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1. Registered Copy pots This Session 2 bbcyber com website Figure 3 2 Setup Screen With User Data After clicking the Continue Setup button the ACA Award tab will appear as shown below in Figure 3 3 Since at this point you do not have any QSOs entered into CAM the Award will show 0 in the Worked textbox Software by N LS CWOPS AWARD MANAGER CAM Copyright 2010 2011 B amp B S cou User NSRR 172 M Awards QSO DB System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Info Members About cMA was Dx Summary Worked O AGAO 250 400 600 AGAS 2011 0 Callsign QSO Date CWops Nr Band County State 2010 o o o o o o o o o o _ _ Registered Copy Spots This Session 0000 _ bbcyber com website Figure 3 3 Blank ACA Award Status Tab There are two methods for adding QSO information to the database You can enter the data using an ADIF formatted file containing the QSO information that you have exported from your logger software or a similar file you have downloaded from the Log Book of The World LoTW Method 1 ADIF file import Method 2 Single QSO manual entry These two methods are explained in the next section 3 2 1 ADIF File Import Use the ADD QSOs From File
2. Call will be transfered to Checkbox title Perigo ecru Click checkbox to activate an alert for the callsign added t te ntis pots Thi Figure 8 1 Alert Ban Screen Display 8 2 Spot Options CAM software can be set to not display spots from past members Past members are defined as a member who has quit or not renewed membership for the current year and has Quit Date populated in the member database and that quit date has pasted TXT MSG Setup Parameters Limit Txt Msgs 3 Cell Phone Nr 4172303612 Cell Phone Carrier att net v EMAIL Server mail bbcyber com EMAIL Address n5r bbcyber com Spotted Callsign Frequency TXT Message Contents Figure 8 2 Cell Text Message Setup Screen Display 8 3 TXT MSG Setup The text messaging capability relies on a proper setup of the parameters shown in Figure 8 2 above e Cell Phone Nr Enter your 10 digit cell phone number that you want the text message to be received on e Cell Phone Carrier Select from the drop down list the proper carrier web address Since it will be part of a address for text messages it must begin with the symbol Note you may have to use the internet or contact your carrier to get the right address if you can t find on in the list that works 25 e EMAIL Server Enter your outgoing email server This is the one that is listed in your email client and used to send emails The CAM prog
3. 20101123 22 24 70154 AXIFC Daniel 49 4x 20110209 1734 18203 4XIVF Jan 587 4x 20110814 16 13 210335 4X4DK Ami 234 4x 20110804 20 39 1827 0 AXANJ Riki 275 4x Y 20110814 20 55 140264 4 6 Falafel 659 4x 20110527 22 50 140229 4Z1UF lya 636 4x 20110224 04 04 18135 AZADX Dov 175 4x 20110811 13 05 14000 0 4Z4KX Mark 368 20110206 04 05 35302 4Z5LA Ros 579 4x 20110805 18 57 14270 0 6Y5WJ Josh 186 6Y 20110814 02 53 70040 707 Joe 458 20110812 11 21 28021 6 7ZAHL Harry 560 HZ Y 20110814 19 15 140093 lt _ Registered Spots This Session 2629 bbcyber com website Figure 9 1 CWops Membership Roster 9 1 Worked designator The worked column corresponds to the status of the ACA award A letter Y in this column means that the member callsign has been worked in the year that is designated active on the ACA award tab The ACA award year was set at 2011 in this case 9 2 Last Heard Function The CAM software monitors all spots incoming to the program from any source to include skimmers RBN or other telnet sites As spots containing callsigns of CWops members arrive the roster is updated with the date time and frequency the callsign was last spotted This only represents a spot that identified a user not whether it was worked of not The Last Heard information can be cleared by clicking the Clear Last Heard List button The total n
4. 6 SOFTWARE CWOPS Awards Manager CAM Version 1 9 3 14 August 2011 CWOPS AWARD MANAGER CAM Software by NSRR Copyright 2010 2011 B amp B Cyber Enterprises User NSRR QSO DB System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban Info Members About Enter Callsign to display Membership Data and Current Bands Worked Information CWops 20110810 LoTW 44369 LOTW FOC Call W5SG Name Bill CWopsH 45 FOCH 1863 Country State Prov TX Member Bands Worked Needed Status Display is On DX de 51 2 DX de GOKTN DX de GW8IZR DX de ESSPC DX de WOMU DX de S5OARX DX de W8WTS DX de GW8IZR DX de GWSIZR DX de WA7LNW DX de PP1CZ DX de GOKTN DX de 1 7029 7 DI9DZ Monitor Band 160 80 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 ug SS NN i7 Connect 1 Bve Connect 2 Bye 1 3 Bye _bbcyber com website o Automated CWops Awards Manager Software Specifically for Windows XP and Windows 7 PCs B amp B Cyber Enterprises Kimberling City MO 65672 Phone 417 231 4542 Internet http bbcyber com Copyright B amp B Cyber Enterprises 2010 2011 COPYRIGHT NOTICE All computer programs and documentation developed in conjunction with the CWops Award Manager computer software are prote
5. CWSkimmer scan function and the Alerts capability are not functional until the program has been registered however all other features are fully implemented There is no charge for the registration and no other information needed other than providing your callsign and email address If you like the program and would like to donate a few dollars use the Donate button on the CAM webpage at www bbcyber com CAM Once you have received your registration number just click the User Data tab and enter the number into the text block provided The registration state shown at the bottom left of the screen and access to the extra features will not be changed until after you exit the program and re start the program 3 6 New Add To Personal DB Feature The user may now enter non member callsigns that have been used by members during for example dx peditions contests or simple operating The new feature allows the user to enter the new callsign and attach his membership numbers to QSOs that occur between two dates The feature is assessable from the QSO DB TAB Entries made with this feature will be stored in a file named as yourcallsign AddOn csv The instructions for use of this feature are shown on the To Personal DB Tab 4 AWARD STATUS SCREENS 4 1 Startup Screen New in version 1 9 x is a general summary screen that appears directly at program startup except for the first time that CAM is run and t
6. Localhost in place of the IP address if the skimmer is on the same computer as the CAM software If CWSkimmer is used it ALWAYS must be on Host 1 For the five telnet options use the Select Cluster drop down menu to locate the particular server and click on it Then click the Edit button associated with the telnet line you want to change Click on the small at left to select which server you want to use for spots NOTE Selecting a new source does not change the source that you are currently logged into You must go to the Member Query Status tab and click the Connect button which will disconnect from the currently active telnet server and then reconnect to the newly selected server Figure 6 1 above also shows an entry for a remote CAM which is another instance of CAM usually running on another computer If the remote CAM is activated CAM will log into the other instance of CAM and echo the spots received as filtered on both the other CAM instance and the local CAM instance See Section 7 1 Use Remote Commands for information on linking to another version of CAM on another computer This is a nice feature especially if you would like to monitor the spots while working at another local or remote computer 6 5 Sounds Both sound cards and internal computer beeps are supported for notifying the user of spots that contain information that may be pertinent to the awards of interest The sounds menu allows the user to se
7. Software by NSRR Copyright 2010 2011 B amp B Cyber Enterprises User NSRR QSO DB System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban info Members About WAS WAE DX Summary Award WAS 160 80 40 30 20 17 15 1 10 6 Level 50 41 45 45 15 45 4 37 6 0 Callsign QSO Date Time CWops Nr Country K4AB 20101204 704 K5GO 20100129 2326 272 K7WP 20110129 0500 479 20101204 483 20101205 0340 463 20101204 0354 8 20110109 839 20101204 282 20101024 71 20110130 85 20101203 705 20101203 276 20101203 526 AAABAAAAAAAAXA 4 6 was 160M Award Screen Showing States still Needed 14 cw CWOPS AWARD MANAGER CAM Copyright 2010 2011 B amp B Cyber Enterprises User NSRR Awards QSO DB System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban Info Members About _ cMA WAS waE Summay Award WAS EN Level 50 41 45 45 15 45 4 37 6 0 Callsign QSO Date Time CWops Nr Band Country W7GVE 20110316 0613 809 30M KSYC 20110316 0513 69 30M KH7Y 20100930 0316 216 30M WSCBT 20101026 1423 550 30M KORO 20100411 1638 481 30M K5ALU M 20100602 2250 30M K5TA 20101226 2142 496 30M N7ON 20110316 0533 30M N2KW 2010
8. 160 25 117 25 On CWops Spot Test USA Sources Only som 25 5 15 25 New CWops Mbr Test E ie ANCA 40M 25 5 12 25 On Needed Band 7 Color LoTW QSOs Spot 130M 25 10 25 Pass Prefix 20M 25 6 25 is This Session 2585 Figure 6 1 Telnet Skimmer Screen 6 1 Host Callsigns CAM allows for connections to three hosts All three may be active at the same time with CAM interleaving the spots into a single display available on the Member Query Status tab To successfully monitor three telnet sites at the same time CAM has three independent clients embedded in the program Each client needs a unique callsign in order to log into the telnet site Near the top left of the Telnet Skimmer tab notice the three host callsigns assigned with a dash and separate suffix numbers In the example shown in Figure 6 1 Host 1 is assigned to the reverse beacon network RBN port 7000 and it will use the callsign NBRR 6 when connected 6 2 Select Telnet The Select Telnet drop down list is loaded during startup using the file titled Clusters txt You can add or delete clusters names and IP Port addresses using a pure text editor such as notepad Be careful to maintain the format of the file if you make changes This format is the same used for many Loggers 6 3 BandFilter or Skimmer Scanf Filter If a Skimmer is selected the box in the lower right of the tab shown in Fig
9. tab which can be found under the top level tab labeled QSO Database see Figure 3 4 and follow the steps as outlined below 5 CWops Award TEX Ver 8 bers Callsig 1 1 pea NEN CWOPS AWARD MANAGER Software by NSRR Wd Copyright 2010 2011 B amp B Cyber Enterprises User NSRR Awards QSO System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban Info Members About _ Add QSOs From File Add Single QSO Add To Personal DB List CWops QSOs Source Browse Database Filename n5 data File Type Mbr Added ADIF ao CABRILLO 0 0 AddQSOs From Source File Non Total QSOs aa ee wmm EER mum Registered Copy Spots This Session 0000 bbcyber com website 4 Figure 3 4 ADIF File Import Screen Step 1 Verify that the Database Filename block displays the user s callsign with the data extension If it does not have the correct callsign it usually means that the User Data was not filled in correctly in that case return to the User Data tab and verify the information entered It should show the user callsign in the callsign block If not Delete the file named cam ini in the main folder and start over Step 2 Click the Browse button and navigate to the ADIF file or Cabrillo file containing the QSO information that describes QSOs with CWops members on or after
10. AL 40 as 4uil 4U1U 40 20100129 2326 K5GO 160M CU K AR Stan 272 20100210 1911 N6RO 20H CU K CA Ken 79 20100210 1912 W4PM 20M CU K V Puck 93 20100210 1913 WOUCE 20M CW K NC Jack 64 20100210 1914 K2VCO 20M CU K CA Vic 5 20100210 1916 V1RM 20H CU K CT Pete 8 20100210 1917 VAAU 20M CU K VA John 224 20100210 1919 V6EU 20M CU K CA Jim 317 20100210 1920 N3IQ 20H CU K MD Brian 302 20100210 1922 K2XA 20M CU K NY Saul 347 20100210 1923 VK2G 20H CU K FL Mer 1 292 20100210 1924 N6XI 20H CW K C Rick 4 20100210 1925 KC4D 20M CU K VA Bi11 419 20100210 1926 K6MM 20M CU K CA John 11 20100210 1931 N03H 40H CU K PA Ty 383 20100210 1932 W4RK 40H CU K BILL 459 20100210 1932 K2X 40M CU E NY Saul 347 20100210 1933 V1EBI 40H CU K MA George 9 20100210 1937 VOUCE 40H CU K NC Jack 64 20100210 1938 VK2G 40H CU K FL Mer 1 292 20100210 1938 W4AU 40M CU K V John 224 20100210 1941 V1RM 40M CU K CT Pete 8 20100210 1941 V4PM 40M CU K VA Puck 93 20100210 1945 V 233 20M CU VE PE Robby 156 20100210 1946 N4PN 20M CU K G Paul 71 18 9HMO0 BV9 9M600 P 9M6PO 9SM6TCR 9M6TPR DUOK 3B6 3B7 3B8 3B9 Eum 3 0 3 2 3D2AM 3DZCR 3D2ZCT 3DZCU 3DZHL 3D2VT 3D2WV 3D2A 3D2AG P 3D2AG R 3D2AP 3D2HI 3D2HK 3D2ID 3DA 3V TS 3W XV 3
11. Pete Reb ree eite sente te intus 11 4 1 Starp Sereen MM o 11 4 2 ACA iile e M ALPE 11 4 3 e Een Eit oe nain 13 4 4 W ASA ward Ai SNe eh a ee ats LM GRIP ALIM 13 4 5 WAE n EU AA aa ae ie a ee 15 4 6 DX Award iicet tures tem em tete teni eI RE oO eiie 15 9 MEMBER QUERY STATUS SCREEN 5e RD Iure e tc uten Die RC Doe t RR 16 5 1 Member Dr EE 16 5 2 Monitor EE 17 5 3 CTuster Cmd and Send Buttons tie eot tele te ium eee d nue 17 5 4 Remote Mdicator tersier E 17 5 5 A AAS E EE EH 18 5 6 Telnet Related Buttons 2 5 tes E evn TE iet d e GE RC De OT 18 5 7 Hold Spots Button RS or e tenter D decus 18 5 8 Special Mouse Control Functions eR DOE Re be ette ari e RR tate senior etn 18 6 TEENET SKIMMER SETUP SCREEN teorie t ence ee o bois uet Dieses 19 6 1 Host Callsiens tee RS or ete Sete ED mee e tede bue iet esee iot is es eut c uen 19 6 2 NIJcumUJ lE 19 6 3 Band Filter or Skimmer Scan Filter eer aa 19 6 4 Spot SOUICe i sro eer IR a epp bu pU UR PIDE pe Lies etie 20 6 5 5 EE 20 6 6 Automatic Telnet Server Con
