Re: [Dx4win] Band Map
Hal, I finally had a chance to test the bandmap on 12, 10 and 6 again as you and Jim, AD1C requested. It works fine on all bands with my K3. It will move the red arrow up and down as I tune the rx. It will jump to any spot (callsign) on the band whenever I double click on that spot -- either from the DX Spots window or the bandmap window. I have been active on 6M this summer, and I frequently use the bandmap to jump from one spot to the next on that band. It essentially tracks the Radio Frequency control window that I always have open when using DX4WIN. When the frequency is read from the K3 and updated in the Radio Frequency control window, it updates the frequency by moving the red arrow on the bandmap simultaneously. But I just closed that window and the bandmap still works fine on its own. It also tracks any frequency changes that I make using any of the memories from the K3. I just noticed that when the K3 is in split mode, the bandmap tracks the VFO B frequency. When I turn split off, it immediately goes back to tracking VFO A. All of this testing was done on 10M. But it works fine on all bands. Dave, N4QS -Original Message- From: Hal Kennedy [mailto:hal...@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 9:04 AM To: n...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Band Map Hi Dave, Jim, AD1C asks if you could try all bands once again. At Jim's place the bandmap will not autotrack on 12M and up per his recollection, and he thought that was the way it was designed... TNX! Hal N4GG On 7/30/2013 10:50 PM, Dave Perry, N4QS wrote: Hal, FWIW, I have never noticed any problems with the Band Map following my K3 -- even on 6 meters. I assume that you have checked Follow the Radio in the lower right corner of the band map window. When that little box is checked, the band map should follow the radio. It works similar to the band map in N1MM. Dave, N4QS -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Hal Kennedy Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 6:03 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Band Map Is it me - if it is maybe someone can give me the missing tip. I have never been able to get the band map to successfully track the radio other than intermittently. For some reason it seems worse on six meters?? This is with two different rigs. Sometimes it tracks, sometimes it doesn't, for no apparent external reason. All help welcome.. 73, N4GG __ 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 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
Re: [Dx4win] Wish list
I looked at HRD at the Visalia Intl DX Convention, even got a sample trial CD. I was looking at a way to use RTTY and digital modes directly from HRD where you could read what was being sent right within HRD and then send your reply. But it seems really complicated. He was using 2 monitors full of info. It would seem the learning curve would be big. When I asked how do you do a lookup of a station that you have just logged or are presently in QSO with it seemed like a difficult procedure on HRD whereas with DX4WIN you just have to have the CALLSIGN/MGR LOOKUP window (F3) open and click on the guys callsign and it takes you to his QRZ.COM lookup (or Buckmaster if you have it so programmed). Very simple. I'm not sure but is HRD both a contesting and a general logging program? I am now using DX4WIN as my general logger and to track awards (DXCC, IOTA, WPX) and printing QSL labels and N1MM as my contest logger. Jim has a FB conversion program to convert a contest ADIF file to a DX4WIN.DXQ file to import to DX4WIN. I just used it again after last weekend's IOTA contest and DX4WIN now shows I logged a few new IOTA's. Alan, K7ACZ -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim - N4ST Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 9:32 PM To: 'Dx4win' Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Wish list I like the way HRD handles new modes. It has a user editable file that can be updated as needed and can be mapped to a current mode if required for uploading to eQSL or LoTW. 73, Jim - N4ST -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jay Hainline Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 16:31 To: Dx4win Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Wish list DX4WIN is still lagging way behind on keeping up with the newer digital modes and the signal reports used. Very poor when it comes to logging JT65-HF and the signal reports sent/received and it does not know about JT9 yet for example. :-( Jay Hainline KA9CFD Colchester, IL EN40om __ 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
Re: [Dx4win] Band Map
