DX-Voicer program
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This program is designed as stand alone application for retrieving 
DX-information from  Web Clusters like OH2BUA site,
and making VOICE DX-announcement. 

DX-Voicer executes in background and does not require special skills from users.
This program can be used as a gate to VHF band to inform about DX activities
local "DX-hunters" as yet another packet DX Cluster alternative.

This program is successfully used on RW9OWD Club-station for setting up
DX-beacon on local VHF net.


Features:
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- selecting favourite www-sites with according time periods
- bands filtering on time basis
- DX-countries filtering on  prefix basis
- custom "footer"and "header" voice samples
- supports internet connections via proxy-server
- TX/RX commutation via serial port


Hardware & software requirements:
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-IBM compartible computer (I386 and above)
-Windows95 or Windows NT operation system
-Sound Card installed
-Internet access(online preferred)  

Installation:
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1.Expand files from archives in selected directory( eg. C:\VOICER)
2.Edit configuration file(voicer.cfg) by test editor and make changes
  that conforms  your internet/common settings. 
  (If your download voicecfg.exe you can use special configuration utility 
  for this propose)
3.Run Voicer.exe


You can douwnload last version of DX-Voicer from:
ftp://ftp.komkon.ru/pubs/hamradio 

program file list:
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Voicer.zip : ZIP archive, containing:
   voicer.exe   - main executable
   voicer.cfg   - configuration file (with comments)
   voic_com.bmp - TX/RX commutation circuit
   readme.eng   - this file
   readme.rus   - russian version of readme.txt
   cty.dat      - DX-countries file by CT program of K1EA Software
  	         (the latest version can be obtained from 
                  http://www.ve7tcp.ampr.org/ftp/software/ct/cty.dat )
   VOICES\*.wav - sound samples of callsign/freq. letters and digits

Voicecfg.zip : ZIP archive, containing:
  voicecfg.exe  - additional configuration utility



All suggestions,comments and questions are welcomed to:

 andy@komkon.ru (RW9OWD)
  or 
 sasha@nvsb.kurgan.su (UA9OIL)