Spot 1.9.6 Released on 15 November.
This release fixes two bugs: the first bug involved the formatting of frequencies of spots causing some programs using Spot's server function to not recognize the spot. The frequency sent to programs using Spot as a server no longer have formatted frequencies. Second bug was the inappropriate warning that an update was in progress via Spot's update mechanism. This initial check has been disabled and a newer version of the update mechanism will be implemented in the next release.
K3NC Review in Oct., 2008 CQ Magazine
Read Neal's review of the fantastic Flex-Radio Systems Flex-5000a transceiver in the October 2007 CQ Magazine or download a pdf version from the Flex-Radio website (click here).
Neal Campbell, K3NC, Receives Software Excellence Award.
On May 17, 2008 at the FlexRadio Banquet and Forum held at the Dayton Hamvention, a Flexi Award was presented to Neal Campbell, K3NC, in honor of providing services and solutions to all Flex Radio operators. Flex-Radio stated that Flexi award were given to people who recognized an opportunity to unselfishly give of themselves a knowledge or skill that advanced the cause of software defined radio and benefited the FlexRadio community as a whole. You can read more about the Flexi awards on the FlexRadio web page at this URL: http://www.flex-radio.com/Users.aspx?topic=flexies.
virtuallY
A virtual Y cable, for Windows platforms, makes connecting amateur radio programs to each other possible. Go to download page for version 1. If you are a PowerSDR user, use K5FR's DDUtil program.
State filtering preference screen
Screen Details
This section of the preference window is used to define US and Canadian State filters, again to the extent that the DXCluster type you are connected to can support.
As with the DX prefix filter specification page, you can define state-based filters that either reject or pass through spots or announcements. IF the cluster allows, you can define filtering by the state of the spotted station or by the spotter. Some clusters also allow filtering of announcements by the state origin of the announcer. Spot knows what the capabillities of your Cluster Type are and adjusts the screen to match those functions allowed.
At the top you can see convenience buttons that can accelerate selection of call zones.
Spot keeps a real-time tally of the state-based filter definitions so you can always come to this screen and see what filters are defined. Even if you manually enter a state-filter definition, Spot will reflect it.
