I recently updated my dx4win.cty file to AD1C's latest version. I had a
little bit of fixing to do, but with very little trouble I got my DXCC
totals to be reported correctly. BUT
Using the new file, all packet spots show a priority of 8 and they are all
grayed out. This behavior persisted
In Preferences - Packet 1 - Prefixes for Spotters use a W instead of K
D'OH!!!
Thanks for nursing me through my latest episode of brain fade.
73...
Randy, W8FN
I started this thread so I'll chime in a bit more. It seems to me that
all the responders so far (including Rapidan thru some private emails)
have agreed that processing pre 1975 CW confirmations is a problem with
DX4WIN. Some suggestions have been offered to circumvent the problem
but all
Forgive bandwidth if this makes it through, but I'm trying to sort
out ISP problems.
73...
Randy, W8FN
Looks very logical here now
LPT pin14 = LOW (0 volt) when on Radio1
LPT pin14 = HIGH (5 volt) when switching to Radio2
It may be more logical, but it plays havoc with those of us who have
installed hardware that requires the de-facto standard interface
logic long ago established by CT and
I just got 7.02.15 installed over the long weekend, but in doing so
I've discovered that the Radio 1/2 flag at pin 14 of the LPT port has
been inverted in the new release! I use a Top Ten DX Doubler to
switch between two radios and it was (and still is) working
flawlessly in 7.01. Now the LPT
Tried to send this direct to N0KK and got one of those deals that
makes the sender jump through hoops to get an email delivered, so I'm
sending to the reflector instead. Since the list won't support
attachments, contact me directly for a copy of the referenced file.
I'm trying to use a
I just installed version 7.05.04 and everything seems to be working
correctly except the support for a second radio. Switching to the
second radio using either the menu selection or the Ctrl-Shift-F12
shortcut fails to establish communication with the radio.
My setup is: WinXP Home, SP3 on a
Am I STILL the only one who has problems making 7.05.04 communicate
with the second radio?
I just installed version 7.05.04 and everything seems to be working
correctly except the support for a second radio. Switching to the
second radio using either the menu selection or the Ctrl-Shift-F12
Today I downloaded an LoTW report from the ARRL web site and imported the
files into my DX4Win log. When the process was completed, I somehow had 20
unaccounted for LoTW QSOs.
This is perfectly normal. After the first time I did a file download
from the site I've NEVER had 100% new QSLs in any
Like many of us I chase DXCC and WAZ. ...
I'd be perfectly happy to settle for being able to get an accurate
DXCC CW report without having to manually filter out all the pre-1975
QSOs in my log to do so. It's always amazed me that this simple
recognition of the rules of eligibility for one
Kostas,
I am not sure if your suggestion will work. Many of my CW QSOs
prior to 1975 were submitted for DXCC Mixed and Band awards. When I
view the Summary report for DXCC I want to see how I stand relative
to all of the modes and bands. Making a selection that excludes
some QSOs will not
Quoth Bob, K2TK, as quoted by John, K2CIB:
Another issue I have, and I'll state it is mine not a bug, is with
the reports. If I do a Report/DXCC/Listing what happens is that a
never worked is a dot and a fully confirmed and credited item is an
asterisk. More than once these tired eyes have
On the web is a free adif program (editor/converter) called ADIFMASTER
- You can open your adif file with that prg and check if names,fields are
correct
Which brings up an interesting experience I just had with ADIFMASTER.
It's a really useful tool for looking at and editing ADIF files, but
Having just done a major cleanup of a log with around 55K QSOs, many
of them imports from contest logs, I would like to revive the Wish
List thread in hopes of influencing the development of future
versions of DX4WIN. Specifically, there is room for major improvement
in how DX4WIN handles data
Not really necessary. DX4Win has a very handy feature... export to
DX4Win format. It creates a text version of the file that can very
easily be modified with search and replace.
That's the .DXQ file format. In my experience, WordPad (not Notepad)
does a fine job with search and replace with
Before you download the lotwreport.adi file from ARRL, there is a
check box (normally UNCHECKED) that allows you to include extra
information in the downloaded lotwreport.adi file.
