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Bob w9ya > 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 they may be > more prone to failure. > > 2) Overall QSO rate is calculated and shown on each laptop. > > 3) QSOs from other stations show up on each laptop and that spurs some > competitive juices between the stations. > > 4) We can be more flexible with assigning band/modes to stations. 40SSB > can be on one station now and then be on another station later and dupe > checking has no gaps. We operate fairly casually with band/mode > assignments on Field Day since it not a contest. > > 73, > Fred > wb5con > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > ----------------------cut------------------------------- > > 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 easily enough outside of the logging software anyways ? > > I am sure I am missing something, but I cannot seem to see the advantage > during this particular contest/operating activity. > > Vy 73; > > Bob > w9ya > > ----------------------cut---------------------- > _______________________________________________ Tlf-devel mailing list Tlf-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/tlf-devel
