To all.

I've recently been duly scolded for soliciting $ for my DoppSite program, which is a big no-no here on 44NET.

I'm actually not soliciting $... the program is 100% free... but the description on the website is very old... and it does mention getting a custom version for a sum of $.

That description is WRONG... the program is FREE... if you click the download link, it won't ask you for any $... try it...

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Sorry for the confusion... a lengthy explanation follows... but I guess I better provide it...

At one time ( many years ago ) I had a DEMONSTRATION version of that program that was FREE, but it only generated DF bearing lines that were one mile long.

I gave that away "for free", to promote the REGULAR ( commercial ) version, which I tried to sell ( I think ) for $ 99, and that one had DF bearing lines 25 miles long.

That REGULAR version plotted at a "fixed" DF location that could NOT be changed... the customer had to specify that location, when ordering it.

I did that to prevent s/w piracy... so the REGULAR program couldn't be copied and used at another DF site, just to dodge the $99 fee for the second site.

Each REGULAR version was "hand carved" for a specific LAT / LONG, so it would be useless at another DF location.

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No-one ever responded to that, so a few years later I just upgraded the DEMO version to display a 25 mile DF bearing line... and gave it away "for free"... but I never updated the website text that described it.

By that time, I had given up hope that anyone would pay for it... in fact, it seemed no-one was even looking at it, so I had no reason to update the text information.

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From time to time, I would run into someone who MIGHT have an interest in

that technology, so I would send them a link to the download, so they could try it.

I figured they better look at the BEST version of that program... that's why I upgraded it to 25 miles... and that's what you will get NOW, if you download, install and run it.... for FREE.

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I've also been chastised for not offering the source code, and embracing the "open source" model of software...

I'm not averse to sharing the source code, but it's written in VisualBasic 6 which is an obsolete language, no longer supported by MicroSoft.

Despite that, some people still write code with it, and it runs basically on any PC machine from Windows 95 to Windows 10.

In the spirit of full disclosure, I've zipped the folder containing ALL the Doppsite_Demo ( VB6 ) source code files, and uploaded it to my website for others to get...

You will find it HERE :

www.silcom.com/~pelican2/DoppSite_Demo.zip

16 megs zipped, 25 megs unzipped.

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I've got more to say, but this is plenty for one day...

I'm not trying to make any $ on this, I'm retired and ( thank God ) I don't need the $... I'm not rich, but I have enough.

Speaking for myself, I want to see someone create a DF network... even a simple one... just to prove this technology works...

I won't explain why I've developed it, ( that's a whole other story ) but it's been a passion of mine for many years...

I've done as much as I can do "alone"... I hope to meet people here ( on this forum ) who aspire to make DF networks, but who lack the technology to do it... or even a plan for it.

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I've already got almost all the technology for it, and I'll share it... for folks that are serious about it... I'm 70 YO and it's not doing me any good sitting here...

This DoppSite program is the first ingredient in such a network... and the people on this forum are pretty sharp, I hope they can see the potential it offers...

They offer grants here also. I don't want or need one, but someone making a network might... I can offer a lot, but I can't offer everything.

Enough for one day... thanks again folks.

Bob S.