Gee, Lou, you must have missed number 4. Try Window | Logbook. And, right click and see the options.
John, K2CIB ----- Original Message ----- From: "L. Sica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "dx4win reflector" <dx4win@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 9:49 PM Subject: [Dx4win] 6.03 usage report, suggestions for enhancement > This message is being sent to the DX4Win reflector and to DX4Win support > > Having used 6.0.3 for a bit now, I feel I can make some comments on it. By > far for the most part, it's a good update. Most of what I use of the new > features is the LOTW interfacing features. A little confusing (as has been > discussed on this reflector), but once you understand how to do it, not bad > at all. The DXCC submission now allowing for DXCC challenge submissions is a > plus, too. > > DX4Win is the best DX logging program out there. Other programs are slow > (even making my Athlon XP 3000 box seem like it's struggling a bit), or are > SO FULL of things to adjust (I don't want to have to spend an hour adjusting > every font and every color on every window) or so full of "features" > (digital voice keyers, beacon tracking, etc) that they skimp on basic stuff > like DXCC awards submission or any sort of WAZ tracking at all. DX4Win is > fast, it has easy to read windows, and it covers the needs of a logging > program (data entry and reporting) very, very well. > > After saying all that, my suggestions > > 1) A better list of rotator directions for prefixes: > For example. every time I enter a UA0 or UA9 call, DX4Win wants to rotate my > beam to 353 degrees. Problem is, a ham in Asiatic Russia might be at a > heading of anywhere from 325 to 25 degrees from here. A more detailed prefix > list (UA9A, UA9K, UA0Z, UA0Y, etc, etc) would provide a better bearing for > automatic rotator adjustment. > > 2) A date range and band filter on the "Change Award Flags" selection: > DXCC cards submitted to "Field Checkers" can't include 160m cards or cards > more than 10 years old. Being able to select these cards right from DX4Win > would be a big help. > > 3) The ability to IMPORT from a CSV file: > Sometimes, you just want to make changes to multiple items in your log that > you know you just couldn't expect a logging program designer to think of. > DX4Win can already export all fields to CSV. If it could RE-IMPORT those > fields after you did whatever magic you had to in your favorite spreadsheet > program, that would be sweet. > > 4) A seperate window for "browsing the log" than from "entering data" > This is something I used to have in a previous program some years back, and > I have gotten used to not having it. Still I miss not having to lose the > current entry in my log window just because I want to do a search through my > log to see what QSO's meet a certain critera. > > Thanks to all (including Paul) for listening to my suggestions. > > 73 de Lou AC0X > > > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >
