[Dx4win] DXCC Spot Window
I puzzled over that a while too. Looks to me like its priority. I guess its for those folks still using monochrome monitors or perhaps colour blind. (or is that chromically challenged?) Bob 5B4AGN - Original Message - From: Bill Murrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 1:28 AM Subject: [Dx4win] DXCC Spot Window OK I give, does anyone know what the first column labeled P is? Bill AD4DN ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] DXCC Spot Window
It is what determines the color... I think Paul put it is as a debugging tool... and decided it was useful... helps the less familiar with the color scheme understand how it works... It probably would be better if it was the last column instead of first column as it really doesn't tell you anything if everything is tickety-boo... - Original Message - From: Bob Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bill Murrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 22:52 Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DXCC Spot Window I puzzled over that a while too. Looks to me like its priority. I guess its for those folks still using monochrome monitors or perhaps colour blind. (or is that chromically challenged?) Bob 5B4AGN - Original Message - From: Bill Murrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 1:28 AM Subject: [Dx4win] DXCC Spot Window OK I give, does anyone know what the first column labeled P is? Bill AD4DN ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] DX spots sometimes seem to stall-Maybe reason discovered!
I may have discovered the reason the spots seem to stall. I occasionally have been having trouble with the date and time randomly changing in my computer. Not sure why but it does. Just a bit ago I found the date and time were back in 2000 which may account for the problem. Now that I have observed this possible affect, I might have an explanation if it happens again. I am not sure the reason this happens because I use Tardis to set the date/time every half hour. There may be more than one problem associated with the mysterious date/time change as it might stall Tardis too. Not sure. Thanks for the inputs/suggestions. 73, Charlie, W0YG..
[Dx4win] DX spots sometimes seem to stall-Maybe reason discovered!
At 01:17 PM 3/14/03 -0800, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: Some time servers are bad, and Tardis will grab a bad time off them. Once I logged a bunch of QSOs 91 minutes off because I got a bad time from a server. It was only luck that I noticed the problem. There is a setting in Tardis called Maximum Correction Allowed which should prevent this from happening, i.e. it would just ignore a bad server and set the time at the next interval. This is a good point. For reasons I don't understand, some software, running in the background under windows, can also disrupt timekeeping. I use automachron for internet time -- a big feature for me when I was chasing a clock problem was its logging feature that would tell you hoe much of a correction had been applied each interval. I finally tracked my problem down to a redundant sound card mixer that was running in the background! The hardware it related to was disabled in the BIOS but it kept doing something disruptive anyway. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated 23 Feb 03. Are you current? www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm
[Dx4win] Controlling computer time
A suggestion, try Dimension 4 from Thinkingman Software. It is freeware that checks the nbs system at intervals you select. It is freeware available from http://www.thinkingman.com/~thinkman. I have been using it for a few years without any problems. Keeps the computer in sync exactly. 73 Bill-W5VW - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. To learn how to post in Plain-Text go to: http://www.expita.com/nomime.html ---
[Dx4win] Custom Awards
A couple of days back I had asked about setting up a way to track things like 10-10 numbers and the like. Easiest way is to just do searches on the Note for call field and find what you want. Well, last night I discovered another great way to track awards. Not sure if it is a neat feature that only a few people use or if it is common, but hear goes. If you look in the online help under custom awards you will find that there is a file that you can put your own awards into. This file is located in the save directory under you dx4win directory. The file is named dx4win.awd It is a simple text file that you can edit with a text editor like Notepad. Each entry gives the layout for awards that you want to track. For me I wanted to find a way to track FIST numbers. I added the following entry to the bottome of the file: [FIST] awdname=Fists CC modes=NYN pictmsk=99 I won't describe each of the fields because the user guide does a much better job then I can. I will say that the modes are listed as SSB CW FSK so if you have NYN the only mode valid is CW if you put YNY the award is valid for SSB and FSK. The only bummer is you can't input a 10-10 number when 10-10 is selected and then input a FIST number when Fists CC is selected. (Potential feature). -Kent __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com
