[Dx4win] Pre 1975 CW DXCC confirmations
I started this thread so I'll chime in a bit more. It seems to me that all the responders so far (including Rapidan thru some private emails) have agreed that processing pre 1975 CW confirmations is a problem with DX4WIN. Some suggestions have been offered to circumvent the problem but all suggestions have required some manual manipulation either with the data itself or the DXCC reports or both. Since this is a known deficiency might it be better to develop some ways to change the DX4WIN internals such that no manipulation is necessary? I am not the DX4WIN internals person but it seems to me that from a user viewpoint there may be at least a couple of solutions. 1. Provide automatic knowledge of the CW DXCC rules via the implementation of an option in the Preferences file. If that is too complex or not possible to implement then. 2. Enhance the Selection filter so that it would be sensitive not only to the CW DXCC start date but also to mode such that pre 1975 CW confirmations would not be eligible for MODE but these very same confirmations would be eligible for MIXED and BAND. This filter could be set as needed and prior to printing of any DXCC reports. The appropriate Subm flags should also be correctly set when the Submissions report is run. Perhaps others may have additional suggestions as to how to solve the pre 1975 problem but let's encourage Rapidan to resolve the problem rather than develop work arounds. Work arounds seem out of place with a product as sophisticated as DX4WIN. Jerry N8BM - Original Message - From: Jim Reisert AD1C To: Dave Jaksa ; 'N5TY - Ken' ; 'JerryVan' ; dx4win@mailman.qth.net ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 11:11 PM Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Pre 1975 CW DXCC confirmations At 09:30 PM 2/22/2005, Dave Jaksa wrote: TNX for the suggestion Ken. That would work for one of them but the other one is a counter for Mixed. The biggest problem I have is that if one of the pre '75 CW confirmed countries is spotted on CW my DX Spots window shows that I don't need it. Going further, rather than marking it invalid, change the mode from CW to SSB or some other phone mode. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us
[Dx4win] 6.04 upgrade problems
I'm in the middle of upgrading from 6.03 to 6.04, and using the Rel 14 country file. Once again, I'm plagued with the problem of DX4WIN changing my log data because of changes in the country file. Before getting specific, I want to reiterate that no database system should EVER alter data in existing records for any reason. There are other ways to illustrate changes between stored data and current guidelines (represented here by the country file). Now, here's the new problem. While trying to reconcile differences in the country counts on all bands, I've run into a number of QSOs for which DX4WIN erased the country name and prefix (that means they are now blank). One such QSO was for a contact logged as c/ZL3HI on Chatham Is. That is the way the call was sent, so that's the way it was logged. However, in the country file, it's entered as: ZL3HI/C. It's probably not reasonable to have it both ways in the country file, but it also is not reasonable to have DX4WIN arbitrarily blank the country and prefix fields without any indication that it happened. Now that I know what's happened with many of the missing countries, the real problem is that I can find no way to search for QSOs marked as Checked but with a blank prefix or country name. The only way to find them is to compare the ARRL credited list with the DX4WIN country listing, line by line. And, to do that, you must first write the DX4WIN listing to a file, import into EXCEL, and resort the list by country name. I've tried searching on a blank field by entering and in that field, but no success. Any way to accomplish this? 73, Floyd - K8AC
[Dx4win] PRE 1975 CW
Hello, Can someone shed some light on why pre 1975 CW don't count toward an ACTIVE CW award, CW DXCC? Phone, Mix go back to 1945, why did CW start or RESTART in 1975? Thanks, Bernie/WO2N.
