Computer control of your receiver using databases like ILG adds a new
dimension to Dxing. I like using SWLog.

SWLog, a radio control, logging and database program has recently
been updated and now includes support for more receivers. This program
is the most extensive SWL multi-function program available. Features
include local and remote receiver control; integrated database
support for HFCC,ILGRadio, EiBi, PTSW and seven other database formats;
propagation prediction; audio capture; chat; extensive logging
capability; report generation and QSL generation in ten languages.

The program now interfaces to Ham Radio Deluxe and permits both
programs to work together with one or more receivers.

Bob Sillett, the developer of SWLog, has been working on this program
for years and keeps adding new features. The best part is the price:
FREE.

Try it out at http://www.shortwavelog.com/default-english.html

Roger

I see! I print out my custom schedules on an as needed basis.
Besides, I don't allow any digital hash anywhere near the SW
radios/antennas.
Computers, no matter what kind, simply raise the noise floor which is where
the DX begins, as one infamous poster said.

My finger does the tuning anywhere my radio happens to be. What can be more
simpler than that?
I'm not tied to the internet or the laptop or...

To each his own, carry-on.


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Computer control of your receiver using databases like ILG adds a new
dimension to Dxing. I like using SWLog.

SWLog, a radio control, logging and database program has recently
been updated and now includes support for more receivers. This program
is the most extensive SWL multi-function program available. Features
include local and remote receiver control; integrated database
support for HFCC,ILGRadio, EiBi, PTSW and seven other database formats;
propagation prediction; audio capture; chat; extensive logging
capability; report generation and QSL generation in ten languages.

The program now interfaces to Ham Radio Deluxe and permits both
programs to work together with one or more receivers.

Bob Sillett, the developer of SWLog, has been working on this program
for years and keeps adding new features. The best part is the price:
FREE.

Try it out at http://www.shortwavelog.com/default-english.html

Roger

I agree, SED. The radio + computer thing doesn't work for me. I've
tried it a few times. Just not my cup of tea.
I, too, simply print out scheds. Just printed up a revised ILG A06
sched last night in an Excel file: 133 pages. Drawback: if/when ILG
comes out with an updated A06 file, I'm unlikely to go through the
hassle of revising/formatting and then printing up the later file.

Junius


SeeingEyeDogg wrote:
I see! I print out my custom schedules on an as needed basis.
Besides, I don't allow any digital hash anywhere near the SW
radios/antennas.
Computers, no matter what kind, simply raise the noise floor which is where
the DX begins, as one infamous poster said.

My finger does the tuning anywhere my radio happens to be. What can be more
simpler than that?
I'm not tied to the internet or the laptop or...

To each his own, carry-on.


wrote in message
ups.com...
Computer control of your receiver using databases like ILG adds a new
dimension to Dxing. I like using SWLog.

SWLog, a radio control, logging and database program has recently
been updated and now includes support for more receivers. This program
is the most extensive SWL multi-function program available. Features
include local and remote receiver control; integrated database
support for HFCC,ILGRadio, EiBi, PTSW and seven other database formats;
propagation prediction; audio capture; chat; extensive logging
capability; report generation and QSL generation in ten languages.

The program now interfaces to Ham Radio Deluxe and permits both
programs to work together with one or more receivers.

Bob Sillett, the developer of SWLog, has been working on this program
for years and keeps adding new features. The best part is the price:
FREE.

Try it out at http://www.shortwavelog.com/default-english.html

Roger

Printing out scheds is a good idea for lots of folks. However, I would
rather print out a schedule that was not just based on ILG. The merged
database in SWLog is far superior and has a lot of
frequencies/broadcasts that are not in ILG.

I suppose one can always buy WRTH, Passport to World Band Radio and
Monitoring Times if you want to be "computer free". I would rather pay
nothing and have comprehensive up-to-date schedules printed on paper or
on the computer screen.

Each to his own - Roger