12. The script then waits a few milliseconds and sends an Enter key code to NTMM s callsign text box N1MM recognizes the frequency information and automatically changes the radio to that frequency The script used has been tested with Windows XP and Windows 7 and is shown below 12 1 AutoHotKey Script Persistent return OnClipboardChange WinWait Program Manager IfWinNotActive Program Manager WinActivate Program Manager WinWaitActive Program Manager 34 MouseClick left 804 847 Sleep 10 Send ALTDOWN w ALTUP CTRLDOWN v CTRLUP ENTER Return 12 2 Find Mouse Coordinates for AutoHotKey Depending on the layout of where you place the N1MM callsign entry block on the display will determine the location of the MouseClick coordinates You will probably have to use something like AU3_SPY exe which comes with the AutoHotKey download With Au3_ Spy running click the N1MM window to make it active move the mouse pointer to the center of the callsign entry block and then read the X Y coordinates from the AU3_SPY window which will update as the mouse is moved Write down the coordinates and then substitute those two numbers into the AutoHotKey script instead of the 804 847 as shown above 35
13. button to update the database Mode CW CW Band Select One 20M lt 1160 80 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 6 2 Country From List HB lt State From List Add QSO To Database File bbcyber com website Figure 3 7 Add Single QSO Screen STEPS REQUIRED TO ENTER A QSO MANUALLY Step 1 Verify that the Database Filename block displays the user s callsign with the data extension If it does not have the correct callsign it usually means that the User Data was not filled in correctly in that case return to the User Data tab and verify the information entered where it should show the user correct callsign in the callsign block If it is an incorrect callsign correct it Step2 Enter the QSO callsign in the Call block If itis a portable station that was worked do not enter the portable data until after the other data has been entered Press Enter to populate the station s member number name and date information Change the date if needed The home country and state province is automatically entered This will have to be manually changed if the station was out of the home QTH area Note For members using another station s callsign such as happens during multi op contest operations you will have to fill in all data by hand Put the actual member s callsign in the callsign block and the QSO information in the appropriate blocks Step 3 Enter the time of the QSO in GMT Zulu in H
14. 3 Jan 2010 Verify that the file is or a Cabrillo file which usually has a log filename extension There are contest specific formats for Cabrillo formatted files CAM must be told exactly where it can find the worked station s callsign is in the QSO line before a specific Cabrillo file will work properly The ones that were tested included the Cabrillo file exported from the N1MM Logger software when the monthly mini CWT test was selected as the contest name and a few other files to make sure that the correct position was entered for the Call Loc value found under the Cabrillo selection option In either case make sure the proper type of file is selected NOTE To find the Callsign Location start number open the Cabrillo file with the windows Notepad or WordPad program Locate a line starting with QSO Beginning with the character as number one count to the right until you get to the first character of the callsign of the worked station That is the number you would then place into the Call Loc value The number is 63 for N1MM generated Cabrillo files for the CWops CWT mini contests Step 3 Select the file and click Open Click the Add QSOs From Source File button The process should quickly complete and display the message If there are QSOs in the file with CWops members that are using a portable designator examples K9FN M or SV9 OH1VR then may display additional selecti
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16. ACA award This is the default year you will still be able to move between other years when viewing other year ACA status f Press tab once to move to the Registration Key textbox and enter the registration key obtained by email in step 1 above If you want to run the program without registering you may do so and register later in this case just leave the 0 in the Registration Key textbox 0 The filled in User tab should look similar to that shown in Figure 3 2 on the next page h Click the Continue Setup button to continue eocp 7 CWops Award Manager CAM 2 ZEISS CWOPS AWARD MANAGER CAM Software by NSRR Copyright amp 2010 2011 B amp B Cyber Enterprises NLZZ Awards QSO DB System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban Info Members About User Info Database Updates Callsign EnterCall Member Nr Sw id Lock User Data Country ACA Default Year 4 digits State Province Registration Key 0 3 digit Continue Setup Not Registered Spots This Session 0000 bbcyber com website Figure 3 1 Initial Setup Screen CWOPS AWARD MANAGER CAM Software by N5 Copyright 2010 2011 B amp B m mr User N5RR Server Alert Ban info Members About Name jra SW Country Year For ACA 2011 default State Province Registration Key 226231681 9 digits
17. B Cyber Enterprises User NSRR Awards 050 DB System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban Info Members About was wae Summan 4l Worked 447 Award 100 ACA 250 A 400 400 600 750 Year 2011 Callsign QSO Date Time CWops Nr Band Country State 2010 500 403A 20110219 0032 172 40M 40 2011 447 TZ1HL 20110219 1429 560 20M HZ 2012 0 T 20110109 0046 503 80M 2013 0 AA2ZW 20110727 1328 937 20M K NY 2014 B8 AA3B 20110108 2106 242 15M 20110224 0331 694 40M K PA 2015 0 ABSTY 20110112 1946 388 40M VA 2016 0 AC2K 20110304 0510 35 40M K WA 2017 0 ACACA 20110109 0218 650 40M K 2915 ES ACSK 20110108 2154 54 40M K TX ACTIW 20110108 1832 627 15M K UT 2019 0 I ACTT 20110428 0339 822 40M K WA ACBW 20110108 1825 695 20M K MI ADIC 20110309 1915 131 20 K co LL Registered Spots This Session 0000 bbcyber com website d Figure 4 2 ACA Award The ACA year award may be changed by clicking the U or D for up or down respectively The program will not allow a year not yet reached or a year before 2010 Click the listing labels to sort the data based on the column Figure 4 3 is the same as Figure 4 2 except instead of being sorted alphabetically by the callsign the data is sorted numerically by CWops number 0810 rs Cz 51 103 x lad li X CW
18. B amp B Cyber Enterprises reserves the right to make periodic changes enhancements revisions and alterations of any kind to the software and or user s manual s without any prior notice to any person institution or organization ii 5 CWOPS Awards Manager CAM oneone ieii iin i a E e E E E E e E e i 1 SOFTWARE OVERVIEW estas ohne ie ee E ee eee a a a ae 1 2 USYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 2 ie det ebrei ea eM A eee 2 2210 vek Sepa pee riter ete pte ceres perta tier Waco teen tegens eee le pete ears 2 2 2 Hard Wares 5 cepere nen rite deerat esee ee yes tegere pe eth edet edt 2 33 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION enira eere t RE Pp RI RE eee ber t eet 3 Seley Program i bie ERR eue aae 3 32 Step by Step CAM Setup Procedure taie nit r n lene pE nennen eene 4 3 2 1 ADIF Fil Importen 5p Aeneae bur a eee nies 2 3 2 2 Single QSO Manual Entry ene nt eite eger deri e Ea 8 3 3 Upgrading From an Earlier Version sese trennen 9 34 Upgrading After Version 1 9 3 eode pee be ent ertet eet de ep imei 10 3 91 Registration be Rd bete eed Pepsi ed I rteretonet 10 3 6 New Add To Personal DB Eeat ute 3 couteau ede ap neret een de ie oreet ite cent 11 4 AWARD 5
19. Updates tab This upgrade is only available for the databases If another version of the program itself is available the safest thing is to back up your current directory first then download the file CAM_Full_Install_v1 9 3 exe which is a self extracting zip file Run that file from anywhere on your computer and it will replace files that have been changed for the latest version In some cases a new subdirectory may be created as was recently done to provide a place to hold the last database update prior to it being copied to the DataFiles folder There is also an automatic check capability that will run each time the CAM program is started and retrieve the latest member database update and or the latest list of Logbook of the World users If the Download on Startup checkbox s is checked updates are automatic and a program re start will not be required If you you use the Update Latest button s a message will appear to remind you that to use the new database s you must stop and re run the CAM program Software by N5 Copyright amp 2010 2011 B amp B NOR S ues User 2 CWOPS AWARD MANAGER SUZ Awards QSO System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban info Members About User Info Database Updates Update Download Latest Mbr Data on Startup www hb9bza net Download Latest LoTW Data on Startup Registere
20. check the corresponding checkbox In addition the checkboxes under the TXT MSG heading are used to select which callsigns that you want CAM to send you a text message when that station is monitored In order to not receive multiple text messages the program un checks the checkbox after a text message is sent In addition to make sure that CAM does not send too many text messages you can set the maximum number of text messages that CAM will send in a single session by entering a number in the Limit Txt Msgs box available by clicking the TXT MSG SETUP button and making a change to the limit as shown later in Figure 8 2 below 24 LICET GENE cm Dene CWOPS AWARD MANAGER pew Software by 7 Copyright 2010 2011 B amp B Cyber Enterprises User NSRR Awards QSO DB System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Info Members About Special Callsign Processing TXT MSG ALERTS lt PJ4LE Add Mod lt lt lt Ae BANNED SPOT SOURCES NziU 7 Add Mod 4 NB3R B SPOT OPTIONS E Block Spots From Past Members o lt Fl lt I lt E A lt PASS ONLY STATES LIST TXT MSG SETUP Iri p 5 7 Enter 24 codes for states to pass Type callsign in space provide then click Add Mod button
21. needed or the last member left clicked on in the listing in the example case the last member left clicked was W5SG Call CWops State Province and Country are taken from the member data file Just below the member data is a listing of bands available to work Since four bands are green that indicates that W5SW has been worked on 80M 40M 20M and 15M the other bands are Red indicating that the station hasn t been worked on those bands yet If all labels 16 are RED that means that the station has not been worked on any band and is therefore needed for both the and the CMA awards and possibly others awards The QRZ COM tagged button under the Call textbox when clicked will display the QRZ COM website s data concerning the callsign that is currently shown in the textbox W5SG in this example At the end of the line the LoTW shown in Green indicates that W5SG is a member of LoTW The Green label FOC indicates that W5SG is also a member of the First Class Operator s Club This feature was added because many of the CWops members are also FOC members Another feature of the member data is that it is also available for member look ups locally Press the tab control until the cursor is in the callsign textbox or click on the textbox with the left mouse button Type a space to erase the current contents of the textbox Type in any callsign instantly if the holder of the callsign is a CW
22. s callsigns will be shown directly below his main callsign See figure 10 5 below To look at another user just type a space which will clear the CWops 3 textbox then type in the new number and then Enter and the data associated with the newly defined member will be shown 30 Enter Callsign to display Membership Data and Current Bands Worked Information CWops 20101210 LoTw 40121 Call VE3DZ Name Yuri CWopsi 21 Country VE State Prov LOTW VE3DZ N2WCQ Member Bands Worked Needed Status O UT4UZ ud EY Da Or 80M 40 20 15M 12M 10 6 2 Ho S VO1AAM 7027 9 N6XI 25 dB 30 WM CQ CA 0503Z PA 2 a DX de K3LR 1827 0 F5IN 37 dB 22 WM CQ 062 DX de N4ZR 1827 0 26 dB 22 WM CQ PA 05087 WV 2 DX 55 1821 8 ON4UN 34 dB 24 WM 05102 2 DX de N7TR 7026 0 K9UIY 26 dB 28 WM CQ 05147 a DX de WZ71 7008 5 UX1UA 25 dB 26 WPM CQ 05177 PA 2 DX RN3A 14059 9 LZ2RS 24 dB 18 WPM CQ 05192 2 DX WZ7I 7020 0 N5IR 29 dB 27 WPM CQ TX 05197 PA 2 DX de WA7LNW 7027 9 751 1 13 dB 29 WM CQ 05217 UT 2 DX K3LR 4 1827 0 5 19 dB 23 WPM CQ 05227 a DX de 1 3528 5 K2EGJ 20 dB 28 WPM CQ 05227 a DX de N7TR 10106 6 V47KP 15 dB 23 WPM 05242 Dx de DKSIP 3517 8 OK2LT 20 dB 17 WPM 05242 Monitor Band 160 80 40 30 72
