[WriteLog] Network Frequency - Understood

Thu Jan 24 13:51:41 EST 2008

Oh, great, Hal. I like when we can actually understand something! I
couldn't figure out why I never saw this on 10.64 and later. But, I always
had the radios interfaced to the computers.
Thanks,
Ed - W0YK 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hal Kennedy [mailto:halken at comcast.net] 
> Sent: Thursday, 24 January, 2008 10:45
> To: w0yk at msn.com
> Cc: writelog at contesting.com
> Subject: Network Frequency - Understood
>> After some testing, what's happening to the Network 
> Frequencies box became evident. I had three notebooks 
> networked - none hooked to radios. They all were set to a 
> static frequency by clicking the large box under "Radio" and 
> setting the frequency to manual rather than a radio on a COM 
> port. Computers set up this way will display their frequency 
> around the network only for a few minutes after they log a 
> station - then they disappear. I added a fourth computer to 
> the network that has a radio being polled on a COM port. Its 
> frequency always is displayed on all four computers, even 
> when it sits idle. Apparently, WL looks at COM port and/or 
> logging activity to decide to maintain the frequency in the 
> box. If it sees neither - the frequency disappears after a 
> short time.
>> For me - this implementation is ideal. Computers set to 
> manual are really just a test mode here. In contests, the 
> computers are hooked to radios and they will always display - 
> just what I was looking for. A "housekeeping" or "strategy 
> computer in the back of the room" that might also be on the 
> network, but without a radio, will not display a manually 
> entered frequency - which is perfect as that's just clutter 
> on the other screens.
>> Instant wish-list fulfillment - okay!
> Hal N4GG
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