[Dx4win] DX4WIN and the iPhone

[Kelly Johnson]

Think outside the box.  What if your station is remote controllable or  
you have a job that wll sometimes allow you to drive home when  
necessary to work a new one.  Both are options for me.

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 4, 2009, at 10:14 AM, "Ian & Steph Fugler \(G4IIY\)" <zen90387 at zen.co.uk 
 > wrote:

> I think that would drive me mad.  You area way from the radio, but  
> here's what you are missing.  It's bad enough knowing that I shall  
> miss 3D20CR all week, as I am away on business.  But to be told of  
> all the cluster spots would be like rubbing salt in to the wound.
>
> It would be a cool application, though !
>
> Ian G4IIY
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelly Johnson" <n6kj.kelly at gmail.com 
> >
> To: <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 5:44 PM
> Subject: [Dx4win] DX4WIN and the iPhone
>
>
>> I use DX4WIN at home.  I'd love to figure out a way to notify myself
>> of a DX spot that I need.  I'm sure I could figure out how to build  
>> an
>> iPhone app (or send an SMS message to my iPhone) when a needed spot
>> shows up, but how do I get the comparison information.  Clearly the  
>> DX
>> spots window knows when a spot arrives for a country you need, but  
>> how
>> can I "pipe" that information out to another program (automatically,
>> without manual intervention) so another program can forward it on to
>> my iPhone?
>>
>> There are so many cool applications on the iPhone and so few for
>> amateur radio.  It would sure be nice to see more for ham radio.
>> Ultimately, I'd love to be able to remotely control my station  
>> through
>> the iPhone AND be notified of important spots when not at home as
>> well.  Anything out there I don't know about?
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