No arguments about Lee's program, support and dedication to the ham community (even poor software writers like myself!) He is a credit to our hobby.
If anyone wants to play with a great dxcluster program, I cannot recommend AR User highly enough. I have seen some users that are overwhelmed by the options so I wrote Spot to offer a simpler interface (more in line with the Mac way of doing things). 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 On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Tony Cash <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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
