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On 9/6/2014 12:22 PM, Barry wrote:
P.S. I'll use whichever software AD1C uses and selflessly supports :-)
Amen to that!
Garry NI6T
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it again.
Thanks, Paul.
Garry, NI6T
On 1/28/2014 6:33 AM, Paul van der Eijk wrote:
Gary,
QSO Window: QSO | Contest mode
I'm guessing contest mode is still enabled
--Paul, KK4HD
On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Garry Shapiro ga...@ni6t.com
mailto:ga...@ni6t.com wrote:
After the contest, I
After the contest, I imported my contest log from CQWW CW into DX4WIN
and annotated the QSO's with that identification in the Notes for this
QSO field. Since then that phrase keeps popping up in that field---long
after CQWW ended in November. It comes back like a bad penny, seemingly
random,
I know Robert personally--I was part of 3B9R in 1999. He had been QRT
for years due to having been wiped out by a cyclone. He also had a
special needs child that consumed all of his time. We took him into our
DXpedition as a team member, and left him a radio. Soon he was back on
the air.
I
Why would you set the CW cutoff to 10100? It seems the opposite to me.
Mine is set to10500.
Garry, NI6T
On 10/16/2013 9:46 PM, Kostas SV1DPI wrote:
filepreferencesqso tabcutoff frequency and set the freq cut off for
30m to 10.100. Please report if this correct your problem. I have
found one
LinkedIn
Garry Shapiro requested to add you as a connection on LinkedIn:
--
Dx4Win,
I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.
- Garry
Accept invitation from Garry Shapiro
http://www.linkedin.com/e/cgic2t
The simplest way to deal with addresses --whether built-in or added---
that spill over the label boundaries is to execute a dummy print run.
Choose Print but make the destination Preview instead of Printer.
That brings up the page(s) of labels to be printed. Note the labels that
have a
Waitaminnit!
Yes, the log upload delay appears to have been eliminated. But the
processing delay is a month. Hold the applause.
Garry, NI6T
On 1/14/2013 12:40 PM, R.T.Liddy wrote:
Wayne,
Thanks for the info. I guess I'll wait to make a submission for
a few weeks in case some additional
For some time, I have noticed that my cluster configuration (CC USER
and DX4WIN 8.05) only lists some--not all--spots. I chose minutes ago
rather than absolute times, and I don't know if that is a factor.
When I have had a populated spot screen for some time and do a sh/dx in
the packet
Jim:
While DX4WIN, Firefox, Tbird and other apps were open, some glitch
occurred that obliged me to reboot the computer. Now DX4WIN no longer
opens. When I attempt to open the app, I get a box saying Failed to
read .CTY file and the sequence dies right there.
What happened? DX4WIN updater
:
Gary,
Check if you still have a previous dx4win.cty or one with tilde in save
directory
Replace or rename to dx4win.cty and restart dx4win
Guy ON4AOI
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Van: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net]
Namens Garry Shapiro
When I got back my end-of-year submission to LOTW and DXCC (in record
time, by the way), I was able to justify the country and Challenge
totals in a short time. So, when I saw AD1C's new program for comparing
LOTW and DX4WIN DXCC totals, I performed the steps to see if the program
would show
1. I recently made my first submission--all QSL cards--to IOTA, and the
IOTA report has been most helpful. However, there is a second way to
obtain IOTA credits from RSGB--if the QSO was made during the annual
IOTA contest in July, and the island station submitted a log to RSGB,
credit for
I am currently preparing my first submission for IOTA. In attempting to
justify the RSGB online listing of my qualifying QSO's against DX4WIN's
listing, I observe that AF055, Penguin Islands, which has been long
deleted and is annotated as such in the DX4WIN IOTA Report, is
nonetheless counted
In a moment of weakness some time ago, I decided to investigate Clublog,
and uploaded some 57000 QSO's. I received back a report detailing errors
in hundreds of them. I dutifully plodded through the list, checking
against QSL's in the box. The errors ranged from wrong QTH (e,g,
North/South
I just noticed that on my computer the IOTA Award pulldown in the log
entry window no longer offers an island selection--just the default
--. My IOTA database appears to be intact and the IOTA report
is current and correct. I am as of recent weeks using ver. 8.05 and I
don't know
Yesteday, I upload 57000 QSO's to Clublog and received back a report
that included several hundred QSO's deemed invalid, wrong counter (e.g.
