[Dxbase] Another Idea - LOTW

Thu Mar 18 15:39:12 EDT 2010

Hi Steve
I wrote Spot for the Mac pretty much as a clone of AR/CC User (with Lee's
gracious help) and it has taken some turns from what Lee has done over time
but 99% of the functionality is there. This is the code base for the new
cluster interface in DXBase.
Spot keeps me logged into my DXCluster perpetually (even when the internet
is down because I am connecting over the lan but there are no spots to see
however!). You will not need AR Cluster with 2010.
73
Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal Software
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On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Crownhaven <crownhaven at bellsouth.net>wrote:
> Uhhhh......"working only stations who participate in LOTW." Did I say
> that???????? I must have missed something. I would agree with you however.
> I do work a station that has LOTW vs. one that doesn't if I need it for a
> credit. Beats sending three dollars overseas. I am a buro user but there
> are more stations than not these days who demand "direct only" QSLs. LOTW
> may save our hobby.
> Regarding the "keep alive." Are you familiar with AR or CC user? You can
> download that and configure it to send spots through DXBase and you will
> stay logged in. That is the primary reason I did it. You will have to get
> someone else on here to explain it because I can't remember. It works great
> though.
>> 73,
>> Steve, N4JQQ
>>> Alan Leith wrote:
>>> I'm afraid I don't see the problem with logging into LoTW several times a
>> day if you feel the compulsion to do it. Added cluster info or working
>> "only" stations who participate in LoTW is ludicrous to me.
>>>> However, I would like a new version of DXbase to include the UTC date in
>> the taskbar, either to the left or right of the time in UTC, not local.
>> If
>> others feel local time is necessary in a logging program, perhaps it could
>> be in brackets next to the UTC time.
>>>> Also, I would like to see an actual re-connect to the current cluster
>> function, rather than a "keep alive" message -- unless that is what the
>> "keep alive" message is supposed to do. In that case, my 2006 "keep
>> alive"
>> message doesn't work properly.
>>>>>> 73
>>>> Al, VE1AL
>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Neal Campbell
>> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:40 AM
>> To: Crownhaven
>> Cc: DXBase Reflector
>> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Another Idea - LOTW
>>>> Another good idea but recording it in the record is kind of a bad idea
>> because people who weren't LOTW users when you made the Q could become one
>> afterwards.* *2010 downloads the LOTW list and can display this in the q
>> list but it will not be in the database.
>>>>>> Neal Campbell
>> Abroham Neal Software
>> www.abrohamnealsoftware.com
>> (540) 645 5394 NEW PHONE NUMBER
>>>> Amateur Radio: K3NC
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>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Crownhaven
>> <crownhaven at bellsouth.net>wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Most stations who participate in LOTW are noted in the various cluster
>>> programs, etc, typically by a "+" mark. How about......when you work a
>>> station that is marked as participating in LOTW and you automatically log it
>>> by clicking on the spot, the record somehow reflects that LOTW
>>> participation. When you are doing QSL chores, catching up, etc., having
>>> that available at a glance is much easier than logging on to the LOTW and
>>> checking the call.
>>>>>> Steve, N4JQQ
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