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

[Scott Emery]

        It had a couple of benefits for us.  Since we had two SSB tents
this year it helped us to coordinate the activities of the two tents. 
Since the exchange is the same no matter when you contact another
site, it also provided a database to confirm multiple contacts ("who was
this guy when we logged him last").   I was able to use this feature
to correct a typo in a previous logged entry (the call and the class
had been smooshed together).

        I feel "keyboarding" is overrated unless you can spread it over
the whole site. (You've got your digital in my voice,  You've got your
voice in my digital...)   Keyboarding is probably better handled in a
separate app like IRC anyway, let the logger log.

In message <address@hidden>, address@hidden 
writes:
>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
>
>>
>>      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 and not everyone is a fan of the TR interface.
>>
>>      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 station uses Writelog.
>>
>>      The predjudice that TLF is hard to use, Some folks' preference for
>> Windows would be hard to overcome. The lack of VHF/UHF support is a deal
>> breaker for that tent.  Digital station has such a neat package already
>> I don't even plan to try.
>>
>>      I will work on the CW guys next year, touting the benefit of
>> sharing information between tents.
>>
>>
>>      TLF is a fabulous program.  Thank you for your hard work Rein.
>>
>> Scott Emery
>> address@hidden
>>
>> In message <address@hidden>, Fred Reiselt writes:
>>>We just completed our fourth year of using TLF at the ARRL Field Day.
>>> What a nice piece of software!
>>>
>>>We had two laptops networked over 2.4 gHz wireless cards, with cwdaemon
>>>  and hamlib working perfectly. I haven't tried the voice features yet
>>> but  plan to next year.
>>>
>>>There was not one hiccup this year. The past years had hiccups due to
>>> power interruptions to the laptops. We ran all on batteries this year
>>> and no problems.
>>>
>>>Many thanks to the wizards that created tlf, cwdaemon, and hamlib (and
>>> Linux)!
>>>
>>>73,
>>>Fred
>>>wb5con
>>>
>>>
>>>
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