Jim, thanks. that was it. Changed to sort by Arrival. 73 John EMAIL: [email protected] WEBPAGE: http://www.w9rpm.com/ DX and CONTEST CLUB: http://www.w9idx.com/ AOL IM: W9RPM YAHOO: W9RPM
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <[email protected]> To: "W9RPM" <[email protected]> Cc: "DX4WIN" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Spot announcements > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 8:09 AM, W9RPM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have noticed that sometimes a Dx spot that comes through on any band >> that >> is a band country I need doesn't Voice Announce. Any ideas? Audio Voice >> is >> listed as Band/Call, and Award is listed as Award Band Not confirmed. >> Thanks- John > > Hi John, > > I may know what is happening, but am not 100% sure. I think this only > happens if DX Spots are sorted by time (not by arrival). The first > time a needed call is spotted, you'll get an announcement. If the > same call/band/mode is reposted within <#> minutes, then you will NOT > get a new voice announcement. Or maybe if it was already in the DX > Spots window, and gets reposted, you won't get a new announcement. > I'm not exactly sure what the mechanism is that blocks the subsequent > announcements, but it's something like that. > > You can experiment yourself. In DX4WIN, connect to the VE7CC which > supports the DXTEST command (you can make test spots that only go to > you). Right-click on the DX Spots window and erase all spots. Now in > the Packet window, do a DXTEST spot for something you need, like: > > DXTEST P5ABC 14025 > > You should get the voice announcement. > > Now respot on a different frequency or with a comment, like: > > DXTEST P5ABC 14020 test spot > > See if you get the announcement. You probably won't. > > 73 - Jim AD1C > > -- > Jim Reisert AD1C, <[email protected]>, http://www.ad1c.us > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 091218-0, 12/18/2009 > Tested on: 12/18/2009 10:15:41 AM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 091218-0, 12/18/2009 Tested on: 12/18/2009 12:20:48 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.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
