Nick, I can answer that. During MW DX seasons about 5 or 6 years ago, I was a regular -- almost nightly -- visitor to the #mwdx room on Starchat.net. About 2 years ago, I attempted to get back onto it, and was unsuccessful, as was Shawn Axelrod in Winnipeg (I think it was due to Starchat being powered by Java, which was having some sort of security issue at the time). Just for grins and giggles, I tried again this evening, and could not even get past Starchat.net's homepage. When I typed "mwdx" in the search page, it wasn't recognized as a room. So Starchat.net isn't an option anymore, at least not for me.

A couple years ago, I found librairc.net/chat, and was able to get #mwdx going as a room there. I did let a few folks know about it, and some, like Shawn and longtime IRCA member Tom Laskowski in South Bend, Indiana, were able to find their way onto it. Others could not, so I gave up pursuing it.

Tonight, however, I have found something that I think will pass muster. One simply goes to librairc.net's sister page, http://www.chanops.org. Once there, you'll see a homepage with a pair of fields -- one for a nickname and one for a channel to go to -- under "Think of a nickname..." Type in a nickname that you want to use, and you do NOT have to click the box underneath that says "I have a password". Then go down to the Channel field, type in #mwdx, and click on the Start button. THAT should get you in.
And the best part is....no registration required!

Crossing his fingers and hoping this will work,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af

Thanks for the reply on this Rick. I did a bit of nosing around also, and
used the Icechat client to check into Starchat. Trying #mwdx yielded:
"this channel has been forbidden: CLOSED", so that is history, apparently.
Pity, as I think some sort of archive existed as well?

best wishes,

Nick

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 1:33 AM Rick Dau <drummer1965us@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Nick, I can answer that. During MW DX seasons about 5 or 6 years ago, I
> was a regular -- almost nightly -- visitor to the #mwdx room on
> Starchat.net. About 2 years ago, I attempted to get back onto it, and was
> unsuccessful, as was Shawn Axelrod in Winnipeg (I think it was due to
> Starchat being powered by Java, which was having some sort of security
> issue at the time). Just for grins and giggles, I tried again this
> evening, and could not even get past Starchat.net's homepage. When I typed
> "mwdx" in the search page, it wasn't recognized as a room. So Starchat.net
> isn't an option anymore, at least not for me.
>
> A couple years ago, I found librairc.net/chat, and was able to get #mwdx
> going as a room there. I did let a few folks know about it, and some, like
> Shawn and longtime IRCA member Tom Laskowski in South Bend, Indiana, were
> able to find their way onto it. Others could not, so I gave up pursuing it.
>
> Tonight, however, I have found something that I think will pass muster.
> One simply goes to librairc.net's sister page, http://www.chanops.org.
> Once there, you'll see a homepage with a pair of fields -- one for a
> nickname and one for a channel to go to -- under "Think of a nickname..."
> Type in a nickname that you want to use, and you do NOT have to click the
> box underneath that says "I have a password". Then go down to the Channel
> field, type in #mwdx, and click on the Start button. THAT should get you
> in.
> And the best part is....no registration required!
>
> Crossing his fingers and hoping this will work,
> Rick Dau
> South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: IRCA <irca-bounces@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch <
> nhp@ieee.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 12:47 PM
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> Cc: Hard-Core-DX
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*
>
> First rule is to see what's already available.
>
> bcblog had its last submission less than two hours ago.
>
> Does anyone know what happened to #mwdx?
>
> Even ye olde DXFishbarrel can
> help http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/test/display.htm
> Obviously most relevance to the northwest DXer, but if the thing is
> lit up like a Christmas tree in the evening, checking for TAs
> anywhere in America might be productive, and if it's lit up at your
> local sunrise, it may mean that conditions are good overall, and that
> switching on the radio would not be amiss.
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 17:09 2019-03-11, Mark Pettifor wrote:
> >Would this be similar to the BCB / SW / etc. log pages at dxworld?
> >(Ex: http://dxworld.com/bcblog.html)
> >
> >Besides AM DXing, I've been wanting to do more SW DXing, and a quick
> >page for alerts for both would be great for that. I think maybe
> >there's 4 people in the entire world who use the SW logger at dxworld...
> >
> >Mark Pettifor
> >Goshen, IN
> >
> >
> >On 2019-03-11 12:12 pm, R. Colin Newell wrote:
> >>Last week someone posted a "wouldn't it be great if we had a
> >>live DX spotter chat window web site 100% dedicated to SWBCing
> >>and/or MW DXing ?"
> >>You know, a place where you could quickly sign in and post an alert that
> >>you're hearing HCJB on 9560 khz or Voice of the Voyager on 6160 khz...
> >>or there is a great TA opening to the West Coast...
> >>Show of hands: Who would use a system like this?
> >>I have some free server space and some ideas about domain names that
> could
> >>be fun...
> >>Anyway... hands!?
> >>--
> >>Colin Newell - Editor and creator Coffeecrew.com
> >><http://www.Coffeecrew.com> and
> >>DXer.ca <http://www.DXer.ca> -
> >>Ham Radio VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - B.C. Canada
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The chat channel over at DXER.ca/blab is hopping tonight.

