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Saturday, January 2, 2021

Chasing K3Y made easier

 Every year the SKCC has an anniversary in January called K3Y . There are several tools available to make it easier to find K3Y operators.

1) skcc_skimmer

2) SKCC Sked Page 

3) Your favorite logging program that has a comment field. I use the SKCCLogger by Ron AC2C.

For skcc_skimmer. There are several things you have to do to display K3Y spots.

1) K3Y has to be a goal.

2) K3Y_YEAR parameter has to be set to the correct year.

3) make sure skimmer is using the correct log file (*.adi)

When you log a K3Y, DO NOT  put K3Y as the call!! Use the operators call. Most K3Y operators will send their call when they send their name (for instance, Dave/KB1WOD) . If not, you can asked them for it or use the number they sent to look up their call. 

In the comment field of your log, put the K3Y call that was sent, for instance K3Y/0. 

On the sked page, K3Y operators can put "K3Y/X FREQ" in their status. This will show up in skimmer as a K3Y goal.

One thing that these tools can't do, is look for different operators for the same K3Y/X. Which is a category in the K3Y event.  Also, sometime someone on the sked page puts some like "Looking for K3Y/0 15M" in their status. Unfortunately, this will show up as a bogus goal if you are need the same thing.