23. station and logged the QSO in the logger software you can now immediately add it to the CAM database by clicking the spot with the right hand mouse button on the mouse which will bring up the display in Figure 10 2 below 28 CWops Award Manager Ver 1 8 6 DB Ver 20101210 Members Calls 873 950 Updated CWOPS AWARD MANAGER CAM 27 Software N5RR Copyright 2010 2011 B amp B Cyber Enterprises User N5RR Awards QSO DB User Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban Info Members About Add QSOs From File Add Single QSO List All CWops QSOs Database Filename n5rr data 10 char ZS1EL Enter either the callsign mem portable notation or enter the CWops member nr then press ENTER CWops Member Nr 13 2 Check for correct date and format Default is the current date Name Max 10 char Vidi 3 Enter QSO time and Band Crh W 9808 D so it is the only mode all Date YYYYMMDD 20110224 Vert 5 Add portable indicators to callsign if needed Time HHMM 71 6 When all field data are correct click Add QSO To Database File button to update the database Mode CW Only CW Band Select One 404 lt 160 80 40 30 201 17 1 15 12 10 6 2 Cony 5 lt gt lt e _ Add QSO To Database File _ Registered
24. the dot NET software Framework version 3 5 or later be installed on the host system CAM was developed in such a manner as to not require an installation program and it will not add to or modify the Windows registry CAM along with the required folders can be copied to any r w disk or folder and run from that location CAM is supplied as a zip file and should be unzipped to the root folder of a disk drive Other software e was developed for use in conjunction with the free NTMM Logger and was tested with both ADIF files and Cabrillo files both types exported from N1MM addition ADIF files downloaded from ARRL s Logbook of The World LoTW have been tested and work properly ADIF files from the DX4WIN program have also been shown to work with CAM See the website for the N1MM Logger at http www N1MM com e order to transfer frequency information from CAM to N1MM the simplest method is to use the AutoHotKey utility and setup a script to transfer the frequency from the Windows clipboard to the callsign input block of the NTMM logger A working script is included in the downloaded zip file The link to download the free AutoHotKey utility is http www autohotkey com download Download the Source Code which has the full AutoHotKey utility and will extract to the proper directories e CAM works well with the CW Skimmer software available from http www dxatlas com CW Skimmer is not a free program but can be used for 30 da
25. the list of stations click the Clear button at the top of the list window Additionally by default when a line in the spot listings is clicked the frequency of the spot is transferred to the Windows clipboard Use of that information is described in section 11 of this manual 5 7 Hold Spots Button The button named Hold Spots near the upper right corner of the spot list is used to temporarily hold the screen display so the user can navigate to past spots and or select a spot to be transferred to the logger When the Hold Spots button is clicked the title will change to Resume indicating that CAM is holding new spots Click Resume to return to real time operation If CAM is in the hold condition for more than about 80 DX spots it will automatically re start processing and displaying updates so that if forgotten CAM will not run out of buffer display memory 5 8 Special Mouse Control Functions e When spot is selected by using the mouse pointing at a given telnet spot and clicking with the LEFT button the frequency of the spot is transferred to the Windows clipboard Using a utility program such as AutoHotKey this frequency can be transferred to a logger such as N1MM which in turn tunes the radio to that new frequency If NTMM is monitoring a telnet spot source that has the same spot as the one selected within CAM or is connected to the embedded server in CAM the callsign will automatically be shown ab
26. time Also if you think it may have been a state that you need for the WAS award you can always send a quick email to the person you worked and confirm the station location on that date aww a Rta AC CWOPS AWARD MANAGER CAM lt M cC DAN Awards QSO DB System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alet Ban Info Members About Add QSOs From File Add Single QSO Add To Personal DB List All CWops QSOs Source Filename CACWops Award Manager LogFiles NSRR_20100101 20100915 ADI Database Filename n5rr data File Type Mbr Added ADIF QSOs QSOs CABRILLO E j Call Loc 0 Non Total We 50 Enter Country and or State 0 0 Select Country Date 20100604 1639 KSALU M Enter Country K Enter State Province skip Add Spots This Session 0000 bbcyber com website Figure 3 5 Annotate QSO Location for Portables After all of the QSOs have been processed statistics are available see figure 3 6 showing the number of member QSOs found in the file the number of those member QSOs that were added to the yourcallsign data that resides in the DataFiles folder The number of non CWops members QSOs found and the total QSOs found in the file are also displayed Note that the number of members QSOs and the number of non members QSOs should add up to the Total QSOs number If the two number
27. 0 17 15 12 10 6 2 RBN 7000 1 Bye Cluster Remote 2 Connect 2 Bye V SERVER 192 168 2 6 6879 Send Sena2 Disconnected Connect 3 Bye Figure 10 5 Reverse Callsign LARU from CWops Member Number 10 5 Turn Display Off On When viewing the Member Query Status tab at the upper left of the listing is a button labeled Display is On You can turn the display updating Off by clicking the button This stops the rolling display of spots This can be very important when using CAM in a contest to facilitate the consolidations of spots from multiple sources into a single stream using CAM s internal telnet server The computation requirements of CAM are reduced approximately 4096 by turning of the rolling main display 10 6 Holding and Resuming Spot Processing When trying to review the rolling listing especially during high activity periods it may be advantageous to turn buffer the telnet spots for a few seconds until you find the spot that you are interested in Temporarily holding the display is activated by clicking the Hold Spots button at the upper right of the rolling display The rolling display will start by itself when the number of spots held in memory equals about a 100 so you only have 5 to 10 seconds to review the listing before it will restart During periods of lower spot rates you may have a minute or more to review the spo
28. 0 PY 21 549 Atilano De Oms PY20MS O0ms 22 Jan 10 PY 22 596 Clyde Webb KG40U Quint 25 Jan 10 KG4 23 604 Tom McShane NW6P Tom Z6 Jan 10 K NC 24 608 Jouko Hayrynen TF OH1RX Joe 27 Jan 10 TF 25 611 Roger Cranford KSALU KL7 Red 28 Jan 10 KL AK 26 710 David Horn VP5 W5CU Dave 21 May 10 VP5 27 745 Ramon Kaersenhout PZ5RAa Ramon 12 Jul 10 PZ Hn Ok le E P Figure 11 6 MemberDataAddOn csv File Format NOTE This MemberDataAddOn csv file is not used after version 1 9 2 since the information is now contained in the main callsign data file An empty file is included to provide continuity between old versions and the newest version 12 USE OF AUTOHOTKEY TO CHANGE THE RADIO FREQUENCY One method of transferring frequency information from the CAM program to the N1MM logger is to use a utility named AutoHotKey This utility uses scripts that can allow the program to sense when the contents of the Windows XP or Windows 7 clipboard value changes The CAM program has been programmed to add the frequency in kilohertz to the clipboard when a QSO line in the CAM s spot list is clicked AutoHotKey s script then runs triggered by the change in the clipboard data It programmatically moves the mouse pointer to the N1MM callsign input block and does a Alt W to clear the window then a Ctrl V which pastes the frequency information in the callsign text box
29. 050 14020 CW 2010 02 10 1919 NSRR 050 14019 CW 2010 02 10 1920 NSRR 050 14025 CW 2010 02 10 1922 NSRR 050 14027 CW 2010 02 10 1923 NSRR 050 14029 CW 2010 02 10 1924 NSRR 25 050 14032 CW 2010 02 10 1925 NSRR 26 14031 CW 2010 02 10 1926 NSRR 27 7018 CW 2010 02 10 1931 NSRR W 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1780 Hill Haven Road MO 65672 KEN PUCK JACK VIC PETE JOHN JIM BRIAN SAUL MERRILL RICK BILL JOHN TX C Program FilesiN1MM logger N1MM Logger exe 2 8 2010 6 53 40 PM N5RR logs generated B 2010 02 10 20 01 442 Contest Name CWOPS 2010 01 15 lt gt lt CALL 4 gt N6RO lt 050 DATE 8 20100210 TIME 6 gt 191128 lt COMMENT 4 gt N6RO lt lt CALL 4 gt U4PM lt 050 8 gt 20100210 TIME 6 gt 191212 lt COMMENT 4 gt W4PM lt B lt CALL 5 gt WOUCE lt 050 DATE 8 20100210 TIME 6 gt 191327 lt COMMENT 5 gt WOUCE lt CALL 5 gt K2VCO lt Q50_DATE 8 gt 20100210 lt TIME_ON 6 gt 191423 lt 5 gt 2 lt CALL 4 gt W1RM lt 050 8 gt 20100210 TIME 6 gt 191611 lt COMMENT 4 gt W1RM lt lt CALL 4 gt U4AU QSO DATE 8 20100210 TIME 6 gt 191735 lt COMMENT 4 gt U4AU lt XCALL 4 W6EU lt 050 DATE 8 20100210 TIME 6 gt 191929 lt 4 gt 06 0 lt C LL 42N31Q lt Q50_DATE 8 gt 20100210 TIME 6 gt 192022 COMMENT 42N31Q lt lt CALL 4 gt K2XA QSO DATE 8 201002
30. 10 TIME 6 gt 192208 lt 4 gt 2 B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 14 15 16 1 18 19 20 21 4 lt CALL 4 gt WK2G lt CALL 4 gt N6XI lt CALL 4 gt KC4D lt CALL 4 gt K6MM lt CALL 4 gt NO3M lt QS0_DATE 8 gt 20100210 lt 050 8 gt 20100210 lt 050 8 gt 20100210 lt 050 8 gt 20100210 lt 050 8 gt 20100210 TIME 6 gt 192312 lt 6 gt 192419 lt 0 6 gt 192549 lt 0 6 gt 192638 lt 0 6 gt 193120 COMMENT 4 gt UK2G lt 4 gt 6 COMMENT 4 gt KC4D lt 4 gt 6 lt 4 gt Figure 11 3 NTMM ADIF File Format 32 B B lt lt lt EI RB J 6 amp one Figure 11 4 Spratly Is Monaco Agalega amp St Brandon Mauritius Rodriguez I Equatorial Guinea Pagalu I Fiji Conway Reef Rotuma Swaziland Tunisia Vietnam Republic of Guinea Bouvet Peter I I Azerbaijan Georgia Montenegro Sri Lanka ITU HQ Geneva United Nations HQ NY Timor Leste Israel 18 3a 3B6 3B9 36 3D2 3D2 C 3D2 R 3X 3Y B 3Y P 41
31. 10219 0440 850 160M EAS FBIN 20110219 034 7 160 GWSYDX 012 100 160M E LIKOHBN __ 20007 0426 617 lj dU Registered Copy Spots This Session 0000 bbcyber com website Figure 4 4 CMA Award Progress Screen First the band by band totals are displayed in their own totals blocks Secondly the display of QSOs by band is supported just select the band of interest from the Display QSOs drop down menu on the left and when the list is re scored and displayed it will only contain the callsigns and member information pertinent to the selected band Note The green backgrounds for the 80M 40M and 20M bands indicate that the requirements for the CMA 250 awards values have been met for those bands using the single band In the same manner as the display for the ACA Award the QSO listings may be sorted in various ways to favor either callsigns dates times CWops member numbers bands countries or states By clicking on the desired title bar a second time the sorting will be done in reverse order 4 4 WAS Award Similar to the CMA award the WAS award again supports the commonly used bands 160M through 2M The band titles change color from red indicating none worked on that band yellow working toward the award and green reached the worked all states goal on that band See Figure 4 5 For the WAS award CAM also incorporates a few additional features that the previously
32. 1106 1403 30M K3WWP 20101104 1326 30M W5SG 20100523 1936 45 30M KOMLF 2010124 2337 648 30M 20100911 0053 7 30M 5 AAAAAAAAAARBAT pots This Session 1149 _ Figure 4 7 WAS Band Award Showing States Worked With 4 5 WAE Award The WAE Award screen is shown in Figure 4 8 and is very similar in display and properties as the WAS awards tab including the capability to display needed and worked listings by band ZN 5 AWARD MANAGER CAM cw P Software by NSRR Copyright amp 2010 2011 B amp B Cyber Enterprises User NSRR 950 DB System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban Info Members About WAS WAE DX Summary Award WAE Level 29 7 14 26 27 5 15 0 0 QSO Date Time CWops Nr Country ES Display 20100320 172 9305 20100529 594 ALL 20110109 837 20100828 430 cu 20100724 DL 20100428 20100908 20100810 F 20100710 G 20101103 GW 20100310 HA 20100416 HB IKOHBN 20101127 Figure 4 8 WAE Award Screen 4 6 DX Award The DX Award is another All Band and Single Band endorsable award At this stage the needed and worked listings are not too useful since the DX worked list can be obtained by sorting the list of QSOs by country The display and sorti
33. 5197 PA Q2 DX de WA7LNW 7027 9 ZS1EL 13 dB 29 WM CQ 05217 UT 2 DX de K3LR 1827 0 FSIN 19 dB 23 WPM 05222 a DX de 3528 5 K2EGJ 20 dB 28 WPM CQ 05227 a DX de N7TR 10106 6 V47KP 15 dB 23 WPM CQ 05242 DX de DK9IP 3517 8 20 dB 17 WM CQ 05247 Monitor Band 160 80 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 6 2 1 RBN 7000 Connect 1 Cluster Cmd Remote 2 1_ Connect 2 Bye SERVER 192 168 2 6 6879 Send 1 Send 2 Sends Disconnected Connect 3 Bye Registered Spots This Session 157 bbcyber com website Figure 10 4 Spot List Now Green Indicating the ZS1EL QSO is now in the Database 10 2 Database Errors If you inadvertently make a mistake in logging a QSO like wrong state or country proceed on and log it again with the correct data You cannot directly remove the QSO entry that has the error in it from within the CAM program You can however use a true text editor to load the callsign data file which may be found in the DataFiles folder First always make a copy of the file before editing it by copying the file to another filename or another folder EDITING THE FILE Load the file into a true text editor like NOTEPAD Go to the bottom of the list of QSOs and find the entry that is in error and delete the entire line NOTE Never use WORD WORDPAD or any other editor that leaves control characters in the file this will corrupt the f
