Re: [Dx4win] Identity QSOs missing from LoTW
Jim,It was with great fear and trepidation that I followed your instructions to the T.Even after I had safely saved my log away I still hesitated deleting all QSOs from the log...When the process was complete I had 181 QSOs not previously uploaded that I was able to submit to LoTW. There were a few additional that I didn't have a valid certificate for that were from a previous call. This yielded 18 QSLs 3 of which were new band slots. Notes on your notes: In step 11 you must clear the fields (no filters or searches) or it will not clear all the flags. It took a few hit and miss attempts before I had all the right fields cleared. Thanks for taking the time to do this.73AD6ZJ, Loren --- On Tue, 5/7/13, Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu wrote: From: Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu Subject: [Dx4win] Identity QSOs missing from LoTW To: DX4WIN Reflector dx4win@mailman.qth.net Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 1:39 PM Hi Folks, I've been working on a new application note to help you identify QSOs from your log that you *think* have been uploaded to ARRL Logbook of the World, but really are not: http://dx4win.ad1c.us/appnotes/missing_lotw.html I would appreciate if a couple of people could look this over and actually try it, to let me know if any of the information is incorrect or confusing. Thanks 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us __ 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
Re: [Dx4win] Help Wanted marked QSL`s not printing on first go
I have also noticed this and thought I was doing something wrong. Now we wait to see if someone can solve the mystery. 73 AD6ZJ, Loren From: Hamad 9K2HN 9k...@9k2hn.com To: glyn glynd...@talktalk.net Cc: dx4win dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:44 AM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Help Wanted marked QSL`s not printing on first go Same problem here. On Apr 16, 2013 12:35 PM, glyn glynd...@talktalk.net wrote: Hello Fellow Dx4Win users and greetings from Wales. I write to ask for help in sorting out a glitch in my Dx4Win version 8.05. The problem is: when I am confirming QSL cards sent in via the Buro using the F2 key. All goes well until I go to print these labels. Then there is nothing shown to print. But if I close the program down and reopen it all the marked QSLs are there for printing. Could anyone advise what the problem is that causes me to have to shut the program down then open up it again before it will show my marked QSL`s for printing. My thanks to you all in advance. 73 Glyn GW0ANA __ 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 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] Problem with LOTW and DX4WIN listing comparison?
Jim,The problem with doing this is it wants to submit even for countries that have already been checked if they were submitted and checked as LoTW QSLs previously. I just had both a paper and LoTW awards completed last month so my new confirmed is under 25 or so. Everything else is marked as Checked. I un-clicked the LoTW box and did a Submission report. It came up with 66 new ones to submit. Doing it the other way around (LoTW selected and paper not) doesn't fare any better with 266 new ones... What I thought was odd (even buggy) was that even if a band/mode was marked as checked in the DXCC award field DX4WIN still put it on the list if it had been checked as LoTW. So I think this isn't what he was looking for. I think if you want to submit one or the other it is a manual operation. When I couldn't find a way to do it separate I just did them both at the same time. By the way - I submitted the new style online form for my paper QSLs on the first day it was available. I had updated numbers on the LoTW page in less than 2 weeks and my certificate in less than 3 weeks. So I like the new system. Good going DXCC awards team! 73Loren, AD6ZJ No program. But if you go into the Awards manager (File | Awards), and on the DXCC tab, in the upper-left box, uncheck LoTW (so only QSL is checked), and perform the DXCC submission, then DX4WIN will only try to submit paper QSLs, even if you also have a LoTW confirmation. That may or may not be what you want. - Jim __ 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 submission with DX4WIN
Jim, I was afraid of this... Since I have a pile (about 210 QSLs) I just submitted the manual process seems painful. I was thinking of using your LoTW Compare tool and set the boxes so LoTW QSLs are set to confirmed. Would that do it? Thanks, Loren From: Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu To: Loren Hunt ad...@sbcglobal.net Cc: DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 6:26 AM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] LoTW submission with DX4WIN On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Loren Hunt wrote: Earlier today I took advantage of the LoTW only submission. How do I set DX4WIN to set as submitted only those LoTW QSLs that I submitted? No good automatic way. Make the QSO window as big as you can using F5. You'll see the award flags at the bottom. Manually set the DXCC mixed and/or band and/or mode flags to 'S' for any DXCC credit that you submitted via LoTW. This may or may not help: http://dx4win.ad1c.us/appnotes/dxcc.html There is just no good way to track LoTW submissions if done entirely from the LoTW web site (i.e. outside of DX4WIN). There is no way to download the submission status into DX4WIN. I still haven't changed my 2010 submissions to Checked, nor have I submitted my 2011 credits, which were done entirely through LoTW (about 50 credits). I do need to do this, and I have detailed notes that I took *during* the LoTW submission process as to exactly which QSOs were submitted for which credits. It's just a matter of setting the correct DXCC award flags. Get used to it, because CQ will start accepting LoTW confirmations for credit for their awards programs, like WAZ and WPX. -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us __ 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 submission with DX4WIN
