Mike,
Your story about WriteLog isn't what we experience here in our multi-single
operations. Once we get the Windows networking configured right, we never have
a problem getting a machine back on line after a problem. We have had some
occassional system hangs, but getting the machine back up is really easy, and
the log syncs up immediately. It is totally cool to have all four logs reliably
identical at the end of the contest.
73,
Jim
[CQ-Contest] FD logging program
Mike Gilmer - N2MG n2mg@contesting.com
Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:21:50 -0700 (PDT)
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My one, weekend-long, experience with Writelog (we had
another nickname for it) was in a fully networked,
6-station, multi-multi environment and was less than
thrilling. Most PCs locked up at various times, and,
after rebooting, were, as often as not, invisible to
the network no matter what we tried. After a half-
hour or an hour (or two), poof!, they would simply
reappear on the network. Magic! There were many
things about Writelog that I liked. Its networking
reliability was not one of them.
Anyway, another "good" reason for networking at field
day is the gee-whiz attraction of which most hams are
guilty. That is, assuming one can get it going and
keep it going...
73 Mike N2MG
>From Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com Tue Apr 23 00:19:04 2002
From: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] FQP minus 5
Message-ID: <00db01c1ea54$182c6680$62f1a118@tampabay.rr.com>
Five days until the Florida QSO Party - hopefully we will get some better
conditions than our friends in Michigan and Ontario had this past weekend.
In case you haven't gone yet - check out the FQP website:
http://www.qsl.net/fqp
All 67 counties should be activated by at least one and possibly two or
three more stations depending on traffic. Sweeps should be possible once
again...who will be the first?
GL!
The Florida Contest Group
Sponsors of The Florida QSO Party
(sit tight for another week and my promotional/reminder e-mails will go
away - K4OJ)
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