Looks like there?s a new-one out there, what will be the preffix..? YT8..? Any other..?
Josep EA6BF From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Feb 17 13:25:48 2008 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Giacobello) Date: Sun Feb 17 13:31:02 2008 Subject: [Dx4win] Multiple QSOs change on QSO NOTES - Group Numbers In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maybe it's my aging brain, but I found the instructions regarding the use of the Selection feature in the manual difficult to understand. It took more than a little bit of trial and error to get it working the way it was intended. 73, Joe K2XX Dave Sharred wrote: > Hi Thor > > Had chance to look at this; had some problems getting the SELECTION to work > though !! > > It's OK now; I seem to have lost my filters in the main log (now fixed) > > So FILTER (F8) is only a temporary filter; by pressing ESC you go back to > the full log > > SELECTION looks like a filter that applies until you decide that you are > finished, and look at the whole log; right ? > > I see the advantages in reporting DXCC status, say by SELECTION call sign, > too. It would meet my criteria for combining my GD logs, and for anyone else > who had travelled and wants to keep their logs integrated, but be able to > chase awards separately. > > For those who are setting Groups per contest; I only see it as a way to > correlate their country score; but I would use the contest logger to do > that. I see no real advantage to assigning a group to every contests, but > that's my opinion. > > Maybe by groups of contest; for instance if I wanted to see how many IOTA's > I had ever worked in IOTA contests, then that might be good to define an > IOTA CONTEST selection, same with CQWW etc... > > Has anyone found a practical limit to log size in numbers of QSO's; not that > I'm there yet, but I know that the bigger the log the longer it takes to > load (and the bigger the file size!!!) > > 73 > > Dave > G3NKC > > PS - I left Kosovo (or Kosova!) off my country list; I'll wait for a > positive indication before I even think about adding it !!! > -----Original Message----- > From: Thorvaldur Stefansson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 16 February 2008 17:35 > To: Dave Sharred > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Multiple QSOs change on QSO NOTES - Group Numbers > > > Dave, > > > I have more than 30 groups, operations from several dxcc countries and > multiple callsigns from within TF all in the same log file (TF4M.DXL). > > > When filtering by Group the F8 search option is not used, rather you use > SELECTION which you previously define to choose between the call signs. > This way, you can create a selection which covers all your operations from a > certain dxcc entity for example your GD operations and you will then have > all DX4WINs reporting available for that group. > > > You should import your various GD operations into your main log, each into > their separate groups. You can then open the SAME CALL window and you > will see there previous contacts with a station and the call you used to > make the QSO. > > > Even if you import the GD logs into your main log, they stay separate when > you start using the SELECTION feature. > > > 73 > Thor, TF4M > > > > > > On 16/02/2008, Dave Sharred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All; > > I maybe missed the point, but I really wonder what you guys are doing to > even think about running out of Group numbers. > > I don't understand anyone's need really to group by year or by contest; > since you would still need to do a search operation (F8) to filter by Group. > You might as well do a search by date in that case. I use Groups in my > main log to differentiate from G3NKC and G3NKC/P, and I think I set up > GQ3NKC - so call sign variants. > > For my GD contest operations, I currently hold separate logs for GD0EMG, > MD6V, and MD4K; even though I have been thinking about the merits of merging > those logs (might be nice to see a complete DXCC achievement, for instance); > but I often think these would be outweighed by the overhead when doing the > QSLling chores (when someone requests a card, I normally QSL all QSO's with > our particular contest call. I might end up selecting QSL's for all call's; > meaning I have 3 labels that would have to go on 3 cards). ON balance I > think those logs will stay separate. > > 73 > > Dave > G3NKC > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Balsillie > Sent: 15 February 2008 23:06 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Multiple QSOs change on QSO NOTES - Group Numbers > > > Hi Bill, > I'm not sure how you allocate your group numbers. I started giving a number > to every contest, IE CQ WPX CW,2005,2006,2007 ETC and could see I would fast > run out of numbers. On a suggestion from a local user I now only have one > number for each contest and use the same number each year. Its a simple > matter to filter by year or mode as and when you require. This has reduced > my groups considerably. > > Cheers > John ZL1ALZ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of AC0W > Sent: Saturday, 16 February 2008 11:03 a.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Multiple QSOs change on QSO NOTES - Group Numbers > > > Group numbers is a nice feature and I use it a lot. I just wish we were > allowed more than 254 group numbers. At my present rate I will have all 254 > numbers used by CQ WPX CW this year. When that happens I will have to look > at other options to accomplish this or look at different software that will > do what I want. > > Bill > AC0W > > ---- Jim Reisert AD1C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- py2xb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hello. How can I add a text in the QSO Notes field to the entire log ? I >> need to merge tow logs, but I want to have a writting text on the QSO >> > Notes > >> to know from what log the QSO came from. Thanks Fred PY2XB >> > > What about using group numbers - assign a different group to each imported > log? > > 73 - Jim AD1C > > > -- > Jim Reisert AD1C/?, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > >
