Nick, I can answer that. During MW DX seasons about 5 or 6 years ago, I was a regular -- almost nightly -- visitor to the #mwdx room on Starchat.net. About 2 years ago, I attempted to get back onto it, and was unsuccessful, as was Shawn Axelrod in Winnipeg (I think it was due to Starchat being powered by Java, which was having some sort of security issue at the time). Just for grins and giggles, I tried again this evening, and could not even get past Starchat.net's homepage. When I typed "mwdx" in the search page, it wasn't recognized as a room. So Starchat.net isn't an option anymore, at least not for me.
A couple years ago, I found librairc.net/chat, and was able to get #mwdx going as a room there. I did let a few folks know about it, and some, like Shawn and longtime IRCA member Tom Laskowski in South Bend, Indiana, were able to find their way onto it. Others could not, so I gave up pursuing it. Tonight, however, I have found something that I think will pass muster. One simply goes to librairc.net's sister page, http://www.chanops.org. Once there, you'll see a homepage with a pair of fields -- one for a nickname and one for a channel to go to -- under "Think of a nickname..." Type in a nickname that you want to use, and you do NOT have to click the box underneath that says "I have a password". Then go down to the Channel field, type in #mwdx, and click on the Start button. THAT should get you in. And the best part is....no registration required! Crossing his fingers and hoping this will work, Rick Dau South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af ________________________________ From: IRCA <[email protected]> on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 12:47 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Cc: Hard-Core-DX Subject: Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands* First rule is to see what's already available. bcblog had its last submission less than two hours ago. Does anyone know what happened to #mwdx? Even ye olde DXFishbarrel can help http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/test/display.htm Obviously most relevance to the northwest DXer, but if the thing is lit up like a Christmas tree in the evening, checking for TAs anywhere in America might be productive, and if it's lit up at your local sunrise, it may mean that conditions are good overall, and that switching on the radio would not be amiss. best wishes, Nick At 17:09 2019-03-11, Mark Pettifor wrote: >Would this be similar to the BCB / SW / etc. log pages at dxworld? >(Ex: http://dxworld.com/bcblog.html) > >Besides AM DXing, I've been wanting to do more SW DXing, and a quick >page for alerts for both would be great for that. I think maybe >there's 4 people in the entire world who use the SW logger at dxworld... > >Mark Pettifor >Goshen, IN > > >On 2019-03-11 12:12 pm, R. Colin Newell wrote: >>Last week someone posted a "wouldn't it be great if we had a >>live DX spotter chat window web site 100% dedicated to SWBCing >>and/or MW DXing ?" >>You know, a place where you could quickly sign in and post an alert that >>you're hearing HCJB on 9560 khz or Voice of the Voyager on 6160 khz... >>or there is a great TA opening to the West Coast... >>Show of hands: Who would use a system like this? >>I have some free server space and some ideas about domain names that could >>be fun... >>Anyway... hands!? >>-- >>Colin Newell - Editor and creator Coffeecrew.com >><http://www.Coffeecrew.com> and >>DXer.ca <http://www.DXer.ca> - >>Ham Radio VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - B.C. Canada >>_______________________________________________ >>IRCA mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca >>Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the >>original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of >>the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers >>For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org >>To Post a message: [email protected] >_______________________________________________ >IRCA mailing list >[email protected] >http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > >Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the >original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of >the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > >For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > >To Post a message: [email protected] Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected] _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
