NetTrack by Missing Link Software
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NetTrack is software designed for HAM and GMRS radio clubs and organizations so that they can track net meeting sessions and user participation. The current version is 1.4.5 and is supplied at no charge . NetTrack is copyrighted software, but the licensing is open. This means that you may use it, give it away, make it available to others on a public or private server, throw darts at it, or set it on fire, but you can NOT sell it. This software is meant to be true FreeWare.
Comments and suggestions are always welcome to improve the function and use of the software. Any communications should be sent to :
The current version of the
software is always available at This Link
PLEASE READ the NetTrack.pdf file that will be installed in the NetTrack directory.
What
does it do?
NetTrack allows you to log net sessions with an
easy to use quick lookup in real time as you type call signs.
You can use the down and up arrow keys to move through the
suggestions that it finds in your existing database of users.
When the right one is displayed just hit the ENTER key to put
that entry into the checkins grid. You can mark users that wish
to be check in only, as well as those that have traffic for the
net. If you are using the FCC database and a checkin is not
currently in the users DB, NetTrack will do an FCC lookup and
fill in all of the major information for you, and then add that
new checkin to the users DB so they will be known next time.
NetTrack features an FCC license lookup function
that uses the actual FCC public database(s). If you wish to use
this feature, NetTrack will download the selected database type
and import it (them) into it's own database for instant lookups.
We suggest importing only the entries for your state, or
adjacent states if you are near a border. NetTrack allows you to
import up to 4 different states for searches, or it can import
the full national database that will result in over 120
megabytes (503,000 entries). The less you import, the faster and
smaller your database will be.
You can keep the FCC database up to date by
downloading the weekly updates from the Import > FCC database
item in the Config menu. They are MUCH smaller and take only a
few seconds to import. I do this every Sunday evening for my own
state. You choose how much or how little of the FCC database you
want to maintain. You can always choose to do a full import and
select only those states that you will be using. Doing this
wipes out the current database and starts over with a fresh and
up to date version. All of this can be done easily from within
NetTrack.
We decided to use the FCC database offline like
this because of the unreliability of the online FCC API to do
remote lookups. It only takes a minute or so to download the
full database, and NetTrack can compile the FCC DB into its own
SQL DB in under 5 seconds. This depends on the speed of
your computer. My laptop has a Rysen 7 8 core processor, and the
database import is done on the SSD. To do a complete
import takes about 4 seconds, or to just do my state takes just
over about 2.5 seconds. Weekly updatesare almost instant and I
do them each Sunday evening.
You can export your database for others to use.
The database will be merged into the other users database so
only new or more recent entries are added. Only NET related
items such as net sessions, members list, and checkins are
imported. The FCC database is not included in the merge.