[Dx4win] 6.04 upgrade problems
--- Floyd Sense [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, here's the new problem. While trying to reconcile differences in the country counts on all bands, I've run into a number of QSOs for which DX4WIN erased the country name and prefix (that means they are now blank). One such QSO was for a contact logged as c/ZL3HI on Chatham Is. That is the way the call was sent, so that's the way it was logged. I can say with almost 100% certainty that the call was NOT sent this way. I have the QSL to prove it. Here is one on the web: http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Chatham_Island/zl3hi.htm Now that I know what's happened with many of the missing countries, the real problem is that I can find no way to search for QSOs marked as Checked but with a blank prefix or country name. The only way to find them is to compare the ARRL credited list with the DX4WIN country listing, line by line. And, to do that, you must first write the DX4WIN listing to a file, import into EXCEL, and resort the list by country name. There is an easier way to find the differences. It uses your old (known good) and new country files and is described on my web page: http://www.ad1c.us/dx4win/index.htm#Country If you send me the differences exactly as I request on that page, I'll add them to the master country file. If this is too much work for you, just send me your original .CTY file and your log, and I'll do the work myself. I have spent countless hours making the DX4WIN country database as accurate as possible. If the database is correct, there will be no difference in your log whether the country information is stored with it or not. I can only fix problems when I am told about them. I have been asking for corrections several times a week for the last last two months. Finally, if you're not happy with the way that DX4WIN stores its data, there is no one forcing you to use it. Try DXbase. I did. That's why I use DX4WIN. 73 - Jim AD1C = Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Feb 23 10:44:14 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Reisert AD1C) Date: Wed Feb 23 10:55:50 2005 Subject: [Dx4win] PRE 1975 CW In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- wo2n [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone shed some light on why pre 1975 CW don't count toward an ACTIVE CW award, CW DXCC? Phone, Mix go back to 1945, why did CW start or RESTART in 1975? The award was created from scratch. The ARRL probably decided to make everyone start on a equal footing. Probably same reason why single-band WAZ awards started in 1978 or so. 73 - Jim AD1C = Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Feb 23 10:49:11 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ON4AOI) Date: Wed Feb 23 11:01:09 2005 Subject: [Dx4win] 6.04 upgrade problems In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Floyd, There is a way that your log DIDN'T change If you chose another option in Preferences|Import tab 73 Guy ON4AOI BAND DECODER and related stuff at http://www.on4aoi.be/banddecoder.htm DX4WIN soft and related stuff at http://www.on4aoi.be/dx4win.htm DX4WIN, WRITELOG, WF1B RITTY CW RTTY interfaces at http://www.on4aoi.be/keyer.htm ARSWIN link and related stuff at http://www.on4aoi.be/web7.htm DXTELNET soft and related stuff at http://www.on4aoi.be/dxt.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Floyd Sense Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 3:12 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] 6.04 upgrade problems I'm in the middle of upgrading from 6.03 to 6.04, and using the Rel 14 country file. Once again, I'm plagued with the problem of DX4WIN changing my log data because of changes in the country file. Before getting specific, I want to reiterate that no database system should EVER alter data in existing records for any reason. There are other ways to illustrate changes between stored data and current guidelines (represented here by the country file). Now, here's the new problem. While trying to reconcile differences in the country counts on all bands, I've run into a number of QSOs for which DX4WIN erased the country name and prefix (that means they are now blank). One such QSO was for a contact logged as c/ZL3HI on Chatham Is. That is the way the call was sent, so that's the way it was logged. However, in the country file, it's entered as: ZL3HI/C. It's probably not reasonable to have it both ways in the country file, but it also is not reasonable to have DX4WIN arbitrarily blank the country and prefix fields without any indication that it happened. Now that I know what's happened with many of the missing countries, the real problem is that I can find no way to search for QSOs marked as Checked but with a blank
[Dx4win] 6.04 upgrade problems
