Merle, I was a very loyal and longtime user of DXbase but switched to the DXLab Suite several months ago. You'll find several former DXbase reflector members on the DXLab reflector, so I'm not the only one.
My driving force was the need for a logging program that polled my Yaesu FT-2000D so my SteppIR would track the radio, automatically retuning the antenna. I didn't want to give up DXbase sophistication and integration. I gave no weight to the fact that a program is free, as price is minor consider how much we use the programs and how important they are to us. The support is phenomenal. My assumption is the author, who won the 2008 ARRL Technical Innovation Award for the program, is in a position to be able to devote full time to the program and, yet, give it away for free. That combination is stiff competition for any software developer; actually I can't fathom how anyone could compete for the same type of program. I looked at several programs before making the switch. Logger32 seems very good and is popular. It was the only other contender. Others are simpler; there's a steep learning curve, but I've been told the same about DXbase. I am always way behind on QSLing, and I haven't used DXLab for that yet. It has lots of features that DXbase doesn't have (yet). I made a list of them, but my list might not be your priority list. The one thing I don't have in DXLab is automatic lookup of managers with the GOLIST on my hard drive. It's not perfect; some screens have fields I'd like to eliminate, but the program is very configurable. I'm still on the DXbase reflector because of the 15 or so years I used the program, and I want to know if Jack is coming out with something new. (BTW, I can't remember what I sold you, but I hope it's working OK!) Jim N7US -----Original Message----- It seems to me that this thread is about the difference between some people being able to make DXBase run well on VISTA, and maybe Windows 7, and having a logging database that is fully supported on the new operating systems. It appears that DXBase may not be upgraded for support of the VISTA and WINDOWS 7 64 bit operating systems. I need to move to a new, more capable computer, to handle my growing list of ham related applications. So, I need to find a new logging program that has most of the capabilities of DXBase. I would be very interested in comments from others that have fully - or partially - switched to another logging program that they think compares well to DXBase. Thanks & 73, Merle - W0EWM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ From: "Larry E Price" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] dxbase and utc.. I fail to see what this Thread is all about as I have a Vista computer set to EST and my dxbase log records in UTC automatically. I never considered it to be a big deal. Larry W4RA > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 8:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] dxbase and utc.. > > Seems funny but i have my vista machine set for EST and dxbase shows > UTC no problem ? In years past and on other machines I just set the > computer to UTC and went with it.. I have a clock for EST on my wall > :).. > Dave N8DC ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
