[RTTY] Speaking of HRD...

[Bill]

Speaking of HRD...

In Orlando last weekend, Rick Ruhl W4PC, of CSS Software had a booth for 
his ROC Software for Timewave Products. He is also a partner with Randy 
Gawtry, CEO of TimeWave, in the purchase of Ham Radio Deluxe(HRD). I 
think there is a third person as well but I forgot who.

The new price for HRD will be $49.95 for the version 5.1, but it will 
include the new Version 6 which will fix all the bugs you didn't know 
about. So the widely used software will go from Freewareto Payware.

I've been a buyer and user of Rick's software for many years upgrading 
regularly. I  know he will do a great job with it. But going from free 
to paid will be hard for some to handle. I will guess all the old 
versions will be available but I didn't ask.

Bill Marx W2CQ


On 2/14/2012 4:34 AM, Ian White GM3SEK wrote:
>    wrote:
>> I don't do much contesting so when I do I use my HRD log and set up
>> macros to mimic what I see happening in the contest and I go slow
>> because that's just how I do it.
>>
>> The last time I tried a contest HRD was inconsistent on the check for
>> worked B4 so I was trying to work guys I had worked B4.   When I was
>> told I was a dupe I moved on and then manually checked the log and they
>> were in there.
>>
>> So maybe the problem is with logging software used by casual users like
>> me.
>>
>> Just an alternative view from someone who has been caught unaware that
>> I was a duper. :-)
>>
>> ~73
>> Don
>> KD8NNU
> That is a very good point. Many authors of digital and logging software
> are not contesters or DXers (the writer of HRD freely admits this) so
> the example macros that they supply are frankly awful. They also take no
> precautions to warn casual users that they have already worked a station
> in the very recent past.
>
> It is those non-contesting, non-DXing software authors who would be the
> most productive target in our ongoing education campaign, so that casual
> users get a good default configuration right out of the box.
>
> (Unfortunately, the last time I suggested that we "target the software
> authors", this seemed to be interpreted in certain quarters as
> advocating the use of live ammunition. I do hope it's clearer this time
> around  :-)
>
>