Guy - sorry, but I don't understand your comment. I didn't import anything, merely copied the database file from my 6.03 directory to the 6.04 directory. 73, Floyd - Original Message - From: ON4AOI [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Floyd Sense' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 10:49 AM Subject: RE: [Dx4win] 6.04 upgrade problems Floyd, There is a way that your log DIDN'T change If you chose another option in Preferences|Import tab 73 Guy ON4AOI snip
[Dx4win] 6.04 upgrade problems
--- Floyd Sense [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, here's the new problem. While trying to reconcile differences in the country counts on all bands, I've run into a number of QSOs for which DX4WIN erased the country name and prefix (that means they are now blank). One such QSO was for a contact logged as c/ZL3HI on Chatham Is. That is the way the call was sent, so that's the way it was logged. However, in the country file, it's entered as: ZL3HI/C. It's probably not reasonable to have it both ways in the country file, but it also is not reasonable to have DX4WIN arbitrarily blank the country and prefix fields without any indication that it happened. If DX4WIN can't determine the country from the callsign, the prefix will be blank. Try entering FR7AA/E or ZL4BO/C and see what happens. You can probably guess where these are, but the program can't guess. The same goes for the various X5-callsigns that don't count for DXCC. 73 - Jim AD1C = Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Feb 23 11:23:49 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Floyd Sense) Date: Wed Feb 23 11:35:21 2005 Subject: [Dx4win] 6.04 upgrade problems References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I understand, Jim. But - you're missing the point. I'll try to simplify it: If DX4WIN elects to CHANGE or BLANK any data in an existing log record, IT SHOULD SIGNIFY THAT FACT IN SOME MANNER. For example, the word ERROR in the comments field as it does with import errors, or ERROR in the country field - anything that is searchable so we can quickly locate the problems. I don't want the program to guess where existing log records belong. I want it to LEAVE THE PRESENT DATA ALONE. If I were entering a new QSO, I would immediately see the problem and correct it. However, when the only notification of the changes is that my totals counts change, that is unacceptable. With the current design, the database integrity exposures are not acceptable. 73, K8AC - Original Message - From: Jim Reisert AD1C [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Floyd Sense [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 11:12 AM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] 6.04 upgrade problems --- Floyd Sense [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, here's the new problem. While trying to reconcile differences in the country counts on all bands, I've run into a number of QSOs for which DX4WIN erased the country name and prefix (that means they are now blank). One such QSO was for a contact logged as c/ZL3HI on Chatham Is. That is the way the call was sent, so that's the way it was logged. However, in the country file, it's entered as: ZL3HI/C. It's probably not reasonable to have it both ways in the country file, but it also is not reasonable to have DX4WIN arbitrarily blank the country and prefix fields without any indication that it happened. If DX4WIN can't determine the country from the callsign, the prefix will be blank. Try entering FR7AA/E or ZL4BO/C and see what happens. You can probably guess where these are, but the program can't guess. The same goes for the various X5-callsigns that don't count for DXCC. 73 - Jim AD1C = Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us
[Dx4win] Pre 1975 CW DXCC confirmations
Jim, That doesn't work for a variation of the same reason Ken's suggestion doesn't work. My one and only QSL for the country is for a pre 1975 CW QSO. If I mark it as SSB then any phone band cluster spot will not show as a needed mode. 73, Dave, W0VX -Original Message- From: Jim Reisert AD1C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 10:11 PM To: Dave Jaksa; 'N5TY - Ken'; 'JerryVan'; dx4win@mailman.qth.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Pre 1975 CW DXCC confirmations At 09:30 PM 2/22/2005, Dave Jaksa wrote: TNX for the suggestion Ken. That would work for one of them but the other one is a counter for Mixed. The biggest problem I have is that if one of the pre '75 CW confirmed countries is spotted on CW my DX Spots window shows that I don't need it. Going further, rather than marking it invalid, change the mode from CW to SSB or some other phone mode. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us
[Dx4win] Band Master and DX4WIN
Hi, Has anybody made the Band Master spotter (www.dxatlas.com/BandMaster) work with DX4WIN? I use it with DX4WIN by disabling DX4WIN radio control and controlling FT1000MP via Band Master (this requires manual entering of the spotted callsign and band/mode). But the advantage outperforms the disadvantage, hi! 73, Radi F6GNZ
[Dx4win] 6.04 upgrade problems
