information from the ARRL web site. Logging Questions What do I need to log for my QSOs? For each QSO please make sure to log date, time in UTC, band, mode, and the callsign of the other station. You do not need to log name, signal report, or any other information. Spend time making sure you get the call right. Does it matter what logging software I use? No, as long as you record the required minimum information and your logging software can generate and ADIF file. Contest logging software using DXpedition typically works best. Many people use N1MM. Appendix C has specific setup steps on how to use N1MM while operating as W1AW/0. What do I do with my log when the week is up? Using your logging software or other tool to generate a ADIF file of your QSOs. Please name the file yourcall-county-gridsquare.adi, example AC0W-Mower- EN33.adi. E- mail the ADIF file by Saturday, June 21 to mnw1aw@charter.net. Anything else I should be recording for the week? You bet. Make sure to take some photos of you, you operating, your station, etc. If you want to record video or audio of you operating -- Even better. The ARRL is going to put together a W1AW yearbook and will be looking for content from every state operation.
5 160M 80M 40M Appendix A Band Specific Operating Suggestions from the experience of other W1AW Teams Avoid operations on the even 10 s on 160 meters. There are birdies in many places both US and the world, where being on the even 10 s will keep the ops at the other end from hearing you. Suggested frequencies: CW or , Digital and Phone 1855 or up this has a lot of ragchewers on it who are very possessive of the frequency. Avoid operations on the even 10 s on 80 meters. There are birdies in many places both US and the world, where being on the even 10 s will keep the ops at the other end from hearing you. Suggested frequencies: CW , Digital 3587 and Phone above Commercial QRM is located in different portions of the bands around the world so dropping to the lower portions of 80 can be a good thing. However, it has been noted that dropping lower on all bands from time to time will produce some nice pileups for at least a short while. Warning: The bottom 10 KHz of 80Mis full of junk in some parts of the world. Japan RTTY Sub-band is Think about 80m where General Phone ends at 3800khz but Europeans can't go above 3800khz. Maybe listen down? Finding a operating frequency in the General Phone portion can be hard because of the many frequencies used by the same groups every evening. The best bet seem s to be around This is a case where spending a high portion of time operating below the General segment is the right thing to do. Commercial QRM is located in different portions of the bands around the world so dropping to the lower portions of 40M can be a good thing. However, it has been noted that dropping lower on all bands from time to time will produce some nice pileups for at least a short while. Warning: The bottom 4-5 KHz of 40M is full of junk in some parts of the world. The best place on 40m for JA is probably between There is sometimes a sliver of space just above 7025 but the JA RTTY/Phone window starts just above the General band edge and QRM is really bad in the local evenings (NA East Coast sunrise). Japan RTTY Sub-band is Also consider 40m where Generals go down to 7175khz on Phone but Europe can't go above 7200khz. Maybe listen down? 30 M Watch out for County Hunters on Recommend using up 1. 20M 15M 10M Watch out for the many nets operating in the Phone portion of the band. Make sure to listen before transmitting and if you go split check planned listening frequencies. I strongly urge stations to try 15m just after JA sunrise (starting 22z or so). Spend an hour or two on 15 until the band closes, this will probably be your best window into Asia You have more opportunities to work JAs on 15 and 40 because 20m is reserved for higher class licensees in Japan CW on the 5 s on 10M is bad because of South American CB, avoid 28005, 28015, etc up through sometimes they also show up at Don't forget US Techs only go up to khz on Phone.
