Currently, the file is not public, contact Patrick, VA7FI if you'd like access.

Once you have the link, you can download it as a Microsoft Excel file or as an OpenDocument File:

A few things to keep in mind:

• I haven't tested the Excel version as I don't have Microsoft Office, but the Free and Open Source office suite LibreOffice works on Windows, GNU/Linux, and OSX platforms.
• If you need to update the Data sheet, please update the Online version, not your local offline version. That way, other users will benefit from your updates.
• Discard and download a fresh copy every time you need it so as to always have the latest database.
• Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments. I would appreciate some feedback about how the Excel version performs as I am not able to test it myself.

• The spreadsheet has a few tabs that can be selected at the bottom of the page:
  • Data contains the actual information about a few hundreds of hams.
  • LiveLogSheet is the “search / log” page used during the net.
  • Instructions links to this page and lists a few changes I've made.
  • ISED is a hidden tab that contains over 80,000 entries from the ISED website.

The Data tab contains information about each ham operator and a few formulas to flag important dates. This sheet is NOT the sheet you'll be using during the net, it's a sort of “database”:

To add a new entry, see the Adding Names section below.

To see who is having a birthday or anniversary, filter column N or O (but not both at the same time):

• Click on the upside-down triangle on the right of Today? in Column N or This Week? in Column O.
• Remove the check mark on the left of (empty).
  Under Microsoft Excel, it's called (Blanks).
• Press OK

This will show only the lines of people that have a birthday or anniversary on the day or week. Note the names and callsign of these people to acknowledge them during the preamble.

Once you've got that information, you can re-check the (empty) lines to unhide them.

The LiveLogSheet tab is really the meat of this spreadsheet. During the net, all you need to do is type the suffix in Column A (not case sensitive).

• Column B can be left blank unless there are two callsigns with the same suffix (ex. VA7JH and VE7JH), or if the suffix is not in the Data tab at all (ex. “AAA”). If that's the case, Column C will ask you to add the prefix in Column B.
• Once Column C has the full callsign, it'll look up the information in the Data tab, and if not found there, it'll look in the ISED tab.
• Information from the ISED tab will have “(ISED)” written in the cells (ex. VE7AAA)
• If the callsign doesn't exist (ex. VE7WEK), the cells will be left blank.
• The cells in orange should NOT be edited or deleted.
• Cell D1 shows the total number of checkins.
• The top shows the number of Birthdays and Anniversaries.

When the net is done, simply delete what you typed in column A and B (NOT what appeared in the other columns)

Note that I made up Richard's (VA7AA) birthday for the sake of illustration.

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To add a new name to the Data sheet:

1. Edit the Google spreadsheet directly in the browser (not your downloaded copy). That way everyone will benefit from your updates next time they download a fresh copy.
2. Scroll down and use one of the empty lines below the current list. It doesn't have to be the very next line. For example, as of this writing, the last entry is in line 462, but you could use line 479. It really doesn't matter. All these empty lines at the bottom of the list have the formulas in Column A and N already pre-fielded.

Now to sort, click on the upside-down triangle sign on the right of Suffix to see the filter menu for that column, and select Sort A → Z:

All the entries are now sorted by callsign suffix:

To delete a name, do not Delete Row. Instead delete the green cells containing the information. Careful not to delete anything in the red cells in columns A and N which contain the formulas. Then resort the list to send the empty line back to the bottom.

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