When you ask about "easy" ways to check your QSL status, it becomes obvious that easy is a relative term.
Right now, I am pursuing several awards, and I'm using the group/groupname feature to make this a little more cost effective for me. Rather than use groups for location, equipment, etc, I set them to awards of interest. 0. All QSOs in File, a surpressed groupname string. 1. New DXCC 2. New DXCC CW 3. New DXCC SSB 4. New DXCC 160m ...etc... I use twenty numbers now, including "Our Recent QSO", "ur Special Event Station" and "New IOTA". That I could easily expand if I cared to track each band/mode discretely but I don't. Also, I've standardized my QSL Method values, so that I can search on USA Managers (using QSLsvc) and make the foreign QSL Method either Direct or BURO. Then I went through a DXCC report, clicking on the ones that I need. By using F! in the QSL/Group field, I was able to go through a few thousand QSOs in not-too-long a time. When the QSL arrives, before I set the confirmed flag, I be sure to cancel any conflicting "new ones" by setting their group to zero or the appropriate alternative. For example, if I had it set to "New DXCC 17m" and a 17m SSB arrives, any 17m SSB go to zero, but 17m CW goes to "New DXCC band/mode". Periodically, I can check what I'm looking for for each band, or mode, or whatever I've set the group number to. This makes logging the received cards a little more work, but it really helps me keep on top of what I need and where the cards are. I hope this helps or gives you some ideas to try. I'd love to hear any others. 73, Byron
