I agree. Having a second cutoff would be good. I keep getting these 30M spots showing as SSB and not RTTY. Since I will never have a QSO on 30M SSB it would be good to switch to RTTY.
AD6ZJ, Loren --- On Tue, 2/15/11, Jay Hainline <ka9...@winco.net> wrote: > From: Jay Hainline <ka9...@winco.net> > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Check your CW Cutoff frequencies (30m might be wrong) > To: "DX4WIN Reflector" <dx4win@mailman.qth.net> > Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 1:39 PM > I would like to see this changed to > be able to add another cutoff frequency. > That way the digital sub band could be separated out from > cw and ssb sub > bands. This past weekend with the rtty contest would be a > good example. Lots > of dx spots for rtty stations that did not have rtty in the > comments field > for the spot. DX4WIN then thinks it’s a cw spot and > colors the spot > accordingly depending on need. You could make it where the > user can change > the default mode for the digital portion to suit his/her > needs. > > > Jay Hainline KA9CFD > Colchester, IL EN40om > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Reisert AD1C > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 19:11 > To: DX4WIN Reflector > Subject: [Dx4win] Check your CW Cutoff frequencies (30m > might be wrong) > > Hi Folks, > > I just helped Vlad R7LV fix his CW cutoff frequencies. He > was still > seeing colored (needed) DX spots for stations he had > already worked. > If the CW cutoff frequencies are not set correctly, DX4WIN > will not be > able to distinguish CW spots from non-CW spots (unless the > spot MODE > is included in the comment field of the DX spot). > > If you have upgraded from one DX4WIN version to another, > merging your > .INI file (preferences) each time, it's possible that your > CW cutoff > frequencies may not be correct. The CW cutoff > frequency is the > frequency at which DX4WIN NO LONGER considers them to be in > the CW > band. For example, on 10 meters (28 MHz), the default > CW cutoff > frequency is 28,300 KHz; DX4WIN will think that spots LOWER > than that > frequency are CW, and spots on that frequency or HIGHER are > NOT CW. > > Remember, there have been some changes in the last several > years > regarding 80 and 40 meter SSB operation, and if you have > been > migrating your DX4WIN preferences from version to version, > you might > have the old cutoff frequencies. > > To check your CW Cutoff frequencies, go to Preferences and > click on > the QSO tab. In the bottom-right hand corner of the > preferences, > there will be a box that says, "CW frequency cutoff" > > Check each band by clicking inside the Band field and using > the > drop-down menu. Once the cursor is inside the Band > field, you can > just use the up/down arrow keys to change bands. To > correct a band's > cutoff frequency, type the frequency, in kHz, into the > "Frequency > (kHz)" field. > > Here are the default CW cutoff frequencies for a new > installation of > DX4WIN 8.05 (nothing merged into preferences): > > 160m: 1,840 kHz > 80m: 3,600 kHz > 60m: 5,330 kHz > 40m: 7,125 kHz > 30m: 10,100 kHz **** > 20m: 14,150 kHz > 17m: 18,110 kHz > 15m: 21,200 kHz > 12m: 24,930 kHz > 10m: 28,300 kHz > > *** I think this is wrong. This should cause DX4WIN > to treat all 30 > meter spots as *NOT* CW. I think it should be set to > 10,130 kHz or > higher, which appears to be the start of the digital band > (see: > http://www.bandplans.com/index.php?band=30 ) > > When you are done making changes, make sure to use File | > Save Changes > and Exit. Before doing that, however, it might be a > good time to also > do File | Write INI file to save your preferences, in case > something > happens to your DX4WIN.CFG file, or you want want to > upgrade and keep > your preferences. > > 73 - Jim AD1C > > > Jay Hainline KA9CFD > Colchester, IL EN40om > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > > 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:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
