[Dx4win] Same problem as KS0M

2002-04-04 Thread Pete Smith
At 09:27 AM 4/4/02 -0600, Alan Clark wrote: I have the same problem as Dick, KS0M, especially with contest calls. The QSL manager duping is a problem with this, also. When a specific call has a different QSL manager over several years, you need to keep up with the different QSL managers. I

[Dx4win] Still Need Windows XP Help

2002-08-17 Thread Pete Smith
At 08:41 PM 8/17/02 -0500, Duane A Calvin wrote: Stu, Please confirm what version of DX4WIN you are running. The two responses I know you have gotten were for 5.03, and I think you wrote you are using version 3.05! Which raises an interesting question -- why expect a program that was

[Dx4win] Help - weird program crash

2002-08-22 Thread Pete Smith
Last night, after working ZK1SCQ in the middle of the night, I went back to bed leaving DX4WIN 5.01 running in the background. This morning, when I bought it back, there was an error message on the screen about an exception having occurred. I shut the program down and restarted it. It told

[Dx4win] IC775DSP/CT-17 vs DX4WIN

2002-12-07 Thread Pete Smith
The 775 doesn't have the infamous transceive switch, does it? Either in hardware or software? Once upon a time this switch had to be set one way or the other to communicate with the computer. sorry, don't remember any more details, because I've never owned an Icom HF rig. 73, Pete N4ZR

[Dx4win] ARRL eQSL policy

2002-12-31 Thread Pete Smith
At 06:17 PM 12/31/02 +, W0YG Charlie Summers wrote: ... Here is the current policy just received from Bill Moore at the DXCC Desk: Recent discussion regarding the QSL service offered by eQSL.ccTM suggests that there is

[Dx4win] Search bug?

2002-02-24 Thread Pete Smith
Tried to do a search in 5.01 just now for D90CCKD, which was a weird HL special call. DX4WIN didn't find it, but when I accessed it by date, there it was with the prefix properly attached. I'm wondering if maybe the format violated some rule in the search routine (I use exact searching). 73,

[Dx4win] ARCluster Spots

2002-02-27 Thread Pete Smith
Something odd going on with ARCluster spots in DX4WIN. SH/DX/MISSED and SH/DX work fine, as do real-time spots. However, SH/FDX produces spots that are not picked up in the spot window, even though they are supposed to be in real-time format, and I can't see any difference on the screen from the

[Dx4win] New Computer - Which Windows to use?

2001-12-31 Thread Pete Smith
At 05:50 PM 12/31/01 -0500, you wrote: I am posting this to both Writelog and DX4WIN. I am building an new AMD 1500 system for use here in the shack. There has been a lot of discussion of which operating systems work best or have problems (like LPT CW keying). I am now faced with the choice

[Dx4win] reply to list or to individual?

2002-01-01 Thread Pete Smith
At 06:25 AM 1/1/02 -0600, Louis Sica, Jr. wrote: Why is it interesting that DX4Win replies to the whole group instead of just the writer of the message? The question was posted to the group, why not respond to the group? Maybe others on the group would find the information useful, too. I think

[Dx4win] New Computer - Which Windows to use?

2002-01-01 Thread Pete Smith
At 08:01 PM 1/1/02 -0500, you wrote: Wonder what chipset the motherboard was using? It's sure not to the Athlon! Regarding memory, Pete, it is actually VERY high right now, basically twice as much as I month ago. 256mb DDR ram is now $70.00! Still memory overall (for what you get, i.e.

[Dx4win] No System Beep

2002-01-01 Thread Pete Smith
At 09:11 PM 1/1/02 -0600, you wrote: I have checked my preferences settings, sent commands to the cluster I log onto, gotten advice over the reflector, and even burned ashes to read over tea leaves. Nothing I have tried in the last few weeks has restored the beep that used to come with each DX

[Dx4win] Help - I goofed -- but lucked out...