34. 6 8 1 CAM as a General Telnet Client Cam used to simply monitor one or more telnet servers From the Telnet Skimmer tab e Setup the telnet server address information e Select which Host you want to assign to each spot source Uncheck all checkboxes in the Display and Color Rules group you may want to check the LoTW box to show LoTW members in BLUE e Setup the Band Filter group as desired From the Member Query Status tab e Click the Connect 1 Connect 2 and or Connect 3 buttons to connect to the telnet server s Spots should start arriving 6 8 2 Using CAM to Identify CWops Members Setup as in section 6 8 1 above From the Telnet Skimmer tab e Set the following Display and Color Rules checkboxes to checked o ACA Needed Only o CMA Needed Only e Optionally decided whether you want to view only CWops members whether you want to show the already worked members and or you want to restrict the spots to those being spotted by US sources only 22 6 8 3 Using While Operating a CWT Setup as in section 6 8 1 above From the Telnet Skimmer tab Setall of the Display and Color Rules checkboxes to checked except the USA Sources Only and the Pass Prefix options 6 8 4 CAM Combining Spots for a General Contest Operation Setup as in section 6 8 1 above From the Member Query Status tab Make sure the SERVER box is checked and an IP address and port number
35. Copy Spots This Session 132 bbcyber com website Wass Figure 10 2 Log a single QSO CAM now has automatically populated the Add Single QSO tab and waits for you to either add the QSO to the database or make changes if needed Once the user visually verifies that the data is correct the Add QSO To Database File button may be clicked and the QSO information will be added to the database file and the screen display will be updated to show that the station was logged within CAM A message in GREEN will be displayed at the bottom of the tab to indicate that the QSO was logged or if it had previously been logged it will show a message saying that the QSO was not needed and skipped Database Filename n5r data Call Max 10 char ZS1EL ro either the callsign without portable notation CWopsMemberN 13 2 Check for date and format Default the Name Max 10 char Vidi 3 5 Con Q50 arid tend Only CW QSOs are valid Date YYYYMMDD 20110224 inier E Time HHMM 0526 When all held date ore lick Add Add QSO To CW Only Cw Database File button to update the database Band Select One 40M 160 80 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 6 2 Country From List 75 lt z State From List lt x Ger ZSIEL 050 Added To Database Figure 10 3 Message Indicating QSO was Added to Database Returning to the Member Query Status tab the QSO just logged will be d
36. GER CAM Software by NSRR Copyright 2010 2011 B amp B Cyber Enterprises User NSRR Awards QSO DB System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban Info Members About Enter Callsign to display Membership Data and Current Bands Worked Information CWeps 20110810 LoTW 44369 Call W5SG Name CWopsif 45 1863 Country K State Prov TX Poet anz cou Member Bands Worked Needed Status ACA O Display is On 160M 80M 40M 30M 20M 17M 15M 12M 10M 6 2 Cear Hold Spots DX de 51 2 7012 8 N7LV 08 dB 28 WPM CO 03042 DX de GOKTN 3535 3 DR6J 38 dB DX de GWSIZR 10119 8 DL7RKK 10 dB DX de ESSPC 7000 5 VELDT DX de WOMU 7020 5 550A DX de S50ARX 14006 5 VE7CC DX de W8WTS 2 7051 5 KOJVX DX de GWSIZR 10117 0 W5SG DX de GWSIZR 7001 2 VELDT DX WA7LNW 10106 5 2 DX de 1 2 3516 0 N3RD DX de GOKTN 7023 0 K4AD DX de 1 7029 7 07902 Monitor Band 160 80 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 Cluster SERVER 192 168 2 2 6879 Send 1 Send 2 M183 ASRSHHSRS 13311111 ii 3 Bye bbcyber com website Figure 5 1 Main T and Monitored Screen 5 1 Member Data The line of boxes near the top of the tab page are data elements pertinent to the last CWops member spotted that was
37. HMM format Step 4 Select the band the station was worked on by clicking the appropriate option found to the right of the Band block Select the Country and State Province if applicable from the appropriate drop down list Step 5 If the callsign of the station worked was a portable go back to the callsign and add the portable information Step 6 Click the Add QSO To Database File button If no errors are detected in the format a notice will be displayed for a few seconds verifying that the operation was completed If you can t remember whether you pressed that Add QSO button press it again and if you did the program will tell you that you don t need the QSO 3 3 Upgrading From an Earlier Version Versions earlier than 1 9 2 should be upgraded Use the Install Upgrade Self Extracting EXE file available the webpage http www bbcyber com cam Updates on the webpage contain a set of complete data for all members including the start date and a termination date if a previous member has left the club changed callsigns etc If you have installed an earlier version in a directory other than the one named C CWops Award Manager you should use the Install program which will build a new directory called C CWops Award Manager After the install program is run locate the cam ini file in the old directory and move or copy that file to the C CWops Award Manager directory and then find you database file named you
38. OPS AWARD MANAGER CAM Software by NSRR Copyright amp 2010 2011 B amp B Cyber Enterprises User N5RR Awards QSO DB System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban Info Members About cma was waE DX Summary Worked 447 100 250 ACA400 00 50 201 Callsign QSO Date CWops Nr Band County State 2010 500 N3JT 20110112 1104 1 40M K VA 2011 447 N1DG 20110507 230 2 20M K MA 2012 0 20110108 149 3 10M 213 0 6 1 201012 1900 4 20M K CA 2 201009 190 5 20 2014 80 N3AM 20110112 194 6 20M K MD 2015 0 WIRM 20110112 1120 8 80M K 2016 0 WIEBI 20110309 1919 9 20M K MA 2017 0 20110210 0358 11 80M M 2018 0 KZ5D 201100008 213 12 40M K ZS1EL 20110219 2034 13 20M zs 2019 0 i JAINUT 20110209 1135 15 40M JA ON4UN 20110219 022 17 40M ON MOAGA 20110219 200 19 20 G z Registered Copy Spots This Session 0000 bbcyber com webste Figure 4 3 ACA Award Listing Sorted CWops Number j 12 4 3 CMA Award Unlike the yearly restarted ACA Award the CMA Award is a continuously running award The object is to work all the members of the CWops Club on each amateur band Progressive levels can be obtained by working 250 500 750 1000 1250 and 1500 QSOs the only restricti
39. RADIO 34 AutoHotKey Seri pts ip e EE ERR P UE a EHE ETE en tU utebare de RR ee io esent desee 34 Find Mouse Coordinates for trennen nen 35 iv 1 SOFTWARE OVERVIEW The primary purpose and use of the program is in conjunction of managing and storing information pertinent to making amateur radio contacts QSOs and tracking the an individual amateur s progress toward satisfying the requirements for performance levels as those QSOs relate to specific awards managed by the CW Operators Club Among those awards are CWops ACA Annual Competition Award CWops CMA Cumulative Membership Award CWops WAS Award Worked All States CWops Worked All Europe Award CWops DX Award See the website http Awww cwops org awards html for specific data for each award The CWops Award Manager CAM software supports all five of the above awards programs including their derivatives as they pertain to specific amateur radio frequency bands Features included within the CAM software include Award specific QSO information storage Maintaining status on each award for the single file of QSOs with other CWops members Generating lists of QSOs pertinent to each separate award level Most awards are tracked by frequency bands with the single exception of the ACA award which consists of making a single contact with as many members as possible d
40. SO Specific callsigns of importance to the user can be entered and monitored over and above the other monitoring functions supported within the CAM software Uses the Windows clipboard to allow for transferring the frequency information associated with a specific callsign of members and non members Spotted station information can be transferred to Logger software such as N1MM or DX4Windows using script files for functions processed by AutoHotKey which is a free software utility program CAM is a dot net NET Visual C Sharp C program that uses the Net version 3 5 Framework e software does not require installation file the software is supplied as zip file that can build the appropriate directories and transfer the required files to the user s computer e CAM software includes information tabs for specific functions but this manual actually provides the detailed descriptions of the operations and syntax used with the program 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 2 1 Software The use of CAM software requires that the host PC system use at least the Windows XP operating system In addition to XP Windows 7 has been tested and is the recommended operating system Windows Vista should probably work fine but has not been tested with CAM The CAM software is a 32 bit application and will not run under DOS Windows95 or Windows 3 1 CAM is also dot NET application written in C Sharp C a dot NET language CAM requires that
41. Similar to the ACA related function above the CMA function will upon receipt of a CWops related spot check to see if the member is needed on the band referenced by the spot If itis needed the for the CMA award the needed worked bands will be displayed on the Member Query Status display and if be announce with a two beep signal if announcements are turned on 6 7 4 Show Worked CWops Checking this option will force the display of spots relating to CWops members that the CAM user has already had a valid QSO with for the band being spotted No audio will be sounded unless the CWops Spot is checked and sound is turned on This is valuable if the CAM software is being used at the same time as the user is participating in a CWT test 6 7 5 USA Sources Only Checking this option forces the CAM to only display and process spots that originate within the borders of the United States and Canada This feature was included especially to work with the RBN in order minimize the number of spots to only those that have a high probability of the spotted station being actually heard within the United States and Canada When unchecked all spot from the RBN network will be displayed and processed depending on other settings in the display options 6 7 6 Hide ANN Spots Checking this option halts the display of any announcements ANN on the spot listings form Some servers have more ANNs than others and can be disconcerting when trying to view th
42. an indication of the proper reception of spots is that the numbers associated with the three telnet clients are green and the number to the left of the green connection information will change from BLACK to GREEN upon a spot being received the next spot on the same connection will change the number back to BLACK 6 7 Display and Color Rules Using the checkboxes the CAM user can turn off or on the displaying of specific groups of Members and non members that are shown in the incoming spots display on the Member Query Status tab Click the colored blocks to scroll through the available colors for each selected function This manual shows the colors in the default configuration some users may want to change the colors associated with specific functions 6 7 1 CWops Only Checking this option turns off all spots except those spots that pertain to CWops Members Un checked this option allows all spots regardless of membership in CWops 6 7 2 ACA Needed Only Checking this option allows spots that pertain to CWops ACA award to be colored appropriately Click the Red Spot block to change to a limited set of pre defined colors When checked spots that pertain to CWops members that have not been worked in the current calendar year are display with the appropriate color as defined by the user If audio announcements of a new ACA spot is activated the user will hear three quick beeps indicating a ACA related spot 6 7 3 CMA Needed Only
43. are shown with a green background If not go to the Server tab and setup a port number for the server Port 6879 is generally used for this purpose e Click the Connect 1 Connect 2 and or Connect 3 buttons to connect to the telnet server s From the Server tab e Set the Server Filters checkboxes to pass the types of spots that you want to see e Check the Use Server Spot Filter e Setup your logger to connect to the CAM server using the IP address and port number shown at the top of the page Optionally you may use the band filters to reduce the number of spot going to your logger and you can turn the screen updating off to lower the processing requirements of CAM 7 SERVER SCREEN The CAM Server tab describes the current status of the embedded server that is used to allow spots received by CAM to be distributed to other users or programs See Figure 7 1 below 7 5 Server IP Address and Port Number The server address will be on the computer running the CAM software the IP address of that computer is automatically determined by the program The port that will be used by the server for others to connect to can be setup and changed by the CAM user port 6879 is generally used by this program and probably should remain unless that port number conflicts with some other network related software running at the same time The server status is also display and can be either Listening or Not Listening depending on the sett
