[Dxbase] Unresolved DXbase problems - Joe wa6axe

Thu Jan 8 20:02:09 EST 2009

Paul,

Good info from Joe, but before going thru all that, be sure it is not the KAM. Do you have another program you can run the Kam with? Any chance it is just some baud setting that got corrupted?

Keith N5RA
KB> From: wa6axe at hotmail.com> To: usafpilot at rochester.rr.com; dxbase at mailman.qth.net> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 18:55:27 -0600> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Unresolved DXbase problems - Joe wa6axe> > > Paul,> > I personally don't have any suggestions for you. > > I do not run VHF Packet or use VISTA as the O/S.> > My gut feel is that I would save my logbook and> Refdata mdb file to a safe place and then uninstall> DXbase2007 - then from scratch reinstall DXbase2007.> > And, when I got DXbase2007 installed, I would go through> the Corrupted Database routine - importing the SAVED> logbook mdb file into a virgin mdb file ... this way,> you have a brandnew install of DXbase2007 - and - you> have also a CLEAN logbook mdb file (in case it was> corrupted).> > That is what I personally would do Paul - but, there are> 480+ DXbase users on this reflector - and, hopefully,> someone might have run into this problem before.> > I would also doublecheck very carefully, the OPTIONS> that deal with the VHF Packet window -- and - I would> make sure that I "had" ALL of the other "windows"> opened up in DXbase ...> > Anybody else run into this problem and can help Paul out?> > 73 Joe wa6axe> > ________________________________> > From: usafpilot at rochester.rr.com> > To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net> > Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 18:05:43 -0500> > Subject: [Dxbase] Unresolved DXbase problems - Joe wa6axe> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Joe, I have an unresolved DXBase Issue. It is as> > follows.> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > I am running DX Base 2007 and a Kantronic KAM XL.> > Until the other day, the> >> >> >> > VHF Packet window was working perfectly. Now, for> > no apparent reason, my> >> >> >> > KAM XL will no longer transmit. Also, I have> > noticed some strange> >> >> >> > characters being displayed on received packets. The> > TNC DOES Transmit just> >> >> >> > fine with my other TNC programs. The received DX> > Spots seem to look OK,> >> >> >> > but other text such as info on other stations connected> > have strings of> >> >> >> > characters I have not seen. Things like AAOOSS with> > a mark above each> >> >> >> > character. I also noticed at one time that the TNC> > DID connect to the DX Cluster without me even initiating the transmit connect command.> > Very Strange indeed.> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Any idea what may have caused this? I can NOT get> > this thing to transmit> >> >> >> > again. Any help would be greatly appreciated.> > Oh Yeah, I am running> >> >> >> > Windows Vista 64 as my OS. That might be important> > to know.> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Regards,> >> >> >> > Paul, K2FX> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Paul J.> > Kolacki> >> >> >> > Captain,> > USAFA> >> >> >> >> >> >> > _________________________________________________________________> Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. > http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_explore_012009> ______________________________________________________________> Dxbase mailing list> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> Post: mailto:Dxbase at mailman.qth.net
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