[Elecraft] telnet n7tr.com problem...need help

[Bob Nielsen]

Steve,

I  don't recall the details, but I recall that there are some issues
with the built-in Windows telnet and I have had a few problems with it
using Windows 98SE.  You might have better results using putty instead
of telnet.  It works fine for me in connecting to my dx cluster, at
least.  I believe I found it at www.tucows.com.

73, 
Bob, N7XY

On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 07:55:50AM -0700, Steve Banks wrote:
> Hi All-
> 
> Several weeks ago Jerry, K6III, posted a note to the reflector suggesting
> connecting to  <telnet n7tr.com> (w/o brackets) for a simple, effective way
> to get a fix on current DX spots.  That particular telnet site is one of
> many.  I used it several times in Win XP a month ago, and found it fun to
> set filters and observe what was happening on the bands.
> 
> After several weeks away from <telnet n7tr.com> (and hamming in general)
> because of work conflicts, I tried reconnecting to it again yesterday, and
> am unable to make it operate.  Jerry assures me that the site is working
> since he opened it successfully himself yesterday.
> 
> The baffling part is that the site opens briefly for me--very briefly (maybe
> 100-200msec)--on my PC and then IMMEDIATELY disappears from sight.  It's not
> running in the background and is essentially totally absent from this PC.
> 
> The drill to open it is to poke RUN in Windows, type in <telnet n7tr.com> to
> connect, and follow the syntax rules for various command settings.  As I
> said, it worked very well for me several weeks ago, but it remains a mystery
> now about how to make it run AGAIN on this PC.  No doubt I'm either
> dumb-thumbing something or else have reset a control I've forgotten about,
> but whatever the trouble is escapes me.
> 
> Please excuse the off-topic question, but does anyone have any suggestions
> for what to set (or reset) in WinXP to remedy my problem?  So far Jerry and
> I are both baffled.  Just FYI every other internet connection I've tried
> since seeing the <telnet n7tr.com> problem has worked just fine.
> 
> Any thoughts you'd care to share would be appreciated.
> 
> 73...
> 
> Steve Banks
> K0PQ
> K2 S/N 1599

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Bob Nielsen, N7XY                          n7xy@n7xy.net
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