44. cted by federal copyright laws and as such may not be duplicated or used in any manner other than as described below Copies of the distribution software disks may be made and distributed freely as long as the programs contained on the disks have not been modified in any manner Registration numbers supplied by B amp B Cyber Enterprises for specific callsigns may not be transferred to another user Software programs that have been registered may not be sold given or otherwise transferred to another party Multiple copies of CWops Award Manager may be used by the original registered user on as many computers as necessary to make the program available for personal use and needed backups SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT B amp B Cyber Enterprises provides this software to you the end user on the express condition that you agree to the terms provided in this software license By transferring the programs on the supplied disks to your system or downloading a copy of the software from any electronic media such as the Internet you agree to the terms set forth below e You May use the software on as many computers under your control as needed to make the program available to you at all times e You May make backup copies of the registered software for archival purposes only e You May make a copy of the unregistered and unmodified software and give that copy to another person for the purpose of demonstrating or evaluating the software e Your May Not give se
45. d Copy Spots This Session 317 bbcyber com website Figure 3 8 Manual and Automatic Database Updates 3 5 Registration The use of the CAM Software is totally free However registration is required to access all of the program s features The only information needed to register the program is your callsign and an email address to send the registration number back to you We will only use the email address to send you a registration number and to inform you of updates to program critical files like the memberdata daymonthyear dat file which contains the latest CWops membership roster information CAM program updates that add or change features or fix software bugs will be announced both on the website and through email notices When you register you can stop all update information by typing DO NOT EMAIL UPDATE NOTICES within the comments section of the email from If you turn off the updates feature you will only receive a single email with the registration number To register the program go to the internet webpage http bbcyber com cam navigate to the bottom of the page and click on the Free Registration link which will automatically bring up an email form with the correct registration address Enter you callsign and send the email Your registration number will be sent by return email as soon as possible You can continue to set up the program without the registration number and enter that number when you receive it
46. described awards do not use A worked list and a want list are both available to the user by band Access the worked list by clicking on the WAS Status button on the right Click the button again to switch to the want list Click the button again to return to the Display QSOs band selection menu Figure 4 5 shows that all states needed for the primary all band WAS Award have been worked WAS Screen also supports a list of the worked stations Access this by first selecting the band 160M from the drop down menu shown on the left side of the screen in Figure 4 6 Then click the WAS Status button on the right side of the screen also shown in Figure 4 6 Figure 4 7 shows the states worked on 30M and the list of those stations 93 Ver 201108 N CWOPS AWARD MANAGER CAM Software by NSRR Copyright 2010 2011 B amp B Cyber Enterprises User NSRR Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban Info Members About al Summary _ Level 50 41 45 45 15 45 4 a7 6 Callsign QSO Date CWops Nr Country K5ALU KL7 20100623 611 4 20100609 704 K5GO 20100129 272 55 20100211 391 N6RO 20100210 79 WOCCA 20100415 625 W1RM 20100210 8 N8NA 20110108 839 WK2G 20100210 292 N4PN 20100210 71 KH7Y 20100424 216 NOAV 20100612 359 KOTO 20101108 AAAAAAAAAAAABE 5 CWOPS AWARD MANAGER CAM
47. e actual spots 21 6 7 7 Hide WWV Spots Checking this option halts the display of any WWV related announcements on the spot listings form Most users will probably not use this function but it is provided to use when the user is logged into a server that has many sources of WWV info and the resulting messages clutter the screen 6 7 8 Color LoTW QSOs Checking this option displays the selected color when a non CWops member is a member of the ARRL s LoTW program This only takes effect when the CWops Only checkbox is un checked 6 7 9 Pass Prefix The user may enter a valid prefix of partial prefix in the assigned text block to pass spots starting with the entered characters The purpose of this option is to allow monitoring of a specific station of country to be monitored while restriction all other spots to only those options selected The example show that PJ is selected to be passed This was used when the new PJ countries came on the air so that the user would be notified on every PJ spot 6 8 Examples of Setups For Different Types of Operations The following describe a few types of uses for CAM and applicable CAM setups that have been successfully used in real operations Reference figures 5 1 6 1 and 7 1 for these sections Using the checkboxes the CAM user can turn off or on the displaying of specific groups of Members and non members that are shown the incoming spots display on the Member Query Status tab
48. e button and the name will be transferred to the left side of the button Simply check or un check the check box to block or not block the server spots 8 5 PASS ONLY STATES LIST This feature allow the user to enter two letter state codes separated by a space that allows spots of the states on that list to be displayed This is especially valuable in sorting out spots for state or regional QSO parties 9 MEMBERS LISTING WORKED and LAST HEARD SCREEN The Members tab displays a list of all CWops members as of the date of the latest roster shown at the top of the CAM window See Figure 9 1 below The total number of members and the number of callsigns represented by those members is also listed in the frame at the top of the CAM window The total number of Members spotted is shown above the list This number can be wrong if the list has not been updated in a while 26 6 CWops Award Manag ZEISS ew CWOPS AWARD MANAGER CAM Software 5 Copyright 2010 2011 NOR User N5RR NALLY Awards QSO DB System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban Info s Members About Total Members Spotted 890 Clear Last Heard list Update Member List 20110810 Callsign Name CWops Nr Country State Prov Worked Last Heard Date Time Freq 403A Ranko 172 40 Y 20110814 21 02 210145 4XDA Jan 587 20110814 16 13 210335 4X1DF KARL 599
49. ed other than that described here This Software is warranted only to the extent of replacement of defective disks Registered users may download replacement files directly from B amp B Cyber Enterprises for as long after registration as the software is supported including upgrades This Software is intended for use as a database manager for contacts made between amateur radio operators If software glitches or bugs as generally defined by the software community are identified B amp B Cyber Enterprises will review such and make a determination as to whether the glitch or bug has a major effect on the operation of the program If deemed necessary by B amp B Cyber Enterprises the software will be updated and a revised copy will be made available via the Internet http bbcyber com cam This Software is not intended to be used for any purpose other than for recreational purposes which includes use as a storage medium for the amateur radio hobby In no case should this Software be used as a reference for any development test or reference since this Software does not use validated algorithms for any of its processes In most instances algorithms used have been optimized for speed or function as required by the program B amp B Cyber Enterprises does not warrant that the software will operate on all computers The best procedure is to try the program first by downloading the software and testing it on your machine prior to registering it DISCLAIMER
50. es of spots to enable the function the Use Server Spot Filter must be checked Other functions available from the Server tab are to send and receive and receive messages between the server and all clients connected to the server These functions are more maintenance level functions that anything that has to do with everyday operations 8 ALERTS BAN SCREEN Registering the CAM program also opens the Alerts Ban and text messaging functions These features were added so that the CAM user can monitor specific callsigns and obtain an alarm if that callsign is spotted on any band being monitored and alternatively send a spot to his cell phone to alert him of a needed station if he is not close enough to the radio to hear the audio alerts These stations may be friends or dx pedition callsigns that are active and needed for awards The Alert setup screen is shown in Figure 8 1 below 8 1 Alert Functions Under the ALERTS heading the text boxes on the right are where the callsigns of the station that you want to be alerted of when an associated spot is received After the callsign is entered click the Add Mod button on the same line as the callsign The callsign will be transferred to the left of the button and is now read to be selected The checkbox closest to the callsign selects the callsign to be monitored To remove the callsign on the left of the button clear the corresponding textbox on the right of the button and click the button and un
51. ether you have worked the station on the same band in another year If the spot is shown in ORANGE then you need a QSO with that station on that band for the CMA award and possibly one of the other awards but you do not need that QSO for the ACA award If the spot is GREEN then you have already logged a QSO on that band with the member indicated and for award purposes do not need to further log that station unless the location of the station has changed new state usually tagged as a mobile or portable In Figure 10 1 we see that ZS1EL was spotted and has not been worked on 40M since the spot is shown in ORANGE The station K2EGJ is shown in RED which means that it is needed for the ACA award on any band including this spot for 80M indicated by the frequency in the spot in this case 3528 5kHz Mouse clicking on the line containing the ZS1EL callsign will display the data shown in GREEN at the top of the tab showing the member s name CWops Nr country and state In addition if the member were a also a user of the Log Book of the World LOTW there would be a green caption LOTW at the far right of the user information Note the spot on 30M for V47KP is in BLUE BLACK and BLUE spots indicate that the owner of the callsign is not a CWops member yet The difference between BLACK and BLUE is that BLACK means not a member and does not use LOTW while BLUE means not a member but does use LOTW Using the Show Worked Member
52. g page The ACA Award tab provides the total number of CWops members worked for the year entered on in the Year text box currently only years 2010 and 2011 are valid The default year entered is the year as defined on the User tab and CAM automatically uses that stored date each time it is run The Award Level labels change to Green backgrounds once the award level has been met for the year selected The Score Log DB button will re calculate the award progress if clicked The only time you should have to click the button is if you changed the year or possibly if you added more QSO information by either the file or the single QSO method When changing from award to another the calculation is automatic On the right side of the screen is a list of years and includes the total history to date for the current year and past year s The listing of QSO information shows the QSOs that are used for the award the latest QSO with that member is shown The list of ACA applicable QSOs can be saved in the AwardSubmittals folder by clicking the Save List button the order of the saved list will be the same order as that viewed when the Save List button is clicked You can use these type listings to verify QSO particulars against the database contents if you have both in chronological order m Software by NSRR Copyright 2010 2011 B amp
