Gary do you leave your DXB running all the time? I have never heard anyone mention this before and I am sure its not an issue with "normal" usage but I would like to know if it is an issue at all.
How much memory is on your system and what is the OS, Bill? *Holiday Seasons sale save up to $220 on your Abroham Neal Computer!* *Visit http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/products.php <http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/products.php>* Neal Campbell Abroham Neal LLC On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Bill Parry <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fortunately it is not a big deal. If it were my contesting program, > Writelog, that would be different. I have used Writelog without a hitch > for years. I really have no need for the automated CW from DXBase so I just > turned it off and I am fine. My setup is almost identical to Gary's so I > guess it will just remain a mystery! :-) Most computer stuff is a mystery > to me anyway. I do love my DXBase. It and I just finished DXCC #340 this > year so it is my old friend. > > Merry Christmas, > > Bill W5VX > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dxbase [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary > AL9A > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 11:18 PM > To: DXbase Reflector > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Out of memory. > > Well, then I am mystified as to Bills problem. I also run the microHAM > MKII keyer with DXbase 2007 (on an old Vista Dell laptop) and use the CW > memory buffers without a hitch. Never seen and out of memory message. > > 73, > Gary AL9A > > > > From: Neal Campbell > Sent: December 19, 2014 8:56 AM > To: Bill Parry > Cc: Gary Senesac ; DXBase List > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Out of memory. > I do not think the cluster spots will cause any excessive memory usage, it > sounds like activating cw memories is the problem. I have kept DXB up for > weeks here getting spots. > > 73 > > Holiday Seasons sale save up to $220 on your Abroham Neal Computer! > Visit http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/products.php > > > Neal Campbell > Abroham Neal LLC > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Bill Parry <[email protected]> wrote: > Good idea, I hadn't thought of that and I do leave the cluster running > continuously. Although, I have used this same setup for years and it just > started happening. Now that the CW sending feature is disabled, the "out > of > memory" message has gone away. > > I will follow up on your suggestion! Thanks. > > W5VX, Bill > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dxbase [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary > Senesac > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 10:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Out of memory. > > Bill, > > Are you connected to a DX cluster and continuously receiving spots? If > so > the incoming spots over several days could be filling up your available > memory. I'm not at my computer at the moment, but check the Options page > for a way to limit the number of spots retained in memory. > > > Gary AL9A > Sent from my Kindle HDX > > On December 19, 2014, at 6:57 AM, Bill Parry <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have been using the same version of DXBase for several years. It is > DXBase > 2007 Version 1.06 and it is on a Windows XP machine. It works great and I > have seen no reason to change it. The other day, on a lark, I thought I > would set up the CW memories so that I could send from DXBase. I have > used > Writelog for years and it sends CW very nicely using my Microham CW > Keyer. > > I set it up and it seemed to work fine, seemed like it was a little > flakey > but nothing I could put my finger on. After a week or so I got an "out of > memory" message from the computer. I leave DXBase running all the time > and > reboot seldom so I figured it needed to be rebooted. I did that and it > worked OK but after a week or so I got the "out of memory" message again > and > this time it locked up the computer. I looked to see what I had running > in > the background and found nothing unusual. > > I am certainly not very knowledgeable about computers. I went in and > reset > the comport that I was using so that the CW memories wouldn't work and > have > had no further problems. This is not a big deal, I would seldom use the > CW > memories but I am a little curious if anyone else has run into this? > > W5VX, Bill Parry > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
