[Dx4win] Lost QSO's

[Bill Walker]

Mark:

Help me here if you will; I like the brice, but . . . .

All I see on Staples web site is APC's 210w 350VA at $80 and larger  
more expensive units.  How did you find your $20 unit?

What did you mean by AR?

Bill,  W3QB
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On Feb 18, 2008, at 10:30 AM, Mark wrote:

> 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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