[Dx4win] Turning off QSL label options
I've forgotten how to do this and can't find the proper help section to figure it out. In Print QSL labels there are checkbox options for Print QSL Manager Labels, Print Method Labels, etc. They're checked by default. I can uncheck them manually each time, but I'd rather have them unchecked permanently, because I sometimes forget. But I can't figure out how to do that. Looked in Databases/Labels, in Preferences, still can't fine it. Can anyone help me find it? Thanks! 73, Joe KQ3F __ 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] DX4Win not operating properly
Hello all! DX4Win 9.0.6.1228 has been working well for some time. Until today. When I opened it I received some sort of configuration errors (which I unfortunately didn't write down). Then the only windows to open were the log and "main" window at the top. No DXCC, no WPX, no packet, no band map, nothing else. Plus, my log file, which is current through August 30, only shows QSOs through February 16, 2008. I rebooted my Windows 7 machine (I know, I know) and that didn't change anything. Any idea what went wrong or what I should do now? Thanks! 73, Joe KQ3F __ 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] Interfacing DX4Win and Icom 7610
I've downloaded the appropriate 7610 .RIG files into the Radios folder and have tried setting up my 7610 with a direct USB connection to the computer. But however I try I can't get the 7610 to interface with DX4Win (or N1MM, either, it's not just DX4Win). Has anyone who's gotten this to work able to walk me through it? This used to be a lot simpler with other rigs (using an interface) and I figured it would be even easier with the 7610 direct connection. That doesn't seem to be the case, at least not for me. Thanks for any help! 73, Joe KQ3F __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Error message
Paul, Thank you so much! That's exactly what it was, no country.dat file in the \save folder. Copied one over from \backup and I'm good to go. And if it happens again, I now know what to do. 73, Joe KQ3F -Original Message- From: Paul Van Der Eijk [mailto:pvandere...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2018 12:53 PM To: Joe Stepansky Cc: DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Error message Close the program and check that the file save\country.dat is present. I have seen multiple reports of this file disappearing. I speculate that this is due to an overzealous virus checker. You likely have a backup copy in the backup sub-directory. Also check if you use a secondary backup that is on a network drive or USB stick. These connections often go away and come back again. —Paul Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 21, 2018, at 11:10 AM, Joe Stepansky wrote: > > One interesting thing is that after pressing F9 the date field is blank, the > time is 00:00 (which it isn't right now), the county field shows > Fqso_cntyStrIx, Custom Award shows Fqso_award and Custom award value shows > Fqso_award_value. Zone is 0. Not sure if that helps. > > 73, Joe KQ3F > > -Original Message- > From: Joe Stepansky [mailto:k...@comcast.net] > Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2018 11:08 AM > To: 'Steve K7AWB'; 'DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net' > Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Error message > > I started receiving the same error message this morning. Hadn't seen anything > like it before. My version is 9.0.4.1176. Doesn't seem to want to read ANY of > my log files. > > Anyone have an idea? > > 73, Joe KQ3F > > -Original Message- > From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] > On Behalf Of Steve K7AWB > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 3:51 PM > To: DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Dx4win] Error message > > The following error message comes up too often and then disappears. I have > the latest update as of July 17. And version 9.0.4.2176. > > Today it came up when I entered qso info from a recently received QSL card. > As I picked up the phone to compose this message, the error message > disappeared by itself. > > “an error occurred in the application. Choose either continue application, > restart application, or close application. “ > > And it happened again when I entered information from another qsl card and I > noticed the countdown clock at the top which says modified. when it hit > modified with zero time, the error message came up and it still staying on > the screen now for about 20 seconds and then disappeared > > What is going on here? > > Steve k7awb > __ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > Message delivered to k...@comcast.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 > Message delivered to pvandere...@gmail.com > > 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Error message
One interesting thing is that after pressing F9 the date field is blank, the time is 00:00 (which it isn't right now), the county field shows Fqso_cntyStrIx, Custom Award shows Fqso_award and Custom award value shows Fqso_award_value. Zone is 0. Not sure if that helps. 73, Joe KQ3F -Original Message- From: Joe Stepansky [mailto:k...@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2018 11:08 AM To: 'Steve K7AWB'; 'DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net' Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Error message I started receiving the same error message this morning. Hadn't seen anything like it before. My version is 9.0.4.1176. Doesn't seem to want to read ANY of my log files. Anyone have an idea? 73, Joe KQ3F -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Steve K7AWB Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 3:51 PM To: DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Error message The following error message comes up too often and then disappears. I have the latest update as of July 17. And version 9.0.4.2176. Today it came up when I entered qso info from a recently received QSL card. As I picked up the phone to compose this message, the error message disappeared by itself. “an error occurred in the application. Choose either continue application, restart application, or close application. “ And it happened again when I entered information from another qsl card and I noticed the countdown clock at the top which says modified. when it hit modified with zero time, the error message came up and it still staying on the screen now for about 20 seconds and then disappeared What is going on here? Steve k7awb __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net Message delivered to k...@comcast.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Error message
I started receiving the same error message this morning. Hadn't seen anything like it before. My version is 9.0.4.1176. Doesn't seem to want to read ANY of my log files. Anyone have an idea? 73, Joe KQ3F -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Steve K7AWB Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 3:51 PM To: DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Error message The following error message comes up too often and then disappears. I have the latest update as of July 17. And version 9.0.4.2176. Today it came up when I entered qso info from a recently received QSL card. As I picked up the phone to compose this message, the error message disappeared by itself. “an error occurred in the application. Choose either continue application, restart application, or close application. “ And it happened again when I entered information from another qsl card and I noticed the countdown clock at the top which says modified. when it hit modified with zero time, the error message came up and it still staying on the screen now for about 20 seconds and then disappeared What is going on here? Steve k7awb __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net Message delivered to k...@comcast.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] Question about award alerts
Hello everyone! I just upgraded to version 9 and have a question about WPX award alerting in the DX spots window. I set File/Awards/WPX to show ONLY 12 meters as an award band (I have endorsements for the other bands). But in the DX spots window, I get red lettered spots for 30 and 17 meters. Until.. If I go back into File/Awards/WPX, I still see only 12 meters checked for award bands. When I hit OK, the spots that were previously red in the DX spots window are no longer red. They become green bars. Anyone know what else I need to do? Again, I don't change anything in File/Awards/WPX, I simply press OK and everything changes to the way I want it (no red spots for bands other than 12 meters). Thanks! 73, Joe KQ3F __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Dx4win updater won't start
Thanks to Jim, AD1C, who pointed out the error of my ways. Since I didn't see my specific error message on the DX4Win Updater page, I didn't do the following: you must install the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015. When prompted, download and install vc_redist.x86.exe (not vc_redist.x64.exe). Well, I should have just done it. I downloaded/installed it and all is now well. Thanks! 73, Joe KQ3F -Original Message- From: DX4WIN [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe Stepansky Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2017 10:54 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Dx4win updater won't start No rush on this (I've waited this long) but I downloaded Dx4win updater 9.4. Install seemed to go well, but when I click on the desktop icon I get the following: The application was unable to start correctly (0xc07b). Click OK to close the application. I checked the Dx4win data updater page and, while the page shows several error messages, this isn't one of them. Any ideas? Thanks! 73, Joe KQ3F __ 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
[Dx4win] Dx4win updater won't start
No rush on this (I've waited this long) but I downloaded Dx4win updater 9.4. Install seemed to go well, but when I click on the desktop icon I get the following: The application was unable to start correctly (0xc07b). Click OK to close the application. I checked the Dx4win data updater page and, while the page shows several error messages, this isn't one of them. Any ideas? Thanks! 73, Joe KQ3F __ 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
Re: [Dx4win] Sorting out for WPX Award
Luis, Change the Report/Action from Submission to Listing. When I do that and save as a CSV file I get individual prefixes. 73, Joe KQ3F -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Luis Teixeira Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 5:57 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Sorting out for WPX Award Sorry, sure that this subject has been discussed here, but not finding it, the question is: When sorting out, in beahlf of one friend, his WPX application for Honor Roll, I've followed the following procedure: *Reports* *Award : WPX* *Report/Action: Submission* *Modes: Phone* *Bands: All Bands* *Award: Mixed (I've tried with only 'Mode' or only 'Bands' and I got same result)* *OK* ** I got one file (.csv file) that shows NOT only unique prefixes (as requested by WPX) but instead I got one list that repeats the same prefix several times...not good for WPX application undoubtely! Does anybody has one solution for this, obtaining one list only with unique prefixes? Thanks. *Luis Sutil Teixeira, CT4NH* __ 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
[Dx4win] What does award flag I mean?
I've been through Help for 15 minutes and can't find this. In the Award flags, there's blank, C (confirmed), S (Submitted) and I (???). What does I mean? And where would I find this in the Help facility? I've looked where I thought was everywhere, but I'm missing it. Thanks! 73, Joe KQ3F __ 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] Thank you!
I recently got around to installing version 8.04, and noticed that I once again receive WPX band alarms for only those bands I specify. For whatever reason, that feature stopped working in 8.02 and 8.03, or at least it wasn't working for me. Whoever programmed that feature back in, thank you so very much. I truly appreciate it. 73, Joe KQ3F __ 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] LOTW upload question
I goofed on a recent LOTW upload but can't seem to get DX4Win 8.03 to correct it and move on. I did a filtered LOTW Export and unfortunately put it in my old 8.02 folder rather than the 8.03 folder. I then told DX4Win to update all flags, thinking I'd done everything correctly. I didn't. So I went back to the QSOs and set the LOTW flag to Y again, set the same filter, but nothing exports. How do I get DX4Win to understand I need to export and upload those QSOs again for LOTW? Do I need to turn off the upload date as well? 73, Joe KQ3F __ 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
Re: [Dx4win] LOTW upload question
Yup, that seems to work. Thanks Mel! 73, Joe KQ3F -Original Message- From: Mel [mailto:ve...@videotron.ca] Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 3:40 PM To: Joe Stepansky Cc: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] LOTW upload question Clear the upload date as well as the flag. Joe Stepansky wrote: I goofed on a recent LOTW upload but can't seem to get DX4Win 8.03 to correct it and move on. I did a filtered LOTW Export and unfortunately put it in my old 8.02 folder rather than the 8.03 folder. I then told DX4Win to update all flags, thinking I'd done everything correctly. I didn't. So I went back to the QSOs and set the LOTW flag to Y again, set the same filter, but nothing exports. How do I get DX4Win to understand I need to export and upload those QSOs again for LOTW? Do I need to turn off the upload date as well? 73, Joe KQ3F __ 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
[Dx4win] Problem with the F2 key
I noticed that when I press the F2 key to log a QSL, DX4Win creates a new outgoing label for the QSO I just confirmed and for which I had originally sent a QSL (the QSL Date field has a date in it, indicating I've already printed a label). I've gone through the preferences, and in the F2 Key tab, only the box labeled Mark QSO as confirmed is checked, not the one labeled Mark for printing a Label. And on the QSO tab, the QSL card in the Label/Upl flag box isn't checked (I thought I'd like the auto label feature, but for me it got annoying). I've tested this with a number of QSOs for which I've already received QSLs (and had sent one previously), yet DX4Win keeps generating labels for those same QSOs. I'm using version 8.02. In my prior life with version 7, if I received a QSL but hadn't yet sent one, pressing F2 would confirm the QSL and generate a label. If I'd already sent a QSL, it would just do the confirmation, not produce another label. What am I missing? 73, Joe KQ3F __ 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] WPX alarm anomaly
I tried finding this in the reflector archives but couldn't. While I REALLY like version 8, there's something I got working properly in version 7 that no longer seems to work in version 8. I have WPX for most bands except 30, 17 and 12 meters. I'd rather not get alarms for new prefixes on bands I no longer care about, such as 40. So in version 7 I told DX4Win that all bands (except 60 meters, for my purposes) were valid for WPX (so I wouldn't miss new mode prefixes), but I only wanted 30, 17 and 12 to be valid for band award purposes. I've done the same thing in version 8, but it tells me about every new prefix on bands I no longer care about. I checked my old version 7 settings for WPX and they appear identical to my version 8 settings so far as bands are concerned (all bands except 60 valid for the award, but only 30, 17 and 12 considered for award purposes). Has something changed or did something break, because it doesn't seem to work the way it used to? 73, Joe KQ3F __ 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
Re: [Dx4win] Countries not showing as checked
Thanks to Jim, AD1C, the problem is solved. To make a long story short. When I first went to DX4Win I needed to catch up on my DXCC checked confirmations. So I simply picked the first QSL for each country and marked it checked. The problem with that is many of those QSLs (u, 80, to be precise) were pre-1/1/75, and ineligible for CW DXCC (I'd actually submitted QSLs for QSOs after 1/1/75 for DXCC). It should have hit me when I saw the countries not checked were things like DL, F, G, etc. All worked when I was a youngin'. 73, Joe KQ3F -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe Stepansky Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 12:54 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Countries not showing as checked I just upgraded from version 7 to version 8.02 and have an interesting problem. Most of my DXCC checked country count converted just fine, EXCEPT for CW. EIGHTY entities are not counted as checked, merely confirmed (version 7 had 333 entities checked, version 8 has only 253 checked). Yet when I select one of the QSOs, the record clearly shows the mode to be checked for CW. I thought I'd just go through the 80 countries and brute force them to be checked, but they're already considered checked. So why does DX4Win 8 try to tell me that they're merely confirmed? Version 7 got the message and considered the checked, but version 8 seems to have its own ideas. I'm sure it's a simple fix, I just can't figure out what it might be. 73, Joe KQ3F __ 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
[Dx4win] Countries not showing as checked
I just upgraded from version 7 to version 8.02 and have an interesting problem. Most of my DXCC checked country count converted just fine, EXCEPT for CW. EIGHTY entities are not counted as checked, merely confirmed (version 7 had 333 entities checked, version 8 has only 253 checked). Yet when I select one of the QSOs, the record clearly shows the mode to be checked for CW. I thought I'd just go through the 80 countries and brute force them to be checked, but they're already considered checked. So why does DX4Win 8 try to tell me that they're merely confirmed? Version 7 got the message and considered the checked, but version 8 seems to have its own ideas. I'm sure it's a simple fix, I just can't figure out what it might be. 73, Joe KQ3F __ 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
RE: [Dx4win] DX4Win doesn't recognize the rig (solved)
As I guessed, the problem was never with DX4Win, the problem was between my two ears. Here's what happened, in case it might benefit someone else. I'm clearly in some alternate universe. In the Rigblaster manual there are a number of ways to configure In/Out A and In/Out B for rig control, PTT, CW and FSK. I circled the settings the rig control, PTT and CW on In/Out A (goes to COM1), and FSK on In/Out B (goes to COM3). That means I must have selected the jumper for that setting, right? No, that would be something a normal person would do, actually doing what's circled. For some reason, I have FSK, PTT and CW on In/Out A and rig control on In/Out B. None of that is circled, of course (well, IT IS NOW). I figured it out by trying, for the umpteenth time, to Start Radio. Then I noticed a brief flicker of light on the Rigblaster. It was the FSK indicator. So I tried to Start Radio again. The FSK indicator flickered 6 times. HEY, that's the number of tries I specified. I wonder if.NO, couldn't be. Could it? Plugged In/Out B into COM3, specified COM3 for rig control, and you can all guess what happened. My brothers have this word they call me, which is now apparently all too true...DOPE! Apologies to all for the waste of time. 73, Joe KQ3F _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Stepansky Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 3:52 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] DX4Win doesn't recognize the rig For whatever reason, my newly installed DX4Win 7 won't see my rig. I had no problem with version 6, but I've seemingly tried everything and it won't go. I'm running this through RigBlaster PRO. All the connections appear to be fine (nothing changed between the time my old computer went bye-bye and this one). I'm connected from Serial In/Out A to COM1. Rig control on the Rigblaster is connected to CI-V remote jack on the 756 PRO II. Here's the set up under the Preferences/Radio tab: Type - Icom 756 PRO II Address - 64 (I've verified the address on the rig screen) Baud - 9600 Com Port - COM1 Poll Rate - 5000 Max Tries - 6 DTR High - Off (When I leave this on the rig keys continuously) RTS High - Off (When I leave this on the PTT is on continuously) Any ideas? 73, Joe KQ3F ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Restoring previous configuration
I lost my hard drive two weeks ago and am now working with a new machine. Seems like a good time to do my long awaited upgrade to version 7. Anyway, I backed up the version 6 files and wonder if I can simply copy a config file (the one with the CFG extension) over to the new DX7 folder and restore all my settings. Things like what port the radio is on and my custom QSL settings. The manual mentions writing an INI file, but I figured I'd ask before proceeding. Thanks! 73, Joe KQ3F ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] DX4Win doesn't recognize the rig
For whatever reason, my newly installed DX4Win 7 won't see my rig. I had no problem with version 6, but I've seemingly tried everything and it won't go. I'm running this through RigBlaster PRO. All the connections appear to be fine (nothing changed between the time my old computer went bye-bye and this one). I'm connected from Serial In/Out A to COM1. Rig control on the Rigblaster is connected to CI-V remote jack on the 756 PRO II. Here's the set up under the Preferences/Radio tab: Type - Icom 756 PRO II Address - 64 (I've verified the address on the rig screen) Baud - 9600 Com Port - COM1 Poll Rate - 5000 Max Tries - 6 DTR High - Off (When I leave this on the rig keys continuously) RTS High - Off (When I leave this on the PTT is on continuously) Any ideas? 73, Joe KQ3F ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Unable to add FJ
I've been unable to add FJ. I've changed the FJ mapping in FS to end on 12/13/2007. That took. But when I attempted to add FJ (with the help screen open), I was able to enter the initial mapping, but when I attempt to add a mapping (as instructed by the Help screen), I get no entry boxes. The Mappings tab appears, but it's all gray, no boxes to enter any data. So I save the changes and exit, shut down DX4Win, reopen it, and FJ is not there. I'm able to repeat this on every occasion. The callsigns tab is also completely gray when open. I'm in Advanced mode and my version is 6.03. I won't bother to ask why this is such a convoluted and counterintuitive provess. 73, Joe KQ3F
[Dx4win] Unable to add FJ
As further information, I followed Kostas's instructions to the letter, several times. I've now updated DX4Win to Expert mode, though Help notes I only need Advanced mode. I filled out everything in the Details tab. I continue to get NO data entry boxes either in the Mappings or Callsigns tabs, no matter what I do. 73, Joe KQ3F At 10:34 PM 12/20/2007 -0500, Joe Stepansky wrote: I've been unable to add FJ. I've changed the FJ mapping in FS to end on 12/13/2007. That took. But when I attempted to add FJ (with the help screen open), I was able to enter the initial mapping, but when I attempt to add a mapping (as instructed by the Help screen), I get no entry boxes. The Mappings tab appears, but it's all gray, no boxes to enter any data. So I save the changes and exit, shut down DX4Win, reopen it, and FJ is not there. I'm able to repeat this on every occasion. The callsigns tab is also completely gray when open. I'm in Advanced mode and my version is 6.03. I won't bother to ask why this is such a convoluted and counterintuitive provess. 73, Joe KQ3F ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Unable to add FJ
OK, it now works. Thanks to Gary, VE1RGB and Bob, W5OV. I could have sworn I was doing it exactly as Kostas and Gary mentioned in step by step fashion. But Bob put it in narrative form and somehow that worked. As I mentioned to Bob, I'm absolutely convinced I was doing the Countries/Update before trying the Mappings, but maybe my brain was seeing something that wasn't there, don't know. Anyway, problem solved. Still don't like the process, but I'll save these emails because there will probably be more countries/entities in 2008. 73 and THANKS, Joe KQ3F At 10:47 PM 12/20/2007 -0500, Joe Stepansky wrote: As further information, I followed Kostas's instructions to the letter, several times. I've now updated DX4Win to Expert mode, though Help notes I only need Advanced mode. I filled out everything in the Details tab. I continue to get NO data entry boxes either in the Mappings or Callsigns tabs, no matter what I do. 73, Joe KQ3F At 10:34 PM 12/20/2007 -0500, Joe Stepansky wrote: I've been unable to add FJ. I've changed the FJ mapping in FS to end on 12/13/2007. That took. But when I attempted to add FJ (with the help screen open), I was able to enter the initial mapping, but when I attempt to add a mapping (as instructed by the Help screen), I get no entry boxes. The Mappings tab appears, but it's all gray, no boxes to enter any data. So I save the changes and exit, shut down DX4Win, reopen it, and FJ is not there. I'm able to repeat this on every occasion. The callsigns tab is also completely gray when open. I'm in Advanced mode and my version is 6.03. I won't bother to ask why this is such a convoluted and counterintuitive provess. 73, Joe KQ3F ___ 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] Search for unconfirmed prefixes
Thanks to both Jim, AD1C and Larry, K8UT for pointing me in the proper direction. I wasn't sure if using Labels - Mark for QSL would be the path to go but that's apparently it. I'll play around with it now to see how it works. Thanks guys! 73, Joe KQ3F At 10:42 PM 3/10/2007 -0500, Larry Gauthier \(K8UT\) wrote: Joe, The answer to your question is Yes, there is a way that DX4WIN can assist you in locating those new DXCC entities (and also for WAS). It requires multiple steps -- but only takes about 5 minutes and is a whole lot better than crawling through every contest QSO and looking at the Country window... PREPARATION 1. Back-up or make a copy of your log in case you completely mess things up ;-) 2. Use the filter command to examine your log for an unused QSL method that will be your search mechanism. I determined that I had no QSOs marked with the QSL method - so this is the one I would employ in the following steps. LOCATING THE NEW PREFIXES 1. Select Labels - Mark for QSL 2. In the Mark QSOs for QSL dialogue window, set the Award = DXCC 3. Set the Mode method to (leave other Methods blank) 4. Leave the Weeks = 0 [my experience shows that Weeks do not work!] 5. Set Only QSOs after mm/dd/ to the date preceding the contest. Click ok 6. A dialogue window will display the number of affected QSOs. [= new DXCC entities worked in the contest!] DO NOT press the Save button at this point - you might not want to Save the changes you made to your log! DISPLAYING THE NEW PREFIXES To see the QSOs DX4WIN has identified as new DXCC prefixes: 1. Select Filter - Search (or press F8) 2. Filter on: Label = Y, Method = , press Enter 3. Select Window - Logbook You are now staring at the list of QSOs with the new prefixes. Modify/set/QSL/print labels/etc as you see fit. If this worked the way you wanted, press the Save button. If it did not, close the log without saving. This technique has worked for me after several contests. Thanks to Jim Reisert for pointing me in the right direction. -larry K8UT - Original Message - From: Joe Stepansky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 17:42 Subject: [Dx4win] Search for unconfirmed prefixes I always work some new prefixes in DX contests. Right now it looks as though I have to go through the log manually, keeping an eye on the prefix window, to determine whether or not I've confirmed the prefix on a particular mode. This isn't normally a problem, but when you work 1000+ QSOs in a weekend it can get time consuming. Is there a way I can ask DX4Win to go through, say, my ARRL DX CW test QSOs and tell me which of those QSOs have callsign prefixes that I haven't yet confirmed on CW? I've read a number of the questions regarding filtering but am not sure any of them pertain to this situation. 73, Joe KQ3F ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Disappearing spots
I'm still running version 6.03 (I do mean to upgrade) and have noticed something strange. It's happened with other spots but I could never remember the station callsign. But now it's happening with XF4DL. When I get a spot for, say, 30 meters, DX4Win lists the spot in the spot window (for lack of a better name), which I've sorted by Priority and also have gray spots suppressed. Because I need them on 30 meters, a red bar appears with the callsign in white, I believe that's priority code 3. So far, so good. This is in DXCC mode. When I switch to WPX mode and then back to DXCC mode, the XF4DL spots are gone. Again, it's happened with other callsigns, but this is the first one I can remember. Any idea what's going on? Why would a spot disappear by switching to WPX and back to DXCC mode again? 73, Joe KQ3F
[Dx4win] QSL printing question
I'm still exploring DX4WIN full capabilities (so far, WOW), and have a QSL printing question. I'd like to make a custom label to print on my existing QSLs. I understand the basics of creating the custom label, but wonder if there's a way to increase the distance between each QSO on a label, or even the callsign and the first QSO. I ask because I never contemplated printing directly to the QSL when ordering them about a year ago, and I have a section with preprinted boxes for multiple QSOs (one row for each qso then separate columns for date, time, freq, mode and rst. Is there any way to tell DX4WIN For QSL printing, I want each QSO to be spaced farther apart than you normally do and I also want each QSO element to be spaced at a certain interval? If not, I have a workaround, but I'd like to use the spaces already provided for QSOs. Thanks! 73, Joe KQ3F
