[CQ-Contest] Dr. DX

[Barry]

Agreed.  It was an amazing program, especially considering the ,e,ory 
limitations on the Commodore 64, which had about 32K of RAM. A Windows 
version would use 100 Meg :-)
Barry W2UP

On 12/16/2013 13:39, 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 DX) 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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