Unchecking the detail box suppresses everything except the occurrence
of the QSL.
Actually, I WANT the state,
I think we're missing Randy's point. Users shouldn't have to fix this
stuff. Some will be able to, some won't.
Perhaps Paul can make two changes:
1. An option to NOT put the LoTW comments in the Notes for this QSO field
2. A Multiple QSO operation to remove such comments from an existing
I find that the start with ¨LoTW:¨ in notes is very usefull in dx4win
Because with F8 looking up ¨LOTW: STATE¨ will only show up those qso´s where
Both are present, same for other items.
This points out the need for a filter dropdown
choice of Not blank in the State, Grid and Zone
(and
This is possible Randy do F8 set prefix to K jump to State field and fill in
!*
Only K qso´s without state filled in will be displayed, this can be done for
everything
The Prefix is only needed when looking up STATE and COUNTIES
Great tip! I had forgotten the negation operator. Thanks for the
I downloaded and had a look at the new version today. I don't yet
have my license key, but I was able to import my version 7 log and
check out some of the new features. Importing the Version 6/7 format
log file into Version 8 was absolutely trouble free. I did have to
re-do some of my custom
I too am excited that Paul finally implemented a start date for DXCC
CW. I also have QSOs dating back to 1967. I have been comparing
the Summary totals and the Listing totals for CW between ver 8.0 and
7.07. I personally like the way that Paul has implemented the DXCC
Listing for CW. For
I had mentioned in my post yesterday that somehow the Report Listing
file had mysteriously converted the Minami Torishima prefix from
JD1/M to JD1/W. I did a little detective work today and found out
what happened. When I edit the csv Listing file in Wordpad to change
the asterisk to something
There are a couple of issues with the Report generator that I'm sure
will get ironed out in due course. I would certainly like the DXCC
reports to behave like the Version 7 and work by Band and Mode
selection. I'm sure this is just something that fell through the
cracks in the push to get
Guys, I think you're getting a little over-excited about the DXCC
listing order problem. I'm sure it was just an oversight on Paul's part
(as well as on the part of his unpaid testers) and is easy to fix. It
was not done intentionally. If this is the worst program bug, then I'd
say he did a
I'm in the final stages of a comprehensive station functional
checkout after installing a new K3 in my primary station. Last night
I finally got around to trying PSK31 and everything seems to work, BUT...
For some reason DX4WIN really needs a big honkin' audio signal to do
anything with PSK.
You probably have the waterfall display configured incorrectly...
dx4win is not more or less sensitive than other programs... check in
PSK31 settings under display what you have set baseline to. It is
probably set too high. This parameter sets the black level of the waterfall.
Yup. That was
Looking for someone who is using an ICOM-761 with DX4WIN. Which radio
file do you use? what is the address for the radio?
I don't have one, but it's my understanding that the IC-761 is
essentially an IC-751 in a bigger box. I took a look at the Icom CI-V
Reference Manual and it indeed shows
For some unknown reason, I am unable to connect to any DX cluster. For
instance, I go to Internet Connections, click on any cluster, click on OK,
and nothing happens. Same thing happens if I double-click on any cluster.
I have not changed any settings, everything was working fine yesterday.
I worked H44MY for a new entity on 30M. Entered all the info I had
and found out that the QSL manager callsign I put in the log was
wrong. Tried to fix it, but although the program will allow me to
enter another callsign in the QSL Manager box, when I save it
nothing happens to change the
In Rhode Island, true north is 16 degrees east of magnetic north. When
orienting a yagi or other directional antenna a correction needs to be made
when using a magnetic compass to find North.
Since most HF Yagi antennas have 3dB beamwidths on the order of 55-70
degrees, a few degrees of
While I am on my soapbox I may as well mention the thorn in my side in
having to go through all the bands I don't use to get to the one I need. 7
steps to get to 160 M. Using the mouse to slide to it is a distraction. If
a 2 nd digit could be recognized then it would only take 2 steps. ie 16 to
Radio address now set to 4E and baud rate auto. Program now set to
address 4e and baud
rate to 19200. Have DX4WIN Version 8.02.
Go into the radio setup and change the baud rate from Auto to 9600.
Set DX4WIN for 9600. It should work fine then.
73...
Randy, W8FN
How can I find these 5 QSOs with conflicting information (I search
for LOTW in the Notes for this QSO and Notes for this call
fields with no success) ?
If you're using version 8, search the Notes for this QSO field for Import.
73...
Randy, W8FN
What does the L represent in the reports and country window for
each new QSO entry?
A QSO for that band/mode/country combination has been marked for
printing a label. Double click on one of these entries and it should
open up the selected QSO. Look in the Label field in the main
window and
Hi, I really like the option to choose between different radios quickly.
Would it be hard to be able to include more than 2 in the next release? I
would personally like to see 4. This is especially handy on VHF/UHF with
different radios, not the all in one. Thanks- John W9RPM
The problem with
Are you sure you want to do this? You don't automatically get credit for
ARRL awards on LoTW. You must make an award application to have the LoTW
QSLs credited to your DXCC, VUCC, Challenge or WAS award. If you set all
LoTW QSLs to credited status your DX4WIN stats will never reflect your
ARRL
I have the same setup and I also experience occasional dropouts of radio
control with the K3. I don't remember ever being in front of the radio
when it happened, so I don't know exactly how often it happens or if
it's correlated to anything in particular. I have observed that
sometimes when
I see this all the time and it's mostly because of a mismatch in
something like a county between what's in your log and what's in the
LoTW confirmation record. I get a lot of these after I do a state QSO
party and work some mobile/portable stations not in their home county.
When they upload to
Version 5.12 seems to have a problem. I just converted my ADIF file from
the ARRL VHF QSO Party and the conversion produced gibberish. I reverted
to the previous version and the conversion worked fine.
73...
Randy, W8FN
On 01/21/2012 22:33, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
I have released version 5.12
You will need to filter the packet spots via your connection to whatever
node you use. If you use the VE7CC client, this is not too hard to do.
You can disable the color highlighting from the spot window by going
into the setup for the various awards (DXCC, etc.) and unchecking the
VHF bands.
X5 is my arbitrary designation for a patch I made to K3 X4.rig about 3
years ago to fix the problem with the X4 file sending the frequency and
mode commands to the K3 in the wrong order. I don't recall now which has
to come first, but unless they're done correctly grabbing split spots
won't
I used a DX Doubler with DX4WIN for several years and it worked fine.
You MUST have a real LPT port to drive it; a USB to LPT converter won't
do the job. In version 8.x, the logic state for control for the radio
switching LPT pin can be controlled. Make sure you're in Expert mode
and open up
Is the LPT driver installed? You have to do that at install time to make
the port work.
73...
Randy, W8FN
On 5/30/2014 10:08 AM, Dennis Petrich wrote:
Hi guys,
I am trying to setup the Band Decoder window in
File/Preferences/Control but none of the items in that window, Type,
LPT Port or
If you filter your log for LOTW=Y after importing the new report you
should see the total number of LoTW confirmations you have. You'll
undoubtedly find the number of confirmations shown in your log doesn't
match the number reported by the LoTW web site. DX4WIN will not set the
LoTW
Yup. I've been carrying a QSO for years that was credited to the wrong
country by the DXCC desk. With each update of the cty file I have to
manually change it back. The way I handle it is to put "EXCEPTION CALL"
in the "Notes for this Call" field. After each new update is loaded I do
a quick
I'm beginning to set up some Green Heron wireless control switching, and
now I need to convey frequency information between DX4WIN and the Green
Heron environment using the GHE Everyware UDP communication. It appears
that PstRotatorAz will do the job, but I'm unsure of the exact setup
You can't open it directly, but you can export the V9 file in V8 format.
Do File > Import/Export and select DX4WIN8 from the list.
73...
