[DogParkList] LOTW & eQSL

[Don Agro]

Hi Rick,

On 8-Oct-08, at 4:26 PM, Rick Prather wrote:


> While it would be nice to have that LoTW and eQSL functionality in  

> MacloggerDX,  I get around it by using a second logging program  

> called RumLog.

>

> http://www.dl2rum.de/rumsoft/RUMLog.html


While we are advertising competing products on the dog park supported  
list don't forget Aether Log:

http://www.aetherlog.com/index.html

and OrcaStar:

http://www.orcastar.com/

Although it looks like Orcastar's "QSO Wizard Pro software for Amateur  
Radio Operators" is in a period of transition.

Rick, please don't mistake this post for sarcasm, I honestly wish that  
there were more than 3 or 4 of us to provide software for the entire  
Mac Ham Radio community. It is growing at a great rate and there  
should be dozens of options to choose from, but sadly very few  
programmers have been lured by the dizzying fame and fortune :)

Sadly, just this week we have lost MacHamRadio <http://www.machamradio.com/ 
 >

Cok Chen has asked for volunteers to continue the great work he  
started with his open source project CocoModem, none have answered the  
call.

<http://homepage.mac.com/chen/>

EchoMac another fine open source project written by Steve Palm (N9YTY)  
has been looking for volunteers for years...

http://echomac.sourceforge.net/

Again, only Steve Titsler has stepped in to help support this fine  
effort.

I know most of you will say "But I'm not a programmer!" and this is  
true, but I wasn't born a programmer and we are all amateur radio  
operators and as such we should all be excited by the technical  
challenge of mastering the new technology surrounding us.

This is a call to arms. Are we appliance operators or are we  
innovators ?

Anyone writing a Mac Ham Radio application without the resources to  
host or distribute it can expect free distribution from Dog Park  
Software.

This was a service that Steve Muncy offered on MHR but sadly, no one  
took him up on it.

Have a great idea for a feature that MacLoggerDX does not currently  
support ? Research it on the internet, use Apple's free XCode  
development suite and make it happen !

Extend the functionality of existing applications like B. Scott  
Andersen did with his excellent Cab Converter...

<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cab-converter/>

Write some AppleScripts to extend MLDX...

<http://dogparksoftware.com/mldxscripts.html>

I will continuously strive to improve MacLoggerDX, but it will never  
do everything for everyone.

BTW Rick, I am not picking on you, I just used your post as an excuse  
to sound off on something that has been puzzling me for years - Where  
are all the Mac Ham Radio programmers ?

73 Don Agro VE3VRW