1) Would much prefer to see NEW MODE as the number two priority (the BLUE LINE has been a wonderful feature for the last few years) and the country not confirmed should definitely be moved to a lower priority as it will stay up there for months (or years) for the new dxers that qsl via the buro.
2) Would like to have the capability to turn off the band/mode priority as it simply causes you to work a station on every band and every mode when only once per mode and once per band will count for anything for DXCC. The same is true for not confirmed on band/mode which tries to confirm every mode for every band resulting in sending out too many qsl cards that have no value when received. Wendell W5FL -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul van der Eijk Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 11:52 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Packet spotting colors etc Hi, I have reviewed many suggestions to change / improve the color scheme for the spotting window. Some of these suggestions are in conflict with each other, some come from the novice DXers others from honor roll members etc. So I hope that the following proposal makes sense, and covers most of your needs. To support this, I have added 2 more categories, a column in the spotting window indicating the priority (1..8) and the ability to change the font color and the background color. If you have any comments, thoughts etc. please reply to the reflector only, and on this topic only. There were plenty of other proposals for new features (for which I keep a separate email folder), but this is now my highest priority. Paul ------------------------------------ All the following categories take the station band / mode settings and the award settings for bands and modes into account. Also, when you only allow for spots from certain countries and/or zones that filter will be applied as well. (Substitute country by Zone or by WPX prefix for the other color schemes available) Modes refers to major modes only (Phone, CW and RTTY) 1 New country or callsign alert Callsign alert is not limited by station or award band/mode or spotter country/zone 2 Country not confirmed (The same callsign and band/mode combination is category 8) 3 New band Never worked this country on this band 4 New mode Never worked this country using this mode 5 New band/mode combination Never worked this country using this band/mode combination 6 Worked one or more stations using this band/mode combination but none of these contacts have been confirmed. (The same callsign and band/mode combination is category 8) 7 Did not work this callsign in this band/mode combination 8 The rest A. Worked this callsign in this band/mode combination B. The band/mode combination is not enabled in station preferences or for the award C. The spot came from a region (country or zone) that was not enabled. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com _______________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
