Re: Topband: Band opening?

[Gary Smith]

My logging software is Logic9, it's not free and has just one author 
to make changes as he deems fit. It has a spot log feature that is 
very well done. It does takes a bit of time to set the software up 
exactly how and to what you want to be notified about but it will 
give a real time audible "Alert" about a needed entity through your 
speakers if you select that option, it will also send you an email 
about the sighting on the cluster if you desire. As I have it set, it 
only shows cluster posts from North America. I have it set to use 
telnet and html based data.

Since it works with your personal log data, it knows what you need 
for new contacts as per what you describe in the spot log and band 
table setup and will show you everything spotted or just the new ones 
you need (your choice). If all you are interested in is 160, you go 
to the band setup and tell the program to not follow all bands except 
160 and then you get to refine that to lets say; only CW. So all you 
would see are all the 160 CW cluster posts from North America. If you 
select a particular check box option on the spot log main window, 
then it will only show 160 CW posts from North America that you have 
never worked.

I have stopped using Logic's contesting formats which are very easy 
to configure and use and am now using N1MM and after the contest, 
import the contacts into Logic where the import is seamless. N1MM 
does more as it is a program designed solely for contesting. Logic9 
though is a fabulous program to; get alerted by, keep track of all 
your awards and handle just about all of your ham radio related data 
needs.

I find the spot log as I have set it up for my desires, invaluable. 
Once you work a country, the color of the post in the spot log 
changes. Once you confirm that QSO via LOTW or card, you no longer 
see that country listed (unless you choose to see all posts, in which 
case you  will see that call but it will be in black lettering so you 
know at a glance if you need it or not.

73 & HNY,

Gary
KA1J

>  Now that I have your attention
> Is there any method anyone knows of to receive email or a text message 
> when there is DX present on 160 meters?
> I subscribe to several, but none of them seems to include 160 in the 
> "notification" check box.
> 
> Perhaps we could create one? I know this group is supposed to be for 
> contestors, but let's be honest, loads of other things are discussed.
> BILL K4OWR

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Re: Topband: Band opening?

[Les Kalmus]

Bill,

Spot Collector, a program in the free DXLab Suite, can do this.
It is capable of collecting spots from up to four internet sources 
simultaneously and displaying them on the screen in real time.
It has extensive filtering capabilities so you could set a filter for 
160 spots from NA East for needed countries, for example, and have the 
system send you an email when a filtered spot shows up.


Les, W2LK

On 1/3/2016 10:00 AM, K4OWR wrote:

 Now that I have your attention
Is there any method anyone knows of to receive email or a text message 
when there is DX present on 160 meters?
I subscribe to several, but none of them seems to include 160 in the 
"notification" check box.


Perhaps we could create one? I know this group is supposed to be for 
contestors, but let's be honest, loads of other things are discussed.

BILL K4OWR
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Re: Topband: Band opening?

[K4OWR]

* Thanx Les...looks like a great piece of software. I downloaded and 
installed it, but cannot get it to access the internet...claims "can't 
access internet".**
**I examined my firewall to see if it's rejected, then even turned it of 
to see if that would work...no luck.**I'm working on it.

BILL
*
On 1/3/2016 10:16 AM, Les Kalmus wrote:

Bill,

Spot Collector, a program in the free DXLab Suite, can do this.
It is capable of collecting spots from up to four internet sources 
simultaneously and displaying them on the screen in real time.
It has extensive filtering capabilities so you could set a filter for 
160 spots from NA East for needed countries, for example, and have the 
system send you an email when a filtered spot shows up.


Les, W2LK

On 1/3/2016 10:00 AM, K4OWR wrote:

 Now that I have your attention
Is there any method anyone knows of to receive email or a text 
message when there is DX present on 160 meters?
I subscribe to several, but none of them seems to include 160 in the 
"notification" check box.


Perhaps we could create one? I know this group is supposed to be for 
contestors, but let's be honest, loads of other things are discussed.

BILL K4OWR
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Re: Topband: Band opening?

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 1/3/2016 7:00 AM, K4OWR wrote:

 Now that I have your attention
Is there any method anyone knows of to receive email or a text message
when there is DX present on 160 meters?
I subscribe to several, but none of them seems to include 160 in the
"notification" check box.

Perhaps we could create one? I know this group is supposed to be for
contestors, but let's be honest, loads of other things are discussed.
BILL K4OWR


It's news to me that this group is supposed to be for contestors.
Anyway, I have found DXwatch.com to be useful, if you know
about its limitations:

1.  Documentation isn't great.

2.  It works well in terms of sending an email, except

3.  There is a feature to send to an "alternate email" address
that simply doesn't work.

4.  The feature of sending a text message to a phone has been disabled.

5.  A workaround for this is to use a feature that cell phone carriers
provide:  you send an email to a special address for the carrier,
and the carrier converts this to a text message for the phone.
IE, from DXwatch's viewpoint, it is just sending an email; from
your phones' viewpoint, it is just receiving an SMS text message.
(See for example: 
http://20somethingfinance.com/how-to-send-text-messages-sms-via-email-for-free/).


Having said all that, it has been very useful for me. You can
certainly filter for 160 meters.  I can directly credit DXwatch
for bagging Chad for an ATNO, earlier this year.  I was out walking when
the alert came in and I was able to get home in time to make
the QSO.  Chad has been particularly troublesome because
previous QSO's never produced QSL's and/or were not approved
for DXCC.  (This was not on 160 meters, but is given as
an example of DXwatch).  It was also instrumental in working
Monaco (surprisingly difficult).

