Dick Flanagan wrote: > At 10:36 AM 12/20/2005, Juha Rantanen wrote: > >I would like to re-print a bunch of labels I printed out 18.12.2005. > >Every QSO has QSL date set as 18.12.2005. I can do easy F8 search to > >locate them but is there a way to clear the QSL date field without > >having to do it one-by-one. > > Search for all those entries, set their print flags (Labels -> Set Print > Flags) and then when you print new labels the new date will over-write > the old ones.
Of course. I was thinking way too difficult on this one. Thanks Dick. Juha OH6XX From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Dec 20 17:11:43 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Franki ON5ZO) Date: Tue Dec 20 17:16:34 2005 Subject: [Dx4win] What does Winkey do? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3rd trial to get this through - it seems somewhere I got listed as a spammer???? ----- Original Message ----- >> Ok, winkey this and winkey that. Maybe someone has been slipping me >> thick pills again. I looked at the winkey site and they do the same >> yada yada yada about winkey but they don't actually say what extra >> functionality it gives. So what tricks does this thing do that makes it >> a must have item? > > John, here's what the fuss is all about... > K1EL's WinKey is "just another electronic keyer", that is true. Also, I think > it's > one of the cheapest kits around! But there's more than meets the eye if you > take a > look "under the hood" and see it's revolutionary idea... > > PC generated CW (from LPT or COM port) is very demanding when it comes to CPU > resources. Nicely timed and smooth sent CW is a very big time consuming > process for > your PC's CPU. In the mean time, there a dozens of other tasks going on > (logging, > refreshing the screen, keyboard input etc etc). When one of these other tasks > takes > priority over sending CW, your keying will sound stuttering or you will have > some > time delay between characters. It makes you sound like a big "lid". This is > escpecially true on older hence slower PC's with less memory and a slower CPU > speed. > If it weren't for CW, these "antiquated" machines would fo a great job in a > ham > shack. > > WinKey handles this totally different. It is based around its own > microcontroller > (the WinKey chip) that does all the calculating for the timing etc. All is > receives > from the PC is an ASCII text string from the serial RS-232 port. This means > that > the > PC's CPU is now dismissed from the heavy task of processing CW, and only has > to > take > care of sending serial ASCII (your CW message embedded in control tags). This > is > child's play for a PC and takes NO resource from the PC's CPU. Several people > have > checked it with the Window's CPU resource meter: LPT CW = 100% CPU usage, > Winkey = > 2% > CPU usage. > This is WinKey's major asset: when using one on an older, slower PC you can > still > send perfect CW without stuttering, hesitation or delays because WinKey > handles the > timing and the slow PC can focus on other tasks, like logging your QSO's. > > All this wasn't an issue in the DOS era, when perfect CW by LPT or COM was > never a > problem. The troubles were introduced when Windows came into play. By its very > nature, Windows does not like to let go the control of it's hardware and > keeps the > doors tightly closed. This means that programmers who make software for hams > do not > have the access to the hardware they'd like to have to give full priority to > the CW > task. This means that other actions will disturb the CW process sooner or > later, > which is more apparent with older thus slower PC's. I am not a programmer so > I do > not > know the details, but you'll get the picture. > > Bottom line is: WinKey can make your old and slow PC send perfect CW - if your > Windows based software supports it, which is what several people here on this > reflector have asked (or rather begged?) for. The WinKey chip has also been > used as > an OEM keyer in several USB-port based applications lately, so the demand for > WinKey > support keeps on growing. > > I hope the WinKey hype will make more sense now? > 73 es Season's Greetings > Franki ON5ZO >
