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 This initial check has been disabled and a newer version of the update mechanism will be implemented in the next release.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.
Defining spot alarms in the preference window
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Spot has the capability to notify you when spots are received from specific countries, callsigns or activity on any of the defined band segments. You can define up to 10 alarms (currently) and when the conditions are met, Spot will make a sound or speak the spot information on your computer speakers. As you can see from the greyed out options, Spot will be enhanced to use the Growl framework for Mac OS X and send you email, sometime in a future release.
Spot is distributed with several wav files that you can sample and select. You are free to add more wav files as you desire to the wave folder in Spot's application folder to customize it for your tastes.
A filter can include selection criteria based on:band segments, a dxcc prefix and/or a specific callsign. If you define a filter based on a callsign or dx prefix, that will be the default name of the filter shown unless you enter a specific name in the alarm name field.
If you define a filter based solely on band-segment selections, you must enter a name manually.
To define an alarm, you click on your desired criteria, the click on the plus sign (which adds the filter to the alarm list).
You can delete an alarm by clicking on its name in the alarm list and clicking on the minus sign.
If you want to change the definition of a filter, click on it in the alarm list then click on the 'E'
Filters are remembered between executions of Spot so you do not have to re-enter the data.
In addition to making the sound (or speaking the spot information), any spots which meet the alarm criteria will appear in the 'Al" spot display.
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