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

Mon Jun 28 18:07:23 EDT 2021

Hi Jerry,

    Good luck with extending your own user interface.  I am sure there 
are contest logs listed somewhere on the web.  Not only would you get a 
list of CW ops who contest, you could also grab their details to fill in 
more fields.  Then scan that list with the partial call you copied.  
Even brute force search algorithms would be fine.

    As far as slicing and dicing data Perl, awk, and sed can do wonders 
with extracting, and formatting individual fields.  Plus they are 
already available on your OS.  A two line script with any of them can do 
what you want.

    The killer app for contesters seems to be N1MM.  I think you will 
have more fun writing your own since you know exactly what you need and 
what you like.  Building your own app should not be shamed.

     GL & 73,

       Kevin.  KD5ONS

On 6/28/21 2:54 PM, jerry wrote:
> So what's the hot ticket nowadays on logging software?
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>  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.
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>   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.
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>    I'm sure that other people have written logging software with 
> features I can barely imagine.
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>   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".
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>   Also need something to slice & dice the logbook data for contest 
> reports.
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>                 - Jerry KF6VB
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> On 2021-06-28 14:16, Michael Walker wrote:
>> I agree with Jim on this one.  :)
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>> Mike va3mw
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>> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 4:55 AM Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> 
>> wrote:
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>>> 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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