[Dx4win] Programatically inserting County into DX4WIN files

Hi all, I'm new to the list so sorry if this has been asked before. I am in the process of writing a program that looks up a state,city combination and determines the county name. Then I want to update the DX4WIN .DXL file (directly or indirectly) with the county. I want to make sure I

[Dx4win] Logs wanted for testing a .DXL, .CSV and/or .ADI conversion utility

by programs other than DX4WIN; but DX4WIN produced .DXL files are good too :-) I PROMISE that all logs/files received will NOT leave my PC (won't be accessible by anyone but me) and will be deleted once the program is released! Thanks and 73, Lee Hallin N7NU

Re: [Dx4win] Problem with 7.04 Import

Hi Bob, As a guess, I'd say your DX4WIN.IEP (Import/ExPort) file got corrupted. I don't know if the format of it is compatible with 7.02 or not. If you have no other suggestions: 1) Exit DX4WIN 2) Make a copy of your DX4WIN.IEP file (located in the SAVE directory) to another name.

Re: [Dx4win] Comparing Log Files

Hi Bill, Sorry for your pain :-) Let's call your two logs old and new. 1) Open up the OLD log. 2) Click Window - Logbook 3) Right-click and click Select Report' 4) Click the Down-arrow under Report format and select All Fields 5) Sort index defaults to Date. If you change it,

Re: [Dx4win] 7.05.03 not printing group names on labels?

Just FYI: When entering a Group number for a QSO, it must be in the range 0-253 (you get a message so indicating). However, in the Editing group names screen, it doesn't seem to check the range so you can CREATE group names that you will NOT be able to associate with a QSO(s)! Lee N7NU

Re: [Dx4win] Wish list, again -- LOTW Import

Hi all, I realize that Randy was wanting the fix in the next DX4WIN version; but... Does anyone else dislike the LOTW: phrase as much as Randy? Let me know direct (save band-width). If enough people would like it removed, I can write a program that would remove all, or the

Re: [Dx4win] DX4Win801 installation - Oxc0150002 error and solution

Thanks Larry, I got the same error and your link/download fixed it :-) Tnx, Lee N7NU Larry Gauthier (K8UT) k...@arrl.net 8/4/2009 7:37 AM http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=200b2fd9-ae1a-4a14-984d-389c36f85647

Re: [Dx4win] Save mycall.dxl

Hi, When you invoke 8.01 on the destination PC, verify in the title bar that it says DX4WIN 8.01 (just incase you have multiple versions of DX4WIN on your desktop; and you clicked on the wrong one :-). To find the path to the log that is being opened by default, I do a File - Save as,

[Dx4win] If you need help converting your Freq, Name and/or QTH data, I may be able to help

If the way you have kept track of frequency, Name and/or QTH does not lend itself to the automatic conversion by DX4WIN 8.01 or the QSXFIX program of Jim's (AD1C), I may be able to help. If you were fairly consistent in how you kept track of the information (Freq,Name and QTH), I can

Re: [Dx4win] Questions on Listing/Using Groups and Operators

What version of DX4WIN are you using? I have a program that dumps most of the header info (for versions 8.01) in the .DXL file. It isn't fancy but it will give you (and others if they want it) the information. I can tweek it for 8.x (which I've been planning to do anyway). Lee N7NU

Re: [Dx4win] need help

Hi Eddie, There are lots of us out here that can probably help but ya need to give us a little more information :-) 1) Have you received (downloaded) a version of DX4WIN? 2) If so, have you installed it on your computer(s)? 3) What version of DX4WIN are you attempting to use? 4)

Re: [Dx4win] adi import

Hi Bob, Too little information :-) 1) Do you get an error? If so, what is it? 2) What version of DX4WIN are you running? 3) What procedure/process are you using to do the import? I'm sure someone can help if you give us more information; starting with the above 3 questions :-)

Re: [Dx4win] Cannot open log

Hi Patrick, 1) Have you tried opening a different log file? (This to determine whether the problem is related to the log or the Country file) 2) If the different log showed the same problem, my guess would be the DX4WIN.CTY file got corrupted some how. To verify, in the DX4WIN SAVE

