Neal, I would probably keep the VHF in there as an option although I agree it's a dying technology as people get more 'net connected.
What I might suggest is see if Lee, VE7CC is interested in allowing his AR User software to be distributed as part of the installer with DX Base. If he's agreeable to this, then perhaps have a pre-set configuration so that AR User loads on startup and connects to the desired cluster(s), then DX Base connects to it. The benefit of doing it this way is AR User does the heavy-lifting, allows more than one connection, does all the re-connecting and allows an unlimited number of loggers to connect to it simultaneously -- this is great for contesters who like to leave DX Base open during the contest in case something needed shows up. ----------------------------------- Regards, Peter, W2IRT -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Neal Campbell Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 6:15 PM To: DXBase List Subject: [Dxbase] VHF Packet Users? I just wanted to get an indication from you about your usage of VHF for packet clusters. I know that almost every sysop I know (myself included) have shut down their VHF ports a long time ago but there are some still offering the service. The reason I was asking was that I was considering moving towards allowing 2 internet DXCluster connections instead of 1 VHF and 1 Internet. How does this affect your operation? 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.dxbase.com www.abrohamnealsoftware.com www.sdrsystems.com (540) 242 0911 Amateur Radio: K3NC Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ DXBase bug reports: email to [email protected] Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ DX Cluster: dxc.k3nc.com port 23 ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
