Ham Radio – A contact sport

Earlier this year, I purchased a new laptop. In transferring some old critical files from my old pc to this laptop, I recognized a need to protect this data.

Over the past few years, I’ve been keeping my logbook in DXKeeper (part of the DXLab suite). I’ve also got countless pictures, documents, spreadsheets and just plain irreplaceable “stuff� on my computer. I had been trying to remember to periodically transfer files to an external USB hard drive. In my mind there are several problems with that:

• Remembering to do it
• What if… worries (what if that HD crashes, what if it gets damaged or destroyed somehow, …)
• Other PCs to backup (my wife’s – which has critical data of its own)

I’ve found a solution that works for me. Mozy Online Backup – 2GB Free.  Mozy is an automatic backup system that is very easy to configure and uploads files in the background without any effort on my part.  Perfect!

Oh, did I mention that you can protect up to 2 GB for free? For most ham radio applications, that’s plenty. If you need more, you can move up to an unlimited account: Mozy Unlimited Backup – $4.95/Month.

Prior to using Mozy, I used to periodically email my log file to myself… just in case. Now, I’ve installed Mozy and configured it to automatically backup my ham radio logbook files.

I’ve been very happy with Mozy so far and have installed it on my wife’s PC as well. (Gotta protect those tax returns too).  Give it a try (at least the free version).

Disclosure: In addition to being a happy Mozy user, I’m a Mozy affiliate.