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Re: [WriteLog] DX clusters

To: Edward Taylor <Phinehas@columbus.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] DX clusters
From: Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:04:56 -0700
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On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Edward Taylor <Phinehas@columbus.rr.com> wrote:

> As I was trying out the different clusters that several of you recommended, I 
> found that I could not exit (shut off) the cluster.  If I hit file > exit, it 
> merely minimized the window but did not disconnect from the telnet source. 
>  If I opened the telnet window again to connect to a new telnet, then I had 
> two telnet window open, one still minimized, and so on and so forth.  At one 
> time I had k3lr.com, ve7cc.net and dxc.k1ea.com all minimized at the taskbar 
> at the bottom of my screen.
>
> If I have one source crash during a contest and want to go to another, I 
> don't know what to do short of closing down WriteLog and re-opening it.

I use the VE7CC "cluster user" front-end:

    http://www.ve7cc.net

It has a built-in list of clusters you can reach via Telnet.  If the
connection crashes, then just have VE7CC re-connect (or connect to a
new node).  The connection between WriteLog and the VE7CC program will
NEVER go down.

73 - Jim AD1C

-- 
Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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