Re: [Dx4win] New version has errors in Needed listing.
Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Larry Alkoff labrad...@mindspring.com wrote: I recently updated Dx4win to 8.04 and found the following mysterious errors when I examine the Needed Countries listing. Do you have the latest country file? Remember that 8.04 ships with an old country file, the one that was available at the time of first release. Are those calls associated with the correct entity? Are the DXCC flag(s) set to Invalid? If you look at the Country window, does it say that the countries are CONFIRMED? Are you doing a DXCC needed listing for MIXED only, or did you select a particular band and/or mode? If you are doing a CW need listing, remember that that award started 01/01/1975 The following countries _appear_ on the Needed list that I know have been worked and confirmed by me and appear as confirmed when I examine the entries in the log. FO8AT Clipperton K1IMP/KC4 Navassa K4IA/KC4Navassa On the other hand, at least one country I have never worked does _not_ appear on the Needed list Marion Island These anomalies suggest to me that the log is somewhat screwed up. There should be no such errors. DX4Win should have made the necessary adjustments from the old log which was based on DX4Win 7.something. I'm trying to think of ways to go through the log and find other errors which I expect can be found. Can anyone suggest what happened or a fix? Larry Alkoff N2LA Hello Jim. It's always nice to hear from you. Answers to your questions: Latest country file: I have just downloaded it from your website. The installation instructions will take a little time to digest! I took the first step by copying the entire save directory to a backup directory. Thanks for the tip that 8.04 shipped with an old country file. Are the calls associated with the correct entity? Yes. All the calls on Needed seem to have the correct entity. FO8AT is FO0 5/20/50 20 cw DXCC Mixed C Band S Mode S K1IMP/KC4 (Don Miller!) KP1 9/1/66 20 cw DXCC Mixed $ Band $Mode $ K4IA/KC4 KP1 6/23/69 20 cw DXCC Mixed -- Band -- Mode -- I suspect the marks following DXCC Mixed etc need to be changed. Are the DXCC flags INVALID? NO The Country window says all the calls are confirmed. I did not specify a particular band or mode so it should be a pure MIXED listing. What I don't understand why these 3 contacts are appearing on the MIXED listing. I would like them not to appear in Needed at all since they just clutter up the display. When I merge the new countries list with all the new Carribean countries it's going to be cluttered enough until I work them. Hope you can help. Larry Alkoff N2LA __ 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] New version has errors in Needed listing.
Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On 12/30/2010 11:29 AM, Larry Alkoff wrote: I did not specify a particular band or mode so it should be a pure MIXED listing. What I don't understand why these 3 contacts are appearing on the MIXED listing. I would like them not to appear in Needed at all since they just clutter up the display. When I merge the new countries list with all the new Carribean countries it's going to be cluttered enough until I work them. Make sure just the Mixed box is checked, and Band and Mode boxes are UNCHECKED. Does this fix the problem? The Mixed box is checked with a C and Band and Mode are now unchecked. The 3 qsos now come up under the dxcc listing with an * asterisk. Somehow I now have a new embarassing problem. I cannot get the Needed list to come up on my DX4W804. Can you tell me what to do? Larry __ 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] New version has errors in Needed listing.
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Larry Alkoff labrad...@mindspring.com wrote: The Mixed box is checked with a C and Band and Mode are now unchecked. The 3 qsos now come up under the dxcc listing with an * asterisk. That means they are approved by ARRL. Somehow I now have a new embarassing problem. I cannot get the Needed list to come up on my DX4W804. Can you tell me what to do? Select Reports then in first box select DXCC and in Report/Action select Needed Listing Lots of this stuff could be learned by reading the on-line help. -- 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] New version has errors in Needed listing.
I recently updated Dx4win to 8.04 and found the following mysterious errors when I examine the Needed Countries listing. The following countries _appear_ on the Needed list that I know have been worked and confirmed by me and appear as confirmed when I examine the entries in the log. FO8AT Clipperton K1IMP/KC4 Navassa K4IA/KC4Navassa On the other hand, at least one country I have never worked does _not_ appear on the Needed list Marion Island These anomalies suggest to me that the log is somewhat screwed up. There should be no such errors. DX4Win should have made the necessary adjustments from the old log which was based on DX4Win 7.something. I'm trying to think of ways to go through the log and find other errors which I expect can be found. Can anyone suggest what happened or a fix? Larry Alkoff N2LA __ 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] New version has errors in Needed listing.
