[WL-USERS] WriteLog Networked for Field Day

[Pat Cain, K0PC]

Thanks for the advice Jay. I wanted to try to make the logs as simple as
possible to ease the transition from CT to WriteLog. I think everyone will
love WriteLog as I do but one of the guys was concerned about having the
entire log displayed at once. I agree that having the entire log on all
networked computers is a great idea, especially in this contest. However,
it would be nice to be able to filter out the QSOs from other stations in
the display.

We are going to use a hub and 10-base T wiring. I'm not a network guy but
one of our club members does it for a living so he's in charge of all the
interconnections. It should be an interesting experience.

Of course, thunderstorms are predicted for Saturday in the long range
forecasts.
 73,
Pat  KØPC


At 02:35 PM 6/21/99 -0700, you wrote:
>At 03:30 PM 6/21/99 -0500, Pat Cain, K0PC wrote:
>
>>My Field Day group is going to try networking three stations together this
>>year. When we were testing out the network we found that all QSOs appear on
>>the list at each station computer. Is it possible to limit the display to
>>just those stations worked at each station?
>
>I don't think so, nor do I think that would be a good idea. If you have a
>network problem anywhere having the data to merge together is nice.
>
>BTW, as a sidebar. The number #1 problem with networking on BNC networks is
>either the "T's" or the ends. There are any number of types of connectors
>and of "T's". The two must go together. There are some with rather rounded
>ends and some with real pointy ends. Test this stuff and keep it together
>once its working.
>
>e.g. I took a complete three station cable with T's to the W5KFT ranch.
>When we left it (the cable) was taken apart. Then the three t's were thrown
>in a box. When we next tried it (the network) it took a while to find t's
>that went with the network cards.  If its flakey try a different type of
>connector.
>
>Actually its much easier to use the 10-base T connectors with a hub, but I
>have almost an unlimited supply of old BNC cards that are free...so....
>
>The networking works very outstanding and any problem can be resolved quite
>quickly.
>
>
>
>---
>Jay Townsend, WS7I < ws7i@ewarg.org >
>