[Dx4win] DX4WIN v8.02 log problem

2009-11-19 Thread Carl Mason
Hi everyone, I went to open my log v8.02 this morning to find that I had lost three days of QSO's even though I have used and backed up the log daily. Not only that, the first 4000+ entires in my log had no information other than X's in all logbook fields! The demo log included with v8.02 had

Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN v8.02 log problem

2009-11-19 Thread Mel
A couple of questions before venturing an opinion... Which OS... and which File System if you know. When you say you will save your file... are you running it for days on end without doing a File Save or Cntl-S. The reason I ask this is if you have a scheduled backup running it will back up the

[Dx4win] LOTW

2009-11-19 Thread W9RPM
I accidentally cleared my LOTW membership list. It had 30,124 entries, matching the list on HB9 site. I thought no big deal. I just downloaded it again, and now it says 6052 entries. What did I do wrong? John EMAIL: j...@w9rpm.com WEBPAGE: http://www.w9rpm.com/ DX and CONTEST CLUB:

[Dx4win] got it

2009-11-19 Thread W9RPM
I figured out what I did wrong on the LOTW. 73 John EMAIL: j...@w9rpm.com WEBPAGE: http://www.w9rpm.com/ DX and CONTEST CLUB: http://www.w9idx.com/ AOL IM: W9RPM YAHOO: W9RPM --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 091119-1, 11/19/2009 Tested on: 11/19/2009 9:25:50

[Dx4win] My new Icom IC-7600 and my SteppIR interface, how to hook up???

2009-11-19 Thread george
Since I purchased the new Icom IC-7600 that has a computer USB interface I can't figure out how to interface my SteppIR control box with it's RS232 interface. The Com port assigned to the 7600 is a virtual com port interface for the 7600 using the USB interface. I'm using DWAIN for my logging

Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN v8.02 log problem

2009-11-19 Thread Carl Mason
Hi Mel, I run XP Pro. When I leave the programme it says I have updated the logbook and do I want to save it. I always say 'yes' and up to now have not had a problem. I also back up the log to a memory stick, usually once a week. Over the past three days I have opened the programme several

Re: [Dx4win] My new Icom IC-7600 and my SteppIR interface, how to hook up???

2009-11-19 Thread ON4AOI
Hi George, Easy if you have DX4WIN8.xx You can setup in prefenences the steppIR connection via another Serial port, how to is explained in the helpfile with drawings of the Connections Guy ON4AOI -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-

Re: [Dx4win] got it

2009-11-19 Thread Dick Flanagan
At 07:25 AM 11/19/2009, W9RPM wrote: I figured out what I did wrong on the LOTW. What was it, John, so none of us repeats your heart-stopper. Dick -- Dick Flanagan K7VC d...@k7vc.com __ Dx4win mailing list Home:

[Dx4win] DX4WIN.CTY Release #70 - last call

2009-11-19 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
I've updated the release notes for DX4WIN.CTY #70:    http://www.country-files.com/dx4win/release.shtml#70 I will be releasing this country file tonight. There is still time to get changes in, and there will still be another release soon after December 1. Thanks 73 - Jim AD1C 73 - Jim AD1C

Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN v8.02 log problem

2009-11-19 Thread Dick Flanagan
At 10:15 AM 11/19/2009, Carl Mason wrote: Over the past three days I have opened the programme several times and each time my last entry was in the logbook. This morning when the log opened I had the problem. Do you have your log file on a network drive and do you ever access it from a remote

Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN v8.02 log problem

2009-11-19 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
Or did you open the log on your USB drive by mistake and log QSOs there? This would be bad if you then backed up the log from the hard drive (that never had the QSOs) onto the USB device (that did). - Jim On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Dick Flanagan d...@k7vc.com wrote: At 10:15 AM

[Dx4win] skimmer spots not showing

2009-11-19 Thread Mark n2qt
I'm running D4W 7.02 and in experimenting with skimmer on my local packet cluster node, the spots show in the DX4WIN packet window but do not show in the DXCC sorted by Priority Window. Here's a sample spot from the packet window: 3513.1 FM5BH 19-Nov-2009 2225Z 33 dB 25 WPM DE

Re: [Dx4win] skimmer spots not showing

2009-11-19 Thread Mel
You can modify the DX spotting patterns to ignore the superfluous data Mark n2qt wrote: I'm running D4W 7.02 and in experimenting with skimmer on my local packet cluster node, the spots show in the DX4WIN packet window but do not show in the DXCC sorted by Priority Window. Here's a

Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN v8.02 log problem

2009-11-19 Thread Carl Mason
Only the hardrive on my PC. I use no network or remote access. As I said before, It may just be a 'glitch' so passed the information on just in case! 73, Carl From: Dick Flanagan d...@k7vc.com To: Carl Mason gw0...@btinternet.com Cc: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net

Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN v8.02 log problem

2009-11-19 Thread Carl Mason
Hi Jim, No USB drive was installed on the occasions I saved the log and closed down. Carl From: Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu To: Carl Mason gw0...@btinternet.com Cc: Sent: Thursday, 19 November, 2009 21:54:23 Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN v8.02 log

Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN v8.02 log problem

2009-11-19 Thread Carl Mason
Hi Mel, I am positive that the correct log was saved and have no explanation for the missing entries or the X's that replaced earlier logged QSO's. I have opened and saved the log several times today and made a few backups as well. All these files are good and work correctly. Carl

Re: [Dx4win] skimmer spots not showing

2009-11-19 Thread Mark n2qt
I just brought up another computer running dx4win 7.07 and it's working ok. Looks like it has the same spotting patterns, so it is a 7.02 issue. (and therefore for me, not an issue) thanks, 73 Mark n2qt - Original Message - From: Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu To: Mark n2qt

[Dx4win] DX4WIN.CTY Release #70 - 20 November 2009

2009-11-19 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
DX4WIN.CTY Release #69 is now available from: http://www.country-files.com/dx4win/ You can read the release notes at: http://www.country-files.com/dx4win/release.shtml You can use this script to update the file: http://dx4win.ad1c.us/update.htm I have been working closely

[Dx4win] Countries not showing as checked

2009-11-19 Thread Joe Stepansky
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

Re: [Dx4win] Countries not showing as checked

2009-11-19 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Joe Stepansky k...@comcast.net wrote: 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

Re: [Dx4win] Countries not showing as checked

2009-11-19 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Joe Stepansky k...@comcast.net wrote: Seems that's it.  I did get credit from the ARRL, but not for the same QSOs I marked as checked.  The approved QSOs were post 1/1/75.  It looks like, for the sake of expediency when I first went to DX4Win, I simply marked