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Submitted by TCFMC on Mon, 03/13/2006 - 3:14pm. Website

I've added a new points system to this website. The person with the most points by midnight May 1st gets a $10 gift certificate to Radio City To see current standings, click Points Ranking (as shown in the header, above). For more information on how to earn points, see Earn Points.

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another idea

Submitted by W0MKE on Fri, 03/31/2006 - 4:22pm.

Peter,

How about posting the propogation numbers on our site? They update every 4 hours. HINT: There is a site www.hfradio.org that has the propogation numbers in RSS/XML. So theoretically you could parse that RSS feed and post them on our site. neat eh? What say you?

73
Mike (with too much time on my hands)

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Already did that...

Submitted by TCFMC on Mon, 04/03/2006 - 1:18pm.

The problem is that hfradio.org doesn't issue new RSS items for each new propogation report, but instead they update the old one. That breaks the way most news aggregators (including the one on this site) see items as updated. Since that's the case, the propogation report scrolls off the end of the "current news" list. To fix that, I've changed the way the news is displayed, adding a seperate sidebar block for HFradio.org.

As usual, you can turn off/on the optional sidebar blocks in your "my account" settings under the "edit" tab.

Thanks!

-- 73,
TCFMC Site Administrator

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Roster

Submitted by W0MKE on Sun, 03/19/2006 - 7:16pm.

how about having our club roster out there.... like callsign, first name, nick name..... making callsign clickable to qrz.com.... etc

I don't think everyone would want their phone numbers there, but some might. As a new member, I am not sure how I would call anyone in the club if I needed to.... other than ask them directly for their phone number

good work, peter

73
Michael

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