Re: [Dx4win] Simple LOTW Search

[David Tingler]

Guy,

I think you are right, the DX Spots member list is a great feature. However, it 
indicates whether a station is an LOTW user but not if they actively use LOTW. 
Over half (58%) of all LOTW users have not uploaded QSO data in the past year 
and more than 25% have not uploaded in the last five years. The search provides 
a convenient way to view a station's last upload date which can be helpful in 
deciding whether to send a card or wait for lotw confirmation. Also, it does 
not require an XML subscription. Just an example.

73, David - N5DT


> On Mar 27, 2018, at 4:12 AM, ON4AOI  wrote:
> 
> David,
> There is already a memberlist in the DX Spots window (you can setup what you
> are looking for standard it shows LoTW, Eqsl etc),
> this is updated very often and you can see if the station is Lotw, eqsl or
> something else.
> This works for every user of DX4WIN since version 8.xx, your way around is
> not a bad idea
> but for those that don't pay for the XML version It has no use. 
> 
> Guy ON4AOI

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[Dx4win] Simple LOTW Search

[David Tingler]

The ARRL makes available a list of all LOTW users, along with the date of their 
last upload. I wrote a simple batch file to search the list and display the 
results in DX4WIN when the F3 key is pressed. I thought some of you might find 
this useful. 

1. Download the LOTW User Activity report from: 
https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-user-activity.csv and save it in a directory 
accessible to DX4WIN. I put mine in a subdirectory of the DX4WIN SAVE directory 
I called SEARCH.

2. Create a batch file with Notepad containing the text below and put it in the 
same directory where you saved the activity report. I called my batch file 
SEARCH.BAT.

@echo off
set call=%1
set result=Not Found
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=," %%a in (lotw-user-activity.csv) do (
if /i "%%a"=="%call%" set result=%%b
 )
echo %call% %result%

3. In DX4WIN Preferences, enable the QSL Manager Search (.exe) check box on the 
External Data panel and fill in the edit box with the path to your batch file. 
I have mine set to C:\DX4W903\SAVE\SEARCH\SEARCH.BAT. You will get an error 
when you press F3 if the path is incorrect.

You can add other searches to your batch file using something like the Windows 
FINDSTR or a GREP implementation. I have used this method to search member and 
bureau lists in the past. 

Here is an example of the output generated by the F3 key. The first part is 
from the QRZ XML service and only the last two lines pertain to the search 
batch file.

W1AW
ARRL HQ OPERATORS CLUB
225 MAIN ST
NEWINGTON, CT 06111
United States
QSL Info: US STATIONS PLEASE QSL VIA LOTW OR DIRECT WITH SASE.
State: CT
County: Hartford
GRID: FN31pr
QSL info from: C:\DX4W903\SAVE\SEARCH\SEARCH.BAT
W1AW 2018-03-09

The date is replaced with "Not Found" if the station is not found in the 
activity report. I don't think you will have any problem with these 
instructions. As always, I can't be responsible if anything bad happens.

73, David - N5DT

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[Dx4win] eQSL comments

[David Tingler]

Hello DX4WIN'ers,

The eQSL system will add a comment such as Thanks for the QSO to an eQSL
card if it appears in the ADIF file as QSL_Comment or QSLMSG. Is there a way
to get DX4WIN V8 to add this? I thought I would ask before I do it manually
with search and replace or something like that.

Thanks,

David - N5DT

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[Dx4win] QSL Labels - Customize??

[David Tingler]

I just spent a couple of hours pouring through the manual and help and
can't find a way to include the Notes for this QSO on the label. 
Does anyone know of a way to do that??  I can include the Notes for
this Call but not for the QSO.



Tom,

I first requested this feature on version 4 and all of the versions since.
It doesn't appear to have been added to version 7 either.  I am still
hopeful. It would be a big help to those of us who can't see to write notes
on a card.

73, David - N5USH

[Dx4win] Cabrillo and v6.04

[David Tingler]

Mark,

I posted this question a few days ago and I received a very helpful response
that came through private email. There are two programs available DX2ADIF
and ADIF2CBR that will do this for you. The first will take the DX4WIN ADIF
and output a new ADIF with the frequency field included. It cleverly
extracts it from the notes field. The second will create the Cabrillo file
from the new ADIF. Here is the web site, click on Converters:

http://sp7ps.pl/sp7dqr/eng/index_en.html 

Hope this helps.

73, David - N5USH

[Dx4win] Printing QSL Cards

[David Tingler]

Hello All,

I have mentioned this before but I need to print some of my QSL cards with
QSO specific notes. I still don't know if this is being considered as a new
feature. I wish someone  at DX4WIN would let me know.

In the mean time, does anyone know of a good QSL card printing program or
other logging program that I could use to print some of my contacts with
notes? I am visually impaired so hand writing the additional information is
not a good solution.

Thanks for your help.

David 

[Dx4win] QSL Label Format

[David Tingler]

Hello,

Does anyone know how to get DX4WIN to print both signal reports on the
QSL label?

Thanks, David

[Dx4win] Multiport Board

[David Tingler]

Hello,

I checked the archive but, could not find the previous discussion on
multiport boards. I would appreciate any recommendations for a PCI multiport
com board for use with DX4WIN.

Thanks, David

[Dx4win] Country Database

[David Tingler]

Hello List,

It seems that the country list that came with 5.03 may not be up to date.
Does someone have a list of the changes that need to be made to update it?

73, David