IT ALSO WORKS FINE ON MY FLEX5000A Dennis KØEOO - Original Message - From: Dave Perry, N4QS n...@comcast.net To: Hal Kennedy hal...@comcast.net Cc: DX4WIN Reflector dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2013 1:21:48 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Band Map Hal, I finally had a chance to test the bandmap on 12, 10 and 6 again as you and Jim, AD1C requested. It works fine on all bands with my K3. It will move the red arrow up and down as I tune the rx. It will jump to any spot (callsign) on the band whenever I double click on that spot -- either from the DX Spots window or the bandmap window. I have been active on 6M this summer, and I frequently use the bandmap to jump from one spot to the next on that band. It essentially tracks the Radio Frequency control window that I always have open when using DX4WIN. When the frequency is read from the K3 and updated in the Radio Frequency control window, it updates the frequency by moving the red arrow on the bandmap simultaneously. But I just closed that window and the bandmap still works fine on its own. It also tracks any frequency changes that I make using any of the memories from the K3. I just noticed that when the K3 is in split mode, the bandmap tracks the VFO B frequency. When I turn split off, it immediately goes back to tracking VFO A. All of this testing was done on 10M. But it works fine on all bands. Dave, N4QS -Original Message- From: Hal Kennedy [mailto:hal...@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 9:04 AM To: n...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Band Map Hi Dave, Jim, AD1C asks if you could try all bands once again. At Jim's place the bandmap will not autotrack on 12M and up per his recollection, and he thought that was the way it was designed... TNX! Hal N4GG On 7/30/2013 10:50 PM, Dave Perry, N4QS wrote: Hal, FWIW, I have never noticed any problems with the Band Map following my K3 -- even on 6 meters. I assume that you have checked Follow the Radio in the lower right corner of the band map window. When that little box is checked, the band map should follow the radio. It works similar to the band map in N1MM. Dave, N4QS -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Hal Kennedy Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 6:03 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Band Map Is it me - if it is maybe someone can give me the missing tip. I have never been able to get the band map to successfully track the radio other than intermittently. For some reason it seems worse on six meters?? This is with two different rigs. Sometimes it tracks, sometimes it doesn't, for no apparent external reason. All help welcome.. 73, N4GG __ 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 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 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
Re: [Dx4win] Wish list
Alan, No debate that HRD has a learning curve, because it is very feature rich. For the particular issue you raise, looking up a call, one merely right clicks on the decoded call and select call and the window on the left will be auto populated with QRZ data such as name, QTH and locator grid, along with the current solar indices, and a list of bands if you have worked this station before. You can do this even before you make the contact or log the QSO. If you log the QSO, then from the logbook you can click QRZ and all of the gory details such as QSL route, mailing address, operator age, etc. will be filled in. I have used DX4WIN for quite a few years, but have been riding the fence for the last four, with most of my operating/contesting being done with HRD. HRD is OK for the casual contester, but it is certainly not top tier for that purpose. I primarily migrated to HRD because of the broad support of digital modes that are built in. 73, Jim - N4ST -Original Message- From: ALAN ZACK [mailto:k7...@cox.net] Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 15:00 To: 'Jim - N4ST'; 'Dx4win' Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Wish list I looked at HRD at the Visalia Intl DX Convention, even got a sample trial CD. I was looking at a way to use RTTY and digital modes directly from HRD where you could read what was being sent right within HRD and then send your reply. But it seems really complicated. He was using 2 monitors full of info. It would seem the learning curve would be big. When I asked how do you do a lookup of a station that you have just logged or are presently in QSO with it seemed like a difficult procedure on HRD whereas with DX4WIN you just have to have the CALLSIGN/MGR LOOKUP window (F3) open and click on the guys callsign and it takes you to his QRZ.COM lookup (or Buckmaster if you have it so programmed). Very simple. I'm not sure but is HRD both a contesting and a general logging program? I am now using DX4WIN as my general logger and to track awards (DXCC, IOTA, WPX) and printing QSL labels and N1MM as my contest logger. Jim has a FB conversion program to convert a contest ADIF file to a DX4WIN.DXQ file to import to DX4WIN. I just used it again after last weekend's IOTA contest and DX4WIN now shows I logged a few new IOTA's. Alan, K7ACZ -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim - N4ST Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 9:32 PM To: 'Dx4win' Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Wish list I like the way HRD handles new modes. It has a user editable file that can be updated as needed and can be mapped to a current mode if required for uploading to eQSL or LoTW. 73, Jim - N4ST -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jay Hainline Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 16:31 To: Dx4win Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Wish list DX4WIN is still lagging way behind on keeping up with the newer digital modes and the signal reports used. Very poor when it comes to logging JT65-HF and the signal reports sent/received and it does not know about JT9 yet for example. :-( Jay Hainline KA9CFD Colchester, IL EN40om __ 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] DXLab
