[DX] DX Telnet

[Htorr@aol.com]

Hi,

     I agree.  What I especially like about it is the audio capability.  If 
you want it will announce the DX  and the frequency.  You don't have to watch 
the screen to get the information.

      I have used it for at least two years and it is great.

      Tom   W6HT


> 
> Hi,
> 
> Everything Jim says is correct except that DXTelnet has no limits
> in the times you can run it, if not registered.
> You can run it as many times you want.
> Also, unlike many sharewares, DXTelnet has no evaluation limits.
> Not registered version has a timeout on connections (30 minutes).
> DXTelnet can link to many logs and one of them is the mentioned
> dxbase ( see details at http://www.dxbase.com/news5.htm )
> The same version can be turned into full, with no additional downloads
> (by just entering a registration key) mebership is for lifetime
> (unlimited free upgrades and support).
> I would like to post this on the newsgroup but being not subscribed
> it won't let me to.
> You can post this for me, if you wish.
> 
> Hope this shades some light :-)
> Ciao
> Fab (IK4VYX)
> 
> >Fab's program DX Telnet is a popular one and has been for quite a while.
> >I've have a registered version for maybe three years and like it. It has
> >lots of features, and he gives you many times (100?) to run it before you
> >have to pay the $35 (last price I knew).
> >
> >You can use it with a TNC/radio or to telnet to cluster nodes with 
> Internet
> >access, and he provides a long list of those (including mine, which is an
> >AR-Cluster node, using software by AB5K at http://www.ab5k.net/).
> >
> >What he is talking about as an improvement to the cluster system, or maybe
> >as an improvement to DX Summit on the web, is the N6RT CQDX system, which
> is
> >described at http://dx.qsl.net/cqdx/.  I haven't used it, but a screen 
> shot
> >of it is on that web site.  DX Telnet is one way to access it.
> >
> >Though DX Telnet is very powerful and a bargain, in my opinion, it does 
> not
> >replace computerized logging, such as DXbase (http://www.dxbase.com/) or
> the
> >others, which include TNC/RF access to clusters and/or to telnet nodes 
> too.
> >It can be used with the logging programs if you want to connect to more
> than
> >one cluster node.
> >
> >There's my opinion, for what it's worth.  I hope I don't have any facts
> >incorrect, but I can't promise.
> >
> >Jim McDonald - N7US
> >Mesa, Arizona
> >n7us@arrl.net
> >
> >N7US AR-Cluster:
> >telnet://n7us.net
> >
> 
> 
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> 
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