Jim and Floyd, Am I mistaken, or if Floyd had copied his DX4WIN.CTY file AND his .DXL file into the 6.04 save folder for DX4WIN 6.04 all would have stayed the same in his country count and listings? Also if he had MERGED the Country files would he get the notices of the differences he is looking for? Jim, I for one really appreciate the time and effort you are taking into getting the CTY file up to date. This is an enormous project and one that I'm sure has lots of what in the heck did I start this for thoughts! G DX4WIN is one of the best logging programs out there and as such has a great deal of information the user needs to learn in order to get as smooth a transition to newer releases as possible. I am still learning all the intricacies of the program and have fought with my own lack of knowledge in getting some things done. Always remember to make a backup of all log data before moving on and you can always try different methods of upgrading to see which works best for you as well as returning to what you had before the upgrade. No one has to upgrade. Jim has a lot of good information on his web site and anyone making changes to his log or upgrading it, should take the time to read all the information they can find about the process before doing it. Thanks for all your help and work with DX4WIN Jim. 73, Wayne WA1PMA At 08:12 AM 2/23/2005 -0800, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: --- Floyd Sense [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, here's the new problem. While trying to reconcile differences in the country counts on all bands, I've run into a number of QSOs for which DX4WIN erased the country name and prefix (that means they are now blank). One such QSO was for a contact logged as c/ZL3HI on Chatham Is. That is the way the call was sent, so that's the way it was logged. However, in the country file, it's entered as: ZL3HI/C. It's probably not reasonable to have it both ways in the country file, but it also is not reasonable to have DX4WIN arbitrarily blank the country and prefix fields without any indication that it happened. If DX4WIN can't determine the country from the callsign, the prefix will be blank. Try entering FR7AA/E or ZL4BO/C and see what happens. You can probably guess where these are, but the program can't guess. The same goes for the various X5-callsigns that don't count for DXCC. 73 - Jim AD1C = Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us
[Dx4win] 6.04 upgrade problems
--- Wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am I mistaken, or if Floyd had copied his DX4WIN.CTY file AND his .DXL file into the 6.04 save folder for DX4WIN 6.04 all would have stayed the same in his country count and listings? Yes, that is correct. Also if he had MERGED the Country files would he get the notices of the differences he is looking for? Notices, no, but presumably his old mappings/exceptions would have been merged into the new file. 73 - Jim AD1C = Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Feb 23 13:15:11 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc Wullaert) Date: Wed Feb 23 13:25:30 2005 Subject: [Dx4win] Band Master and DX4WIN References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] if I whas correct somone told here that he was using a driverprogram in XP to control 2 programs the same comport maybe it is still in the archives - Original Message - From: Radivoj KAR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: DX4WIN Reflector (E-mail) dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 5:54 PM Subject: [Dx4win] Band Master and DX4WIN Hi, Has anybody made the Band Master spotter (www.dxatlas.com/BandMaster) work with DX4WIN? I use it with DX4WIN by disabling DX4WIN radio control and controlling FT1000MP via Band Master (this requires manual entering of the spotted callsign and band/mode). But the advantage outperforms the disadvantage, hi! 73, Radi F6GNZ ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 22/02/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 22/02/2005
[Dx4win] 6.04 upgrade problems
One mistake, Wayne, DX4Win is not one of the best logging programs, it is THE best !!! 73 Paul F6EXV Wayne wrote: Jim and Floyd, Am I mistaken, or if Floyd had copied his DX4WIN.CTY file AND his .DXL file into the 6.04 save folder for DX4WIN 6.04 all would have stayed the same in his country count and listings? Also if he had MERGED the Country files would he get the notices of the differences he is looking for? Jim, I for one really appreciate the time and effort you are taking into getting the CTY file up to date. This is an enormous project and one that I'm sure has lots of what in the heck did I start this for thoughts! G DX4WIN is one of the best logging programs out there and as such has a great deal of information the user needs to learn in order to get as smooth a transition to newer releases as possible. I am still learning all the intricacies of the program and have fought with my own lack