Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-12-14 Thread Les Rayburn
Rick, I tried this tonight and it worked like a champ, except no one was in the chatroom except for me. I called a friend, and had him join me. It worked fine—but he has no interest in MW DXing…so no joy. Who’s in? Let’s revive #MWDX…it’s a great resource! 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-16 Thread Tim Tromp
ering more geographic areas. > > Mark Connelly, WA1ION > South Yarmouth, MA > > > -- Forwarded message ------ > From: Mark Connelly via IRCA > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Cc: Mark Connelly > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:30:19 + (UTC) > Subject: Re

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-12 Thread Mark Connelly via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- << The chat channel over at DXER.ca/blab is hopping tonight. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - >> I will be interested to see how this all plays out. I'll be reading the reviews. Not that I have much of a "horse in the race" as 95% of my DXing is after-the-fact,

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread R. Colin Newell
g this will work, >> Rick Dau >> South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af >> >> >> ____ >> From: IRCA on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch < >> n...@ieee.org> >> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 12:47 PM >> To: Mailing list for

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread Nicholas Hall-Patch
EN21af > > > > From: IRCA on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch < > n...@ieee.org> > 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

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread R. Colin Newell
I’m not saying you won’t piss everyone off... I’m saying you can’t break the system. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Mar 11, 2019, at 7:49 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. > wrote: > > Lol. You say that now. Evil grin. > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 8:49 PM R. Colin Newell > wrote: >

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Lol. You say that now. Evil grin. On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 8:49 PM R. Colin Newell wrote: > Even you can’t break it Paul. > > Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > > > On Mar 11, 2019, at 7:26 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < > walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Oh you say that now. I

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread R. Colin Newell
Even you can’t break it Paul. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Mar 11, 2019, at 7:26 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. > wrote: > > Oh you say that now. I take “it won’t break” as a challenge. Lol > > Paul > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 8:18 PM R. Colin Newell > wrote: > >> Well. It’s

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Oh you say that now. I take “it won’t break” as a challenge. Lol Paul On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 8:18 PM R. Colin Newell wrote: > Well. It’s brand new. It’s up to date. It supports every browser and most > mobile phones... and it’s on a web server than can tolerate gigabyte/second > connection

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread R. Colin Newell
Well. It’s brand new. It’s up to date. It supports every browser and most mobile phones... and it’s on a web server than can tolerate gigabyte/second connection demands. Have fun. It won’t break. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Mar 11, 2019, at 6:50 PM, Rick Dau wrote: > >

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread Rick Dau
on behalf of R. Colin Newell Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 8:16 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands* I'm testing a PHP/MySQL Chat system over at https://dxer.ca/blab/ The downside of Facebook is that you

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread Mark Pettifor
I like it. Clean and simple and real time and no ads. Call me old-fashioned, but I think we've given up a lot of that old-time simplicity and privacy for the "flashy" modern look of Facebook and all the rest. From the looks of it, there is literally nothing that could break or go wrong, unless

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread R. Colin Newell
I can’t browse FB (which I confess I do for around 2 minutes a day...) without hearing the voice of Samuel L. Jackson in my head - describing the experience in uniquely colorful language. Mass media, social media, FOX news, and the like have turned us all into docile creatures - ready to

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread R. Colin Newell
I’ve been deploying websites since 1994 and not a single one has ever had click bait, shills, Amazon links, cookies (beyond a login password) and no tracking BS. Nothing more frustrating than looking at something on Amazon and then seeing it in FB when you pass through... Zuckerberg — he’s

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread Donald Barnes via IRCA
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

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread Theo
Amen, or Gawd Forbid... or... Facebook...  Be Gone! On 11/03/2019 6:18 PM, Les Rayburn wrote: Yes, but membership in Facebook is. Frankly, I prefer the idea of a stand-alone server and URL that was originally proposed. Nothing to sign up for, no ads, no people from high school, etc. 73,

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread Rick Dau
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Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread Rick Dau
a 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/pu

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread R. Colin Newell
Exactly - which is exactly what I’m doing. Facebook is like a needy adult child that refuses to grow up - with its hand endlessly extended for more money, information, more of your time, more of your soul. I’ve run up a free standing system. No ads, no info grabs, no shills, no BS. Colin

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread Les Rayburn
>> > Cc: Hard-Core-DX <mailto:hard-core...@hard-core-dx.com>> > Sent: Mon, Mar 11, 2019 1:48 pm > 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 tha

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread R. Colin Newell
I'm testing a PHP/MySQL Chat system over at https://dxer.ca/blab/ The downside of Facebook is that you have to be a member of Facebook and that means giving up almost every last gribble of personal information you have -- and it isn't truly live nor is it a chat channel... The system I have

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
-Original Message- From: IRCA On Behalf Of Mike Sanburn Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 12:21 PM To: Hard-Core-DX ; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands* I like the idea---I have used similar on the ham

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread Forrester S
; 73! > > Risto, W6RK > > -Original Message- > From: IRCA On Behalf Of Mike Sanburn > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 12:21 PM > To: Hard-Core-DX ; Mailing list for the > International Radio Club of America > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show o

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread risto
Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands* I like the idea---I have used similar on the ham bands in the past. Mike Sanburn From: IRCA on behalf of R. Colin Newell Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 9:12 AM To: Hard-Core-DX

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread C B via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- That sounds like a great idea! Craig BarnesWheat Ridge, CO On Monday, March 11, 2019, 1:20:58 PM MDT, Mike Sanburn wrote: I like the idea---I have used similar on the ham bands in the past. Mike Sanburn From: IRCA on behalf of

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread Mike Sanburn
I like the idea---I have used similar on the ham bands in the past. Mike Sanburn From: IRCA on behalf of R. Colin Newell Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 9:12 AM To: Hard-Core-DX; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: [IRCA] Live DX

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread Stephen Hawkins
Collin, It was a question I asked.   I got several replies and some good info.  They helped but so far I have not found what I was looking for.  I don't think such a thing for AMBCB DXing or SWL exists. I'm all for it. I'd love to hear / see your ideas.  As a Ham I use

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
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

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread ken brookner
count me in... ken, ns7v lummi island, wa Joseph Miller Monday, March 11, 2019 10:01 AM Hi Colin, Please count me in. Now retired, I have more time for activities like this. Lately been hearing Asian stations on 41 meters in early morning here. The other reason

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread lfravel
I would be in for that. Larry K8YYY Shinnston, WV ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread Mark Pettifor
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

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread Joseph Miller
Hi Colin, Please count me in. Now retired, I have more time for activities like this. Lately been hearing Asian stations on 41 meters in early morning here. The other reason I like this idea is some of the websites currently available are "how I say?" out of date. Best wishes es 73 Joe Miller,

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

2019-03-11 Thread Les Rayburn
Colin, I don’t SWL much anymore, but would love something like this for MW DXing (and FM—though options already exist for that part of the spectrum) Domestic openings too. Lately, the DX Tips and e-mail lists have been more active in this regard, putting some new ones in my log. 73,