[WriteLog] DX clusters

[Carsten Steinhofel]

Have you tried minimizing the Telnet window (and everything else for
that matter)? I seem to remember having this problem when there was
the "connect" dialog box behind the telnet window waiting for input.

73 Carsten, DL1EFD/G0SYP
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill K2OWR
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:11 PM
> To: Jim Reisert AD1C
> Cc: writelog at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] DX clusters
> 
> :::: I have noticed the same "oddity" in the Telnet 
> connection. In fact, the only way I could find to close it in 
> windows XP was to ctrl/alt/delete and use that method.
> BILL
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
> To: "Edward Taylor" <Phinehas at columbus.rr.com>
> Cc: <WriteLog at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 18:04
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] DX clusters
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Edward Taylor 
> <Phinehas at columbus.rr.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> > As I was trying out the different clusters that several of you 
> > recommended, I found that I could not exit (shut off) the 
> cluster. If I 
> > hit file > exit, it merely minimized the window but did not 
> disconnect 
> > from the telnet source. If I opened the telnet window again 
> to connect to 
> > a new telnet, then I had two telnet window open, one still 
> minimized, and 
> > so on and so forth. At one time I had k3lr.com, ve7cc.net 
> and dxc.k1ea.com 
> > all minimized at the taskbar at the bottom of my screen.
> >
> > If I have one source crash during a contest and want to go 
> to another, I 
> > don't know what to do short of closing down WriteLog and 
> re-opening it.
> 
> I use the VE7CC "cluster user" front-end:
> 
>     http://www.ve7cc.net
> 
> It has a built-in list of clusters you can reach via Telnet.  If the
> connection crashes, then just have VE7CC re-connect (or connect to a
> new node).  The connection between WriteLog and the VE7CC program will
> NEVER go down.
> 
> 73 - Jim AD1C
> 
> -- 
> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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