Jim, Yes, I have used that program a few times and am aware of how to use it. Just wishing for some secret extra use... OK then. I will manually set the fields. 73 Loren From: Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu To: Loren Hunt ad...@sbcglobal.net Cc: DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 8:16 AM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] LoTW submission with DX4WIN On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Loren Hunt ad...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I was thinking of using your LoTW Compare tool and set the boxes so LoTW QSLs are set to confirmed. Would that do it? Please re-read the DXCC application note. In DX4WIN 8.0x, there are three confirmed boxes: one for paper QSLs, one for LoTW and one for eQSL. The Award Manager (File | Awards) is configured by default to accept either QSL or LoTW confirmations for DXCC. Do not mix them up, i.e.. don't use the QSL Cnfm field to confirm LoTW contacts, etc. You'll never be able to straighten this out. You may want to read this app. note as well: http://dx4win.ad1c.us/appnotes/lotw.html The comparison program only works if the DXCC award flags in your DX4WIN log are set to Checked (or Submitted). The instructions for the program say this right up front. So setting anything to simply Confirmed won't do it. Please re-read the DXCC Application Note. It explains a lot. -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us __ 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] On-line DXCC Application is up
Bob, The only change you will see for LoTW is when you submit for an award. There is no longer an option to have cards checked as a hybrid. The final pages of the process are simpler. I just submitted last night for my 12M DXCC (and a pile of band countries) and it is already showing as completed. Very fast now. 73 Loren From: R.T.Liddy k...@ameritech.net To: DX4WIN Reflector dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] On-line DXCC Application is up The new procedure looks like an on-line forms completion system to standardize the card-checking procedure for the Checkers. That's fine, but I didn't see anything related to LOTW at first glance. -- Bob K8BL --- On Tue, 4/3/12, Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu wrote: From: Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu Subject: [Dx4win] On-line DXCC Application is up To: DX4WIN Reflector dx4win@mailman.qth.net Date: Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 11:29 AM The On-line DXCC Application form is up: https://p1k.arrl.org/onlinedxcc/ Step 2 says: If you use a logging program, you will find it faster and more accurate to prepare an ADIF file containing the QSO information for the QSLs that you want to submit with your application rather than manually entering the information from each card. Use the Import ADIF tab to import your ADIF file. Here's how you can do this in DX4WIN: First, peferform a DXCC Submission from the Reports menu (see http://dx4win.ad1c.us/appnotes/dxcc.html for help) To export ADIF, you will have to use an F8 search. Make sure your QSO window is fully expanded (using F5) so the Award Flags are visible at the bottom. Now, if you are submitting any credits for the DXCC Mixed award, use F8 to search for 'S' in the DXCC Mixed Award flag. Then File | Import/Export, and after making sure ADIF is selected, File | Export. DX4WIN will ask if you want to use the current active filter. Answer YES. Once that's done, do the same for your DXCC Band and DXCC Mode submissions. Make sure you don't over-write the ADIF files you create before uploading them to the ARRL server (i.e. don't save them all to the same file name). I can't tell if the application will let you upload multiple ADIF files, or if you only get one shot. Maybe someone who does this can add more details, and this can be added to the DXCC application note. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us __ 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 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 submission with DX4WIN
So now that the ARRL has separated out LoTW and Paper DXCC applications I need to know the best way to proceed. Earlier today I took advantage of the LoTW only submission. How do I set DX4WIN to set as submitted only those LoTW QSLs that I submitted? Thanks, AD6ZJ, Loren __ 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] Tracking Diamond DXCC with DX4WIN
I have the exact same question. If I can track Diamond DXCC with DX4WIN and have the spots show as needed and such I think it would be a fun award to shoot for. On the other hand, if there is no convenient way to do this in DX4WIN it will be more of a pain than it's worth while in the DX chasing mode. Could be a hoot but might be a pain... Looking for ideas here. 73AD6ZJ, Loren --- On Sat, 12/31/11, Jay Hainline ka9...@winco.net wrote: From: Jay Hainline ka9...@winco.net Subject: [Dx4win] Tracking Diamond DXCC with DX4WIN To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Date: Saturday, December 31, 2011, 4:00 AM I downloaded the list of countries from the ARRL web sit for the upcoming Diamond DXCC to be offered in 2012. Wow! Now how can I track what I work using DX4WIN? I wonder if it is possible to set up a special country file just for this award? That way the cluster can alert me when a needed entity is spotted. Is this possible? Or is there some way a filter/selection can be set up? Food for thought. 73 Jay 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
Re: [Dx4win] LoTW delays
I last uploaded at about 0001Z on Nov 1. It came through this morning. So the 33 hours is real... Isn't it great that so many are now using LoTW? The delay is short compared to sending off $$ to parts unknown. 73 AD6ZJ, Loren From: Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu To: DX4WIN Reflector dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2011 8:08 AM Subject: [Dx4win] LoTW delays Re-posted from Facebook: Due to a large number of radio amateurs uploading their logs to Logbook of The World (LoTW) after last weekend’s CQ Worldwide SSB Contest, the ARRL’s online QSL verification service is experiencing delays. According to ARRL IT Department Manager Michael Keane, K1MK, there is about a 33 hour wait for logs to be processed. “Logs are processed in the order in which they were received,” he explained. “If you have uploaded your log to LoTW, your log is currently queued for processing. It has not been lost in the system. Uploading your log multiple times will only further delay -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us __ 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
Re: [Dx4win] Weird behavior when searching log
Mark, The same thing happened to me today with 8.05. Only one from the search date was visible but everything after that search date was there. Try a date search starting the day before. I tried a search date starting the day before and all of the Q's showed up for the day I was originally searching for. Looks like a bug with a simple work around. 73 AD6ZJ, loren From: Mark Lunday wd4...@triad.rr.com To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 4:44 PM Subject: [Dx4win] Weird behavior when searching log V8.03 I do a search on today's date, and none of my contacts except 1 are coming up in the result. NOTE: this happens when I am doing a filter search in the QSO window, and typing 10/30/2011. I show 30 contacts from today in the logbook, but none when I do a search. I know the QSO is in there because I see an indication of it in the DXCC window, showing that it is an unconfirmed QSO. Then I do a search in the QSO window on a specific callsign, like ZK2X or AH0BT from today, no result. Then I do a search on the QSO field, where I have entries like new DX and still nothing from today's contacts. If I don't use the filter search in the QSO window and instead use FILTER-SELECTION and specify today's date, all the QSO's from today show up just fine. Is there something that changed with the filter options in the QSO window? Mark Lunday, WD4ELG Greensboro, NC FM06be wd4...@arrl.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com http://wd4elg.net __ 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] Trouble moving from Submitted to Checked
I am trying to update the award flags from Submitted to Checked. First step was to use DX4WLOTW to see that all was in order. All OK, no mismatches. Second step was to go to Reports-Award Flags- and enter Submitted --- checked for each of the mixed/band/mode settings. I have done all this but the Flags Changed field remains at 0 and the summary remains with the QSLs in Submitted not Checked. What am I doing wrong? I'm running 8.04. Thanks, AD6ZJ, Loren __ 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] Upgrade question
A friend of mine is using DX4WIN version 6. He wants to upgrade but doesn't want to break what is working. The whole rig interface area was a pain to get just right with the digital modes and such. Since I started with version 8 I have no idea if this is simple or not. What is the procedure for an upgrade that would cause minimal pain? Thanks, Loren, AD6ZJ __ 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] TS-480 best choice to set radio interface
TS2000 did it. For some reason the TS480 file I was provided didn't work. I will compare files this weekend if the WPX activity is low... All working fine now. 73 AD6ZJ, Loren --- On Wed, 5/25/11, Kostas Stamatis sv1...@otenet.gr wrote: From: Kostas Stamatis sv1...@otenet.gr Subject: Re: [Dx4win] TS-480 best choice to set radio interface To: REFLECTOR dx4win dx4win@mailman.qth.net Cc: ad...@sbcglobal.net Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 3:49 AM I have cat control for my ts480 via internet (remoterig) but must be the same. I have kenwood 2000 as radio Baud rate is 9600 address 00 poll rate 500 max tries 2 dtr and rts are high (checked) 73 Kostas sv1dpi - Original Message - From: Loren Hunt ad...@sbcglobal.net To: DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 7:45 AM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] TS-480 best choice to set radio interface Thanks for all the advice. I'm still having difficulties. I no long have the error that the rig doesn't support the frequency but when I double click on a spot the radio makes a short blip and doesn't change frequencies. Still sorting that out. Just to be sure I launch my old logging software and setup the TS480. It connected and I can set frequency TX and such. So there must still be something I'm not setting correctly with DX4WIN. DX4WIN is able to read band and mode information from the rig but going the other way there is an issue. Any ideas? AD6ZJ, Loren --- On Mon, 5/23/11, ON4AOI on4...@skynet.be wrote: From: ON4AOI on4...@skynet.be Subject: RE: [Dx4win] TS-480 best choice to set radio interface To: ad...@sbcglobal.net Date: Monday, May 23, 2011, 9:15 PM Here it is -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win- boun...@mailman.qth.net] Namens Loren Hunt Verzonden: dinsdag 24 mei 2011 5:31 Aan: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Onderwerp: [Dx4win] TS-480 best choice to set radio interface I have a TS-480SAT and am just getting it setup as my second rig on DX4WIN. I had it set as a TS870 and it was working. I guess the TS870 doesn't have 6M since when I try to click on a spot it says bad frequency for radio. Now down in the QSO entry field it happily displays the correct 6M frequency. Is there a better radio to set it as? Thanks, AD6ZJ __ 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 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] TS-480 best choice to set radio interface
Thanks for all the advice. I'm still having difficulties. I no long have the error that the rig doesn't support the frequency but when I double click on a spot the radio makes a short blip and doesn't change frequencies. Still sorting that out. Just to be sure I launch my old logging software and setup the TS480. It connected and I can set frequency TX and such. So there must still be something I'm not setting correctly with DX4WIN. DX4WIN is able to read band and mode information from the rig but going the other way there is an issue. Any ideas? AD6ZJ, Loren --- On Mon, 5/23/11, ON4AOI on4...@skynet.be wrote: From: ON4AOI on4...@skynet.be Subject: RE: [Dx4win] TS-480 best choice to set radio interface To: ad...@sbcglobal.net Date: Monday, May 23, 2011, 9:15 PM Here it is -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win- boun...@mailman.qth.net] Namens Loren Hunt Verzonden: dinsdag 24 mei 2011 5:31 Aan: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Onderwerp: [Dx4win] TS-480 best choice to set radio interface I have a TS-480SAT and am just getting it setup as my second rig on DX4WIN. I had it set as a TS870 and it was working. I guess the TS870 doesn't have 6M since when I try to click on a spot it says bad frequency for radio. Now down in the QSO entry field it happily displays the correct 6M frequency. Is there a better radio to set it as? Thanks, AD6ZJ __ 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] closing and re-opening the packet window
Occasionally I click the Connect button in the packet window and select a node that is off-line or something. I just get nothing in the packet window. At that point I try another but since it already thinks it is connected nothing happens. So I close DX4WIN, re-open and select my second choice and I'm in. Is there a way to do all this without exiting the program? 73 AD6ZJ, Loren __ 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] merge question
Steve, Wow! I had the same problem when I switched to DX4WIN in January. The Freeware software dumped the oldest QSO when I made a new entry. Thanks to LoTW I was able to recover the whole thing. First start with a new log file and then import all those LoTW files into it. After you are satisfied it is OK, make a backup of your main log and put it in a safe place just in case. Now import the log you created from the LoTW log. Choose to ignore duplicate QSOs. This is what I did and everything was recovered. 73 AD6ZJ, Loren --- On Thu, 3/31/11, Steve K7AWB k7awbg...@gmail.com wrote: From: Steve K7AWB k7awbg...@gmail.com Subject: [Dx4win] merge question To: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Date: Thursday, March 31, 2011, 7:41 PM A friend has his DX4WIN log which may be missing several thousand QSOs due to an error in a previous competitive program (made before the transfer to DX4WIN as the new main logging program now). I have a special adif download from LOTW which may include those missing QSOs. How can I merge the downloaded file into the main log, but prevent duplicates? I made a special DX4WIN log of the 50K+ QSOs adif's for an easy merge. What defines a duplicate QSO from a non-duplicate QSO? I mean how many parameters must match to be a dup? 73 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 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
Re: [Dx4win] Missing LoTW Confirmations
Dusty, It might be that your award setup does not have the LoTW box checked. In this case only paper QSLs would show. On the pull down menus go to File-Awards Go to the DXCC pane. In the upper left box see that LoTW is checked. Do this also for the WAS pane. I think the default has them set to off but not sure. Hope this helps. 73 AD6ZJ Loren --- On Sun, 3/13/11, Dusty Chapman k...@verizon.net wrote: From: Dusty Chapman k...@verizon.net Subject: [Dx4win] Missing LoTW Confirmations To: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Date: Sunday, March 13, 2011, 10:46 PM I just noticed that the ARRL says I have received confirmation for an LoTW contact with KV4FZ on 160M. (From the list of Show confirmed QSOs only in the Most recent QSLs and in Most recent QSOs. I downloaded the file and imported them to DX4WIN (Ver 8.04), but the QSO does not show up as confirmed. I wonder how many others might I might be missing? What should I do, or do again, to get this to show as confirmed. Next - I also just recently noticed confirmed countries in my Country window and my Zone window shows it unconfirmed(the zone in the QSO file has the proper zone). Any VERY DETAILED help would sure be appreciated. Thanks 73, Dusty - K3WC __ 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
Re: [Dx4win] Check your CW Cutoff frequencies (30m might be wrong)
Yes, and if I move the cutoff to the top of 30M then all the RTTY posts show as CW and clicking on them puts the rig in CW mode. It would be nice if the clusters would add a mode field. AD6ZJ, Loren --- On Wed, 2/16/11, Mel ve...@videotron.ca wrote: From: Mel ve...@videotron.ca Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Check your CW Cutoff frequencies (30m might be wrong) To: ad...@sbcglobal.net Cc: Loren Hunt lorenph...@yahoo.com, DX4WIN Reflector dx4win@mailman.qth.net Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 3:37 AM You can set your cutoff on 30 to the top of the band and never see another SSB spot on 30. As to adding another cutoff... its never going solve the problem since bands overlap. If you would like this fixed properly, write a note to the maintainer of the DXCluster software to add mode to the standard format. I have a couple of times. It makes absolutely no sense to me that it does not especially as 90% or more of spots are generated my computer now, not guys typing into a telnet session. It's long overdue. On 2011-02-15 21:35, Loren Hunt wrote: 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 Hainlineka9...@winco.net wrote: From: Jay Hainlineka9...@winco.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Check your CW Cutoff frequencies (30m might be wrong) To: DX4WIN Reflectordx4win@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
Re: [Dx4win] Check your CW Cutoff frequencies (30m might be wrong)
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
[Dx4win] DXCC submission band/mode question
I am trying to set DX4WIN (8.04) to properly submit for DXCC. Under App notes I found the following: This step makes a list of confirmed QSOs that will add to your various DXCC Award totals. It's important to have your station and DXCC Award preferences set up correctly before you do this. The problem is I can't find a way to set things up so as to not submit every band/mode combination. For instance, I have JA Awarded on SSB (10M) and on 80M (CW). When I do a report for submitted I get an 80M SSB QSO showing up in the list. Since DXCC isn't band/mode specific (DXCC is band specific OR mode specific), the awards desk will indicate 80M and SSB have already been Awarded. There must be a setup I'm not setting correctly... 73 AD6ZJ, Loren __ 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] DXCC submission band/mode question
Jim, I think the issue is that the Submitted flags which were erroneously set a few weeks ago have not been cleared. So I go to ReportsAward FlagsClear submitted and I do this for mixed then band then mode. So after doing all of this I do a ReportsListing and there are still multiple S flags showing up. So the Clear Submitted doesn't seem to be working. If I manually go through and un-check the submitted flag then all is good (for that QSO). 73 AD6ZJ, Loren --- On Mon, 1/31/11, Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu wrote: From: Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DXCC submission band/mode question To: ad...@sbcglobal.net Cc: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Date: Monday, January 31, 2011, 9:56 AM On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Loren Hunt ad...@sbcglobal.net wrote: The problem is I can't find a way to set things up so as to not submit every band/mode combination. For instance, I have JA Awarded on SSB (10M) and on 80M (CW). When I do a report for submitted I get an 80M SSB QSO showing up in the list. Since DXCC isn't band/mode specific (DXCC is band specific OR mode specific), the awards desk will indicate 80M and SSB have already been Awarded. Please check the award flags for both QSOs. The JA on 10 SSB should have both DXCC Band and DXCC Mode set to Checked (awarded). The JA on 80 CW should also have both DXCC Band and DXCC Mode set to Checked. If those are really both set, and you are still getting the incorrect submission, let me know. - Jim -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us __ 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] Another addition
That would be very useful to have built in. What I did (and it seems to work) was to choose a different COMM port for the CW. Now to use the CW or PSK I need to change COMM ports back but I don't need to exit the program after using MMTTY. This works as long as I close MMTTY before changing preferences. Now that I think of it... what a nuisance. AD6ZJ, Loren --- On Mon, 1/31/11, William Osborne wosborn...@gmail.com wrote: From: William Osborne wosborn...@gmail.com Subject: [Dx4win] Another addition To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Date: Monday, January 31, 2011, 2:39 PM I would like to see the next version release the CW com port when the alt-K keyboard is closed so I can use MMTTY without stopping DX4WIN and restarting it or changing preferences. Thanks, William Osborne, K5ZQ wosborn...@gmail.com 618 967 0252 __ 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
Re: [Dx4win] CW Keyboard
I have a similar problem using the MMTTY engine and the PSK/CW function. I'm using an FT1000MP with a Microham USBII interface. By default I can't figure a way to use them all on the same comm port. DX4WIN wants to own the port. What I was doing was to launch MMTTY first and then DX4WIN (generating a COMM port in use error). I did this whenever I used RTTY. Since I don't use the CW keyboard I was only using the PSK PTT line. So I shifted the CW/PSK interface to a non-connected comm port. Now the RTTY works fine. 73 AD6ZJ, Loren --- On Thu, 1/27/11, David M. Monfried dmonfr...@comcast.net wrote: From: David M. Monfried dmonfr...@comcast.net Subject: [Dx4win] CW Keyboard To: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 10:26 AM My thanks to all those who responded.your interest and assistance are much appreciated! I did finally manage to get the CW keyboard working.all I needed to do was use the same comm port as that used by Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD) for PTT. That won't be a problem, since HRD and DX4WIN's CW keyboard will not be running simultaneously. (But I do have to shut down the computer after using the keyboard to get the comm port released for HRD. No big deal.) Thanks again. As usual, the responses were fast and pointed me right to the solution. 73, Dave, W2PK __ 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
Re: [Dx4win] JT65A LoTW
The version of TQSL you are running doesn't know what JT65A is. I'm still running 1.11 and it doesn't show it. It does know about JT65. If you want to submit it as JT65 you can do the following: In TQSL Go to FilePreferencesADIF Modes Select Add Under ADIF Mode type JT65A, Under resulting TQSL mode select JT65. By doing this all of your JT65A QSOs will be entered into LoTW as the base type of JT65. Version 1.13 might handle it directly. Don't know. I didn't know there was a 1.13 till this morning. 73 AD6ZJ, Loren --- On Mon, 1/24/11, Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu wrote: From: Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu Subject: Re: [Dx4win] JT65A LoTW To: LU5FF - Javier lu...@yahoo.com.ar Cc: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Date: Monday, January 24, 2011, 9:18 AM On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 2:47 PM, LU5FF - Javier lu...@yahoo.com.ar wrote: OK Jim, I glue a picture .. ignore giving, shoot me a list of all stations on the way JT65A, I copy some .. Signing using CALL=LU5FF, DXCC=100 Error: Invalid MODE (JT65A) on line 4 QSO_DATE: 20100521 TIME_ON: 224500 CALL: RA0AUQ MODE: JT65A BAND: 20m LOTW_QSLSDATE: This is an error in the TQSL program. Do you have the latest version (1.13)? You will need to contact someone in ARRL LoTW if you get this error. Try lotw-h...@arrl.org 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us __ 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] Changing modes in the QSO window
If I want to log a PSK QSO how do I change the mode to PSK? The mode field in the QSO window is on SSB and is grayed out. After I have logged it I can go back and edit the QSO and then change the mode but who wants to do that? Now if I click a PSK spot in the packet window it shows up in the log window for a moment as PSK then switches to USB. Again, it is grayed out. Clearly it is tracking the mode on the rig. Must be a setting some place to override the mode field... Running 8.04 Built in PSK interface Set to Expert level 73 AD6ZJ, Loren __ 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] Changing modes in the QSO window
Mel, Thanks. That did it. The mode field is no longer grayed out and I can change it. Here is an interesting feature: After I clicked ignore mode in Real-Time I clicked on a 17M PSK spot and the rig went to CW. I hadn't set the CW cutoff on that band so I went to preferences and adjusted the CW cutoff. I then clicked the spot again. This time it went to SSB as expected but the SSB was grayed out in the QSO window again. I double checked it, when you change your rig preferences it un-clicks the ignore mode in Real-Time box. After re-clicking ignore mode in Real-Time all is well. So the one resets the other. Now I know... 73 AD6ZJ, Loren --- On Sun, 1/23/11, Mel ve...@videotron.ca wrote: From: Mel ve...@videotron.ca Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Changing modes in the QSO window To: ad...@sbcglobal.net Cc: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Date: Sunday, January 23, 2011, 9:59 AM Radio menu, ignore mode in Real-Time. On 2011-01-23 12:43, Loren Hunt wrote: If I want to log a PSK QSO how do I change the mode to PSK? The mode field in the QSO window is on SSB and is grayed out. After I have logged it I can go back and edit the QSO and then change the mode but who wants to do that? Now if I click a PSK spot in the packet window it shows up in the log window for a moment as PSK then switches to USB. Again, it is grayed out. Clearly it is tracking the mode on the rig. Must be a setting some place to override the mode field... Running 8.04 Built in PSK interface Set to Expert level 73 AD6ZJ, Loren __ 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] South Orkney Island
Just getting set for next week when South Orkney Island will be activated. The call will be VP8ORK. The database shows this as the Falkland Islands. Is there a method to update the DX entity field manually or should I just wait for the next database update? 73 AD6ZJ, Loren __ 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] South Orkney Island
Jim, I didn't try that. I will try on the next Dxpedition. It it nice to know I can change the DX in the prefix field. That could come in handy in the future. Thanks, Loren --- On Wed, 1/19/11, Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu wrote: From: Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu Subject: Re: [Dx4win] South Orkney Island To: ad...@sbcglobal.net Cc: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 2:31 PM On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Loren Hunt ad...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Just getting set for next week when South Orkney Island will be activated. The call will be VP8ORK. The database shows this as the Falkland Islands. Callsign exceptions are date-specific. Did you originally try logging VP8ORK on the DXpedition start date? If you did, it should have come up as VP8/O correctly. -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us __ 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] 30M spots jump to USB when clicked
In the DX Spot window: When I double click a 30M spot my rig switches to USB. It doesn't matter how low in the band, it always goes USB. So far this is the only band I have seen this on. I figured it could be based on the mode selected by the spotter so I found some stateside spotters just to be sure. Still jumps to USB Is there a way to set this to CW? Ver 8.04 FT1000MP Thanks, Loren, AD6ZJ __ 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] 30M spots jump to USB when clicked
Well, I blindly followed some advise. I think some good some not good. This was set wrong for 30M so I changed it: Also, be sure that CW Frequency cutoff is accordingly for 30 meters and all other bands. This is located at FILE|PREFERENCE|QSO. Unfortunately I also did this: Just go to FILE|DATABASES|RADIOS|YAESU FT1000MP|VALUES|MODEVALUES|CW|READ:2|WRITE:3|FILE|SAVE CHANGES AND EXIT. Now when I double click on a spot the log field is correct but the radio doesn't change. So I have broke the link for setting frequency on the rig. I did not right the values down before changing them (what was I thinking). There are 4 fields Read 2, 255 and Write 3,255 in the CW field. Now the odd part is, this is all I changed and now I no spots move the dial on the rig. I didn't mess with anything in SSB and yet double click a SSB spot and no change at the rig. Again, 8.04 FT1000MP. Thanks for help. AD6ZJ, Loren __ 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] QSL label marking question
Now that I have my log all in DX4WIN8.04 I see there are many QSOs that I have not sent for needed bands or modes. So I went to set the QSL flag but didn't want to touch each field manually. I can't get things to work the way I would expect by following the help screen but I did find a way. When I try (as the help screen states) QSL -- Mark QSL it wants to select every QSO in the log, confirmed or not. Yikes! it's a good thing I read the dialog box carefully. When I try Reports -- Mark For QSL it seams to work fine and mark only those that are worked but not confirmed. Do I have something set wrong, do I have some preference set wrong or is this a bug? 73 AD6ZJ, Loren __ 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] QSL label marking question
Jim, OK, that is how I thought it should work but it doesn't. I saved a backup log so I can test. On 80M I have 22 QSOs not marked for a label. I do the following: F8 - Select 80M and hit return. My logbook is only showing 80M QSO's I then select: QSL -- Mark QSL -- band/mode. The dialog says mark up to 3775 QSO. I click OK and it marks 1756 of them. I would expect the number to be around 22. I then tried the same thing but this time selected: I then select: QSL -- Mark QSL. The dialog says mark up to 3775 QSO. I click OK and it marks 1551 of them this time. S it looks like its marking every QSO that is not confirmed even if I have that band slot confirmed with another call. When I do the same thing under reports I get the 22 label flags set as expected. In both cases I had the 80M filter set and in both cases it only flagged 80M QSOs for Labels. So it looks like the one under QSL is when you want to send everyone a card and the one under Reports is for for targeting new ones. This is not what the programs help file states. So once again, I have figured out how to do something but don't know if it is the correct way... 73 AD6ZJ, Loren --- On Tue, 1/11/11, Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu wrote: From: Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu Subject: Re: [Dx4win] QSL label marking question To: ad...@sbcglobal.net Cc: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 1:06 PM On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Loren Hunt ad...@sbcglobal.net wrote: When I try (as the help screen states) QSL -- Mark QSL it wants to select every QSO in the log, confirmed or not. Yikes! it's a good thing I read the dialog box carefully. When I try Reports -- Mark For QSL it seams to work fine and mark only those that are worked but not confirmed. They do different things, as you have discovered. You want the function in the Reports menu. That filters the QSOs to mark by that award's needed list. Use the first one if you already have a filter active, i.e. use F8 to choose 40M and RTTY, then QSL | Mark for QSL will set the label flags for all QSOs on 40m RTTY only. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us __ 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] QSL label marking question
Bud, No, that doesn't do it. Specifically - Lets say I have USA confirmed on 80M/CW but I have worked 3500 USA stations on 80M/CW. Since I have the band/mode confirmed I don't want to blanket send out QSL cards. Using QSL -- Mark --band/mode gets me all 3500! I would have expected 0. If I use the report generator I get the correct result of 0. Now lets say I need Fiji on 80M/SSB and have worked Fiji 2 times on 80M/SSB and have not sent cards. If I filter to just 3d2 80M/SSB the QSL--Mark--band/mode they both get marked. If I have the same filter selected but use the report generator I still get the same 2 calls marked. So I can do what I want but the help menu lead me down the wrong path. 73 Loren --- On Tue, 1/11/11, Bud Semon N7CW n...@cableone.net wrote: From: Bud Semon N7CW n...@cableone.net Subject: RE: [Dx4win] QSL label marking question To: ad...@sbcglobal.net, dx4win@mailman.qth.net Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 1:17 PM Loren, If you set the filter for only unconfirmed QSOs, does that get you what you want? Hit F8 and then put an N in the CNFM box in the log entry window (depending on whether you want to count LoTW and e-QSL, you may need to put in 3 Ns). Then hit Enter. That will select only the unconfirmed QSOs and you can mark them for QSL. 73, Bud N7CW -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Loren Hunt Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 1:55 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] QSL label marking question Now that I have my log all in DX4WIN8.04 I see there are many QSOs that I have not sent for needed bands or modes. So I went to set the QSL flag but didn't want to touch each field manually. I can't get things to work the way I would expect by following the help screen but I did find a way. When I try (as the help screen states) QSL -- Mark QSL it wants to select every QSO in the log, confirmed or not. Yikes! it's a good thing I read the dialog box carefully. When I try Reports -- Mark For QSL it seams to work fine and mark only those that are worked but not confirmed. Do I have something set wrong, do I have some preference set wrong or is this a bug? 73 AD6ZJ, Loren __ 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
Re: [Dx4win] Working with LoTW
Charles, New to the program but what I have been doing is pulling all my logs into DX4WIN. If you import an ADIF from a contest logger (or wherever) the LoTW flag is not automatically set. If however you import into a new log you can set all QSOs LoTW import flag. In the search window (F8) hit return with no call entered. Your logbook will show all QSOs. Use the pulldown Menu for LoTW and select Set LoTW upload flag. After that you can merge you files together with another import. If your preferences are correct, any QSO entered in DX4WIN will set the flag when your enter the QSO. Once the LoTW flag is set the date field will be updated automatically when you select Export for LoTW in the LoTW pulldown. You then get a popup asking if you want to clear the flags. Select Yes and the date fields are updated as the flags are cleared. A real nice feature. Hope this helps, AD6ZJ, Loren --- On Sat, 1/8/11, Charles Ristorcelli cristorce...@san.rr.com wrote: From: Charles Ristorcelli cristorce...@san.rr.com Subject: [Dx4win] Working with LoTW To: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Date: Saturday, January 8, 2011, 6:26 AM I'm trying to export to LoTW. I read the note posted about doing so. It says the file needs to be updated for V8. I am running V8.04. When I follow the instructions in the posted note, I find I have no selection of labels to set the date of the upload. What do I do? 73 de NN3V __ 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
Re: [Dx4win] Logbook sort order
Lee, Perfect! This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks. Loren, AD6ZJ --- On Sun, 1/2/11, Lee Hallin hall...@lanecc.edu wrote: From: Lee Hallin hall...@lanecc.edu Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Logbook sort order To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net, ad...@sbcglobal.net Date: Sunday, January 2, 2011, 1:05 AM Hi Loren, I don't know about altering the direction (ascending/descending) of the sort but some keyboard shortcuts I use: In the QSO window: CTRL+HOME takes you to the FIRST qso CTRL+END takes you to the last PgUp takes you to previous QSO PgDn takes you to the next QSO In the LogBook window: CTRL+HOME takes you to the FIRST qso CTRL+END takes you to the last PgUp takes you to the previous page (1st QSO on present page will be last QSO on previous page) PgDn takes you to the next page (last QSO on the current page will be the 1st QSO on the next page) UP/DOWN arrows move one QSO at a time For more information, from the QSO window: hit F1 type 'key' (short for keyboard) to the right should be a small window with QSO Window to the right of QSO window are a left and a right arrow. Hit the right arrow You can page through these windows to possibly discover things you don't know :-) HTH 73, Lee N7NU Loren Hunt ad...@sbcglobal.net 1/1/2011 9:22 PM Still getting my feet wet. When looking at - Report:LogBook sorted by Date Is there a way to reverse the field so the latest QSOs are at the top? I figure it has to be here someplace, I just can't find it. So I log a QSO and it goes instantly to the bottom of the log, then the guy comes back one more time and I forgot his name (or call) and have to scroll to the bottom of the log. Thanks AD6ZJ, Loren __ 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 !SIG:4d200b94240782144387161! __ 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] Log import problems
Alan, You gave me a good clue and I had to try it. It is interesting that there are many date formats in Excel and many in DX4WIN, but only a few that they both have. I formatted the date to force MM/DD/YY to be 2 digits per field. The log imported. Next step - How do I merge 2 logs together? This should be easy compared to what I just went through on the missing dates. 73 AD6ZJ, Loren --- On Fri, 12/31/10, ALAN ZACK k7...@cox.net wrote: From: ALAN ZACK k7...@cox.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Log import problems To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Cc: ad...@arrl.net Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 7:16 PM I don't have a solution to your problem but I see Jim AD1C replied and if he can't figure it out no one can. But I do have a question for you concerning Excel. At times I download a DX4WIN report, such as DXCC or IOTA, to an Excel spreadsheet by right clicking on the report and clicking WRITE TO FILE. This works FB for me except how do you get leading zeros to appear in the time column. Example, I worked someone at 0005 GMT but only a 5 shows up, 0045 GMT becomes 45 and 0655 becomes 655. If there are four digits in the time such as 1745 GMT then the 1745 shows up FB. I am using Office 2007 ver. of MS Excel. If I remember right I could easily add leading zeros OK when I used Office ver. 2003 but can't figure it out for ver. 2007. I have a suspicion that maybe the way some of your dates are seen by Excel may be your problem. Also be sure you don't need to lengthen the width of the date column on the Excel spreadsheet. If it is not wide enough you will see instead of the date. You might stretch it open so the date will fully fit in the column but when you close Excel maybe it doesn't save the change? Good luck! TIA, 73 HNY Alan, K7ACZ -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Loren Hunt Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 5:27 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Cc: ad...@arrl.net Subject: [Dx4win] Log import problems Hello, I am new to DX4win and am trying to import a large chunk of my logs that are in an excel spreadsheet format. I followed all the steps for the filter and it took all 13,000 + QSOs but about 830 of them had a blank date field. I cannot see anything different about the date for those fields. I also tried first converting the logs to ADIF but have been unsuccessful in my attempts at formula manipulation. A few examples on the web proved frustrating as they expected custom macros. Any ideas? Thanks, AD6ZJ, Loren __ 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
Re: [Dx4win] Log import problems - solved
Thanks for all the ideas. Problem solved and everything merged. Now just the normal getting used to a new program. HNY es 73 AD6ZJ, Loren --- On Sat, 1/1/11, Loren Hunt lorenph...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Loren Hunt lorenph...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Log import problems To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net, k7...@cox.net Cc: ad...@arrl.net Date: Saturday, January 1, 2011, 7:28 AM Alan, You gave me a good clue and I had to try it. It is interesting that there are many date formats in Excel and many in DX4WIN, but only a few that they both have. I formatted the date to force MM/DD/YY to be 2 digits per field. The log imported. Next step - How do I merge 2 logs together? This should be easy compared to what I just went through on the missing dates. 73 AD6ZJ, Loren --- On Fri, 12/31/10, ALAN ZACK k7...@cox.net wrote: From: ALAN ZACK k7...@cox.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Log import problems To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Cc: ad...@arrl.net Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 7:16 PM I don't have a solution to your problem but I see Jim AD1C replied and if he can't figure it out no one can. But I do have a question for you concerning Excel. At times I download a DX4WIN report, such as DXCC or IOTA, to an Excel spreadsheet by right clicking on the report and clicking WRITE TO FILE. This works FB for me except how do you get leading zeros to appear in the time column. Example, I worked someone at 0005 GMT but only a 5 shows up, 0045 GMT becomes 45 and 0655 becomes 655. If there are four digits in the time such as 1745 GMT then the 1745 shows up FB. I am using Office 2007 ver. of MS Excel. If I remember right I could easily add leading zeros OK when I used Office ver. 2003 but can't figure it out for ver. 2007. I have a suspicion that maybe the way some of your dates are seen by Excel may be your problem. Also be sure you don't need to lengthen the width of the date column on the Excel spreadsheet. If it is not wide enough you will see instead of the date. You might stretch it open so the date will fully fit in the column but when you close Excel maybe it doesn't save the change? Good luck! TIA, 73 HNY Alan, K7ACZ -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Loren Hunt Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 5:27 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Cc: ad...@arrl.net Subject: [Dx4win] Log import problems Hello, I am new to DX4win and am trying to import a large chunk of my logs that are in an excel spreadsheet format. I followed all the steps for the filter and it took all 13,000 + QSOs but about 830 of them had a blank date field. I cannot see anything different about the date for those fields. I also tried first converting the logs to ADIF but have been unsuccessful in my attempts at formula manipulation. A few examples on the web proved frustrating as they expected custom macros. Any ideas? Thanks, AD6ZJ, Loren __ 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 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] Logbook sort order
Still getting my feet wet. When looking at - Report:LogBook sorted by Date Is there a way to reverse the field so the latest QSOs are at the top? I figure it has to be here someplace, I just can't find it. So I log a QSO and it goes instantly to the bottom of the log, then the guy comes back one more time and I forgot his name (or call) and have to scroll to the bottom of the log. Thanks AD6ZJ, Loren __ 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] Log import problems
Hello, I am new to DX4win and am trying to import a large chunk of my logs that are in an excel spreadsheet format. I followed all the steps for the filter and it took all 13,000 + QSOs but about 830 of them had a blank date field. I cannot see anything different about the date for those fields. I also tried first converting the logs to ADIF but have been unsuccessful in my attempts at formula manipulation. A few examples on the web proved frustrating as they expected custom macros. Any ideas? Thanks, AD6ZJ, Loren __ 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
