News:

• statusbar in QSO window could be disabled (good for netbook users)
• program restart after DXCC tables update no longer needed
• QRZ.COM icon search added to the 'QSO list' window toolbar
• QRZ.COM icon search added also to the 'New QSO' window to search working station
• LoTW users visible while working a station (a dedicated icon)
• window with CW keys added
• color marked DX cluster spots of LoTW users
• LoTW confirmed countries now visible also in DX cluster

• QRZ.COM search - fixed
• calls were imported in lower case as it was in ADIF file - fixed
• CQRLOG crashed while saving QTH longer than 60 characters

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Sunday's sunny afternoon with my father at OK/ST-087. My rig was FT-817+Z100 autotuner from LDG, antenna was 10m of wire on a tree. I made 19 QSO on 40, 6 and 2m band. As you can see on photos, somebody made spoil ground from this SOTA hill (or maybe somebody made SOTA from spoil ground :-)).

FOC is pleased to present the Bill Windle QSO Party. This event is open to all radio amateurs world-wide. Its aim is to encourage the use of, and excellence in, Morse code. The Bill Windle QSO Party is not a contest but an activity day in memory of Bill Windle, a past Chairman of FOC who was very keen that we should all be as active as possible on the bands.

I really love CW. When I was 11, I got SWL number and started to listen on HF. I was dreaming while listening that nice music and imagined how amazing could be to understand what they are sending.

Group of OK radioamateurs Pavel TA2ZAF (OK1MU), Vláďa OK1CW, Franta OK1DF, Zdenek OK1FIA, Slávek OK1TN, Zdeno OK2ZW a Honza OK2ZAW under the special call TC07DX are going to activate Turkey Island Suluada AS-115 in Mediterranean Sea between 15.5. and 19.5.2010.

We will use two stations CW/SSB and some few hours of operation is planned for RTTY mode. Equipmend will be: 2 x IC-746PRO + 2 x TS-480SAT + 2 x PA 800W, ANT - 5 band Spiderbeam, multiband vertical AV-640, loops for 30/40m, HB9CV on 50MHz.

QSL will go via Jarda OK2GZ as in previous TA IOTA expeditions, via OK BURO or DIRECT or via e-mail(on request).

In case of internet connection on the island we have planned online-logs regularly updated as was in our previous TA IOTA expeditions, please stay tuned.

More information at http://www.okdxf.eu/expedice/tc07en/www/

I just updated my award section.

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News:

• bandmap entries have now more precise frequency (down to a single Hz) for easier return to own spots
• possibility to use reverse sideband for CW (CWR) instead of CW
• the grayline map now uses a transparent overlay for night area visualisation

• program crashes in Ubuntu 10.04 after openining Preferences window - fixed
• storing values to grid and county field from membership doesn't work - fixed

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News:

• ordering by WAZ and ITU added
• database update now can grab names from previous QSOs
• 'QSL send' marking option added

• align of TIME_OFF column fixed
• looking for callsign with flash produced HTML code - fixed
• group editing of own locator fixed
• QTH profiles window doesn't show any records - fixed
• importing QSLRDATE and QSLSDATE fixed

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Last week I got package with famous Mercury paddle from Bencher. Original author of this paddle is Steven Nurkiewicz, N2DAN. After his dead the rights were sold to Bencher and they serial numbers start at 1000. My paddle has s/n 1200.

Steven's life is very interesting. On 22th of March 1981 was published his life story in Parade magazine which was distributed with many large metropolitan newspapers e.g. Atlanta Journal and The Chicago Tribune. The story was "How a son found his parents after 40 years".