2002-01-19 Thread Pete Smith
I take the lack of response to my cry for help as an indication that I really did a bad one. Fortunately, I appear to have lucked out. I had crashed the computer with DX4WIN open just before I wrote all those QSL dates, and the backup file only had 3 more QSOs than its predecessor. I had

[Dx4win] Help - I goofed

2002-01-20 Thread Pete Smith
At 09:34 AM 1/20/02 -0500, you wrote: Pete, I do not recall rejecting your message nor does it show in the archives, strange, Paul PS Why don't you post a message with 'help' in the subject again, so we can see what happens OK -- here's a test, header just like the other one. I *am* supposed

[Dx4win] difficulty with big print job (v. 5.01)

2002-01-30 Thread Pete Smith
Today I printed 914 pages of QSLs -- 4 QSL cards (labels) to a page. During the print run I had a number of Windows print spooler errors, each of which told me to restart Windows in order to resume. I did, and each time used the print range parameter to minimize duplication as I picked up where I

[Dx4win] Internet Spot not listed as needed.

2002-07-09 Thread Pete Smith
At 09:18 PM 7/8/02 -0500, Wendell Wyly W5FL wrote: Odd thing, but some of the cluster software insists on putting the country code in the remarks column. DX4WIN looks for several key words in the remarks column to set the mode. Some of these are PSK, RTTY, and FM. You were just bitten by

[Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout

2002-07-18 Thread Pete Smith
At 10:19 PM 7/17/02 -0500, KC9JS, John wrote: So your problem must be related to the Linksys router. Just saying it may be something you should look it. I'm not sure this is obviously the router. Cable modem systems can be set up (provisioned is the weird word they use, I guess from

[Dx4win] Wandering band and mode problem.

2002-03-04 Thread Pete Smith
At 06:40 PM 3/3/02 -0700, Charley Scarborough wrote: I seem to have similar problems with version 5.03. My conclusion so far is that until a QSO is completed, band and frequency information continue to change as radio adjustments are made. ... Now I see this happening on other bands. I can

Re[2]: [Dx4win] QSL mgr update#6

2002-03-27 Thread Pete Smith
At 03:30 AM 3/27/02 -0600, you wrote: I'd also like to suggest that future updates each include all the previous updates so it would only be necessary to load the latest without worrying about missing an update. Items that have changed should simply overwrite the old manager with the new.

[Dx4win] Backup logs

2002-05-03 Thread Pete Smith
At 09:06 PM 5/2/02 -0500, Wendell Wyly W5FL wrote: What kind of computer and operating system are you running to have that much trouble? DX4WIN is solid as a rock. I am running Windows 2000 Professional on a home build Athlon machine. I agree that DX4WIN is very solid, and Wendell has probably

[Dx4win] Country Database

2002-05-07 Thread Pete Smith
At 08:38 AM 5/7/02 -0400, Goody wrote: The original poster was a bit cocky, but it isn't unreasonable to expect updated database files on the website. Am I wrong to think that the country database file from version 5 is compatible with version 4? If so, it wouldn't be hard for the DX4WIN guys

[Dx4win] Help Error Msg w/ AMD Computer

2002-05-31 Thread Pete Smith
At 09:42 PM 5/30/02 -0400, Paul van der Eijk wrote: Rich, I thought you had to reinstall windows when you changed motherboard; maybe others can confirm this. Not necessary with Win98SE, at least -- I have done 3 different motherboard transplants. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the World HF Contest

[Dx4win] Off-air recording

2002-04-30 Thread Pete Smith
I'm in search of a piece of recording software to let me make long recordings off the air, probably while also using DX4WIN. Sagebrush Software's RecAll Pro has everything I need -- good compression, VOX, and MP3 compression -- except for recording automatic gain control. does anyone know of

[Dx4win] Staying Connected to TELNET

2002-11-05 Thread Pete Smith
At 02:47 PM 11/5/02 +, on4kj wrote: Some one told me providers do change for some internal raison the IP you are indentified with. If you move, without leaving your new adres at the post office. thats why ELVIS sang return to sender Someone can confirm this conclusion ?

[Dx4win] CT contest log

2002-11-20 Thread Pete Smith
At 03:20 PM 11/19/02 -0500, you wrote: hrello to all I ear from numbers of users talking about CT CONTEST program it seems they have almost all contest..? but it is expensive and before to order it I want to know if it is possible to run it with windows ( XP )..? in that windows XP

[Dx4win] Next version of DX4WIN - tracking QSLs and e-QSLs?