53. he user information has not yet been entered After initial setup the CAM software will always start up showing the Awards Summary tab see Figure 4 1 below CWops Award Manager CAM Ver 193 Ver 20110810 Members Callsigns 951 103 ZLLNS CWOPS AWARD MANAGER CAM Software by N5RR Copyright 2010 2011 B amp B Cyber Enterprises User NSRR 27 Awards QSO DB System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban Info Members About was wae Dx Summary ACA CMA WAS WAE DX TOTAL QSOs 613 ALL 1703 50 29 66 1968 2010 500 160M 177 41 7 16 198 2011 447 306 45 14 28 324 2012 0 40M 465 45 26 51 601 2013 0 29 15 6 15 29 2014 0 20 434 45 27 55 504 2015 0 17M 15 4 5 12 15 2016 0 15M 184 37 15 33 203 2017 0 12M 15 6 3 10 15 2018 0 10 77 26 3 17 78 re 2019 0 6M 1 1 0 1 a 2020 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Registered Copy Spots This Session 0000 bbcyber com website Figure 4 1 Awards Summary Screen 4 2 ACA Award After initial setup the CAM software will always start up showing the Awards tab and the ACA award progress see Figure 4 2 on the followin
54. ile 10 3 Viewing the Database A listing of the full database is available via the QSO DB tab using sub tab List All CWops QSOs Anything that you do while viewing the database will not harm the database so feel free to click the column indicators to change the way the data is presented Example If you are looking to see when you worked a particular station just click the Callsign and the list will be presented in alphabetical order To reverse the order click the Callsign column header again and the Zs will be moved to the top Another example is to see who you worked in a country or a state just click the Country or State column header and listing will be sorted based on that column By using the drop down list you can also display QSOs for a single band just select the band and the listing will be parsed to only show QSOs on that band The currently shown listing can be saved to a file by clicking the Save List button The list will be saved in the AwardSubmittals folder 10 4 Finding User Call from CWops Number From the Member Query Status tab you may change the number in the CWops textbox and have CAM display all callsigns that are associated with that member number For example if you wanted to view a list of all the callsigns that Yuri VE3DZ uses you would type Yuri s CWops number in the CWops textbox and press Enter All the textboxes will be populated with Yuri s data and a listing of Yuri
55. ing at the bottom of the Member Query Status tab 7 6 Use Remote Commands The option to Use Remote is only used when your instance of the CAM software is connected to another CAM s server via a network connection Checking the box instructs the CAM software to send a change of frequency command to the connected CAM server when a spot is left button clicked from the Member Query Status tab See Auto Hot Key use in a later section if remote commands are desired 23 Software 5 Copyright 2010 2011 B amp B NOR User N5RR qp o CWOPS AWARD MANAGER CAM MN 127 Awards QSO DB System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban Info Members About Server Parameters and Status Server 192 168 2 2 Port 6879 Server Listening v Use Remote Cmds Broadcast Message To Clients Message Received From Clients Server Filters Use Server Spot Filter Pass US Canada d V Pass N America Status Messages Pass Rest of World None Send Outgoing DX Spots To Figure 7 1 Server Screen 7 7 Server Filters Currently the only implemented filters at the server level are to Pass US Canada N America and or the Rest of the World Any individual filter can be turned on independently Handy functions that turn on All those pertinent to the NAQP or general DX contesting are built in Even though the checkboxes may be set to pass these three class
56. isplayed in GREEN meaning that member has now been worked In addition the screen is updated to show that the member has now been worked on only 80M because the band indicators are seen to all be shown in RED except for the 80M tag which is in GREEN See Figure 10 4 below 29 tov CWops Award Manager CAM Ver 1 8 6 DB Ver 20101210 Members Calls 873 950 Updated SS ZEISS cw CWOPS AWARD MANAGER CAM Software by N5RR Copyright 2010 2011 B amp B Cyber Enterprises lt lt User Awards QSO DB User Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban Info Members About Enter Callsign to display Membership Data and Current Bands Worked Information CWops 20101210 40121 WOCCA Name Cap CWops 625 Country K State Prov gt Member Bands Worked Needed Status ACA O Displays Or 160 80 40M 30M 20M 17M 15M 12M 10M 6M 2M DX de WZ71 2 7027 9 6 25 dB 30 WM CQ CA 05032 PA DX de K3LR 1827 0 FSIN 37 dB 22 WM CQ 05 ei DX de N4ZR 1827 0 8 26 dB 22 WM CQ PA oso Q2 DX de ESSPC 1821 8 ON4UN 34 dB 24 WPM CQ 05102 2 N7TR 7026 0 K9UIY 26 dB 28 WPM CQ 05142 DX de 277 5 UXLUA 25 dB 26 WPM CQ 05172 Q2 i DX de RN3A 14059 9 LZ2RS 24 dB 18 WPM CQ 05192 DX de WZ71 7020 0 5 29 dB 27 WPM CQ TX 0
57. lect the sound source sound card or system beep In addition announcement sounds can be turned on or off for the following Aspotreferencing any CWops member regardless of whether you have worked the station or not When this is turned on the signal is a single tone or beep e Aspotreferencing only an un worked CWops member The signal is three tones or beeps Aspotreferencing a CWops member worked on another band but needed on the currently spotted band The signal is two tones or beeps Click the associated Test Sound button to test the individual sounds pertinent to each option 6 6 Automatic Telnet Server Connections and Re Connects Checkboxes on the left center of the Telnet Skimmer tab allow the user to setup both automatic connections upon program start and re connections if a connection to a telnet server is lost When the checkbox is checked the host will be automatically connected at startup about siz seconds after the program starts there will be no header or other indication except that the spots will start to appear If a telnet checkbox is checked and you lose the connection the program will attempt to reconnect If the Connect button on the Member Query Status tab is still green a re connection 20 will not be attempted until CAM initiated keep alive packet is not answered at which time the host will be disconnected and a re connect will be started With filtering all soots are not displayed
58. ll or in any manner transfer a copy the registration number to a third party e You May Not disassemble reverse engineer or in any manner duplicate either exactly or in a similar manner the overall functionality of the software REGISTRATION Other than the use of the unmodified program for evaluation all users should register their copy of the program before use Since the registration process includes input of the user s US Federal Communications Commission FCC or other country s officially issued callsign and a user s unique registration number it is quite obvious that the registered program is for use by a single individual Users that are not licensed amateur operators may still register the program as a short wave listener SWL In this case the user s callsign may be any sequence of letters or numbers totaling usually between 4 and 8 characters that have been determined by B amp B Cyber Enterprises to be unique within the CWops Award Manager software registration process and not a valid amateur radio callsign in any known country TRADEMARKS e Windows95 98 ME 2000 XP 7 Vista are a trademark of Microsoft Corporation e ARRL and DXCC are trademarks of the Amateur Radio Relay League e CWopsis a trademark of The CW Operators Club Inc WARRANTY This computer software consisting of all supplied files pertaining to the CWops Award Manager program hereafter referred to as the Software is supplied as is with no other warranty impli
59. low this type of connection See Figure 6 1 below Sounds maybe turned ON and tested for a number of conditions relating to spots that originate locally or those arriving via internet The Reverse Beacon Network RBN and VE7CC 1 monitors a number of skimmers across the US and some in other countries Registering the software opens the CWSkimmer band scanning control Each amateur band may be selected and monitored for the periods of time allocated to each band The scanning control may not work if a remotely accessed skimmer is setup to allow spot distribution but not allow skimmer band change commands from remote users Following the figure are descriptions of other skimmer or telnet related features CWOPS AWARD MANAGER CAM Software by mE Copyright 2010 2011 BEB Cyber Enterprises User Awards QSO DB System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban info Members About ors IP or DNS Port Nr 2 Eat Button CWSkimmer 192 168 2 9 7300 Select Cluster RBN 7000 telnet reversebeacon net 7000 Edit Host 1 Callsign 5 1 VE7CC NET 23 Edt Host2 Callsign NSRR 7 mae Host3 Callsign NSRR 8 CAM 19216829 on md 5 Auto Display and Color Rules Re Connect gt 3 3 Filter By Band Use Sound Card Show Wikd CWops Green a aa eae Use System Show All Spots
60. nections and 8 02001 111 20 6 7 Display and Color Rules 5 5 erre HERE RE ERN erre 21 6 7 1 CWops Only tere cnp ee ep nr eter OP IDE ar redes 21 6 7 2 ACA Needed nepoti vut egets 21 6 7 3 CMA Needed Only nere ppt enr e Pod OR PIDE I Ren 21 6 7 4 Show Worked CWOpDps nere tp ORTU OUR UD rire oer 21 6 7 5 USA Sources Only nU PD rr EO UI PEPPER iR 21 6 7 6 Hide ANIN SDOLIS 2 cree een ee OU Nee 21 6 7 7 Hide WWV Spots uie enee A evite perte P AIEO AE 22 6 7 8 RH OR RO MIA ROT Heres 22 6 7 9 E E E E RERE T A AEE EE E EE ETRAS 22 6 8 Examples of Setups For Different Types of 22 6 8 1 CAM as a General Telnet terrere eene ae et 22 6 8 2 Using CAM to Identify CWops Members 22 6 8 3 Using While Operating a 23 6 8 4 CAM Combining Spots for a General Contest Operation 2 23 T SERV PR S CR AN eene tree dete epis ere t e T a ier ee nhs OR eR en 23 lil server IP Address and Port Number rere e REPE REPRE 23 Use Remote Commands i tete Toe EES EE ER ET EEE oret EET h opi Ei 23 DELVED FUMES EE 24 ALERIS BAN SCREEN i
61. ng capabilities are available from this screen as is band by band parsing of the main QSO listing 15 ZS eee 2 CWOPS AWARD MANAGER CAM Lew Software by Copyright 2010 2011 B amp B Cyber Enterprises User N5RR Server Alert Ban Info Members About 66 16 28 51 15 55 12 33 10 iz 3i 0 Callsign QSO Date CWops Nr Band Country State 403A 20100320 7 172 15M 40 4X4NJ 20100920 275 20M 4X 6Y5WJ 20100713 186 20M 6Y 7Z1HL 20101128 560 40M HZ 8PSNX 20100311 503 40M 8P SA5W 20100529 594 40M 9A SviYC 20100620 66 20M 9v CeAQQ 20101128 302 80M C6 CE3DNP 20100513 516 20M CE 20110109 837 40M CU3HQ 20100828 20M cu CX5BW 20110220 15M CX DL1XX 20100724 7 DL Spots This Session 1223 Figure 4 4 9 DX Award Screen 5 MEMBER QUERY STATUS SCREEN Figure 5 1 below shows the primary CAM monitoring screen where spots are displayed after filtering Spots shown in color are CWops members Those displayed with a Black font are non members An exception is that non members that are LoTW members are shown in BLUE default The data in the upper right corner of the tab display indicates that the CWops database was updated through the data shown 20110810 which corresponds to the last updated notation from the roster page at the cwops org website and the LoTW listing being used has 44 369 callsigns in the file CWOPS AWARD MANA
62. nit ctr os P ODER OPER reset dorks eerie tonat 24 Alert PUnDCtIODs uec n ETHER Re Er REO SHEER E RECEIVER ea 24 Spot OPH ONS i eie ne RP p PU pU PIU Ebr etr EO URDU 25 EXT MSG Setup tette eee ppt or HEP OR PIDE IDIBUS 25 BANNED SPOT SOURCES rtp eh EEr HR pe HIDE e srt 26 PASS ONLY STATES LIST terme EDD ere t deti 26 MEMBERS LISTING WORKED and LAST HEARD 5 26 Worked designator rte E tense etr arae nervo 27 Last Heard Function iret e ep ere Eee ee TRES 27 Total Members Spotted oie eret e eret RR PUER GR UAE ley esata T 27 CAM OPERATING TIPS nete er e Ree POUR IR eui rd 27 CWops Member Callsign 2 27 Database Errors E ERE EEE LET 30 Viewing the Databases eere eee eee 30 Finding User Call from CWops 55 rennen entere tentent entren eene 30 Turn Display Off On HE eder Ute ERO Red edP IRSE UE 31 Holding and Resuming Spot 1 31 31 USE OF AUTOHOTKEY TO CHANGE THE
63. on errors such as wrong country abbreviation or invalid state the program will attempt to correct the entry for you Clicking the button more than once will usually show that there 0 errors fixed the second time If you still cannot find the a given QSO in the particular award check that the credit is not already been taken by another QSO for a state or a country If all else fails check the yourcallsign data file in the DataFiles subdirectory to try an identify what the problem is You can modify the data file with a pure text editor but be careful and make a backup first because an untold number of errors could result from a corrupt data file 3 2 2 Single QSO Manual Entry You can use two methods to enter a single QSO into the database The easiest method is while viewing the Member Query Status tab right click on the line containing the spot information of the station that you just worked The screen similar to the one shown in Figure 3 7 below should appear The information will be automatically entered in the appropriate text blocks including the current date and time If you need to adjust any of the data do so When satisfied click the Add QSO To Database File button The data will be added into the callsign data file in the DataFiles folder A notice will briefly appear to notify you whether the data was accepted or not If you click the Add button again the program will not accept another entry because that membe
