[Elecraft] Don’t throw those old DOS computers away

[jerry]

So what's the hot ticket nowadays on logging software?

  I rolled my own, but it's
quite primitive.  It runs on my Linux server and I access it via a web 
browser.  It gives me a pair of clocks at the top - local and UTC.  At 
the bottom, there's a big text window for copying code.  In between - 
the list of contacts, plus a form for entering a new one.  The current 
UTC timestamp is automatically put in.  The latest contact has a button 
for ending it - and putting in the "end" UTC timestamp.

   It was easy to do that, because I already wrote substantial software 
in support of my business, and the infrastructure was all there - 
webserver, SSL, libraries for linking multiple pages, templates etc etc.

    I'm sure that other people have written logging software with 
features I can barely imagine.

   Right now, I'm thinking of having it automatically nominate text in 
the CW copy window for new contacts...."anything that looks like a 
callsign".

   Also need something to slice & dice the logbook data for contest 
reports.

                 - Jerry KF6VB









On 2021-06-28 14:16, Michael Walker wrote:
> I agree with Jim on this one.  :)
> 
> Mike va3mw
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 4:55 AM Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Yes, he SHOULD throw it away and learn modern logging software. Among
>> other things, that modern software can easily link computers from
>> multiple stations in a club setup. That's important, because each
>> station can see the other's log. We work QRP battery with a single K3,
>> and are often weak at the other end of the QSO. When logging computers
>> are linked, each station sees the QSOs we've already had on 20 (easier
>> copy) when we work them on 40, 80, and 15, so it's rare for them to 
>> need
>> a fill if they are networked.
>> 
>> It was disappointing to see that so many hams fail to continue their
>> ongoing education by learning new stuff, like modern logging software.
>> I'll be 80 in the fall, a ham since age 15, BSEE in 1964, and I still
>> try to learn new stuff every day. BTW - I do LOTS of FT8 and MSK144 on
>> 6M and FT8 on 160M, our QRP CW operation was all CW. W6JTI and I made 
>> a
>> combined 680 QSOs. I've been using K1JT's digital modes for more than
>> ten years. So have a bunch of OTs I know. And when I was taking a 
>> break
>> from CW, I worked FT8 on 6M (along with K6EU, our primary VHF op) to
>> pass out our rare grid (CM86). That VHF station ran high power and was
>> not part of our QRP FD operation from a contesting point of view. Tom
>> and I were simply lighting up our rare grid.
>> 
>> 73, Jim K9YC
>> 
>> On 6/28/2021 1:34 AM, David Wilcox via Elecraft wrote:
>> > One of the hams running our CW tent used his old favorite logging
>> program and brought along an old DOS computer to run it……. I can’t 
>> remember
>> the name of the program but it worked well and he racked up a good 
>> score.
>> Everyone was shocked to see the old big DOS computer sitting on the 
>> table.
>> I guess one should never throw anything away that works and you are
>> comfortable with it.
>> 
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