Paul, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on your proposal. I have really gotten to know and use DX4WIN, and thoroughly enjoy the software. I find the current packet spotting colors quite adequate, but any enhancements are always nice. My current goal is to work every country on every band on both CW & SSB, so the color spots are very helpful!
A couple of comments: 1. I don't believe in the current version that the bands/modes specified in the "Station" section of preferences have any connection to the Dx spot window - i.e., if I choose not to operate SSB, then no SSB spots would show up. 2. It would be nice to have an alert capability for a specific station without losing all the regular alerts as in 4.07. Perhaps that is what is suggested in your mode 1. You say "New Country or Callsign Alert" - could it be New Country and/or Callsign Alert? 3. I do see a difference between 8A and 8B in your proposal. There are times when I would like spots to show up for DX friend that is on, even though I may have worked him many times on the same band/mode, but still ignore 6M or RTTY spots. Thank you for the opportunity to comment. John K9EL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul van der Eijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 11:52 AM 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 > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
