Thanks a lot!!!! I will test it today!!!!!
Rick EA4ZK El 19 oct. 2017 8:31 p. m., "Paul van der Eijk" <[email protected]> escribió: > Happy to announce that version 9 is available! > > The website still needs work and I plan to do that in the coming days but > the order form is current (you may have to reload the form if you still see > version 8) > > You can download the installer here: www.dx4win.com/files/dx4w901.exe > > The improvements in this release would not have been possible without the > suggestions and bug reports from the beta testers: > > Jim, AD1C > Paul, F6EXV > David, K2DBK > Bud, N7CW > Lee, N7NU > Guy, ON4AOI > Kostas, SV1DPI > Mike, W0VTT > > With a very special thank you to Jim for his tireless efforts to get the > new data in shape to feed the country database and related files. > > Important Note: > This version does not implement the editors for the various databases; this > is planned for the next update. > > Callsigns > Support for on-line callsign lookups for QRZ and Buckmaster (HamCall) > Separate menu option to lookup a callsign using a web browser > Callsigns can be up to 16 characters long (up from 12) > > Country Database > The country database is now split in two files; country.dat contains the > callsign mappings, country information etc. A second file, usrexcpt.dat > contains the exceptions (overrides) entered by the user. This applies to > prefix/zones/date exceptions for a callsign, QSL manager information and > QSL manager address. > Callsign exceptions and mappings in the country database have now a start- > and end-date allowing multiple date ranges to be specified. > Counties have now coordinates > > Custom Awards > Custom awards have been updated to allow for more flexibility in naming > awards and better error checking. > Awards 'codes' can be 6 characters in length (up from 4). The longer values > allow for a more logical organization of the awards avoiding splitting a > single award into multiple awards. > Award 'values' can be 12 characters in length (up from 8) > The abbreviation for an award is shown in the QSO Window; pressing F1 will > show the list of valid entries and their description. The list shown takes > the restrictions for Prefix, Date, Band and Mode into account > When selecting a custom award, an information page can be displayed which > may have an URL for the home page for the award > A new menu option is available to verify and convert the custom award > setting for each QSO; see QSO Window | Multiple QSO operations | Check > Custom Awards. > A new file, awdmap.txt, has been introduced to convert awards and award > values to the new custom awards. > > IOTAs > For a new QSO, the IOTA field is set when the IOTA for the entity is > unique. Similarly, the Island field is set for an IOTA when the Island is > unique for the IOTA. > A new menu option is available to check existing QSOs for a valid IOTA and > set the IOTA and Island fields when they are unique; see QSO Window | > Multiple QSO operations | Check IOTAs. > The relation between Prefix and IOTA is stored in a new file: prf2iota.txt > The PopUp menu for selecting an IOTA can be limited to IOTAs by continent > or by Prefix in addition to the full list of IOTAs. > An option has been added to confirm IOTA QSOs using the .CSV file > downloaded from the RSGB; see QSO Window | QSLs | Confirm QSOs using IOTA > file. > > Modes > Added many more modes, and a new QSO field to enter a sub-mode. See Modes > for a table of modes and sub modes. > The option to modify the modes for the selected QSOs can also modify the > sub-mode. See QSO | Multiple QSOs Operations | Set Mode. > Added an option, (Alt+F8), to search for generic modes like Phone and > Digital. > A double-click in a summary window uses the generic mode search and > searching using the previous filter will show how that was done. > > Packet Cluster > Ability to auto connect to a cluster node. The node is shown in the > preferences and will not change when the clusters.txt is updated. > The redesigned Announce DX Window can automatically include state, county, > IOTA and VUCC grid in a DX spot if specified in the QSO Window. > The clusters.txt is no longer modified after selecting a node and is now a > single file. Previously, two files were used specify a keep alive parameter > or not. The keep alive value is now part of the cluster node configuration. > > Radios > A number of new radios were added. > > Reports > Progress reports use now three dates for reporting. > Submission report honors the exclusion of deleted countries > Added columns to WPX submission report so it can be used for submissions by > saving the report as a csv file. > > RST > rstR and rstS fields can have 5 characters; numerical formatting is no > longer enforced to allow for EME reports etc > > System > On-line updating for program and data files. See Main Form | Help | Check > for Updates > Many files have been renamed to better reflect their use; binary files have > the *.dat file extension and text files the *.txt file extension. See > Appendix B for more details. > Cosmetic changes and fixes; most importantly that when using skins, windows > no longer change position and size when restarting the program. > Many small bug fixes; many of them never reported previously! > Reading of ADIF files is substantially faster > Expanded the memory available to the program; log files with a million QSOs > are possible. > > --Paul, KK4HD > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > DX4WIN logging software > Paul van der Eijk, KK4HD > BrookHill Data Systems LLC > http://www.dx4win.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