2002-11-20 Thread Pete Smith
At 08:51 PM 11/19/02 -0600, Mike Mellinger WA0SXV wrote: Exactly. Plus it is not clear what the charges are to participate. I'm not confident of LOW's success. I can't speak to the technical success, but ARRL has been on the record for some years that LOW will be free to log submitters. They

[Dx4win] Clock error

2002-10-25 Thread Pete Smith
At 10:21 AM 10/25/02 -0400, Larry Gauthier wrote: Pete, Are you saying that the clock was once accurate, but is now inaccurate? I have never had that happen. I have owned my fair share of computers with off-tolerance crystals that kept lousy time, but they kept the same lousy time all their

[Dx4win] Clock error

2002-10-26 Thread Pete Smith
At 08:42 AM 10/26/02 +, you wrote: You therefore might try the same, but, if you are not computer-savvy, you should either find someone who is willing to do this for you, or go to the Microsoft site, find the procedure for editing the registry (with RegEdit, I think) and be very, very careful.

[Dx4win] Report of unique callsigns and associated notes

2003-12-16 Thread Pete Smith
At 08:09 AM 12/16/03 -0500, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: This is easy. Export your log to DX4WIN format. The .DXN file will contain what you want, but it will be two lines. Calls that do NOT have anything in the QSO Notes field will NOT be in the file. Thanks, Jim -- it came out as one line per

[Dx4win] ByteRunner LPT port problems

2003-12-18 Thread Pete Smith
At 07:53 AM 12/18/03 -0500, Larry Gauthier (K8UT) wrote: However - the ByteRunner parallel port is not working. DX4WIN/TopTen and ARSWin both work fine when using LPT1 (the built-in LPT port), but NEITHER program works when trying to use ByteRunner's LPT2. Have you tried printing through LPT2

[Dx4win] Registration still not received:

2003-02-07 Thread Pete Smith
At 07:18 AM 2/7/03 -0600, Bruce wrote: I still see spots where people have received their email registration with 24 hours. Mine has not shown up after 10 days. What is going on??? My bank cleared the VISA transaction over 8 days ago!! Bruce, I presume your message will get the desired

[Dx4win] Packet Window

2003-02-09 Thread Pete Smith
At 08:43 AM 2/9/03 -0500, W8TTS wrote: Something else that I noted, is that now if you exit the program and restart, the DX spots window is cleared. 5.x didn't do this. I would prefer to see the spots remain in that window unless cleared. There are times when you close and restart the programs,

[Dx4win] Logbook of the World?

2003-01-25 Thread Pete Smith
At 10:45 AM 1/25/03 +0100, Pontus Falk wrote: So, even if the client library not yet has been release, the development of the Logbook of the World could not be a secret... This could be worth waiting for... Except that it is already almost a year late (compared to the originally planned

[Dx4win] Moving Log file

2003-01-29 Thread Pete Smith
At 04:18 PM 1/29/03 -0600, TG9AJR wrote: Then why is called an upgrade if we have to do it manually ? And almost start all over again... I don't understand the complaint. It's only good practice to copy your log file from the old version to the new one, so that if anything goes wrong during

[Dx4win] Open windows

2003-07-20 Thread Pete Smith
At 01:04 PM 7/20/03 -0700, Dean Norris wrote: At 12:53 7/20/2003, Pete Smith wrote: At 12:46 PM 7/20/03 -0700, you wrote: Got a friend (K7SP) using DX4WIN ver 3.?? and a fairly slow win98 machine. He has virtually every window open on the screen. He also has a lot of trouble with the machine

[Dx4win] DX spots sometimes seem to stall-Maybe reason discovered!

