[Dx4win] Lost QSO's

[Mark]

staples has an APC 200w, 350VA UPS on sale this week for $20 AR, with
free shipping...

I even use them on the answering machine to avoid having to reenter the time


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David, K2DBK" <k2dbk at arrl.net>
To: "W5LT" <W5LT at tx.rr.com>
Cc: <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Lost QSO's


> My 2 cents is that an overall better solution is to keep your computer on 
> a small interruptible power supply (UPS). You don't need one that will 
> last that long (5 or 10 minutes is fine), and there are plenty of small 
> ones available from companies like APC (www.apc.com), Belkin 
> (www.belkin.com) and Ultra (www.ultraproducts.com) for well under $100. (I 
> personally have at least one from each of those companies at home, with a 
> somewhat larger Ultra that powers a couple of computers, most of my 
> network gear, and a few other things.)
>
> The advantage of this is that in the event of a power outage, you will not 
> only have the time to save the QSO, but you can also shut your computer 
> down in an orderly fashion. Many of these products will connect to your 
> computer and will shut it down after a specified set of conditions are met 
> (e.g., backup battery has been running and has 'x'% power left, etc.), 
> meaning that even if you're not there, your computer will still shut down 
> properly.
>
> Even with a system that writes to disk upon save, there is still a small 
> window where a QSO could be lost, although I can understand the 
> frustration at loosing any data for any reason.
>
> As for your specific suggestion, there are utility programs that will make 
> a key sequence to any arbitrarily complex set of other key sequences (and 
> some will get a lot more complicated, simulating mouse movement and mouse 
> button clicks), though personally I don't use them so I can't give a 
> recommendation.
>
> W5LT wrote:
>> I am not a computer wizard, but is it possible to program an unused 
>> function
>> key (say F12) to execute: <enter> <alt> <s> sequence ??
>> That way you could enter QSO (from a spot) and write to disk with one
>> button.
>> That would be a neat solution. Just a thought.
>> Bob, W5LT
>>
>>
> -- 
> 73,
> David, K2DBK
> http://k2dbk.com
> http://k2dbk.blogspot.com
>
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