Has anyone migrated to DXLab?? Any comments on how it compares to DX4WIN? I've been playing with it seems to have a lot of nice features. 73 Tex ka5y __ 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
Re: [Dx4win] Band Map
It also works fine on 12, 10, and 6 meters on my 756 Pro III. I also checked when tuning below the band edge and the arrow appears to track at least a little bit below the band. One thing that I think can confuse DX4WIN is if you have CI-V Transceive turned on. That tells the rig to broadcast frequency changes, which can interfere with DX4WIN polling. 73, -Rick On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Dave Perry, N4QS n...@comcast.net wrote: Hal, I finally had a chance to test the bandmap on 12, 10 and 6 again as you and Jim, AD1C requested. It works fine on all bands with my K3. It will move the red arrow up and down as I tune the rx. It will jump to any spot (callsign) on the band whenever I double click on that spot -- either from the DX Spots window or the bandmap window. I have been active on 6M this summer, and I frequently use the bandmap to jump from one spot to the next on that band. It essentially tracks the Radio Frequency control window that I always have open when using DX4WIN. When the frequency is read from the K3 and updated in the Radio Frequency control window, it updates the frequency by moving the red arrow on the bandmap simultaneously. But I just closed that window and the bandmap still works fine on its own. It also tracks any frequency changes that I make using any of the memories from the K3. I just noticed that when the K3 is in split mode, the bandmap tracks the VFO B frequency. When I turn split off, it immediately goes back to tracking VFO A. All of this testing was done on 10M. But it works fine on all bands. Dave, N4QS -Original Message- From: Hal Kennedy [mailto:hal...@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 9:04 AM To: n...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Band Map Hi Dave, Jim, AD1C asks if you could try all bands once again. At Jim's place the bandmap will not autotrack on 12M and up per his recollection, and he thought that was the way it was designed... TNX! Hal N4GG On 7/30/2013 10:50 PM, Dave Perry, N4QS wrote: Hal, FWIW, I have never noticed any problems with the Band Map following my K3 -- even on 6 meters. I assume that you have checked Follow the Radio in the lower right corner of the band map window. When that little box is checked, the band map should follow the radio. It works similar to the band map in N1MM. Dave, N4QS -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Hal Kennedy Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 6:03 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Band Map Is it me - if it is maybe someone can give me the missing tip. I have never been able to get the band map to successfully track the radio other than intermittently. For some reason it seems worse on six meters?? This is with two different rigs. Sometimes it tracks, sometimes it doesn't, for no apparent external reason. All help welcome.. 73, N4GG __ 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 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 -- Rick Murphy, CISSP-ISSAP, K1MU/4, Annandale VA USA __ 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
Re: [Dx4win] Band Map
Thanks to all for the positive reports on the bandmap. I wonder if anyone has it working or not working interfaced to a Yaesu radio? What strikes me as odd is the frequency readout in the QSO entry box is always correct as well as at the top of the bandmap. The program is reading the radio fine. Any suggestions appreciated. I may change computers and also try reloading the program - perhaps some code got corrupted? 73 Hal N4GG __ 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
Re: [Dx4win] DXLab
I have downloaded the DXLab entire product and it seems powerful, indeed. My personal problem is that I have used DX4WIN for so long it will be difficult to train my fingers to use a different program. Let us know how your migration proceeds. I would be particularly interested in any incompatibilities you might find, especially any DX4WIN features you might find are not available in DXLab. Dick -- Dick Flanagan K7VC d...@k7vc.com On 8/1/2013 2:39 PM, Paul (Tex) Herson wrote: Has anyone migrated to DXLab?? Any comments on how it compares to DX4WIN? I've been playing with it seems to have a lot of nice features. 73 Tex ka5y __ 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 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
Re: [Dx4win] Band Map
Not working for me ok with a Yaesu ft1000 field neither with my kenwood ts2000. I think that a bug mentioned in past for 10m and 6m. Bandmap doesn't follow the radio or to be more accurate the red arrow follow the radio but bandmap does not focus the red arrow on 10 and 6m. 73 Kostas, SV1DPI Στις 2/8/2013 01:35, ο/η Hal Kennedy έγραψε: Thanks to all for the positive reports on the bandmap. I wonder if anyone has it working or not working interfaced to a Yaesu radio? What strikes me as odd is the frequency readout in the QSO entry box is always correct as well as at the top of the bandmap. The program is reading the radio fine. Any suggestions appreciated. I may change computers and also try reloading the program - perhaps some code got corrupted? 73 Hal N4GG __ 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 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