All of this presupposes the DX has been spotted.  On CW, it might
be more useful to be able to use the RBN to issue alerts.
Of course, that has the limitation that the station to be
spotted must call CQ (or "test") to show up.
Does anyone know how to get RBN alerts?

I have spot filtering in my logging program that is supposed
to be able to send email alerts, but I have never been able
to get it to work.  The logging program docs, of course, blame
my ISP, my mail program, Windoze, etc, anything but their program.

Rick N6RK
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Re: Topband: Band opening?

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 1/3/2016 8:08 AM, Tree wrote:

Another option is the VE7CC software.  It can sniff through spots and send
you a message or announcement on your computer.

http://www.bcdxc.org/ve7cc/ccc/cluster.htm



Couldn't get this to work with my email.

Rick N6RK
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Topband: Band opening?

[K4OWR]

 Now that I have your attention
Is there any method anyone knows of to receive email or a text message 
when there is DX present on 160 meters?
I subscribe to several, but none of them seems to include 160 in the 
"notification" check box.


Perhaps we could create one? I know this group is supposed to be for 
contestors, but let's be honest, loads of other things are discussed.

BILL K4OWR
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Re: Topband: Band opening?

[Tree]

Another option is the VE7CC software.  It can sniff through spots and send
you a message or announcement on your computer.

http://www.bcdxc.org/ve7cc/ccc/cluster.htm

This might only be a 32 bit program.

Tree N6TR

On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 7:50 AM, K4OWR  wrote:

> * Thanx Les...looks like a great piece of software. I downloaded and
> installed it, but cannot get it to access the internet...claims "can't
> access internet".**
> **I examined my firewall to see if it's rejected, then even turned it of
> to see if that would work...no luck.**I'm working on it.
> BILL
> *
>
> On 1/3/2016 10:16 AM, Les Kalmus wrote:
>
>> Bill,
>>
>> Spot Collector, a program in the free DXLab Suite, can do this.
>> It is capable of collecting spots from up to four internet sources
>> simultaneously and displaying them on the screen in real time.
>> It has extensive filtering capabilities so you could set a filter for 160
>> spots from NA East for needed countries, for example, and have the system
>> send you an email when a filtered spot shows up.
>>
>> Les, W2LK
>>
>> On 1/3/2016 10:00 AM, K4OWR wrote:
>>
>>>  Now that I have your attention
>>> Is there any method anyone knows of to receive email or a text message
>>> when there is DX present on 160 meters?
>>> I subscribe to several, but none of them seems to include 160 in the
>>> "notification" check box.
>>>
>>> Perhaps we could create one? I know this group is supposed to be for
>>> contestors, but let's be honest, loads of other things are discussed.
>>> BILL K4OWR
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Re: Topband: Band opening?

[Robert Harmon]

Rick,

Thanks for sharing the text message info.
I use DXWatch and will give it a try.  Will be great to get
a text on spots I need. !

73,
Bob
K6UJ

On 1/3/16 8:21 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:

On 1/3/2016 7:00 AM, K4OWR wrote:

 Now that I have your attention
Is there any method anyone knows of to receive email or a text message
when there is DX present on 160 meters?
I subscribe to several, but none of them seems to include 160 in the
"notification" check box.

Perhaps we could create one? I know this group is supposed to be for
contestors, but let's be honest, loads of other things are discussed.
BILL K4OWR


It's news to me that this group is supposed to be for contestors.
Anyway, I have found DXwatch.com to be useful, if you know
about its limitations:

1.  Documentation isn't great.

2.  It works well in terms of sending an email, except

3.  There is a feature to send to an "alternate email" address
that simply doesn't work.

4.  The feature of sending a text message to a phone has been disabled.

5.  A workaround for this is to use a feature that cell phone carriers
provide:  you send an email to a special address for the carrier,
and the carrier converts this to a text message for the phone.
IE, from DXwatch's viewpoint, it is just sending an email; from
your phones' viewpoint, it is just receiving an SMS text message.
(See for example: 
http://20somethingfinance.com/how-to-send-text-messages-sms-via-email-for-free/).


Having said all that, it has been very useful for me. You can
certainly filter for 160 meters.  I can directly credit DXwatch
for bagging Chad for an ATNO, earlier this year.  I was out walking when
the alert came in and I was able to get home in time to make
the QSO.  Chad has been particularly troublesome because
previous QSO's never produced QSL's and/or were not approved
for DXCC.  (This was not on 160 meters, but is given as
an example of DXwatch).  It was also instrumental in working
Monaco (surprisingly difficult).

All of this presupposes the DX has been spotted.  On CW, it might
be more useful to be able to use the RBN to issue alerts.
Of course, that has the limitation that the station to be
spotted must call CQ (or "test") to show up.
Does anyone know how to get RBN alerts?

I have spot filtering in my logging program that is supposed
to be able to send email alerts, but I have never been able
to get it to work.  The logging program docs, of course, blame
my ISP, my mail program, Windoze, etc, anything but their program.

Rick N6RK
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Re: Topband: Band opening?

[K4OWR]

It's news to me that this group is supposed to be for 
contestors.>>
Rick N6RK 


 Seriously I call your attention to the very name of the group: 
topband@contesting.com

BILL


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Re: Topband: Band opening?

[Larry Burke]

Seriously, Bill?  

contesting.com is a domain name, not the name of this list. Take a gander at
www.contesting.com to see all the lists hosted under that domain. 


Larry K5RK


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>>
>> <<<<It's news to me that this group is supposed to be for 
>> contestors.>>>>>>>>>> Rick N6RK

 Seriously I call your attention to the very name of the group: 
topband@contesting.com
BILL


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