Hotel November

My work on this update has been fun since there are so many noticeable changes. There are new looks and new features. For a complete list of new goodies, click here.

I've replaced the menu and toolbar system with modernized versions. The original toolbar component I used is now 10 years old! Our ideas about what looks good in screen design have changed quite a bit in the past decade.

You can change the skin of the CommCat windows. Now CommCat can look just like iTunes! ...

From 1964 through 1980, my dad, Dave Nurse, W8GCD, worked for the Heath Company in Benton Harbor, Michigan. (Heath was actually located in St. Joseph, MI, but the Benton Harbor post office had a branch at the Heath plant.)

Several years ago, Make Magazine ran an article that described some of my early experiences building kits...starting long before my dad went to Heath. Needless to say, when the job opportunity came up, I was fully supportive!

Make has moved the article ...

Our house in Sonoma County uses electricity for everything...cooking, heating, hamming, well water, and more. I recently installed a power monitor, the TED Model 1001, to let us eavesdrop on our power use. The TED measures power consumption each second and posts the results on a small monitor. In addition, the monitor is connected through a USB port to a computer so data can be recorded, processed, and displayed through a graphics program.

I've written a few simple programs to do ...

A big welcome to all new CommCat users who have joined our community in June. A combination of the CommCat review in the June issue of QST, and the special package price, has more than doubled the number of CommCat/CommCatLive users.

The CommCat 3 special package price will end this Tuesday, July 1. If you are ready to sign up, now is the time!

For more information on the CommCat 3/CommCatLive package, visit the CommCat web site.

From now through July 1, I've created a special package price for CommCat and CommCatLive. The normal price of $99.95 is reduced to just $50 while the sale lasts. This low price gives you the CommCat logging and rig control program and a 1-year subscription to MyQSX where you will have your own streaming home page.

For more information, visit the CommCat site. You can purchase using PayPal, but you do not need a PayPal account...all major credit cards are accepted.

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