I agree with Jim on this one. :) Mike va3mw
On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 4:55 AM Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, he SHOULD throw it away and learn modern logging software. Among > other things, that modern software can easily link computers from > multiple stations in a club setup. That's important, because each > station can see the other's log. We work QRP battery with a single K3, > and are often weak at the other end of the QSO. When logging computers > are linked, each station sees the QSOs we've already had on 20 (easier > copy) when we work them on 40, 80, and 15, so it's rare for them to need > a fill if they are networked. > > It was disappointing to see that so many hams fail to continue their > ongoing education by learning new stuff, like modern logging software. > I'll be 80 in the fall, a ham since age 15, BSEE in 1964, and I still > try to learn new stuff every day. BTW - I do LOTS of FT8 and MSK144 on > 6M and FT8 on 160M, our QRP CW operation was all CW. W6JTI and I made a > combined 680 QSOs. I've been using K1JT's digital modes for more than > ten years. So have a bunch of OTs I know. And when I was taking a break > from CW, I worked FT8 on 6M (along with K6EU, our primary VHF op) to > pass out our rare grid (CM86). That VHF station ran high power and was > not part of our QRP FD operation from a contesting point of view. Tom > and I were simply lighting up our rare grid. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > On 6/28/2021 1:34 AM, David Wilcox via Elecraft wrote: > > One of the hams running our CW tent used his old favorite logging > program and brought along an old DOS computer to run it……. I can’t remember > the name of the program but it worked well and he racked up a good score. > Everyone was shocked to see the old big DOS computer sitting on the table. > I guess one should never throw anything away that works and you are > comfortable with it. > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
