[Dxbase] Pager/TXT gateway

[Jim McDonald]

DX Telnet can send an email or SMS message if a specified call or prefix is
spotted.  I haven't used that program for a while, as I prefer VE7CC's
AR-User program to connect to AR-Clusters.  Both can be configured as a
front-end to DXbase so that either of those program connects via telnet or
packet to a cluster, and then DXbase (or another logging program) connects
to it.

I did experiment it with the feature when I had my Motorola 2-way text
pager, and it worked OK.  Since SMS messages can be sent to a phone as an
email address (required by DX Telnet) it should work.  Web sites for more
info:

DX Telnet: http://www.qsl.net/wd4ngb/telnet.htm

   or http://www.golist.net/

VE7CC's AR-User program for connections to an AR-Cluster node:
http://ve7cc.net/

Jim McDonald, N7US
Mesa, Arizona

AR-Cluster node N7US: 145.09 MHz or telnet to n7us.net 
AZ DX Cluster Users' reflector: 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/adxc



-----Original Message-----
From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Peter Dougherty (W2IRT)
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 10:17 PM
To: DX Base Mailing List
Subject: [Dxbase] Pager/TXT gateway


Got a question for the assembled braintrust. As I was sitting around this 
afternoon waiting for the TJ3 station to grace SSB with his presence, I was 
wishing there were a way to get TXT or e-mail notification of all-time new 
spots on my cellphone. Essentially, I already have an amazingly good filter 
set established, both through my AR cluster connection's settings on a 
coarse level and through DXBase for fine.

What I'd really like to see is a subset of "priority" level spots that get 
escalated to urgent status and are beamed out to a cell or pager. Anybody 
know of a way of doing this? Seems kids and executives are swearing by TXT 
messaging -- there's gotta be a way of doing this for DX spotting! Any
ideas?



73 de Peter (W2IRT)
w2irt at nac.net

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