64. on is that a member can only be worked once per band for credit The score is then the sum of unique member QSOs on each band In addition to the all band award there are separate endorsements for the individual amateur bands The CAM software initially supports eleven bands 160 meters through 2 meters It is envisioned that the bands supported could be expanded to include higher VHF and UHF bands if there were to be enough participants to drive a program modification The CMA tab has features that the ACA tab does not have or need as depicted in Figure 4 3 below Software by N5RR Copyright 2010 2011 B amp B Cyber Enterprises User N5RR CWOPS AWARD MANAGER CAM 27 Awards QSO DB System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban info Members About was wAE Summar Award Level 1703 177 306 465 29 434 15 184 15 77 1 Award Level CMA 250 CMA 500 CMA 750 1000 1250 Display Calsign QSO Date Tme CWops Band Country State QSOs 20110220 0101 172 160M 40 5 ALL 20101204 0426 242 160 20101205 1320 54 160M K TX AD8P 20101204 2305 3 160M 20110109 0352 38 160M K AG3R 20101205 0013 467 160M K IL 2010128 127 74 160M 20101204 0616 302 160M C6 EFBR 201
65. ons to allow you to define what location the QSO actually pertains to See Figure 3 5 NOTE Alaska and Hawaii are treated as DX but also as US states for WAS Awards In the cases of Alaska and Hawaii use either KL or KH6 for the country and AK or HI for the state Use the drop down list of countries to select the country for the QSO Also fill in the State Province if the operation was from either the Continental USA or Canada The state block should be automatically filled in with a double dash if a country other than the USA or Canada was selected You also may click on the QRZ COM button to aid in determining the country state information You may also skip the QSO if you need to When the Country and State Province is filled up properly click the Add button to continue Repeat the processes until the QSOs in file added message appears The message will only show for a few seconds and disappear Another file may be selected to add additional QSOs or you may select another tab Mobile stations a particular problem in that you must have a way of finding out where the station actually was when you worked them For mobiles it is usually a good idea to enter the state in your logger information block when you actually work them You can also find references by doing a Google search on the mobile callsign which sometimes produces the history of a trip or spots from DXWATCH that include the state or county where he was at a given
66. ops member the data relevant to that member will be shown in the color Green Clicking on any line in the list will produce similar results For example if the spot at the bottom of the list is clicked the callsign DJ9DZ will be transferred to the callsign textbox the callsign will be Black and the rest of the data textboxes will remain blank because at the time of the writing of this document DJ9DZ was not yet a member of CWops If desired the QRZ COM button can still be used on the call to obtain similar information There is a GREEN LOTW tag at the end of the line for DJ9DZ indicating that that station uses the Logbook of the World for electronic QSLs A special message is shown if a past member of CWops is spotted This message identifies the spot as one from a Past Member and that the Callsign is currently INACTIVE as it applies to CWops awards 5 2 Monitor Band The line of blocks near the bottom of the tab page and labeled with the amateur bands are used two different ways If the connection is to a CWSkimmer and that skimmer is setup to allow remote commands clicking on one of the band labels will change the skimmer monitored band to the band clicked If the connection is to a TELNET website clicking the same label will send a sh dx band to the connected spotting network 5 3 Cluster and Send Buttons The user may send messages to connected telnet servers by typing a valid telnet server command in the text a
67. ove the callsign block and if the space key is pressed that callsign will be transferred to the callsign block within the logger e f you have worked a station that was spotted you can update the CAM listing and scoring by moving the mouse pointer over the spot listing and clicking the RIGHT button This will change the display to the QSO Single QSO tab with all the data completely filled in just click the Add QSO To Database File button to update the CAM program database Notes Sometimes the local data changes quickly so before clicking the Add QSO to Database File button make sure that the band is selected correctly and the date time of the QSO is correct CAM only uses a single QSO for each award once a QSO for the given award band was wae dx position has been entered duplicate QSOs will serve no purpose other than to slow down the award calculating process 6 TELNET SKIMMER SETUP SCREEN Telnet setup is very similar to the same function used by most other Telnet client software You can select a cluster using the drop down menu After the selection has been made use the Edit button at the end of the Telnet Port number that you want the selected information to be placed into Data can be held to reference up to five Telnet or resident servers CWSkimmer has its own line listing and may be located locally or accessed via the internet if is setup as a server and firewall parameters are set to al
68. p CAM Setup Procedure When new versions of CAM are announced it is always recommended that you update your installation main for bug fixes but additional features are usually included If you are upgrading from an earlier version follow the procedure in section 3 3 the same as a full installation STEP 1 From the CAM webpage hitp www bbcyber com cam click Free Registration and enter your callsign in the text area of message outline and send the email to cam bbcyber com Your registration number will be sent to you as soon as possible usually within the hour for work days STEP 2 Make sure the CAM files have been copied to the computer and that the dot NET Framework version 3 5 or later has been installed STEP 3 Make a shortcut for CWops Award Manager exe and place it on the desktop Double click the shortcut to start the CAM program The screen shown in Figure 3 1 should appear Enter your callsign in the Callsign textbox Press tab once to move to the Auto Fill button Click Auto Fill all of user data as defined in the CWops member data file should appear Press tab once to move to the Logging SW textbox click the small down arrow in the textbox a list of supported logger ADIF files should appear then select your logger type from the drop down menu list e Press tab once to move to the Year For ACA textbox and enter the year that you want to use when viewing your status for your
69. r files and sub folders within that folder are required and should include the following files e CWODpS icO install txt CAM Upgrade Notice exe a folder named Award Submittals a folder named CAMBackupFiles a folder named DataFiles a folder named Documentation a folder named LogFiles a folder named TempData a folder named Verification Within the DataFiles folder there should be these files cty txt CellCarriers txt Clusters txt FOCDataList txt has a maximum of 500 members LastHeard dat lotw1 MemberDataAddOn csv currently not used but left for compatibility issues MemberDataList csv CWops generated member data file wae dat NOTE The up to date member data is always included in the setup file available on the webpage http obcyber com cam The download directory is username and password protected to protect sensitive personal data that it is in the CWops membership data file The file obtained from the CWops website is only updated monthly but the add on file usually updated within 24 hours of the Member Roster being updated on the CWops website Within the Documentation folder there should be two files CAM Manual 1 9 3 pdf e Install txt LogFiles folder is a convenient location to store the ADIF or CABRILLO formatted log files used to populate the CAM database The remaining files should be empty except for a notice describing what should be saved there 3 2 Step by Ste
70. r will now have a valid QSO in the record for that band The second method is similar to the one previously described however you must navigate to the Add Single QSO tab and then enter the data manually Use the ADD Single QSO tab which be found under the top level tab labeled QSO DB Enter the callsign first and press the Enter key The CWops member data will automatically populate the text fields but you may have to modify date time band or even country state Similar to the first method when you are satisfied with the data to be saved click the Add QSO To Database File button Software by N5RR Copyright amp 2010 2011 B amp B Cyber Enterprises User N5RR CWOPS AWARD MANAGER CAM NAL Awards QSO DB System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban Info Members About Add QSOs From File Add Single QSO To Personal DB List All CWops QSOs Database Filename n5rr data Notes Call 10 char 1 Enter either the callsign without portable notation or enter the CWops member nr then press ENTER CWops Member Nr 687 2 exec ler cuve e and format Default is the current Name Max 10 char Fred 3 Enter QSO time and Band Only CW QSOs are valid Date YYYYMMDD 20110813 CC posete de ed plane 5 Add portable indicators to callsign ipee needed Time HHMM 2108 6 When all field data are correct click Add QSO To Database File
71. ram will use the credentials that you have associated with the outgoing email server to send the message Note you may have to setup email on the computer to use the text messaging feature even if you never receive emails on the computer used to host the CAM program EMAIL Address This is your normal email address used to receive regular emails e Spotted Callsign Frequency This is normally left blank and will be used automatically by the program to inject the Callsign and Frequency information into the text message e TXT Message Contents You can change the Sent From CAM message to anything you like e Send Button To test the send function you can manually fill in the Spotted Callsign and frequency textbox and Click send to verify that the text messaging works Remember with a number of cell phones text messaging has a cost associated with it Be careful to not use the function unless you know you have it or want to set it up and use it 8 4 BANNED SPOT SOURCES LIST Under the red BANNED SPOT SOURCES heading shown in Figure 8 1 you will find textboxes were you can enter the name of a server that for one reason or another you don t want to see spots that originate at that source This is often used to keep spots from Skimmers from being duplicated and causing a lot of audio alerts To use the BAN function type in the name of the server that you want to not see spots from to the left of the Add Mod button click th
72. rcallsign data in the old DataFiles folder and move or copy it to the new C CWops Award Manager DataFiles folder You should be able to then start CAM and your user data and QSOs should immediately be recognized by the program and displayed in the ACA tab listing Upgrade steps below STEP1 Download the Install Upgrade self extracting EXE file from the CAM webpage STEP2 Run the program as administrator from any location on the computer STEPS The EXE file will replace or make all necessary files and folders that CAM requires Note The cam ini file and the Datafiles yourcallsign data file will not be altered 5 4 Start the program as required If the program starts in the new user mode with no callsign entered you do not have a valid cam ini file and you will have to exit and copy the cam ini file to the C CWops Award Manager directory or fill in the data as a new user STEP5 You should see the status of the ACA award on the appropriate tab If you see a value of 0 in the Worked textbox you do not have a valid yourcallsign data file Either copy it to the C CWops Award Manager DataFiles folder or enter your QSO data using either the ADIF Cabrillo or Single QSO entry methods explained earlier 3 4 Upgrading After Version 1 9 3 With version 1 9 3 and later the member database and the logbook of the world database can both be upgraded from directly within the program see System Database