6 Appendix B Handling a Pileup This Appendix is for those of you that have never been on the receiving end of a pileup. A pileup occurs when several stations are calling you at the same time and their callsigns overlap, intermix, and otherwise are hard to make out. Experience has shown that W1AW operations are, at times, creating pileups. So, first be ready for it to happen. Working pileups is a skill that is learned and developed. Here is general advice: First and foremost stay calm and don't panic. You will figure it out, make QSO s, and keep going. Don't just spin the dial to get away from it. Remember, this is the fun part! If you listen to the jumble of noise, at least on CW and Phone, you will hear bits and pieces of a callsign. It might be two letters, a letter and a number, just a number, or maybe even just a single letter. But even though you can't make out the whole callsign at once, you will hear parts of one. And that really becomes your first task -- to just get part of a call. The idea then is to work back and forth with the other station to fill in the rest of the callsign. So, if in the pileup you hear a "Whiskey 3" respond back to the pileup with "Who is the Whisky 3" or on CW & Digital send "W3?" Listen for the station to come back and try to get some more of the call. Perhaps now you hear "Whiskey 3 Alpha". Then say "Who is the Whiskey 3 Alpha" or "W3A?" on CW & Digital. Keep up this back and forth process until you get the whole call. [In CW and Digital it is handy to program a memory or function key to send the partial callsign in the log and then the question mark. So in this case you would just enter W3 into the callsign field and then press that function key to send "W3?"] Do not give your exchange "59 Minnesota" or "599 MN" until you have the other stations callsign. The other stations expect this. So, if they hear you give the exchange they will assume you have their call and are then likely to QSY before you actually get their call in the log. Remember - exchange comes after getting the callsign. Unfortunately while you are trying to get the other station's callsign everyone else is not going to standby. Some to most will, but not all. So even though you might say "Who is the Whiskey 3" many stations will keep calling. Whatever you can do, ignore the other callers and keep working to get the station's callsign that has "Whiskey 3". This is known as Controlling the Pileup. If you start trying to work the "Whiskey 3' but then change to the "4 November" because you hear that the pileup will soon realize it is in their best interest to just keep calling when you ask for a specific station that does not contain part of their call. This is called "Losing control of the pileup". You don't want to do that. However, things being the way they are, at times you will find there really isn't a "Whiskey 3" out there. In that case, of course, you have to move on. Often I will say, on Phone, "OK I guess there isn't a Whisky 3 QRZ" to let the pileup know I am still in control. Those are the basics. And these apply whether you are working simplex or split. You move to split frequency operation when the pileup is so large and unruly that no one can hear you trying to work the other station because of all the QRM they are causing. You will know when it is time and often the pileup will tell you "Go Split, Go Split". Usually Digital operators on RTTY and PSK will need to go split before Phone and CW because the computer decoders can't separate out two calls from pileup. I know
7 when I have worked RTTY pileups all I can do is just wait to see who the last guy is calling and then the decoder will give me some print I can use. Going split helps solve that problem. Working a pileup is a skill. It is something you learn and get better at with practice. Some of the other W1AW operations have posted videos and audios of their operators so you can get a feel for what it will be like for you. Check out: -- this is a good Phone one from Nebraska. See how many different calls you can hear! -- another good Phone one from Utah -- you can hear both sides of many QSOs -- a good CW one from the Utah team -- you can hear both sides and the op working down the pileup -- a nice video from the North Carolina team on their week, including many QSOs including Digital/PSK31 I would also suggest you listen to some pileups to get a feel for how they sound. Pretend you are the rare station all these folks are calling. You can find bunches of them by Googling "radio pileup recordings" and then just surfing around. Try to find ones that let you hear both sides of the QSO -- transmit and receive. A couple sources of them are: Look in his Recordings section and "A few select recordings from my YN2AA operation"
8 Appendix C N1MM Setup Steps In N1MM go to: File New Log in Database. Use DXpedition as the Log Type. This will allow you to log Callsigns which is all you need. Then go to: Config Change Your Station Data. Enter the following: Call: W1AW/0 Grid Square: your grid square CQ Zone: 4 ITU Zone: 7 This will put all the correct information in the log and thus in the ADIF file when it is created. When operating as W1AW/0 all you need to do is log the callsign of the other station. If your rig is not computer controlled please make sure N1MM is configured to the band and mode you are operating. Set each mode you will be using by typing CW, SSB, RTTY or PSK into the call field. Set your band by typing the frequency into the call field. When done operating W1AW/0: Go to: File Export Export ADIF to file Export ADIF to file At the next window, save the file somewhere you will remember and use a name like yourcall-county-gridsquare.adi, example AC0W-Mower-EN33.adi.. the ADIF file to me by Saturday June 21th: mnw1aw@charter.net N1MM macros: In the entry window, right click over the F keys to see the macros N1MM will be using. They are different for each mode. Select each mode you will be using by typing CW, SSB, RTTY or PSK into the call field. You can change bands by typing the frequency into the call field. Before your first time slot, make sure your macros are set the way you need them and are not left over from some previous contest.
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