Blank log pages

[wd8das]

In case anyone else can use it, here is a blank log page I created this weekend.   The ARRL logbooks are OK, but they aren't exactly the format I'd like, so I made a custom one.

http://www.wd8das.net/ShopInfo/hamlog.pdf

Steve WD8DAS

sbjohnston@aol.com
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[Opcom]

thanks!

[WD8BIL]

Whatza log page and what does one do with it?

Nice job, Steve! It's printing right now.

[KX5JT]

Well doh... I sent 7.95 out to the ARRL for a log book back in June.  I am actually using it!  I had to find some GOOD pencils.  First, I had papermate #2 pencils and let me tell you those pencils are TRASH! 

I did a google search on "#2 pencil reviews" and found the "Ticonderoga #2 HB" by Dixon to be advertised as "The World's BEST PENCIL" and user reviews confirmed this.  Wallyworld had 24 packs for about 3 bucks, a bit more than the other pencils but well worth it.

BTW, your sheet has the EXACT information in the ARRL log book just in a slightly different order.

Well done!

[KM8AM]

Steve,

Thanks for the template.  I've kept a log since I was a kid - even before I had a ticket.  I used to log Uncle Ed, WA3PUN and Larry, W3CIC every night.  I logged guys like Harry, W8HRZ and his four half waves in phase from Twinsburg Ohio.  Even the "Tron" when he was a young kid.

When my boys were young and before they got their tickets, they would look through my old logs. We'd talk about where the station were, and they would look them up on the globe.

Today I have station logs from many of my old friends that are now Silent Keys.  I enjoy reading their notes, seeing how their stations evolved, and learning about their friends.

I hope my logs will someday show my sons and friends how my station operation started as an AM SWL, moved to CW as a novice, then back to AM, then on to SSB and heavy DXing and contesting. They show how I operated around the US and the world during 23 years in the USAF.  They follow my wife's operations as AA7PJ and our "DC to daylight" all-mode ops during the 70's through the 90's.  Now they show how Karen and I have restarted our operations after our two sons left for college.

To me, logs are like AM - you don't have to do it and most people don't do it, yet I still do it because it's fun and part of who I am.

Thanks,

Ken, KM8AM

[W3SLK]

Brian asked:

Does anyone really even keep logs of contacts anymore

Absolutely! The reason being that it is a written record of operating. If something were to happen and my call sign was involved, I can say yea or nay based on my log entry.

[K3ZS]

Brian asked:

Does anyone really even keep logs of contacts anymore

Absolutely! The reason being that it is a written record of operating. If something were to happen and my call sign was involved, I can say yea or nay based on my log entry.

Good reason, I still get occasional complaints about TVI, I can prove I wasn't on if I log all QSO's.
ONe time it was my fault, got a call while I was still transmitting!

[W9GT]

Yes, add me to the list of those who still maintain a paper log.  I have been keeping a log since my novice days in 1959.  It is a great record of my contacts and a historical reference of all the wide range of activity I enjoyed over more than 50 years of ham radio.  It is fun to see how my station(s) and interests evolved over that time, as well as my operating practice.

There is just something about a computer record that is just not as personal or as enjoyable to review.  I guess computer logs are a necessity for contesting and such, but my paper logs sure are fun to look back through and remember all of those great QSOs and many years of great ham radio.

73,  Jack, W9GT

[wd8das]

You may recall a couple weeks ago I shared a custom log page I'd
developed, and was puzzling over how best to bind the pages. Thanks for
all the advice... I settled on a machine that punches the pages for
insertion of a spiral binding - makes a logbook much like the ones we
are used to from the League logbooks and others. Here are photos of the
results...
 
http://www.wd8das.net/logs.html
 
I also took this as an excuse to buy a new laser printer - better for
this sort of thing than the inkjet printers (not that I need all that
much excuse to buy more electronics -grin-). Together with these new
machines I figure I can also do a much nicer job of making manuals for
the old gear I restore. My usual stapled photocopies are a bit of a
mess.
 
A couple guys asked if I could make logbooks out of these pages for
them when I worked out a binding method. After discussing it with these
guys, and considering the cost of the paper, looking at what the ARRL
charges, etc, I think a fair price is $10 each including shipping to
North America.  If anyone is interested in completed spiral-bound
logbooks, let me know.
 

Steve WD8DAS
 

sbjohnston@aol.com
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