2003-03-14 Thread Pete Smith
At 01:17 PM 3/14/03 -0800, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: Some time servers are bad, and Tardis will grab a bad time off them. Once I logged a bunch of QSOs 91 minutes off because I got a bad time from a server. It was only luck that I noticed the problem. There is a setting in Tardis called Maximum

[Dx4win] QSL sent info

2003-03-28 Thread Pete Smith
At 09:23 PM 3/27/03 -0500, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: What about changing the QSL date to the current date once the QSO is *confirmed*, i.e. via F2 key? This way I would know when I received the card, since I no longer care when I sent it. Opinions anyone? I *like* this -- it tracks with the

[Dx4win] All LOTW QSO's will be deleted when beta test finished!

2003-05-18 Thread Pete Smith
At 08:13 PM 5/18/03 -0500, Alan Braun wrote: This straight from the mouth of the ARRL guy who is in charge of the project. And also stated on the web site for the project. No matter -- the point right now is to find out if the system can handle fairly significant volume from a number of

[Dx4win] LOTW Test

2003-05-19 Thread Pete Smith
At 10:11 PM 5/18/03 -0400, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: At Dayton, I spoke with Jack AA4LU (DXbase) about this very problem (Paul/Steve did not have a booth this year). Yes, computer illiterates are going to have trouble with this. I expected more integration with the logging software than Jack

[Dx4win] Re: [dx-list] LOTW none-US stations

2003-05-19 Thread Pete Smith
At 12:53 AM 5/19/03 -0700, Alan C. Zack wrote: What about USA stations who at times go to a DX locations and use their home call with a portable designation? About every other year I go to the Philippines and operate from there for the CQWWDX or ARRL 10 mtr SSB. I have a portable DU Permit from

[Dx4win] DX4Win LoTW PSK3 error cure

2003-05-20 Thread Pete Smith
At 01:05 PM 5/19/03 -0700, Edgar Brown, N6OU wrote: A cure for the error is to open the ADIF file with Windows Wordpad and da a find mode:4PSK3 , then do Replace ALL with mode:5PSK31 then save the file. Now sign the file and upload it or email it to LoTW and it should now be free of the PSK3 mode

[Dx4win] Telnet problem

2003-11-05 Thread Pete Smith
At 09:20 PM 11/5/03 +, you wrote: Thanks to each of the 8 who responded to my query. I got it working, but it will not refresh itself, requiring a complete restart to get the latest spots. Is that normal? If not, what can be done to get it to refresh itself? Maybe a problem with how your

[Dx4win] Dx4win and LoTW

2003-11-11 Thread Pete Smith
At 04:50 PM 11/11/03 -0500, N3DRK wrote: Anyone have any problems with uploading or whatever I need to be aware of before I start this? No problems at all, although some folks using earlier DX4WIN have had some problems with mode translations, I think, which were discussed earlier on the

[Dx4win] FAQ for LoTW?

2003-10-12 Thread Pete Smith
At 09:15 AM 10/12/03 -0400, Ron Wetjen wrote: There's not really much too it. If you want to load logs from multiple calls, you'll need a log for each call. (You'll need to register your main call with the ARRL, and then you can use the certificate you get for that call, to apply for

[Dx4win] Filtering by date range?

2003-09-22 Thread Pete Smith
At 11:30 PM 9/22/03 +, you wrote: I am in the process of setting up for LOTW. I've used my callsign from several QTHs and want to create separate ADIF files for each one by a date range. From what I can tell, filtering by date only results in a greater than result. Is it possible to create a

[Dx4win] More LOTW info

2003-09-23 Thread Pete Smith
At 11:25 PM 9/22/03 -0400, Mel wrote: Frankly, the only thing Lotw is going to be good for is WAS... It's so damn complicated for non-US stations to register I suspect it will be a domestic database... We are expected to send personal documents in the mail... Sacrifice personal security in

[Dx4win] LoTW

2003-09-24 Thread Pete Smith
After applying for my certificate early Monday AM, I received the postcard with my password today, and logged on to get my cert. to my surprise, the web page said that my password was OK, and my certificate would be issued by e-mail sometime in the next few business days. What's up with this?

