[Ham-Mac] Contents of Ham-Mac digest, Vol 112, Issue 1 - can FLDIGI upload QSOs directly to LoTW?

[Dave Wright]

On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Don Agro <dagro at dogparksoftware.com> wrote:

"Please check your facts before you libel our product or deal with the
consequences."

Don,

Interesting way to dealing with your critics...especially since your
response simply supported my comments.

I took the rest of my response the other night off-the-list to avoid
creating any hate and discontent and to give time for you and I both to
cool down; unlike yourself who decided to cross-post your response to the
MLDX mailing list as well.

I do want EVERYONE to know, as I stated in my review on eHam, that I really
do respect MLDX and the work that Don has done and the excellent support he
does provide.

However, I do NOT appreciate being threatened with "libel" when every statement
I made was true. As far as my review of MLDX on eHam.net goes; it is a
review, it is my opinion, and I stand by it from the perspective of MY ham
radio needs.

As I told you in my email to you personally, if you can convincingly
demonstrate where I have said something that isn't true here or in my
review, I will update my review and will issue a public apology here. As a
reminder, my comments here were related to

1) MLDX does not automatically import logs from Fldigi, like RUMlog.

2) MLDX does not offer one-click upload/download of LoTW/eQSL like RUMlog
or Aether.



73

Dave
K3DCW
www.k3dcw.net

"Real radio bounces off the sky"

Dave
K3DCW
www.k3dcw.net

"Real radio bounces off the sky"


On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Don Agro <dagro at dogparksoftware.com> wrote:

> Dave,
>
> On 2013-05-09, at 5:32 PM, "Dave Wright" <hfradiopro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> with MLDX being the only major Mac logbook program that doesn't play well
> with Fldigi and LoTW.
>
>
> That is quite a load of misinformation for one email, but with your nasty
> comments on eHam it comes as no surprise.
>
> Please check your facts before you libel our product or deal with the
> consequences.
>
>
> We make it very easy for anyone to interface with MacLoggerDX.
>
> MacLoggerDX has been a standard Apple scriptable app since Version 5.0 was
> released.
>
> MacLoggerDX supports an open and documented AppleScript interface for
> logging which cocoaModem integrates with seamlessly and has done so for
> some years now.
>
> AppleScript is the standard for Mac interprocess communication and it is
> not surprising that *fldigi* does not yet provide this since it is a
> ported application rather than a native Mac application but hopefully they
> will in the future.
>
> SInce the interface is open and documented there is absolutely nothing to
> stop them from doing so.
>
> This is the entire script that cocoaModem uses to lookup and log a QSO...
>
> *tell* *application* "cocoaModem 2.0"
> *set* cocoaModemCall *to* *get* qsoCall
> *end* *tell*
>
> *tell* *application* "MacLoggerDX"
> *lookup* cocoaModemCall
> *delay* (1)
> *log* cocoaModemCall
> *end* *tell*
> *
> *
> *
> *
> How do I upload my LoTW, ClubLog and eQSL QSOs?MacLoggerDX supports LoTW
> and eQSL with Ham standard ADIF files. QSO's can be exported by ADIF,
> signed (using the ARRL supplied applications) and uploaded to LoTW.
> MacLoggerDX also uses LoTW and eQSL ADIF confirmation files to update the
> QSL received status of your logged QSOs (See the *Confirm QSOs with ADIF
> File...* Menu command under the *Log* Menu). There is also a user script
> written by Kevin Williams (WM4J) in the MacLoggerDX Yahoo Group File
> section which automates the upload and confirmation processes:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macloggerdx/message/4872
>
> The new version is in the "Files" section - *"DQSLManager_v0.06.2.zip"* and
> the setup instructions are in the readme file included in the zip archive.
>
> *
> *
>
>
> 73 de VE3VRW Don Agro
>
>
>