Re: [Tlf-devel] TLD and ARRL Field Day

2007-06-30 Thread Nate Bargmann
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Jun 30 09:51 -0500]: > Hey gang; > > Other than the ops "keyboarding" each other, since there can only be one > transmitter per band/mode on Field Day, is there an advantage to > networking such stuff together for a contest such as Field Day. Unless e

[Tlf-devel] Some advantages of networked TLF

2007-06-30 Thread Fred Reiselt
Hi Bob, We never have used the keyboarding feature. The networking helps us in several ways: 1) The database backup is a big feature. We synchronize the database on each laptop which eliminates a laptop failure losing data for one station. We use old obsolete laptops (7 to 10 years old!) so

Re: [Tlf-devel] TLD and ARRL Field Day

2007-06-30 Thread Stephane Fillod
Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 06:57:27PM -0500, Scott Emery wrote: [...] > We have VHF/UHF at our site, they logged on paper this year. The > GOTA station used some Windows program. Digital uses software for > communications which also does a great (integrated) job of logging. I > think the CW stat

Re: [Tlf-devel] TLD and ARRL Field Day

2007-06-30 Thread w9ya
Hey gang; Other than the ops "keyboarding" each other, since there can only be one transmitter per band/mode on Field Day, is there an advantage to networking such stuff together for a contest such as Field Day. I suppose that log backup over the network would be useful, but can't that be done ea

Re: [Tlf-devel] TLD and ARRL Field Day

2007-06-30 Thread Scott Emery
This was my first year of using TLF networked at Field Day. We coordinated two multi-band SSB tents using networked TLF. It worked flawlessly (To be fair, we didn't throw any corner cases at it: laptops crashing, et. al. ). I am personally quite pleased with TLF, but it has limitations