73. rea Commands like Help sh dx sh dx PJ etc can be entered in the text area To send that command use the send button associated with the currently connected telnet site that you want the command sent to 5 4 Remote Indicator The green Remote indicator is shown only it the Use Remote checkbox is checked This checkbox is located on the Server tab and is used to allow the CAM instance to act as a mirror of another instance of CAM running on another computer This feature allow spots that show up on for example you computer that you use at your radio position to be sent to this second instance of CAM that may be running in your office or another room of the house on a computer that is connected to your local area network or even located in any location connected to the internet When used in this manner clicking a spot on the remote computer will automatically send a command to the other CAM process and cause it to change the frequency of the radio if setup to do that function Example You are working at your desk and you have a remote CAM instance running on your desktop A spot comes up that you are looking for You click on that spot from your desktop and the frequency of the radio is changed and by what you hear you may make the decision to go to the radio and try to work the station If you can t hear the station then you would probably elect to continue working at your desk This feature was added to allow the radio
74. s in GREEN is handy when generally looking for rag chewing QSOs with CWops members that have already been worked on the band indicated in the spot At the top N6XI was worked on 40M sometime earlier so is not needed on 40M anymore ler 1 9 3 ler 2011081 mbers Calls VANS REE CWOPS AWARD AGER CAM pew Software by N5SRR VN 127 Copyright amp 2010 2011 B amp B Cyber Enterprises User NSRR Awards QSO DB System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban Info Members About Enter Callsign to display Membership Data and Current Bands Worked Information CWops 20110810 LoTW 44369 4 f 1 1 4 J LOTW Call W5SG Name Bill CWops 45 FOCH 1863 Country K State Prov TX Foc anz cou Member Bands Worked Needed Status ACA CMA 160M 80M 40M 30M 20M 17M 15M 12M 10M 6 2 Gear Hold Spots Display is On DX de 51 2 E 8 28 WPM 27 WPM N a DX de GOKTN DX de 1 7029 7 07902 80 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 If the CAM user has setup an AutoHotKey script to transfer the frequency to his logger 1 this example then when the spot was clicked with the left mouse button the radio would have been automatically tuned to the frequency of ZS1EL which was 7027 9kHz on 40M After you have called and hopefully worked the
75. s do not total up to the Total that means that there were errors in the ADI file itself and one or more QSO entries were not processed CWOPS AWARD MANAGER CAM Software by N5R Copyright 2010 2011 B amp B Cyber es User Awards QSO DB System Member Query Status Telnet Skimmer Server Alert Ban info Members About Add QSOs From File Add Single QSO Add To Personal DB List All CWops QSOs Source Filename Award Manager LogFiles N5RR_20100101 20100915 ADI Browse Database Filename n5 data File Type Mbr Added ADIF QSOs QSOs CABRILLO 1 QSOs From Source e Total QSOs 107 1103 Errors Fixed 0 Check Complete Figure 3 6 After Dupes re and ventyAenairhes Been run Notice that there are buttons labeled Remove Dupes Database and Verify Repair Database After adding QSOs to your database you should click the Remove Dupes Database button once to remove duplicate QSOs from the database CAM disregards all QSOs made with non members CAM only needs a single QSO for each member year for the ACA award for each member band for the CMA award for each band state for the WAS award for each band WAE Country for the WAE award and for each band DX Country for the DX award Clicking the Verify Repair Database button will run a sanity check on all QSOs If there are any comm
76. stem setups The best method is to test the software first before registering it 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 3 1 Program Prior to copying the CAM files to your computer verify that the dot NET Framework version 3 5 or later has been installed If not install the Framework available from Microsoft for free at http www microsoft com downloads details aspx Familyld 333325fd ae52 4e35 b531 508d977d32a6 amp displaylang en Make sure you select the full redistributable package Once the file named dotnetfx35 exe has been downloaded execute it and install the dot NET Framework There are updates to the version 3 5 Framework SP1 but CAM will work properly with or without the updates Updates can be found on the same Microsoft website referenced by the link above CAM is distributed both electronically via the Internet and by CD direct from B amp B Cyber Software In either case the distributed software consists of an installation file named similar to this CAM_Full_Install_v1 9 3 exe which is a self extracting zipfile The setup program may be run from any location on the computer just double click on the file and then extract all the files to the location that is desired The suggested and default location is C Once the files are extracted you will have a folder on the C drive titled CWops Award Manager Within that folder you should see a file named CWops Award Manager exe which is the main program Othe
77. to be quickly tuned to the frequency of the spot and save you steps and time when you can t hear the station 5 5 Server If the SERVER checkbox at the lower left of the tab shown in Figure 6 1 is checked then the server should be active and the background will be green and show both the local IP address and port number assigned to the CAM s embedded server If unchecked the background will be red If no port is indicated then a port has not been entered in the appropriate textbox on the Server tab 5 6 Telnet Related Buttons Buttons near the bottom right are used to connect to clear the list of spots and exit disconnect the selected telnet or skimmer or one of the other five telnet sites listed on the TELNET Skimmer tab A Green RBN 7000 notice shows the status of the telnet connection and the short name of the telnet site If the Connect 1 button is shown in GREEN the program has determined that the link is working but if itis shown RED the telnet site is not sending update information to CAM and the user should click the Connect 1 button again which will disconnect and attempt a reconnect to the telnet site Cluster commands may be sent by typing the command into the Cluster text area and sent by clicking the SEND button This capability can be used to send spots also if the server allows DX to be spotted An additional cluster command sh dx be sent simply by clicking the sh dx button To clear
78. ts before it automatically restarts No spots will be missed using this feature but they will be delayed until either the automatic resume feature is triggered or the user clicks the Resume button 11 CAM File formats Following are editor views of the format of various files used by CAM CWops Software CWOps Award Manager bin Debug cam ini 1 N5RR 226 Bill K MO DX4WIN false 2010 3 948 226231681 False Skimmer 192 168 2 9 7300 False ABSK 2 DXC US ABS5K NET 23 False RBN telnet reversebeacon net 7000 True VE 7CC 1 VE7CC NET 23 False K1EA DXC K1EA COM 7300 False K1TTT DXC K1TTT NET 23 False True False True True False True True True K5GO True N5DX True AASB True KSTA True U5JW True KiON False False False False False True NOXR True K1TTT False False False NSRR 4172303612 txt att net mail bbcyber com nSrr bbcyber com 2 2 3 4 5 6 Figure 11 1 CAM INI File Format 31 1 2 ARRL SECTION MO 3 CALLSIGN NSRR 4 CLUB Albuquerque DX Association 5 CONTEST CW Ops 6 CATEGORY SINGLE OP ALL LOW CW 7 CLAIMED SCORE 775 8 OPERATORS NSRR 9 Bill Beggs ADDRESS ADDRESS Hollister ADDRESS USA CREATED BY N1MM Logger V10 2 3 050 14018 CW 2010 02 10 1911 NSRR 050 14019 CW 2010 02 10 1912 NSRR 050 14021 CW 2010 02 10 1913 NSRR 050 14028 CW 2010 02 10 1914 NSRR 050 14029 CW 2010 02 10 1916 NSRR 050 14028 CW 2010 02 10 1917 NSRR
79. umber of members spotted since the listing was last updated is shown at the top of the list The Update Member List button can be used at any time to update the listing The listing is also updated when the program is shut done by clicking the X in the upper right corner of the window Updating in the case means that if the member has been worked as defined by having an entry in the callsign data then a Y is shown in the Worked column 9 3 Total Members Spotted The count of member callsigns is defined as those callsigns that have an entry in the Last Heard column of the listing 10 CAM OPERATING TIPS The following paragraphs outline routine actions that may be taken while monitoring telnet servers This example uses the information shown in Figure 10 1 below where the CAM was basically setup to only show Needed members and to show spots that originated from spot servers that were located world wide One exceptions was the CWops Only filter was turned off long enough to get two spots of non members for explanation only 10 1 CWops Member Callsign Display When the CAM software identifies a member using the default colors the callsign is displayed in either RED ORANGE or GREEN RED means that you have not worked that station since he and 27 you both became a member of CWops and that you need QSO with that station for use in the award you may also need the QSO for the CMA award depending on wh
80. ure 6 1 will show a checkbox to make the skimmer scan each band remaining on that band for the number of minutes entered the text areas near each band label If a Skimmer is not used the Skimmer Band Scan option will not be shown and the Filter By Band option uses the checked bands to decrease the number of spots being passed to the screen and to other programs connected to CAM s server Example To limit the spots going to N1MM Logger to only 40M spots just check the Filter By Band option and check the 40M option leaving all the other band options un checked Multiple bands may be selected at the same time mainly used when spots arrive at a slower pace or a Multi Op operation is being performed This function is handy for limiting the processing requirements of the CAM program by reducing the spots that have to be processed and displayed 6 4 Spot Source The Name IP address and Port number are needed to access a skimmer or telnet server On the top line of the telnet sources you must directly enter the data for a Skimmer The example shows how a local skimmer would be entered the IP address describes a skimmer that is on the local network either on the same computer as the CAM software or it can be on any other computer on the local network or for that matter anywhere on the internet as long as the server option is being used on the CWSkimmer software itself and the IP address and port number are known You may also use
81. uring a year long period At the beginning of each calendar year the award resets and starts over again with zero QSOs The software is access through a set of tab pages each targeting a different award of operating function The software also serves as a lookup during non radio operating times and during radio operations The callsign lookup function is implemented on the Member Query Status tab During operations the software can be used to monitor local or internet accessible servers that are used to announce the callsigns frequency and date time of each amateur station that has been spotted The spotting originates from either individual operators or from software defined radios SDRs that can monitor wide bands of frequencies simultaneously reporting callsigns associated with individual amateur radio transmissions as they pertain to mainly members of the CWops Club members Transmissions by other than members of the club can also be monitored or filtered out of the data stream using the CAM software Connects to the internet or internet local network telnet servers Can control the frequency bands of local or remote SDRs and their servers Can sequentially scan defined radio frequency bands for user input lengths of time before changing to the next frequency band Generates stations needed and stations worked listings for each award Generates audible and visual alarms when a callsign is recognized that is associated with a needed Q
82. ys before registration is required 2 2 Hardware The CAM software requires a PC system consisting of an Intel or similar single processor running at a minimum clock speed of 1 8 GHZ Dual or Quad processor will provided faster operation In addition the system must have e atleast 1GB of RAM at least 512 megabytes of free hard disk space a VGA or better display adapter with color System Beep function is used but will use a sound card for alarms if one is available To use CAM with SDR receiver such as the RF Space model SDR IQ CWSkimmer software is required e f no SDR or CWSkimmer is used there are hundreds of TELNET spotting web servers available than can be used to provide DX and local spots for the monitoring functions within the CAM software Both notebook and desk type systems have been used for testing Based on the actual setup of the hardware and operating system slower systems could cause the sound output to skip slightly and slower clock speeds also limit the use of SDRs and increase the time needed to produce listings and current scoring results for especially the CMA award The CMA calculations take longer because they have to evaluate the log entries vs the eleven bands supported by CAM Additional RAM or a faster processor can minimize the fore mentioned negative characteristics B amp B Cyber Software does not warranty or guarantee that the software will work all types of computers or specific operating sy

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