N. Cook instead of S. Cook or vice versa, ST0R listed as Sudan). It took
all evening to correct them. Today I again uploaded the 57000 QSO's,
expecting
The IK3QAR.it manager list has a direct address of:
Bill Horner, 13 McConnell Rd., Maidenwell, QLD 4615, Australia
That is the same as on qrz.com.
Garry, NI6T
On 10/4/2011 3:56 PM, WO2N wrote:
Dx4 has a PO Box, and QRZ has Street address, actually RD.
Anyone know which is correct? Or are
There is not a 1 to 1 relationship between A, K and what you work. Where
the path traverses is equally important. When the ionosphere and the
geomagnetic field are disturbed by solar events, generally the first
paths to be affected are polar and the last are trans-equatorial or
low-latitude.
I very recently installed the updates to the DX4WIN.xx files, such as
.awd, .mas2, etc and noted that dx4win.tcp had been updated--my
preferred telnet selectio (ve7cc-1) was no longer at the top of the
list, until I logged in with it. I then noticed, after logging in to
VE7CC-1 with CCUser,
Change the icon on your desktop to one from the 8.05 package. Some of
these are version-specific.
Move your license file from 8.04 to 8.05. The file is (your
callsign)_lic.dx4w8 and is currently in your main DX4WIN directory in
8.04. No tickee, no shirtee.
On 1/30/2011 5:10 PM, A737Driver
FWIW, EI8IC's Russian prefixes map
(http://www.qsl.net/ei8ic/maps/russia-j.html) shows UA9S,T,W as zone 16.
Garry, NI6T
On 11/2/2010 12:36 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 11:31 AM, David Gouldd...@g3ueg.co.uk wrote:
I have just one zone anomaly left to resolve.
RN8S
I
HEAR, HEAR! I don't know how Jim manages his work, his personal life
and all the time he contributes to the rest of us on DX4WIN (and
Writelog) with just one life.
Much appreciated here, Jim!
Garry, NI6T
On 10/16/2010 5:47 AM, Lou Dietrich wrote:
All,
We owe Jim, AD1C, a hearty Thank You
I very occasionally want to use PSK31, but each time I need to be
retrained. No problem receiving signals, but transmit mode always seems
to elude me. Last time, I wrote down the specifics---and misplaced them.
Please aid this aging hippie.
If you have a K3 (I know to set the Mic input to
F2 confirms the QSO on 8.04 here. But it should work on 8.03 as well.
Check File/Preferences/F2 Key to see if you are set to what you want.
Garry, NI6T
On 9/20/2010 7:49 AM, n...@aol.com wrote:
Just a quick question
Running version 5.xx for years it sure was nice to hit the F2 key
As I recall, earlier versions of DX4WIN had a box in the QSO window for
denoting bad QSO's--i.e. not in the other guy's log, not a ham
callsign (viz. Armed Forces Day), Q's that did not count for DXCC (e.g.
M/M). That box is gone in ver. 8
How does one replace that function--notes for the QSO?
, Garry Shapiro wrote:
As I recall, earlier versions of DX4WIN had a box in the QSO window for
denoting bad QSO's--i.e. not in the other guy's log, not a ham
callsign (viz. Armed Forces Day), Q's that did not count for DXCC (e.g.
M/M). That box is gone in ver. 8
How does one replace
I seem to have the opposite problem. My WAZ list shows confirmations
from both LOTW and cards, which renders the WAZ report sort of useless.
I just noticed this when I started to gather the cards for RTTY WAZ.
Garry, NI6T
On 4/21/2010 3:28 PM, Thomas Schwinn wrote:
All,
Problem explained:
From a non-ham friend:
There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire to
become a great writer.
When asked to define great he said, I want to write stuff that the
whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly
emotional level, stuff that will make them
FWIW, I purchased ver. 8 months ago, but held off installing it until
bugs were resolved. The bugs have obviously not been resolved, and I
have not installed it. I am using 7.03.16 and will continue to do so
until ver. 8 is stable; I do not appreciate buggy improvements.
Garry, NI6T
Let me add a caution to all considering a printer purchase, either to
print QSL's or for the more usual purposes.
