[CQ-Contest] Dr. DX

[David Siddall]

I still have what I think is a still working Dr. DX in its original box, but no Commdore  computer anymore, so let me know if you are interested.  You would need a  Commodore or some technical knowledge.  It was an astounding program at the time.  

Dave K3ZJ

> On Dec 16, 2013, at 5:39 PM, kr2q at optimum.net wrote:
> 
> I don't remember the year, but I used Dr. DX at Dayton, out in the one the convention center
> areas.
> 
> They didn't have much of a pileup (people), but I gave it a try.
> 
> For those who never got to play with it, you would set your call (location) and go.  It "knew"
> what the bands (all of them) should be like for YOUR location (including  for that time of day.
>  
> So if you set it up for east coast USA and went to 80m at local noon time, the band was dead.
> But if you went to 80 at, say 10pm local time, it was hopping, including QRM and static crashes.

> But if you went to 10m at 10pm local time, hisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
> 
> I remember one guy set it up as if his call were an HS.  All he had were JA callers on 20m at whatever 
> time he had set it up for.  Pretty cool stuff.
> 
> And you "tuned the band" to find DX too. It was the BEST contest simulator I've ever experienced.
> 
> Too bad there isn't something like that now with a windows GUI.  During crappy SFI, it
> was more fun than the actual contest (not sure if that would still hold true...activity has
> just gone through the roof compared to back then...no matter what).
> 
> Bring it back....I'd buy one!
> 
> de Doug KR2Q
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