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -

> On Mar 11, 2019, at 8:49 PM, Nicholas Hall-Patch <nhp@ieee.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply on this Rick. I did a bit of nosing around also, and
> used the Icechat client to check into Starchat. Trying #mwdx yielded:
> "this channel has been forbidden: CLOSED", so that is history, apparently.
> Pity, as I think some sort of archive existed as well?
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
>
>
>
>
>> On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 1:33 AM Rick Dau <drummer1965us@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Nick, I can answer that. During MW DX seasons about 5 or 6 years ago, I
>> was a regular -- almost nightly -- visitor to the #mwdx room on
>> Starchat.net. About 2 years ago, I attempted to get back onto it, and was
>> unsuccessful, as was Shawn Axelrod in Winnipeg (I think it was due to
>> Starchat being powered by Java, which was having some sort of security
>> issue at the time). Just for grins and giggles, I tried again this
>> evening, and could not even get past Starchat.net's homepage. When I typed
>> "mwdx" in the search page, it wasn't recognized as a room. So Starchat.net
>> isn't an option anymore, at least not for me.
>>
>> A couple years ago, I found librairc.net/chat, and was able to get #mwdx
>> going as a room there. I did let a few folks know about it, and some, like
>> Shawn and longtime IRCA member Tom Laskowski in South Bend, Indiana, were
>> able to find their way onto it. Others could not, so I gave up pursuing it.
>>
>> Tonight, however, I have found something that I think will pass muster.
>> One simply goes to librairc.net's sister page, http://www.chanops.org.
>> Once there, you'll see a homepage with a pair of fields -- one for a
>> nickname and one for a channel to go to -- under "Think of a nickname..."
>> Type in a nickname that you want to use, and you do NOT have to click the
>> box underneath that says "I have a password". Then go down to the Channel
>> field, type in #mwdx, and click on the Start button. THAT should get you
>> in.
>> And the best part is....no registration required!
>>
>> Crossing his fingers and hoping this will work,
>> Rick Dau
>> South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: IRCA <irca-bounces@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch <
>> nhp@ieee.org>
>> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 12:47 PM
>> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>> Cc: Hard-Core-DX
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*
>>
>> First rule is to see what's already available.
>>
>> bcblog had its last submission less than two hours ago.
>>
>> Does anyone know what happened to #mwdx?
>>
>> Even ye olde DXFishbarrel can
>> help http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/test/display.htm
>> Obviously most relevance to the northwest DXer, but if the thing is
>> lit up like a Christmas tree in the evening, checking for TAs
>> anywhere in America might be productive, and if it's lit up at your
>> local sunrise, it may mean that conditions are good overall, and that
>> switching on the radio would not be amiss.
>>
>> best wishes,
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> At 17:09 2019-03-11, Mark Pettifor wrote:
>>> Would this be similar to the BCB / SW / etc. log pages at dxworld?
>>> (Ex: http://dxworld.com/bcblog.html)
>>>
>>> Besides AM DXing, I've been wanting to do more SW DXing, and a quick
>>> page for alerts for both would be great for that. I think maybe
>>> there's 4 people in the entire world who use the SW logger at dxworld...
>>>
>>> Mark Pettifor
>>> Goshen, IN
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 2019-03-11 12:12 pm, R. Colin Newell wrote:
>>>> Last week someone posted a "wouldn't it be great if we had a
>>>> live DX spotter chat window web site 100% dedicated to SWBCing
>>>> and/or MW DXing ?"
>>>> You know, a place where you could quickly sign in and post an alert that
>>>> you're hearing HCJB on 9560 khz or Voice of the Voyager on 6160 khz...
>>>> or there is a great TA opening to the West Coast...
>>>> Show of hands: Who would use a system like this?
>>>> I have some free server space and some ideas about domain names that
>> could
>>>> be fun...
>>>> Anyway... hands!?
>>>> --
>>>> Colin Newell - Editor and creator Coffeecrew.com
>>>> <http://www.Coffeecrew.com> and
>>>> DXer.ca <http://www.DXer.ca> -
>>>> Ham Radio VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - B.C. Canada
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>>
>> Nick Hall-Patch
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>> Canada
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Iâm not saying you wonât piss everyone off... Iâm saying you canât break the system.

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -

> On Mar 11, 2019, at 7:49 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Lol. You say that now. Evil grin.
>
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 8:49 PM R. Colin Newell <coffeecanuck@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Even you canât break it Paul.
>>
>> Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -
>>
>>> On Mar 11, 2019, at 7:26 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
>> walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Oh you say that now. I take âit wonât breakâ as a challenge. Lol
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 8:18 PM R. Colin Newell <coffeecanuck@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well. Itâs brand new. Itâs up to date. It supports every browser and
>> most
>>>> mobile phones... and itâs on a web server than can tolerate
>> gigabyte/second
>>>> connection demands. Have fun. It wonât break.
>>>>
>>>> Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -
>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 11, 2019, at 6:50 PM, Rick Dau <drummer1965us@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> *sigh* Colin, I'm going to try your site instead. Over the past few
>>>> minutes, I've been timed out and reconnected so many times on
>> chanops.org,
>>>> it's made my head spin. So THAT option was a no-go, as well.
>>>>>
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Oh you say that now. I take âit wonât breakâ as a challenge. Lol

Paul

On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 8:18 PM R. Colin Newell <coffeecanuck@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well. Itâs brand new. Itâs up to date. It supports every browser and most
> mobile phones... and itâs on a web server than can tolerate gigabyte/second
> connection demands. Have fun. It wonât break.
>
> Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -
>
> > On Mar 11, 2019, at 6:50 PM, Rick Dau <drummer1965us@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > *sigh* Colin, I'm going to try your site instead. Over the past few
> minutes, I've been timed out and reconnected so many times on chanops.org,
> it's made my head spin. So THAT option was a no-go, as well.
> >
> >
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