Thanks Clark, That was the problem. I actually started turning things off the last = night and found that when I turned the "announce" off, the problem went away. = I'm not sure if I have it turned on in my old 2003 version, but it didn't exhibit the same problem. Without the speakers I didn't notice that the announce was on and certainly have no reason to have it enabled.
I guess that the "announce feature" must use up a lot of the resources = of the computer because it would crash in no time. I guess my rule of thumb will be to keep the announce feature turned off. I have been using = DXBase since its inception as a DOS program, and it is getting pretty = complicated these days. Thanks, Bill, W5VX -----Original Message----- From: Clark L. Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 9:15 PM To: Bill Subject: Re: [DXBase] Internet Packet Bill, Could it be that you have DXBase 2004 trying to "announce" the = packet=20 spots in voice? If so, that will really slow it down. When the spots = are=20 coming in as fast as they do in the contest, the computer just doesn't=20 "speak" fast enough to keep up. I can't remember what the setting is = but=20 you can certainly find where you can turn off the voice=20 announcements. Remember, just muting the speaker does not do it, you = have=20 to turn off the function of making the announcements. At 11:31 AM 10/25/03 -0500, you wrote: >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. > >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. > >Bill, W5VX CUL, 73, Clark, W8TN email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Webpage: <http://www.w8tn.com>
