Not having as many hands as Clint, I use a y chord on the receive Cable from my headset to a small digital voice recorder. I still write the calls down on a log I created, since I'll forget at least half of it by the time I'm ready to key up :)

After the pass I play the recording and get the time of the QSO by adding the elapsed time to the start of the pass.

Clear Skies

Rick Tejera Saguaro Astronomy Club Phoenix, Arizona www.saguaroastro.org saguaroastro@cox.net K7TEJ, AMSAT 38452

-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Clint Bradford Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 15:02 To: AMSAT BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Ao-51 at 2100z today

...

... how do you all write down callsigns?

I am not sure what your problem is. I mean ...

-one hand for the Yagi -one hand for the radio -one hand for the speaker-mic -one hand for the clipboard -one hand for the pencil -one hand for the tall glass of iced tea -one hand for your smartphone with its satellite tracking program running

(grin)

I will sometimes use a smartphone voice recorder app to record passes, for later review. In a shirt pocket, to free up my other six hands.

Additionally, I have built a little tray wide enough to accommodate my HT on the boom of my Yagi. Helps free another hand, as well as "counter-balancing" the front-heavy antenna. Photos at ...

http://web.me.com/clintbradford/k6lcs/Photos/Photos.html

... and ...

http://web.me.com/clintbradford/Work-Sat/My_Gear.html

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