Hello all,
If Swisslog is running very slow, or you have to force closing Swisslog because seems hung, please follow these steps:
- Go to Options | Connect to Packet Program
- Make sure the "Read DX-Spots from internet" is not checked. Otherwise uncheck it!
I don't recommend the use of the "Read Dx Spots From Internet" function. It reads from HTML pages provided by DX-Summit but this is very inefficient. Much of CPU power is needed to scan the pages and the same spot must be read several times because they come in batches of 25. That's the reason Swisslog seem frozen even using very powerful CPUs!. It's an old method implemented to read DX messages and the use of Telnet servers is the best method to read spots from internet. Walter changed the method to read from Dx summit in version 6 by using the CQDX IRC channel which has a direct live feed of all Dx spots from Dx Summit. I will try to restore this method in the future or I will simply delete this function.
Best 73
