[Dx4win] DX cluster hookup?

[Dave Sharred]

Here Here Mel !

There are many features that if you analysed it you could do with "just a
few mouse clicks"; and they all add up.

- rig control / mode selection - is a nice to have in a logging programme;
but we accept that the user is not lazy for wanting it (I bet someone used
Erkki's argument 15 years ago !

- Rotator control
- entering time automatically

What about in DX4WIN "operator preferences" - they save you having to
configure the programme every time you use it; for your laziness!

We accept these niceties; and the same should be true of other features that
would enhance the programme!

In Win Test, which was the example I used, the choice of which cluster to
use etc is still down to the user; it is merely anther preference that he
sets up.


I think about it as "operator convenience"; rather than laziness. I have
enough things to do with my PC before I want to operate!

73

Dave
G3NKC


-----Original Message-----
From: Mel [mailto:ve2dc at videotron.ca]
Sent: 08 August 2009 20:08
To: Erkki Heikkinen
Cc: 'N8NN'; 'Dave Sharred'; 'Jim Reisert AD1C'; 'Dennis Petrich';
'DX4WIN'
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DX cluster hookup?


Oh for crying out loud! It's NOT a lot of work to connect. But after you
have done it many thousands of times it DOES get irritating.

Every other logging program I have used takes care of this little
detail... why can't DX4Win?

It's not something that needs to be done right now... but it is a small
detail that Paul should look at... and I suspect its somewhere on his list.

Erkki Heikkinen wrote:
> Hmmm,
>
> It takes three clicks with the mouse to connect to your favorite
> cluster.
>
> I cannot see any big human energy savings if it is done automatically.
> And then it will be much more difficult to choose another cluster.
>
> I am lazy, too, but not THAT lazy.
>
> 73 Erkki OH2BF
>
>