Just released a few new awards. Also please note that there is a new HRD  Awards Defination file...

 Over the weekend we will be migrating the site to brand new machines. This might cause a little down time. If you come to the site and it appears to be gone... Don't worry just check back in a few hour or the next day. We will try to minimize any down time but wanted to let you know that it is possible. Thanks.

K9KEN

-- All servers will now have a RAID1 hard disk configuration. In brief, a RAID1 is two disks containing exact copies of the data (a mirror) which allows for increased read speeds for faster delivery of requested data. Data can be read from both disks independently or in tandem, which also provides redundancy in the event of a disk failure. 

-- All servers also feature a Rescue & Hardware Monitoring layer allowing us to monitor the server for any potential hardware failures and proactively resolve these issues before they result in any downtime and/or possible data loss. 

-- All servers will contain quad-core processors with hyper-threading enabled, which allows the for the processor to effectively share the workload at any given moment between cores resulting in the parallelization of computational processes, or simply put: increased speed. 

 ON request I have added a Favorite Mode field to your profile information. Please take the time to update your profiles.

 I have done some system upgrades today. If you notice any quirks in the system that were not there before let me know. I will be attempting to fix any bugs that were caused by the upgrade.  thanks.

 after many modification to the original code I have added the chat bar to the bottom of the site again. If you experence any problems please let me know so I can attempt to address it.

thanks and enjoy..

 I have updated the Awards Definition file for Ham Radio Deluxe. Please download the new file and install it,

I found an error in the PSK triple Play section. I have fixed it and upload the new file. If you denied a triple Play recently please try again my fault sorry....

 Lately I have been getting alot of application where the member enters the wrong member number. It is very important that you get this number correct when applying other wise someone else gets your awards certificates.

Also I have been getting alot of people just submitting a huge log and then apply for everything. If you are not going to take the time to check your own logs do not expect me to. In the future when I get these type of application I will just delete them all. I do not have the time to process awards that you are not qulified to receive.

Please use our defination file to check you own logs.

 I have just finished adding a help desk system to the site to help process the support questions I get from time to time. In the future if you have problems please use the get help link in the main side menu to submit a support ticket. this will help insure that all questions are answered and not over looked in the mass of email that I get on a daily basis.

thanks

Ken

 Just wanted to let everyone know that I have returned from my extended leave and have finished processing all the pending award applications.

I think I may have lost a few during the process of login into the site and doing email VIA my smart phone, internet cafe's and random hot spots.

If you have noticed that your award application has not been processed yet please apply again.

For those of you that just submit your log for every award and expect me to sort it out you are sadly mistaken. If I receive this kinda stuff and you do not qualiify for the majority of the awards I will assume you are to lazy too check your own log and ban you from the award program all together... Sorry to have to be so harsh but I have been getting tons of applications that do not even come close to qualiyfy for the awards they are applying for.

If you have 200 entries in your log how can you possably qualify for the prefix 1000 or headhunter 1000? let get real.

CHECK YOUR OWN LOGS BEFORE APPLYING,. THANKS.

 New Ham Radio Deluxe HRN Award Definitions File Released - Check the awards page for download

 I added a link to the Current Keplerian data in the main menu. And will be closing the poll.

Ok by now everything should be fully propagated and we should all be on the new server. Please let me know if you see or notice any problems even tiny things. I would like to know about them so I can possably address them.  There will still be short delays in page load times now and then as I configure and optimise things on the server.

Also let me know if you notice and speed differances. I am also happy to report that no data or accounts were lost this time :)

Thanks

Ken 

 I just added another profile field for the Echolink conference server you hang out on when connected.
Seperate multiple conference servers with a comma if you want them linked to other members that use that same server.

Due to a lack of interest I have removed the members store. In the future you can use the classified to sell you stuff with.

Thanks 

 I have created an awards definitions file for Ham Radio Deluxe Logbook to help track some of the HRN awards.

Check the awards page for more information and a how to video to get it installed and working. Simple stuff.
The awards definition file is for HRD V5 Build 2777 or newer only. So if you use HRD and want to be able to track some of our awards check it out.

I have added some video tutorial to the site. stuff that talks about using HRN and more. If you check the main page the first left side menu you will see a link to our YouTube channel. I will be adding more as time goes on and I find the time to do them. If there is something that you think will be useful to others let me know and I will do a tutorial for it and post it to the channel. I hope you find some of them useful.

the link to our YouTube channel is also below

http://www.youtube.com/user/HamRadioNation

 I know some of you have been waiting a long time for me to get the file system complete. Well the wait is over. You can now upload and share your ham radio related programs with other users. There is now a file system in place that will alow just what you have been asking for.

Check the main page side menu for the HRN File Archives. There is a temporary login option that will be replaced eventually with a member auto login as soon as I can re-write some parts of it. So Get To Uploading Them Files!

 I just 

• Moved The Video Chat Link To The Side Menu.

 If you check the awards menu on the main page and also on the members worked page you will notice that there is now a way to check your logs against our members list to see how many members you have worked. You may just be surprised. I was when I ran my log an seen how many members were actually in my log. Member awards are available for several different levels. check your log and see how many you have worked.

Scripting for this routine has been provided by Dave - W5DJT

Check out his site and grab his award tracker.
http://www2.w5djt.com/

 On your map tab on your profile there is now a APRS map as well as your location map. If you would like to show your APRS location or that of another station go to edit your profile and enter the call sign of the APRS station you want to track on your profile. if there is no call entered the map centers on Helsinki Finland as that is where APRS.FI is located.