[WriteLog] FW: K9JY Web Site Information Request

[Terry Ashland]

Thanks Scot for the great web site, and the huge under 
taking.  Writelog is great and powerful.  Your web site 
has helped me alot and it's a great resource!
73,
Terry, WK0F
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 05:46:24 -0000
  "Scot Herrick" <scot at k9jy.com> wrote:
>All,
>
> 
>
>Over the past couple of years, there has been a fair 
>amount of discussion,
>off and on, about how "complicated" WriteLog is to use. 
>Others have noted
>that my web site is better than the Help files, but still 
>too "engineering"
>oriented (though I am neither an engineer nor a 
>programmer). 
>
> 
>
>I've directly contacted some people stating those 
>critiques because my
>objective for the web site is to provide beginners as 
>well as experienced
>users the information they need about WriteLog to reach 
>their contesting
>objectives. After some due consideration, I think my site 
>has become a bit
>past where a true beginning contester would be starting 
>off with WriteLog,
>probably a natural result of doing this now for several 
>years.
>
> 
>
>To address this, I'm creating a section called "WriteLog 
>Lite," named from a
>blatantly stolen suggestion made somewhere in the past on 
>the reflector,
>with the specific purpose of providing "one-time" setup 
>work and then
>recurring setup for the CW, SSB, and Digital modes. It is 
>to address
>beginning users and those that do single radio, often 
>single mode,
>contesting. The section will strip away a lot of options 
>available for SO2R,
>networking, and Multi-Op Contesting and focus on single 
>radio contesting
>used by hundreds - perhaps thousands - of WriteLog users. 
>The beginnings of
>this are up on the web site already in the "WriteLog 
>Lite" section on the
>left navigation bar; you all can see a work in progress 
>as I move along. You
>may have to 'refresh' your browser to see the addition.
>
> 
>
>In any case, here is where I need your help. I'd like to 
>provide information
>on the Setup|Ports section to show how all the different 
>radios are set up
>on a com port. I have an FT-1000MP, but don't know the 
>settings for any
>other radio out there. So, if you have radio control 
>connected to WriteLog,
>I'd like to know your settings in the Setup|Ports dialog 
>box. And for those
>of you with the external box for Icom's (CV-17?) I'd like 
>to know that too.
>I also think with Icom's that one has to change radio 
>addresses, so if you
>can address that in the email, I'll get that in there 
>also. 
>
> 
>
>Reply to me direct at mailto:scot at k9jy.com and as I get 
>the radio
>information, I'll post back here to the reflector so we 
>don't get too much
>duplication. I really appreciate the help.
>
> 
>
>Also, as an aside, I now have the capability to create 
>Adobe Acrobat files
>and I am going to provide an Acrobat file for every 
>section of my web site
>so it can be downloaded for personal use. I have one up 
>there for the
>Universal Setup section. If you have Adobe Acrobat 
>Reader, you should be
>able to read, print, and save the file for reference. As 
>I work through this
>WriteLog Lite project, I'll be adding more.
>
> 
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
> 
>
>Scot, K9JY 
>
> 
>
>Scot Herrick
>
>See K9JY's WriteLog User Support Site at:
>
>http://www.k9jy.com
>
> <mailto:scot at k9jy.com>  
>
> 
>
> 
>
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