Re: [Dx4win] Problem with Filter selection

Hi Bob, I think it has to do with your User Level. Go to File - Preferences and look at the User Level. It is likely Regular. Try Advanced or Expert. I think once you save the change, you need to exit DX4WIN and get back in for the change to take effect. 73, Lee N7NU Bob Henderson

Re: [Dx4win] Logbook sort order

Hi Loren, I don't know about altering the direction (ascending/descending) of the sort but some keyboard shortcuts I use: In the QSO window: CTRL+HOME takes you to the FIRST qso CTRL+END takes you to the last PgUp takes you to previous QSO PgDn takes you to the next QSO In the LogBook

Re: [Dx4win] Win-eqf

Assuming that Win-eqf is able to export an ADIF file, here is what I would suggest: 1) In Win-eqf, EXPORT your log to file in ADIF format and remember what directory you create it in 2) Start DX4WIN 3) If you plan on importing to an EXISTING DX4WIN log, first make a backup copy..just

Re: [Dx4win] Duplicate QSO's - Import Crashes

Hi Art, I haven't tried your exact scenario but you might check the following: 1) Backup your log to a different name! 2) Go to Preferences - QSO - then check Show seconds in time I don't know if this only effects the visual display or if it alters what portion of the time gets

[Dx4win] Where (what field) do you specify the city name for U.S. QSOs?

Do you put the city name in the QTH field (Ex. Los Angeles) .. while also populating the STATE field with the state abbreviation? Do you put the city name in the QTH field along with the state (Ex. Los Angeles,CA)? If you aren't using DX4WIN v8.??, what field, and what form/convention, do

[Dx4win] Custom Awards - 100's missing?

I admit I haven't used anything but basic awards up until now (TenTen and FISTS). When I try to enter a Custom Award, the drop down list only has 34 awards! My DX4WIN.AWD file contains hundreds. Does this file have to be moved from the SAVE directory (where it was installed with v8.05) to

[Dx4win] Fred Fish Memorial Award

I recently wrote a program that scans a DX4WIN file (.DXQ) and finds QSOs that qualify for the Fred Fish Memorial Award (FFMA). It finds the QSOs based upon Band (6m), Grid Square being filled in and Cnfm flag set. The Award field does NOT have to be filled in for a QSO to be selected. The

[Dx4win] What reporting would be useful for Custom Awards?

I recently wrote a program that fulfilled the needs of one person as relating to the Fred Fish Memorial Award. He said it saved him ours of work. The program scanned his log looking for QSOs that qualified for the FFMA. It then output a .CSV file that he imported into Excel (I think) and

Re: [Dx4win] Importing

Hi Tom, I wrote a program to convert .CSV to ADIF. I never finished it (it did what I needed but might not work for all cases) so it isn't really ready for release yet. If you want to send me the .DXL or the .CSV file, I will run it thru my program and see what happens. If it has problems,

Re: [Dx4win] Importing QSL requests into DX4WIN from ClubLog

Hi Jim, John and others, I am actually working on this for Joe (OZ0J / 5Q2T) -- see his post from Sep 24th at the end of this email. I haven't done ClubLog yet so if anyone else has variations of what they would like done by a utility I'm writing, please speak up now :-) Also, mention what

Re: [Dx4win] DXCC QSL Download - New?

Hi all, This was posted about 6 months ago. Is there a utility that will compare the DX4WIN DXCC award status with the information in the mentioned DXCC QSL file? Is there any interest in such a utility? I'm willing to take a stab at it but don't want to expend the time if no one cares

[Dx4win] Any interest in a program that compares two logs?