While a well-designed modern printer can last for many years, the
manufacturer may support it (i.e. provide specific drivers for current
operating system versions) for only a few,
Colleagues,
I think I am late to the party here and need directions.
I am just switching my station transceiver from an FT1KMP to an Elecraft
K3. I have the computer talking to the K3 FB using Writelog. I also have
DX4WIN ver. 8.02 but have not yet installed it---I am still using ver.
7.03,
David Kozinn, K2DBK wrote:
I went back and looked at the spec after I sent the email, and I see
what you mean, plus the fact that the I in D4W is only good, as you
said, on a per-award basis. I'll talk with the Club Log guys about this,
but it looks like what I'll need to do is to do a
I LIKE having the MTTY window open. Then, if a target of opportunity
presents on RTTY, it is that much faster to engage.
Garry, NI6T
Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Paul B. Peters ve...@shaw.ca wrote:
Each time I start v8.02, the RTTY Control Panel opens with
Earlier in the year, I worked a few stations in the ARRL DX Phone
contest. Rather than set up a contest logger for a minor effort, but to
ID these QSO's, I entered ARRL PH in the Notes for this QSO box.
Months later, I was surprised to notice that ARRL PH had replicated
itself in a whole bunch
File menu then Contest mode, and see what is in the Text to add to QSO
note box
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From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Garry Shapiro
Sent: Friday, 16 October 2009 8:21 p.m.
To: DX4WIN Reflector
Subject: [Dx4win
or Hewlett Packard. They build printers that last 20 years--and support
them for less than five. But they will happily keep selling you inkjet
cartridges at absurd rates.
Garry, NI6T
Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Mel, VE2DCve...@rac.ca wrote:
Maturity is no
File/Setup Parameters/Rep Lab--Labels box at the bottom of the window.
GL
Garry, NI6T
Bob Garceau wrote:
How do I change Tnx QSL 73 de W1EQ to Tnx QSL 73 de K1MUJ
I looked and looked and can't find LABEL|PRINT OPTIONS
I'm sure the answer is in help somewhere, just can't find it.
After years of procrastination, I recently pretty much caught up with
DXCC QSLing and turned my attention to WAZ. I earned 5BWAZ several years
ago and have the certificate, and was planning to bring cards for
several single-band/single-mode WAZ applications to Visalia tomorrow.
Rumor has it
If F2YS does not work, try JA1NUT--he confirmed my QSO's in September 1990.
Garry, NI6T
Mel Martin wrote:
I don't suppose anyone has the QSL route for XU8DX in the summer of 1990?
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How do I change all my S's back to C's?
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To: DX4WIN Reflector dx4win@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 3:40 AM
Subject: [Dx4win] QSL mgr anomaly
Occasionally, the listed manager for a station is no longer correct.
Usually, merely replacing the callsign in the QSL Mgr. box in the QSO
window
: Garry Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Kostas SV1DPI [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: REFLECTOR dx4win dx4win@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 12:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] QSL mgr anomaly
Kostas,
Unfortunately, that is not the case here. In fact, the opposite
appears to be true. Here
Occasionally, the listed manager for a station is no longer correct.
Usually, merely replacing the callsign in the QSL Mgr. box in the QSO
window suffices. But I have had several instances where the QSL manager
entry will not take--when saving changes, the old callsign reappears.
This seems
As Microsoft is fond of saying, I think that might be a feature.
I have not got the manual in front of me, but is it not true that if one
prints labels with Buro selected, the labels are sorted by manager's
country, if a manager is entered? This makes it easier for the sorters
at ARRL when
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För Garry Shapiro
Skickat: den 7 september 2008 20:40
Till: Stefano Cipriani
Kopia: :PAUL@kbcomms.demon.co.uk; dx4win@mailman.qth.net
Ämne: Re: [Dx4win] Sorting of QSL labels
As Microsoft is fond of saying, I think that might be a feature.
I have
Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
Labels
· Added option to print VIA mgrcall without printing manager labels
I have used DX4WIN for years, but only recently I have been playing QSL catchup.
When I print labels with the Print QSL Manager box checked in 7.03,
all I get is of the form 7O1DX via AD1C on
Problem and question:
Because I have been cavalier about checking the LABELS box, Q's I need
confirmed and TNX for all the JA's and others all have the LABELS box
checked. Is there a way to pick a subset for printing (e.g. needed
topband counters) without erasing all other LABELS checks first?
