I can't recall how many years that I have been using DX4WIN and never realized what you gentlemen have been talking about and now educated me about.
WOW it works great. I get RAC,Go-List and now if needed QRZ.com. Really works great Rod WC7N ----- Original Message ----- From: "Duane A Calvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Internet Callsign Lookup > Dick's response echos my experience also. F3 to bring up the Lookup > window with response from your callsign database on your PC, and any > manager lookups (I use GOLIST which works great). Then, with this window > active, hit "Enter" and it will send the same request to QRZ.COM and a > browser window will open and you'll see the info there. I think this is > documented somewhere, but not sure where. > > 73, Duane > > > On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:35:46 -0800 Dick Flanagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: >> At 03:02 PM 2/21/2006, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: >> >I think you have to hit F3 twice. I was going to write an >> application note >> >about this, but just have not had time. >> >> My experience is this: >> >> Let's say you have three sources of information: (A) local call >> sign >> lookup on a CD or local disk; (B) QSL manager lookup on a local >> disk; and >> (C) Internet access to call sign information on QRZ.com. >> >> Hitting F3 while in the logging window will bring up a window >> showing the >> results from (A) and (B). If you then hit Return, it will bring up >> your >> browser that will display the results from (C). >> >> What I gather from this is that DX4WIN cannot extract data from the >> QRZ.com >> web site, but it can from known-format databases on your local >> system. This makes sense when you think about how difficult it >> would be >> for DX4WIN to duplicate the HTTP functions necessary to access a web >> site >> and then to parse through all of the web site noise to actually >> identify >> where the name and address are. What it can do, however, is invoke >> your >> browser and direct it go to QRZ.com to display the appropriate call >> sign >> information for you to interpret. >> >> What I do is use both QRZ.com and GOLIST databases on my local >> computer and >> then call up QRZ.com on the Internet to look for any last minute >> changes. >> >> 73, Dick >> >> >> -- >> Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM >> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Dx4win mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >> >> > > > -------------------------------------- > Duane Calvin, AC5AA > Austin, Texas > > http://home.austin.rr.com/ac5aa > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Feb 21 21:29:36 2006 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Zack) Date: Tue Feb 21 21:31:37 2006 Subject: [Dx4win] Internet Callsign Lookup In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm not sure if I fully understand the question but it seems to work fine for me. The only complaint I have is that the CALLSIGN/MGR LOOKUP window does not automatically open with the rest of the windows when you start up DX4WIN. I wish it would. Each time I start DX4WIN I hit F3 to open the window and leave it open. When I log a call or do a search for a call then that call will appear in the F3 CALLSIGN window. The info from the RAC then appears in the large F3 window as well as any QSL Mgr info from the GOLIST. If the CTY file contains a QSL Mgr for this call then it will appear in the QSL MGR box. Then I can move my cursor behind either call and hit enter and the QRZ.COM page for entry for that call opens and appears. That allows me to compare the RAC/GOLIST info against the QRZ.COM info. I can then go to the mailing label link for the call on QRZ.COM, highlight the address, then cut and paste the address into the QSL MGR box on the main window or do the same with the GOLIST address shown in the F3 window. If there is no QSL Mgr then I cut and paste the address for the actual call here. That way my QSL labels will have the QSO info plus an address label for mailing the QSL card. It all works pretty smoothly once you get used to it. If anyone knows any shortcuts please share. 73, Alan, K7ACZ Duane A Calvin wrote: >Dick's response echos my experience also. F3 to bring up the Lookup >window with response from your callsign database on your PC, and any >manager lookups (I use GOLIST which works great). Then, with this window >active, hit "Enter" and it will send the same request to QRZ.COM and a >browser window will open and you'll see the info there. I think this is >documented somewhere, but not sure where. > > 73, Duane > > >On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:35:46 -0800 Dick Flanagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >writes: > > >>At 03:02 PM 2/21/2006, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: >> >I think you have to hit F3 twice. I was going to write an >>application note >> >about this, but just have not had time. >> >>My experience is this: >> >>Let's say you have three sources of information: (A) local call >>sign >>lookup on a CD or local disk; (B) QSL manager lookup on a local >>disk; and >>(C) Internet access to call sign information on QRZ.com. >> >>Hitting F3 while in the logging window will bring up a window >>showing the >>results from (A) and (B). If you then hit Return, it will bring up >>your >>browser that will display the results from (C). >> >>What I gather from this is that DX4WIN cannot extract data from the >>QRZ.com >>web site, but it can from known-format databases on your local >>system. This makes sense when you think about how difficult it >>would be >>for DX4WIN to duplicate the HTTP functions necessary to access a web >>site >>and then to parse through all of the web site noise to actually >>identify >>where the name and address are. What it can do, however, is invoke >>your >>browser and direct it go to QRZ.com to display the appropriate call >>sign >>information for you to interpret. >> >>What I do is use both QRZ.com and GOLIST databases on my local >>computer and >>then call up QRZ.com on the Internet to look for any last minute >>changes. >> >>73, Dick >> >> >>-- >>Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM >>E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Dx4win mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >> >> >> >> > > >-------------------------------------- >Duane Calvin, AC5AA >Austin, Texas > >http://home.austin.rr.com/ac5aa >_______________________________________________ >Dx4win mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > > > -- Alan Zack Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ Official USCG Auxiliary Comm Station Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Quality Engineer, The Boeing Company, Retired Aviation Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Coast Guard, Retired U.S. Coast Guard, Always Ready, Always There Every hour, Every day, Around the Clock and Around the World SEMPER PARATUS http://gocoastguard.com http://www.uscgradio.net http://www.comm-one.org
