--- Jim Reisert AD1C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also changed the way the date box works. It's no longer a > drop-down box. If you run the program in January or February, by > default the date will be last year (2006). That is because the > submission deadline is 28 February. If you run the program in > March-December, the date will be this year (2007).
I forgot to finish this. You can type in any date (year) that you wish and it will filter the input file for only that year. When the program starts, it fills in a default year, but you can change it. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jan 16 17:04:01 2007 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Reisert AD1C) Date: Tue Jan 16 17:05:03 2007 Subject: [Dx4win] DX4WIN.CTY #36 release notes Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Folks, I hope to release DX4WIN.CTY #36 later this week. You can see the current release notes here: http://www.country-files.com/dx4win/history.htm#36 The release notes are up-to-date with the exception of a couple QSL manager changes. A few things that won't be obvious from the release notes: 1. In Release #35, I *thought* I had updated the QSL Bureau flags. In reality, I edited the wrong file, and never released the changes. In my own log, I had 357/1967 QSLs that were to countries not served by QSL bureaus. When I used my latest country file with the correct QSL Bureau flags, this number went down to 24/1967. 2. VU7RG has three different QSL managers depending on your geographic region: N2OO, DL4KQ (GDXF) and JA3UB. DX4WIN will not allow you to pick the correct QSL manager (I think DL4KQ comes up first because it's first alphabetically). If you want, you can edit the QSL manager database yourself (File -> Database -> QSL Manages) and remove the two QSL managers that are not serving your region. 3. This release will have a huge QSL address database. I got a file of about 4000 addresses from K4UTE that is in DX4WIN format. It only increases the uncompressed file size by 200K or so, much less when the file is compressed. The current DX4WIN.CTY file has but three addresses: KK4HD, W3HNK and YASME. Please get any last-minute changes into me ASAP. I'm also working on a couple of "midnight projects" (in my "spare" time!): One is to parse the QSL manager information out of the 425 DX Bulletins. Well, that part is easy, but there are lots of mistakes, as well as managers for stations that never got on the air. Most of the cross-checking is by-hand. I don't want to increase the "garbage quotient" of the current database. The other project involves back-filling missing QSL managers into my logbook, which goes back to late 1974. Using the ON6DP and OZ7C databases, I have identified just over 3000 DX callsigns that potentially have QSL managers, DX stations which are NOT already listed in the DX4WIN QSL manager database. Of those, I was able to cross-confirm just over 1000 of them with the GOLIST (i.e. GOLIST has the same manager listed as the ON6DP and/or OZ7C database). That leaves another 2000 DX stations where the GOLIST either didn't find the DX station, or the GOLIST has a different manager listed than the ON6DP and/or OZ7C databases. I do not have a schedule as to when any of this additional QSL manager data may appear. Since the cross-checking needs to be mostly by-hand, it will still be a while yet. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jan 16 19:42:58 2007 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Lawler) Date: Tue Jan 16 19:48:22 2007 Subject: [Dx4win] Lost QSO? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Guys, Im using v. 7.02.15 I was checking my WXCC report and happened to notice that a QSO from K5K in Kingman Reef wasnt listed.But the qso is in the log, prefix KH5K, everything seem to be set up right in the QSO record, including QSL confirmed box checked to "Y", and confirm QSO Card or Upload is set in Properties... I tried to enter a test K5K QSO for todays date and again checked confirmed "Y"in both upload and QSL. I Saved the new record and still no entry in the WXCC report??? The same situation on the WAS report, a QSO is not listed as confirmed for a state when the QSO record is marked confirmed. Help! John, N7EB From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jan 17 08:52:06 2007 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (W5LT) Date: Wed Jan 17 08:53:16 2007 Subject: [Dx4win] Getting LoTW awarded confirmations into "checked" column? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> HI: I have uploaded my log, purchased credits, filed DXCC application (on LoTW) and been awarded 180 band countries. I downloaded my confirmed QSLs with detail, and imported data into DX4WIN. My "mixed" country total matches that displayed in LoTW, nothing else does. I am especially interested in getting the "checked" band counts to match so that I can more easily see what to chase. Why doesn't DX4WIN use the downloaded "awarded" data from LoTW to update the log to show "checked"? Bob, W5LT