I note that, although I have been using ver. 7.03 since last fall, the
latest User Guide on my computer is for ver. 7.01.
Is there a more current version of the User Guide? If so, how do I find it?
Garry, NI6T
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Or under VMWARE Fusion...
Rick Murphy wrote:
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 4:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
is there any DX4WIN version for Mac..?
Please replay to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No, but you could run it under Parallels Desktop on an Intel-based Mac.
test; do not respond
This is a test of whether this will reflect back to me. Others please
disregard.
Garry, NI6T
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 11 18:51:10 2008
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Perry N4QS)
Date: Tue Mar 11 18:56:22 2008
Subject: [Dx4win] RE: Program Lock ups
References: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID:
Since my query re setting up a second MMTTY window, I have received no
replies with the requested information. I must therefore presume that
either it cannot be done, or no one with that knowledge read the message.
I have been using MMTTY in one window, with a second RTTY window using a
- From: Garry Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Kostas SV1DPI [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: REFLECTOR dx4win dx4win@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 4:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] LATEST COUNTRY FILE PROBLEM?
Kostas:
Thank you for the explanation, which indeed is clear, and confirms
,
Are you editing the time field with seconds enabled?
--Paul
Garry Shapiro wrote:
This afternoon, while battling a computer problem, I arrived at the
FJ/OH2AM pileup on 20 SSB and managed to snare Martti. I opened
DX4WIN 7.03.16 after the fact and entered the QSO as Add QSO
Offline
I believe the nominal zip is based upon the location of the post office
corresponding to the zip code. So, if your zip code area is bigger than a
postage stamp, there can be quite a discrepancy between the stated location
and the actual location.
Garry, NI6T
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From:
Go to the Writelog site and download namedmul.ini , dated June 2006. Replace
the existing namedmul.ini with it.
Garry, NI6T
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lee,
N5PO
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 1:07 PM
To: Art - W6KY;
What is there to understand? A US State is a US State--they are not further
subdivided as States, only as counties. North and South Dakota, North and
South Carolina are all separate States. The subdivisions are counties,
parishes (Louisiana only ) or judicial districts (Alaska)--consider them all
Jim et al:
FWIW, I noted problems with QSL/MGR info when I updated to 7.02--with the
QRZ website. I put aside then, not having the time to deal with it. But,
since you raise the issue...
Here, I use the RAC CDROM (with database on the H/D) in the Address Search
box, the GOWIN DLL in the QSL
For those of us who have installed build 12 and wish not to re-import,
re-merge and/or rebuild the support files, should we install build 13 to a
new folder and then copy dx4win.exe to the current folder?
Garry, NI6T
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is a new one on me...
I decided to use F8 to sort 160m QSO's from 1Sep05 for the Lowband Monitor's
160 WAC award for this season. In examining the resultant listing I was
startled not to see listed three New Ones worked on 27Jan2006. In fact, the
listing showed none of the five topband QSO's
Here is some additional information that may help shed some light on the F8
omission problem just reported.
I loaded a prior backup dated 6 Feb 2006 which sorts normally. After that
backup was created on that date as a precaution, I converted my Writelog
contest log from the CQ160 contest from 28
I noticed while doing other housekeeping tasks on my computer that both Ver.
6.03 and 7.01 are listed as installed. Whe 7.01 was installed, it was to
have replaced 6.03.
Was this the intent of the upgrade? Is it safe/advisable to uninstall 6.03
or should I leave it alone?
Garry, NI6T
Has anyone else seen this?
Using ver. 7.01, I have a problem entering a QSO offline. I cannot enter the
time! If I tab from the Date box to the Time box and enter the time, upon
entering the fourth digit another colon appears and the first digit
disappears left. A similar thing occurs if I mouse
So why didn't our Kiwi friends resolve the ambiguity in differentiating
North Cooks from South Cooks? Or does this do that? It's characteristically
unclear from the announcement!
Garry, NI6T
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C
Jim:
Don't you just love the way one is attacked for offering experience-based
advice?
