Neal, because of the problems and like of filtering that DXBase has, I have been doing the AR-User/CC-User thing for several years with DXBase CC-User when connected to a CC Cluster (I use VE7CC-1) gives you more filtering than you can shake a stick at and when VE7CC goes down he has it set up to automatically switch over to a cluster in 5 land (I forget the call) but it just works almost flawless. I leave it connected for day at a time and very very rarely (maybe once a year) loose a connection to the cluster. The AR-User/CC-User program is free so you can't beat the price and the support is unprecedented.
73 de Tony, KD4K -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Dougherty Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 10:58 PM To: 'Neal Campbell'; 'DXBase List' Subject: Re: [Dxbase] VHF Packet Users? 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
