Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Custom Award database release 24.2 - 31 March 2024
> The DX4WIN Custom Award database was updated on 31 March 2024. > It contains 227 awards. This is a link to the release notes: > > https://ad1c.us/dx4win/awards/index.html#24.2 If you are tracking Parks on the Air (POTA), then please read the rest of this message. Otherwise, you can ignore it. As I have posted on the DX4WIN reflector more than once recently, the Parks on the Air custom award went through a major upheaval with respect to reference numbers. For example, all of the USA park numbers beginning with K- now begin with US- In this release, I have tried to maintain the original reference number system. This is an intermediate step to converting all the park reference numbers to their new numbers. The next step will be to create a path for existing DX4WIN users to convert their old park numbers to the new park numbers. Why did I do it this way: 1. I had to do this so that users of DX4WIN 8.x and earlier could continue to track the award. That version of DX4WIN does not have any built-in way to convert custom award reference numbers. So the original set of reference numbers needs to be maintained. I *strongly* recommend that anyone who is tracking the Parks on the Air custom award upgrade to DX4WIN 9.x if you have not already. 2. The software I wrote to maintain the original park reference numbers will be turned into a set of rules that the Multiple QSO operation, "Check Custom Awards" in DX4WIN 9.x will use to convert the old park numbers to the new park numbers. Any DX4WIN 9.x user who tracks the Parks on the Air custom award should perform the following step after updating the Custom Award database: QSO | Multiple QSO operations | Check Custom Awards NOTE: You should use an F8 search and select "POTA" in the "Custom award" field in your logbook. Then perform the multiple QSO operation shown above. When it asks whether to use the current filter, answer Yes. This will allow DX4WIN to check only the POTA award and leave all other custom awards untouched. If DX4WIN reports any errors, please let me know the details. I may need to tweak the rules a little in the reference number conversion. At some point in the future, probably in a month or so, I will release a custom award database with the last POTA reference numbers. -- Jim Reisert AD1C, , https://ad1c.us __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] DX4WIN Custom Award database release 24.2 - 31 March 2024
The DX4WIN Custom Award database was updated on 31 March 2024. It contains 227 awards. This is a link to the release notes: https://ad1c.us/dx4win/awards/index.html#24.2 DX4WIN 9 users should use Help | Check for Updates from the main menu. Note that there may be a delay between this announcement and when the updated custom awards database is actually available. Users of older versions of DX4WIN should use the DX4WIN Data Updater: https://ad1c.us/dx4win/updater The ZIP file also contains a number of membership list files (plain-text files with a .list extension). These can be used to identify member calls in the DX Spots window. Please read the application note on Membership Lists for more information. These are the changes: 24.2 - 31 March 2024 [AGCW] Activity Group CW-DL (updated) [ALZS] All Bulgarian Saints (updated) [DCE1] Diploma Castillos de Espa�a 1.0 (2012-) (updated) [CWOP] CW Operators' Club (updated) [DEE] Diploma Ermitas de Espa�a Award (DEE) (updated) [DFCF] French Forts and Castles (DFCF) (updated) [DIG] Diplom Interessen Gruppe (updated) [SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (updated) [DME] Diploma Municipios de Espa�a (Towns of Spain Award) (updated) [DMVE] Diploma Monumentos y Vestigios de Espa�a (updated) [FIST] FISTS - Int'l Morse Preservation Society (updated) [FOC] First Class CW Operators' Club (updated) [LZTT] St. Teodosii Tyrnovski Award (2015-) (updated) [NAQR] North American QRP CW Club (updated) [POTA] Parks on the Air (updated) [SKCC] Straight Key Century Club (updated) [SOTA] Summits on the Air (updated) [USIA] United States Islands Award (updated) [WADA] Worked Antarctic Directory Award (updated) [WCA] World Castles Award (updated) [WFF] World Wide Flora Fauna (updated) Please let me know if there are any problems. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, , https://ad1c.us __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] DX4WIN Custom Award database release 24.2 - 31 March 2024
The DX4WIN Custom Award database was updated on 31 March 2024. It contains 227 awards. This is a link to the release notes: https://ad1c.us/dx4win/awards/index.html#24.2 DX4WIN 9 users should use Help | Check for Updates from the main menu. Note that there may be a delay between this announcement and when the updated custom awards database is actually available. Users of older versions of DX4WIN should use the DX4WIN Data Updater: https://ad1c.us/dx4win/updater The ZIP file also contains a number of membership list files (plain-text files with a .list extension). These can be used to identify member calls in the DX Spots window. Please read the application note on Membership Lists for more information. These are the changes: 24.2 - 31 March 2024 [AGCW] Activity Group CW-DL (updated) [ALZS] All Bulgarian Saints (updated) [DCE1] Diploma Castillos de Espa�a 1.0 (2012-) (updated) [CWOP] CW Operators' Club (updated) [DEE] Diploma Ermitas de Espa�a Award (DEE) (updated) [DFCF] French Forts and Castles (DFCF) (updated) [DIG] Diplom Interessen Gruppe (updated) [SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (updated) [DME] Diploma Municipios de Espa�a (Towns of Spain Award) (updated) [DMVE] Diploma Monumentos y Vestigios de Espa�a (updated) [FIST] FISTS - Int'l Morse Preservation Society (updated) [FOC] First Class CW Operators' Club (updated) [LZTT] St. Teodosii Tyrnovski Award (2015-) (updated) [NAQR] North American QRP CW Club (updated) [POTA] Parks on the Air (updated) [SKCC] Straight Key Century Club (updated) [SOTA] Summits on the Air (updated) [USIA] United States Islands Award (updated) [WADA] Worked Antarctic Directory Award (updated) [WCA] World Castles Award (updated) [WFF] World Wide Flora Fauna (updated) Please let me know if there are any problems. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, , https://ad1c.us __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