In fact, having generally used card-checkers at conventions, I was
blind-sided when I sent my cards direct to ARRL and had some 700 Q's
entered, when I only intended to submit fewer than 300. And I do not have
I have never paid much attention to the Map in DX4WIN, but this morning,
insomniac and hearing little, I have been playing with it. The first two
things I notice are:
1. The following does not appear to work here.
Holding down the Control Key and the left mouse button will draw a great
circle
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 3:48 PM
To: Nelson Moyer; DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Multiple Manager Question
--- Nelson Moyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
TX9 has two
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From: Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 12:12 PM
To: Garry Shapiro
Subject: Re: FW: [Dx4win] Elecraft K2 CW keyer support
We use the same 'KY' serial command as recent Kenwood rigs.
Typical send sequence
, September 18, 2004 12:08 AM
To: Garry Shapiro
Cc: JohnD; DX4WIN Reflector
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] QSL printing
If I remember correctly, years ago the RAC only had one method of
printing address labels. You did a Control P and out came your label.
I see now the latest version of the RAC has
John et al:
Rod, WC7N points out that if one right-clicks in the Callsign/Mgr Lookup
window, or presses Alt-M while that window is active, the contents of the
window are copied to the QSL Mgr window and the callsign is displayed in the
entry box. It may still be necessary to edit out non-address
So what does this mean? Did those oblasts change from zone 16 to zone 17 a
dozen years ago?
Garry, NI6T
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dick White
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 7:03 PM
To: Reflector post DX4WIN
Subject: [Dx4win] UA9S ans
I have been converting Writelog contest logs to ADIF within Writelog, and
then importing them into DX4WIN. A current thread on the WL reflector
discloses that State info is listed in the WL ADIF under QTH:2 and that
DX4WIN does not import that information.
DX4WIN's HELP file states:
ADIF is a
Of course, as soon as I sent the request for help, I realized the solution:
I had substituted STATE for QTH:2 as a column header. In fact, the :2 is
necessary so I substituted STATE:2 for QTH:2 for each QSO in the ADIF
file, and that came over to DX4WIN correctly. Canadian provinces also come
That is not working for me in 6.02. When I hit [ENTER}, it tries to open
the QRZ.com site, but flashes through it to a Cannot display screen. The
reason for this becomes apparent---the URL entered in the IE address bar is
www.qrz.com, but with the DX callsign appended to the .com!
Would someone
I have just been through two cycles of trying to create a complete.tq8 file
from my DX4WIN log to upload to LOTW. There is a small problem.
In the first attempt, I specified a start date but not a stop date, having
read that the default is the current date. All QSO's were included--up until
DX4WINners:
I have been using this fine program for several years, but have yet to
exploit many of its features. For example, I have yet to print a QSL label!
I'll get to that this summer, but, meanwhile, I would like to contribute to
the Logbook of the World (LOTW) Beta test.
I believe that
I have created my 1998-onwards .ADI file to start the LOTW process. Thanks
all--no further input required at this point.
Garry, NI6T
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160 meters---not a band but an obsession
Rod:
The ST2X ---not ST0X--signal was huge, and from the direction of JA---90
degrees from short OR long path from here. I worked him barefoot with an R5
vertical in about 30 seconds. I think any reasonable person can figure this
one out. I would have been stunned if those QSO's were in the log.
But DX4WIN does import Writelog files...and that is what he started with.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 00:41
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dx4win@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Dx4win]
Pete:
I had a similar problem and it was driving me nuts. I thought it was a
defect on my ABIT motherboard. At the same time, I could not understand why
I was losing minutes per day when the timing is crystal-controlled.
The clue is that you only LOSE time.
In my case, I replaced the
Barry et al:
I should have mentioned in my response that the first thing I did in my case
was to replace the battery---and that changed nothing, which led to
motherboard replacement, and, finally, registry cleaning. I used and use
AtomTime, which correctly updated the clock---which then
, 2002 14:58
To: 'Garry Shapiro'; 'KC9JS, John'; dx4win@mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout
Gary, I'm at an airport getting ready to board a plane. Won't be able to
check my setup for a week till I get back.
I'm using a DSL connection. I have not upgraded
Tony:
I have the same LinkSys router and connect via ADSL. I experience unwanted
and annoying Telnet timeouts, so I have observed this thread with keen
interest.
I use the most basic settings and am using an older firmware version--1.34.
A year or so ago, I upgraded for no particular reason, and
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