Do to logging on more than one PC, I found myself with multiple copies of my log. Some logs had changes in older QSOs while other logs had changes in more recent QSOs. I am working (have it working, mostly) on a program that reads .DXQ files for two logs and presents field values,

Re: [Dx4win] Group Names and Numbers

Hi all, I wrote a program years ago that decoded the group numbers/names and the filter information too from the .DXL file. At one time I had thoughts of "extracting" the group and filter information from one .DXL file and creating a new .DXL with the same information. Some where along the

Re: [Dx4win] LOTW credit to DX4WIN

/or want more information, let me know. 73, Lee Hallin N7NU >>> PY2YP <py...@py2yp.com> 3/21/2016 3:07 AM >>> I'm trying to play with "LoTW Credits to DX4Win Awards Utility" by K8UT. This utility requires first DXKeeper to download the credits from

Re: [Dx4win] [DX4WIN] Multiple QSOs Group number

It looks to me (looking at the .DXL file structure) like the Group Number was increased in v8.x from the previous max of 254 to a max of 65,534! 73, Lee N7NU >>> "John Shaw" 3/23/2016 3:22 PM >>> I thought 254 groups was the limit in DX4WIN? Although having a quick look

Re: [Dx4win] IO Error 103

Hi Emily, You might try opening the ADIF file with another program, say NotePad. If it opens OK there, then do a "Save AS" to a different name. Then try to import that file. I don't know how they produced the file, but if it was on a MAC, the records may be terminated by ONLY a Line Feed as

Re: [Dx4win] Export of groups

Hi Joe, I wrote a program years ago that extracts the information but I wrote it for me so it isn't "pretty". If you want to send me your .DXL file, I will run my program against it and send you back the results. As I recall, it also knows about your "filters" if that is of interest. If you

Re: [Dx4win] Latest WAE Custom Award

Inspired by what Joe wrote, I wrote a program that will fill in the Award and Award Values for QSOs that qualify (as far as I can tell) for the WAE. The process involves: 1) Export your DX4WIN log to a DX4WIN8 format .DXQ file 2) Run my program against that .DXQ file 3) Import the .DXQ file

Re: [Dx4win] Importing JT65

Hi Dave, Glad you got it done! I had thought of ADIF Master but didn't know for sure that it could do what you wanted :) Good to know it can! Just FYI, in NotePad if you surround the file name with double quotes, it will save the file with exactly that name you specify so you'll need to

Re: [Dx4win] Call sign letters to big

How many of you are wanting this ability? For those that do, EXACTLY how are you indicating the "long" call in the Notes field? And which Notes field (QSO or Call Notes)? I think it should be fairly simple to automate the editing of the ADIF file if the "long" name in the Notes field is

[Dx4win] What's the highest number of "groups" you have included in ONE filter?

Hi all, As I understand it, when building a "filter" you can build it based upon "groups" to include and/or date ranges for QSOs to include. With the filter by "group", you can select more than one group. If more than one, what is the most number of groups you have included for a single

Re: [Dx4win] JT65

Re: NotePad adding the .txt suffix when saving a file, if you surround the file name with double quotes, it will use the name between the "'s as the file name (Eg. "n7cw.adi"). Lee >>> Bud Semon 6/20/2017 8:58 AM >>> Paul, Are you able to figure out what ADIF version that

Re: [Dx4win] Import .adi file error

Think this rings a bell from the past! Look at the first few records of the .ADI file and see if you see "" (End Of Header) anywhere. Seems like having no caused a problem in the past. If you DON'T see one, add "" (minus the quotes) at the very beginning of the file and try the import again.

Re: [Dx4win] Uploading FT8 QSO's to LOTW

Using Kostas' solution, it wouldn't matter which "temporary" mode you chose (FAX, JT65,etc) because you would be specifying the "length" of the mode name both places, like: Find "JT65" and replace it with "JT8" Lee N7NU >>> kostas sv1dpi 8/23/2017 12:12 PM >>> I don't agree.

Re: [Dx4win] Error in Log File after computer crash

Hi Ernie, If you haven't done so already, copy .~XL to .DXL. The copy .DXL to another place or directory (so you'll have 2 copies of the .DXL) Then try to open .DXL. Do you have another PC (that didn't crash) that you could move the .DXL file (that is having issues) to and open it with DX4WIN?

Re: [Dx4win] International Grid Chase

Hi Mike, Doesn't look like you can (or I don't know how to) select any additional bands for the VUCC award. Highest (meter) band available seems to be 6 meters. I have modified a simple program (originally written to track the FFMA) that tracks what calls have credit for which Grids.

Re: [Dx4win] Confirmation totals

Hi Dave, I don't know what you want to do once you find out which QSOs have either Cnfm flag set but if you just want to see "a list" (not make any mods) the following might get you an answer: 1) Open the log in question (I'll use G3UEG in my scenario) 2) Hit F8 3) Set the Cnfm flag to Y

[Dx4win] I have a spreadsheet with modes and their submodes

It only has those modes(21) that have submodes(96). Modes are in one column and their submodes are in the next column in subsequent rows. If you'd like a copy, send me your email address or reply to this and I'll send it back to you. 73, Lee N7NU

[Dx4win] What do you do for LoTW DXCC_QSLs... entries that have wrong or bogus dates?

I have found that sometimes the entry in the DXCC_QSLs... file (that you download from LoTW to show DXCC confirmations) has the wrong date. The date seems to be "guessed" by LoTW. For instance, the confirmation QSO date for a QSO says 19890101 when in reality the date of the QSO was 19890304.

[Dx4win] Anyone using the rotor interface to a Yaesu G-1000DXA?

I am considering getting this rotor. Is anyone using one with DX4WIN (9.0x). Questions: What interface do you use to control the rotor (Eg. Easy-Rotor-Control,Rotor Card,etc)? Does the interface work well? If you use the ERC, does DX4WIN take

[Dx4win] Has ANYONE received the 2019 Winter version of "Fly Horse"

I use Flying Horse with DX4WIN. I have a subscription and usually get the CD by the end of Nov or beg of December. I have yet to receive it. Flying Horse (Radio Amateur Callbook) site (callbook.biz) is still advertising 2018 Winter (NOT 2019) as the latest version. ARRL is still offering

[Dx4win] Do you want/need a "Flying Horse Callbook" for 2019 Winter (and beyond)?

d I'll see what the postage would be - at this point I haven't a clue :) 73, Lee Hallin N7NU __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailm

[Dx4win] Printer "setup" problem in v9.05?

Running on a PC running Windows 7 Pro. I don't know if this a general problem or one related to, perhaps, my printer (HP LJ 4000, parallel port connected). If I click WINDOWS -> Logbook Then Right click and click PRINT, then click Setup -> Landscape -> OK, then OK to actually print, I get the

[Dx4win] Anyone had bogus LoTW Date values show up in a log?

First, I am NOT blaming DX4WIN for doing the following. Rather I am trying to rule it out as the cause. I have an old log that has probably been run through various versions of DX4WIN. I was looking at it recently and noticed that it had several "odd" LoTW Dates. Examples of "odd" are many

Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN locks up on file import

Hi Mark, Assuming your .DXL log file is WA0MHJ.DXL, see if you have a WA0MHJ.~DXL file. If so, copy it to a unique name. This .~DXL file is a recent copy of WA0MHJ.DXL. What version of DX4WIN is this happening with? If you create a "new" (different name) DX4WIN log file, can you import the

Re: [Dx4win] Tracking JA Prefectures and Cities

If there is interest and there is a report or file generated by LoTW that has the "Japanese Prefectures", "Japan Century Cities" and/or "Japan Century Guns" information in it, I could possibly write a program that would read a DX4WIN .DXQ (export) file and the LoTW report/file and add the

[Dx4win] Search for all QSOs with a "Frequency" filled in?

I am probably missing something obvious! Using DX4WIN v9.0.9.1259, I did a F8 and, in the Frequency field, tried entering an "*" or "!" but it beeped at me. It acts like only numeric digits (and .) are acceptable. Is this true? This isn't a "show stopper" since I can export to a .DXQ file and

Re: [Dx4win] FFMA in Custom Database

Years ago (2012) I wrote a program for someone that wanted to chase FFMA. It includes one line for each possible FFMA gridsquare (488) and is output in .CSV format. The following sample is in space delimited format but the column alignment is a bit "off". View it with a fixed width font and it

Re: [Dx4win] FFMA in Custom Database

please email me and I'll send you the program as an attachment now and info about the .DXL updating version when I get it done. 73, Lee N7NU On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 9:58 AM Lee Hallin wrote: > Years ago (2012) I wrote a program for someone that wanted to chase FFMA. > > It includes one

Re: [Dx4win] Failed Reading The Country File

Hi Bud, What version of DX4WIN are you using? If you are on v9 have you tried to download the latest version? You might try moving DX4WIN.EXE from the other computer too in case the .EXE itself got clobbered. Probably not likely but fairly easy to try. Had you made any changes to your PC just

Re: [Dx4win] County Report State After WY

d the one > worked (W) in the county summary remained gone. > > I did not use your attached w3ll_new.zip file. > > Thanks Lee for spending the time to find an easy workable solution. Much > appreciated to Jim, Mike and Paul for their time. > > 73, > > Bud W3LL >

Re: [Dx4win] County Report State After WY

he above took several hours and probably over 100 SAVE and re-openings of the log! 73, Lee N7NU On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 6:52 AM Mike Cizek W0VTT wrote: > Thanks for posting this to the reflector, Lee. How did you figure out it > was AH6AA, who really is in KH6? > > > > &g

Re: [Dx4win] Importing different FT8 logs

Hi Radi, First, make a backup copy of your log the way it is now (just in case a "fix" goes wrong). Were the FT8 imported contest QSOs the only activity for that day? (Were all the FT8 QSOs in a date range where you had no contacts outside the contest?) If so you should be able to create a

[Dx4win] How do you handle date and/or call mismatches between LoTW "Credit_Granted" and your log?

Hi all, I am looking at someone else's log trying to find "matching" entries between the LoTW DXCC_QSLs downloaded file and the users log. I wrote a program to do some of this but there are a lot of issues it doesn't/can't handle due to a variety of issues. A simple case example might help

Re: [Dx4win] Syncing LOTW to Log

Hi Terry, What version of DX4WIN are you trying to import into? What kind of things are you concerned about? What would you have to manually change? 73, Lee N7NU On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 7:19 AM Terry Ashland wrote: > Hi, > > I have tested the waters and have tried some different logging

Re: [Dx4win] ADIF To DX4WIN

What version of DX4WIN? On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 2:09 PM Bud Governale wrote: > I can get as far as File | Import to DX4WIN operation. > > DX4WIN will only import an ADIF File type. I can't change the type to Any > in that DX4WIN window. THe change pull down only shows ADIF as a choice. > > Need

Re: [Dx4win] Some explanation?

If you do a File -> Info, is the Nr QSOs 59 or 50? Lee N7NU On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 6:54 PM Rich wrote: > Did you possibly have some SEARCH criteria set that may have ignored > those records? > > Very much a guess on my part. > > Rich > > On 4/14/2021 14:46 PM, Luc wrote: > > Hi. > > > > A

Re: [Dx4win] Group List

Years ago I wrote a program that gives: Group #, Group Name, # of uses (# QSOs with that group number), Date of the oldest QSO in the group and date of newest QSO in the group. As far as I know, the program works on DX4WIN .DXL files produced by versions 1.10 through v9.0.9.1259. It produces

Re: [Dx4win] Search For QSOs with Deleted Entities

Hi Kris, I think I have a way to find QSOs with deleted countries but it involves some work. The following involves many steps but once you do a section once, repeating it for other prefixes should be faster. Basically, you get a list of deleted DXCC countries that you have worked (Reports

Re: [Dx4win] Importing .adi files and converting them to DXL file format

Jim, In addition to what Mike and Paul said: If you want more selection choices and/or possibly more fields filled into DX4WIN from LOTW, you might want to try K1MU's site at https://www.rickmurphy.net/lotwquery.htm. It shows a full screen of parameters you can fill in to narrow what it

Re: [Dx4win] CW announce, nil

I have found a program called "everything" (Freeware from https://www.voidtools.com/downloads/) extremely handy in tracking files down. It searches all your drives (hard or SSD) for a file name or wildcarded name you specify (Ex: *.DXQ) and then displays a list. You can sort by any column