Ola amigo Você vai para Natal?? Um abraço Atilano -----Mensagem original----- De: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Em nome de PY2YP Enviada em: quarta-feira, 5 de agosto de 2009 12:35 Para: [email protected] Assunto: Re: [Dx4win] V8.01 Observations (long)
Hi Randy, I do second your very accurate review. I've found the same CW problems; yes, should be nice to change the asterisk in the reports and get back the listing report to the version 7 format as well. 73 DX de PY2YP - Cesar Randy Farmer wrote: > I downloaded and had a look at the new version today. I don't yet > have my license key, but I was able to import my version 7 log and > check out some of the new features. Importing the Version 6/7 format > log file into Version 8 was absolutely trouble free. I did have to > re-do some of my custom Logbook Report formats to account for the new > fields, but this was no problem at all. All of my Selections and > Group definitions imported perfectly. > > I'm especially glad to see the improvements to the LOTW record > keeping and the elimination of the need to explicitly filter the log > by date selection to get accurate DXCC CW statistics. The testing > I've done so far has concentrated on checking out the DXCC CW > reporting. Unfortunately, I have found some problems. > > I have around 56K QSOs in my log, the vast majority being CW. The log > files go back to 1965, so there are a good many CW QSOs in the log > that were made prior to being eligible for CW DXCC credit. Some of > these have been submitted for Mixed and Band DXCC credit. I also keep > track of my DXCC records using a fairly elaborate Excel spreadsheet > and make sure it's updated every time the DX4WIN log changes and/or I > receive new DXCC credits from ARRL. My standard procedure is to do a > quick compare of the DX4WIN DXCC Summary reports against this > spreadsheet each time after importing LOTW data or making any other > changes to the log. > > I checked out the Version 8 DXCC Summary reports and found right away > that regardless of the selection made in the dropdown boxes the > Summary report ALWAYS gives the stats for All Bands / All Modes. The > good news is that these stats are completely accurate, including the > CW numbers. I tried all combinations of the "Modes" and "Bands" > dropdown choices and always got the All modes / All bands report. > > I then took a look at the Listing reports for various band and mode > combinations.To use the Listings data, I use the Write to File option > to dump the report data to csv format to import into Excel. It's > disappointing that while the Listing report format has changed > slightly, it STILL uses the asterisk (*) character to designate > "Checked" status. The asterisk is a special wild card character in > Excel, and directly importing the csv file makes it impossible to > edit and manipulate the data -- weird things happen. This means I > still need to first run the csv file through Wordpad or some similar > text editor to do a search and replace of the asterisk with some > other character so I can use the file in Excel. It would be real nice > if the report output used some other character to show "Checked" status. > > All of the DXCC reports except for CW were completely correct. > There were multiple discrepancies for CW DXCC, which upon close > examination all turned out to be the result of counting pre-1975 QSOs > for CW credit. If these old records were excluded from the > statistics, the CW report would be totally accurate. I have taken > great care in setting the Mixed, Band and Mode credit flags for these > older QSOs in the log file, and none has the Mode credit flag set, > yet the report claimed that they were credited for CW. Apparently the > internal logic of the program looks at neither the QSO date nor the > status of the DXCC Mode flag when it generates the DXCC report. > > So we're almost there... The Summary gets the CW statistics correct, > so there's clearly some logic that runs on QSO date, but it's > obviously incompletely implemented. > > Also regarding the Listing report, when including Deleted entities > the new version sorts its output in alphabetical Prefix order without > regard for whether the prefix is for a Deleted entity or not. The > older versions put all the Deleteds in alphabetical order at the > bottom of the prefix list, a MUCH better way to present the data. I > had to immediately re-sort the imported csv files to get them in the > same order as the data from Version 7. Please restore the Version 8 > Listing report to the same format as the Version 7 and earlier listings! > > There is also some sort of internal coding error that caused me a bit > of hair pulling. For some reason, while the prefix for Minami > Torishima is JD1/M, the Listing report renders it as JD1/W and thus > interchanges the lines for Minami Torishima and Ogasawara, JD1/O. It > was no fun dealing with this until I took a close look at the report > and saw the incorrect prefix. > > Apart from these small problems, I like the looks of the enhancements > to this new version of DX4WIN. I'm looking forward to getting my > license key and doing more testing with live hardware. Thanks to Paul > for a significant improvement in this new generation of the program. > With a little tuning it will be a great leap forward. > > 73... > Randy, W8FN > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > __________ Informação do ESET NOD32 Antivirus, versão da vacina 4306 > (20090804) __________ > > A mensagem foi verificada pelo ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > ______________________________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