Randy, W8FN
On 10/20/2017 6:33 PM, Bert Garcia N8NN wrote:
Can I open a Ver9 log file with the Ver8 program? That is, can I go back to
Ver8 if I want to
Thanks for the new version. When I installed it I had a small problem. I
have both DX4WIN 8.05 and 9.0x installed on my computer. The 9.1
installer put the program in the DX4WIN 8.05 program directory rather
than the 9.0 directory. There was no option offered to choose the target
location when
It would sure be nice if the program remembered the last used Logbook
Report format selection, rather than always starting with the default.
73...
Randy, W8FN
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Subject: [Dx4win] "Sticky" Logbook Report Format?
It would sure be nice if the program remembered the last used Logbook Report
format selection, rather than always starting with the de
Be sure you have the program in "Add Real-time" mode (F9). The frequency
won't update otherwise. This one bites me all the time.
73...
Randy, W8FN
On 4/18/2019 10:30 PM, Tim moore wrote:
I'd get with someone who has a 7300 hooked up to DX4WIN (and the 7300 is a
VERY popular radio, so there
As of 1400Z July 2, the new file is still not shown when attempting to
update from within DX4WIN. Has Paul not yet put it in the appropriate
place, or is there something else I need to do to get it installed?
73...
Randy, W8FN
On 6/30/2019 10:08 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
The DX4WIN country
Be aware if you are exporting a DX4WIN report as a csv file into Excel:
DX4WIN uses an asterisk (*) to denote credited entities in a report.
This character is a special reserved character in Excel, and attempting
to use the raw csv export file from a DX4WIN report will therefore give
some
Going on the 19th (UTC) and still no update available here. Hope it
shows up eventually.
73...
Randy, W8FN
On 10/16/2019 11:00 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
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
A while back, I was checking out the system and briefly brought up MMTTY
from within DX4WIN. I changed modes and closed the MMTTY window. Now
after numerous openings and closings of DX4WIN the MMTTY window always
starts with the program. The "Window" menu on the main logger window
always comes
No file available for update as of 26 March.
73...
Randy, W8FN
On 3/24/2021 4:55 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
The DX4WIN Award database was updated on 24 March 2021.
It contains 224 awards. This is a link to the release notes:
https://dx4win.ad1c.us/awards/index.html#21.2
DX4WIN 9 users
Not sure about the Mini, but I've used the utility found on the K1EL
website to configure a WinKey USB. I would expect you could use it to
connect to the WK mini and set the startup (or at least the minimum) speed.
73...
Randy, W8FN
On 3/18/2021 10:03 PM, Keith Beebe W3KB wrote:
Just
Thanks for the update, Jim. We all appreciate all the hard work you put
into supporting DX4WIN and the country files.
73...
Randy, W8FN
On 12/9/2021 10:07 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
I just checked. The check boxes in the ADIF to DX4WIN program are NOT
redundant. Because DX4WIN is importing
I don't care to participate in eQSL, so I've set my program preferences
to NOT set the eQSL Upload flag when a new entry is added to the log.
The vast majority of the data is add to my log is imported from contest
QSOs logged in N1MM+. At the end of each contest, I export the log in
ADIF
Yup. That's just how it works. Just verified when I imported my 0300Z
CWT log. Thanks for the info.
73...
Randy, W8FN
On 12/8/2021 8:59 PM, Alan Zack wrote:
From AD1C's adif2dxq page:
There are four optional checkboxes:
Checking the Upload box sets the LoTW (Logbook of the World) Upload
Thanks for the input, guys. I agree this really isn't a "problem" at
all. I was just curious to see if anyone else had noticed it. I
definitely want to set the LoTW Upload flag for the newly imported QSOs.
Kostas, I suspect you may be correct that Jim's utility sets both flags,
since it only
Showed up for update 13 Jan.
73...
Randy, W8FN
On 1/12/2022 7:42 PM, Randy Farmer wrote:
Still not available as of 1/12/2022.
73...
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Still not available as of 1/12/2022.
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On 1/9/2022 6:07 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
The DX4WIN Award database was updated on 9 January 2022.
It contains 228 awards. This is a link to the release notes:
https://dx4win.ad1c.us/awards/index.html#22.1
DX4WIN 9 users should
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