Peter Can you load the data on the harddrive so you don't need to have the disc in the cd-rom reader all the time?
Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Dougherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 12:28 PM Subject: [DXBase] QRZ, RAC or Buckmaster? > > >Any opinions on which of these 3 CDRom callbooks is the best choice to use > >with DXBase2003? I am using RAC, but its about 2 years out of date, other > >than that it seems to be ok. From their web pages it looks like Buck is > >updated monthly, while the others are updated perhaps yearly. > > Although I've never used RAC, I have purchased both QRZ and Buckmaster. > Buck is the better of the two, by far. When you purchase the Buck CD you > get six months of online updates, and I've always found their information > to be more complete than QRZ. That said, I wish it were easier to query > their database for things like partial callsigns (let's say I want a list > of any G3's with a last name of Smith), but other than that, I have no > complaints whatsoever. If you buy it on their "auction" site you can get it > for around $30. I will re-up when mine expires next month. > > > > 73 de W2IRT > Peter Dougherty > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Please visit http://www.nyctrackbook.com > for details of my book, "Tracks of the New York City Subway" > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >