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Larry Alkoff labrad...@mindspring.com wrote: I recently updated Dx4win to 8.04 and found the following mysterious errors when I examine the Needed Countries listing. The following countries _appear_ on the Needed list that I know have been worked and confirmed by me and appear as confirmed when I examine the entries in the log. FO8AT Clipperton K1IMP/KC4 Navassa K4IA/KC4Navassa Are you using the country file that came with DX4WIN 8.04 (or an update from AD1C?) When you open those entries in your log, what entity appears? When were the QSOs made and what mode? You can find them using F8 in the QSO window, entering the call in the Callsign window and hitting enter. I ask about the date because there were cases in the older versions of DX4WIN where you were given credit for QSOs prior to January 1, 1975 (the start date for the CW DXCC award). 8.0 was updated to properly account for those. On the other hand, at least one country I have never worked does _not_ appear on the Needed list Marion Island What do you see from DX4WIN if you search for ZS8 QSOs? (on the QSO window, press F8, enter ZS8 into the Prefix field and press enter.) 73, -Rick -- Rick Murphy, CISSP-ISSAP, K1MU/4, Annandale VA USA __ 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] New version has errors in Needed listing.
Rick Murphy wrote: On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Larry Alkoff labrad...@mindspring.com wrote: I recently updated Dx4win to 8.04 and found the following mysterious errors when I examine the Needed Countries listing. The following countries _appear_ on the Needed list that I know have been worked and confirmed by me and appear as confirmed when I examine the entries in the log. FO8AT Clipperton K1IMP/KC4 Navassa K4IA/KC4Navassa Are you using the country file that came with DX4WIN 8.04 (or an update from AD1C?) When you open those entries in your log, what entity appears? When were the QSOs made and what mode? You can find them using F8 in the QSO window, entering the call in the Callsign window and hitting enter. I ask about the date because there were cases in the older versions of DX4WIN where you were given credit for QSOs prior to January 1, 1975 (the start date for the CW DXCC award). 8.0 was updated to properly account for those. On the other hand, at least one country I have never worked does _not_ appear on the Needed list Marion Island What do you see from DX4WIN if you search for ZS8 QSOs? (on the QSO window, press F8, enter ZS8 into the Prefix field and press enter.) 73, -Rick FO8AT in the log: FO8AT FO0 (FO zero) 8/20/58 cw 20m K1IMP/KC4 KP1 9/1/66 cw 20m K4IA/KC4 KP1 6/23/69 cw 20m I still don't understand why they don't appear and I wonder how many other old qsos are missing, perhaps from obscure cw bands that I no longer need. Good news: I actually worked ZS8MI twice in April 04. Qsl says Marion Island. When I look under F1 in the prefix list, there is no Marion Island but Pr Edward I appears. The location is given as Marion Island with coordinates: S36?52'35'' E37?51'39'' So did I work Marion Island after all, or this a different place? Thanks for your help Rick. Larry __ 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] New version has errors in Needed listing.
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Larry Alkoff labrad...@mindspring.com wrote: FO8AT in the log: FO8AT FO0 (FO zero) 8/20/58 cw 20m So, DX4WIN is assuming that this is FO0, not Clipperton. If you have a QSL for this saying it's Clipperton, let AD1C know so he can update the country file. K1IMP/KC4 KP1 9/1/66 cw 20m K4IA/KC4 KP1 6/23/69 cw 20m I still don't understand why they don't appear and I wonder how many other old qsos are missing, perhaps from obscure cw bands that I no longer need. These I can't explain - they should show up for Mixed DXCC, just not for CW. Jim? Good news: I actually worked ZS8MI twice in April 04. Qsl says Marion Island. When I look under F1 in the prefix list, there is no Marion Island but Pr Edward I appears. That's because the name of the entity is Prince Edward and Marion Islands, which is why Pr. Edward Marion Islands appears. I have ZS8MI from 1990 as confirmed by the DXCC desk for this. 73, -Rick -- Rick Murphy, CISSP-ISSAP, K1MU/4, Annandale VA USA __ 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] New version has errors in Needed listing.
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Larry Alkoff labrad...@mindspring.com wrote: I recently updated Dx4win to 8.04 and found the following mysterious errors when I examine the Needed Countries listing. Do you have the latest country file? Remember that 8.04 ships with an old country file, the one that was available at the time of first release. Are those calls associated with the correct entity? Are the DXCC flag(s) set to Invalid? If you look at the Country window, does it say that the countries are CONFIRMED? Are you doing a DXCC needed listing for MIXED only, or did you select a particular band and/or mode? If you are doing a CW need listing, remember that that award started 01/01/1975 The following countries _appear_ on the Needed list that I know have been worked and confirmed by me and appear as confirmed when I examine the entries in the log. FO8AT Clipperton K1IMP/KC4 Navassa K4IA/KC4 Navassa On the other hand, at least one country I have never worked does _not_ appear on the Needed list Marion Island These anomalies suggest to me that the log is somewhat screwed up. There should be no such errors. DX4Win should have made the necessary adjustments from the old log which was based on DX4Win 7.something. I'm trying to think of ways to go through the log and find other errors which I expect can be found. Can anyone suggest what happened or a fix? Larry Alkoff N2LA -- 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