of knowledge in getting some things done. Always remember to make a backup of all log data before moving on and you can always try different methods of upgrading to see which works best for you as well as returning to what you had before the upgrade. No one has to upgrade. Jim has a lot of good information on his web site and anyone making changes to his log or upgrading it, should take the time to read all the information they can find about the process before doing it. Thanks for all your help and work with DX4WIN Jim. 73, Wayne WA1PMA At 08:12 AM 2/23/2005 -0800, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: --- Floyd Sense [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, here's the new problem. While trying to reconcile differences in the country counts on all bands, I've run into a number of QSOs for which DX4WIN erased the country name and prefix (that means they are now blank). One such QSO was for a contact logged as c/ZL3HI on Chatham Is. That is the way the call was sent, so that's the way it was logged. However, in the country file, it's entered as: ZL3HI/C. It's probably not reasonable to have it both ways in the country file, but it also is not reasonable to have DX4WIN arbitrarily blank the country and prefix fields without any indication that it happened. If DX4WIN can't determine the country from the callsign, the prefix will be blank. Try entering FR7AA/E or ZL4BO/C and see what happens. You can probably guess where these are, but the program can't guess. The same goes for the various X5-callsigns that don't count for DXCC. 73 - Jim AD1C = Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Band Master and DX4WIN
I think that VE3NEA has written BandMaster so that it can exchange information with other programs via OLE. So a more integral relationship with DX4WIN should be possible. 73, Pete N4ZR At 11:54 AM 2/23/2005, Radivoj KAR wrote: Hi, Has anybody made the Band Master spotter (www.dxatlas.com/BandMaster) work with DX4WIN? I use it with DX4WIN by disabling DX4WIN radio control and controlling FT1000MP via Band Master (this requires manual entering of the spotted callsign and band/mode). But the advantage outperforms the disadvantage, hi! 73, Radi F6GNZ ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Pre 1975 CW DXCC confirmations
I started this thread so I'll chime in a bit more. It seems to me that all the responders so far (including Rapidan thru some private emails) have agreed that processing pre 1975 CW confirmations is a problem with DX4WIN. Some suggestions have been offered to circumvent the problem but all suggestions have required some manual manipulation either with the data itself or the DXCC reports or both. Since this is a known deficiency might it be better to develop some ways to change the DX4WIN internals such that no manipulation is necessary? I've used DX4WIN for several years as my sole general logging program and still think it's the best of the lot. But... it's maddening that doing a DXCC CW report is guaranteed to give erroneous results if your log has any CW QSOs prior to 1975. (My log has hundreds of them dating back to 1964.) It's never been clear to me why a program that can instantly retrieve IOTA designations from an external file can't use a similar technique to filter for DXCC award purposes. Shortly after I began using Version 4, I recall Steve replying to my query about why it couldn't pick up DXCC-eligible CW contacts to the effect we can't possibly know the cutoff date for all awards. I would submit that DXCC CW is popular enough that an exception should be made for at least this one case. I handle picking up DXCC CW stats by putting all my post-1975 CW contacts in a group I call CW Eligible and filter for this group prior to generating CW stats. It's a clumsy workaround, but it does get the job done. This functionality really should be built into the code. I hope we can get enough users to clamor for this long-overdue feature that it will be built into succeeding versions. 73... Randy, W8FN
[Dx4win] Pre 1975 CW DXCC confirmations
I second your posting. 73 DX de PY2YP - Cesar www.py2yp.ws - Original Message - From: Randy Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 9:08 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Pre 1975 CW DXCC confirmations | | I started this thread so I'll chime in a bit more. It seems to me that | all the responders so far (including Rapidan thru some private emails) | have agreed that processing pre 1975 CW confirmations is a problem with | DX4WIN. Some suggestions have been offered to circumvent the problem | but all suggestions have required some manual manipulation either with | the data itself or the DXCC reports or both. Since this is a known | deficiency might it be better to develop some ways to change the DX4WIN | internals such that no manipulation is necessary? | | I've used DX4WIN for several years as my sole general logging program and | still think it's the best of the lot. But... it's maddening that doing a | DXCC CW report is guaranteed to give erroneous results if your log has any | CW QSOs prior to 1975. (My log has hundreds of them dating back to 1964.) | It's never been clear to me why a program that can instantly retrieve IOTA | designations from an external file can't use a similar technique to filter | for DXCC award purposes. Shortly after I began using Version 4, I recall | Steve replying to my query about why it couldn't pick up DXCC-eligible CW | contacts to the effect we can't possibly know the cutoff date for all | awards. I would submit that DXCC CW is popular enough that an exception | should be made for at least this one case. | | I handle picking up DXCC CW stats by putting all my post-1975 CW contacts | in a group I call CW Eligible and filter for this group prior to | generating CW stats. It's a clumsy workaround, but it does get the job | done. This functionality really should be built into the code. I hope we | can get enough users to clamor for this long-overdue feature that it will | be built into succeeding versions. | | | 73... | Randy, W8FN | | | ___ | Dx4win mailing list | Dx4win@mailman.qth.net | http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win | | |
[Dx4win] Pre 1975 CW DXCC confirmations
All in favor - click REPLY, then SEND - Original Message - From: PY2YP [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Randy Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Pre 1975 CW DXCC confirmations I second your posting. 73 DX de PY2YP - Cesar www.py2yp.ws - Original Message - From: Randy Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 9:08 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Pre 1975 CW DXCC confirmations | | I started this thread so I'll chime in a bit more. It seems to me that | all the responders so far (including Rapidan thru some private emails) | have agreed that processing pre 1975 CW confirmations is a problem with | DX4WIN. Some suggestions have been offered to circumvent the problem | but all suggestions have required some manual manipulation either with | the data itself or the DXCC reports or both. Since this is a known | deficiency might it be better to develop some ways to change the DX4WIN | internals such that no manipulation is necessary? | | I've used DX4WIN for several years as my sole general logging program and | still think it's the best of the lot. But... it's maddening that doing a | DXCC CW report is guaranteed to give erroneous results if your log has any | CW QSOs prior to 1975. (My log has hundreds of them dating back to 1964.) | It's never been clear to me why a program that can instantly retrieve IOTA | designations from an external file can't use a similar technique to filter | for DXCC award purposes. Shortly after I began using Version 4, I recall | Steve replying to my query about why it couldn't pick up DXCC-eligible CW | contacts to the effect we can't possibly know the cutoff date for all | awards. I would submit that DXCC CW is popular enough that an exception | should be made for at least this one case. | | I handle picking up DXCC CW stats by putting all my post-1975 CW contacts | in a group I call CW Eligible and filter for this group prior to | generating CW stats. It's a clumsy workaround, but it does get the job | done. This functionality really should be built into the code. I hope we | can get enough users to clamor for this long-overdue feature that it will | be built into succeeding versions. | | | 73... | Randy, W8FN | | | ___ | Dx4win mailing list | Dx4win@mailman.qth.net | http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win | | | ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Re: Dx4win Digest, 2. PRE 1975 CW (wo2n)
I spent a number of years on the DX Advisory Committee and this issue was raised several times. The prevailing feeling at HQ at the time was that they didn't want to open it up to include pre-1975 due to the anticipated increased workload that it would entail. That was back in the day prior to computerization and when the DXCC desk was months behind in processing awards. Perhaps it is time to revisit the issue. Tony N2SS Message: 2 Hello, Can someone shed some light on why pre 1975 CW don't count toward an ACTIVE CW award, CW DXCC? Phone, Mix go back to 1945, why did CW start or RESTART in 1975? Thanks, Bernie/WO2N.
[Dx4win] Release 15 of DX4WIN Country File available
Hi Folks, Release 14 of the DX4WIN country file is ready. You may now download it from: http://www.ad1c.us/dx4win/#Country Please read the notes on this page if you are interested in understanding if there are any differences from your current country file. The revision history is at: http://www.ad1c.us/dx4win/history.htm#15 Thanks especially to Aki, JA1EOD and Bill, K4CIA for all the new ones. I hope this will be the last major update for a while. If you run across anything, let me know so I can fix it for the next time. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us
