VAQP This Weekend

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+title: WebStatus Down For VAQP
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+date: 2023-03-18 03:10:57
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+The Virginia QSO Party (VAQP) is this weekend and I'm finishing up final prep on the PC to get ready for this. It
+starts at 0200Z tomorrow (18-03-2023). I'll be joining the club guys for monthly breakfast at 0800EDT to fuel up for
+the thing. 
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+This means the webstatus for my FT-1000MP will be down. This has absolutely nothing to do with the contest rules; they
+have nothing prohibiting any use of spotting and even run their own spotting network. The limitation is with software.
+N1MM does not support OmniRig, meaning it needs actual control of the COM port. I have attempted to split this using 
+com0com/hub4com and VSPE. While both programs connect with VSPE, Log4OM behaves erratically due to seeing N1MMs data. 
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+Maybe sometime in the future I'll figure out a way to get these two things to behave. 
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+Sometime next week I'll write a post-mortum about how things went, including using N1MM as a voice keyer
+through the DVS-2 port interface I use for digital modes, and a post about my cheap and hacky hands free setup. 
+Spoiler: It uses ethernet cables and is really hacky.