[Boatanchors] on topic, looking for software

[Kenneth D. Grimm, K4XL]

Will your spouse know what an LDG Autotuner, Icom IC-756 Pro II, 
ProSisTel rotor, Johnson Valiant, Collins 32V-3, and 3-1000Z are...after 
you are gone.  Whatever you do with regard to a ham radio inventory, 
take pictures and clearly label them.

Rather than use a spreadsheet that was intended for numerical 
manipulation or a dbms program that would take a lot more time than you 
are willing to spend on the project, why not use one of the many 
freeware inventory programs that are available.  The Insurance 
Information Institute has one available called "Know Your Stuff" at:  
http://www.knowyourstuff.org/

The program that I am looking at most carefully is Keeper 2.7 which is 
described as follows:
"With Keeper, you can organize your collections on your windows PC, 
customize the information you want to track, import items from Ebay, 
print detailed built-in reports including pictures, design your own 
custom reports with our built-in editor, and publish your collection to 
the Internet. Keeper is easy to use and has a built in help file 
included."  It can be downloaded from
 http://www.download.com/Keeper/3000-2131_4-10692704.html?tag=lst-0-5

If neither of these two programs make your foot pat, then I would 
suggest that you use Google and search for "home inventory."  You will 
be amazed at the number of specialty data base programs that have been 
written and are available for downloading.  Perhaps you would rather go 
straight to C|Net's www.download.com and search for Home Inventory programs.

There are many programs that would be suitable for an inventory of ham 
gear and which allow the attachment of digital photos which will help 
your surviving spouse or children sort through your ham radio equipment 
and distinguish the Hallicrafters SX-25 from the SX-115.  You certainly 
know the difference, but would they?  As Mr. Kodak was fond of saying, 
"A picture is worth a thousand words."

73,
Ken, K4XL

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Ken K4XL
k4xl at arrl.net

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