I had to send my FT1000 MP in for some work and got it back just in time = for the CQWW Phone Contest. I thought I'd look for some new band countries, = so I hurriedly hooked up everything. I had upgraded my 20003 version of = DXBase to the 2004 version recently without incident.
I noticed immediately when I connecting the dialup internet and opened = the window that something was not right. The packet spots were, of course = coming through quickly but the computer didn't seem to be able to update itself quickly enough. The window that shows past QSO's began to show past qso's of two = different stations at the same time! While receiving a new spot which was very = often given the contest, all other DXBase functions stopped. If you tried to = click on one of the stations that were posted in the window, usually the one = that was posted next was sent to the radio. On two occasions, the program = stopped working and I had to do the cntrl-alt-del and shut it down. Since I hadn't deleted my older version 2003, I booted it up to see what = it would do. It had no problem. The packet stations were posted quickly and efficiently.=20 Without the packet up, my DXBase 2004 seems a little slower but I hadn't noticed this problem before. I am using a Pentium II, 350 MHZ machine = with 256 Megs of memory and Windows 98 SE. Since the 2003 version works, it seems like it is probably not a = computer problem. I wonder if maybe doing an uninstall/reinstall might help or if someone might make a suggestion.=20 Bill, W5VX