[Dx4win] LoTW (forget it)

2003-09-24 Thread Pete Smith
ARRL just answered my question -- the certificate has arrived! Now on to the fun part. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated August 30. 129 stations were added or updated. Are you current? www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm

[Dx4win] Help

2004-04-08 Thread Pete Smith
At 06:25 AM 4/8/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My old logging program would force the QSX to happen on the rig. So, I know it works. Any help would be greatly appreciated. works on both my radios - TS-930 and Mark 5 -- so it IS there -- most likely just a setup issue. 73, Pete N4ZR The World

[Dx4win] V 6.02

2004-04-13 Thread Pete Smith
At 01:08 PM 4/13/04, Joe wrote: The other thing is that 3 digits are the default for report boxes regardless of mode. This should be mode/band dependent, especially for SSB on HF, where I constantly have to go and correct the rstS from 595 back to 59. I don't know where this comes from. When I

[Dx4win] DX4WIN New Version

2004-04-13 Thread Pete Smith
At 12:51 PM 4/13/04, WC7N wrote: Wasn't there a discussion on this a year or so ago and it dealt with money. As I recall the developer of MMTTY said it was free to use but not to charge for. As you know we pay for DX4WIN so figure that means we would be paying for MMTTY if it was integrated into

[Dx4win] V 6.02

2004-04-13 Thread Pete Smith
At 04:32 PM 4/13/04, Roger Borowski wrote: If you enter a callsign in the log and wish to give an honest report of 57 and he gives you a 58 in return, you tab over to the rstS box and enter 57, then when you would expect it to move to the next rstR box, you enter 58 and look at the log window and

[Dx4win] Two calls - best way to handle

2004-04-23 Thread Pete Smith
In a fit of nostalgia, I was just reissued (as club trustee) W8QZR, the call with which I entered amateur radio 50 years ago next month (a mere youth!). Somehow it had managed to stay un-reissued since 1970 when I gave it up after moving to 4-land. My question is, what's the best way to

[Dx4win] Two calls - best way to handle

2004-04-27 Thread Pete Smith
I just tried printing a QSL label using a group to designate QSOs made using my alternate call, and I'm confused. I named group 1 Operating as W8QZR and labeled one of my QSOs with that group no. Then I put %% in the first greeting line in the Rep/Lab tab in Preferences; according to the

[Dx4win] INI files

2004-08-11 Thread Pete Smith
At 11:52 PM 8/10/2004, Gregory Brown wrote: I've only been using DX4WIN for a dozen or so years, so please forgive the ignorance! The help menu says: Saving your current preferences in an INI file allows you to restore your settings to a previous configuration. This way you can save multiple

[Dx4win] Unins000.data and Unins000.exe

2004-12-08 Thread Pete Smith
They are normal -- or at least I've had them in my DX4WIN directory for a year. You can right-click on them for more info and a creation date - under Properties. 73, Pete N4ZR At 09:28 PM 12/7/2004, Irwin Darack wrote: I found the following files within Dx4Win version 6.03. I want to confirm

[Dx4win] Multiple parallel ports with DX4WIN and WindowsXP

2004-12-16 Thread Pete Smith
You might want to try the XP forum at www.annoyances.org. Lot of good people there and a good search engine. I assume you tried all of the configurations that are available through the port properties tab in Device Manager. 73, Pete N4ZR At 08:03 AM 12/16/2004, Tony Lord wrote: Larry,

[Dx4win] Byterunner Serial to USB converter

2004-01-03 Thread Pete Smith
At 10:54 AM 1/3/04 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the same problem and have been told there are good software programs for RTTY that use the PC's soundcard and don't require a TNC. Anyone have any thoughts? Apparently some of the RTTY soundcard programs are free. I am already using the

[Dx4win] Orion timeouts with DX4WIN?

2004-01-07 Thread Pete Smith
At 03:37 PM 1/7/04 -0600, Duane A Calvin wrote: Nope - he's keying from the parallel port to the key input. Then I really think he needs to look inside his computer -- not an Orion problem. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the World HF Contest Station Database at www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm

[Dx4win] HELP again

2004-01-30 Thread Pete Smith
At 09:49 AM 1/28/04 -0600, you wrote: I have been trying to get a reply for help with the problem as stated below. My last post got me two replies. Neither had a solution. I sent a request to Steve KJ4F on January 26th and have not received a reply. I sent a e-mail to DX4WIN HELP at [EMAIL

[Dx4win] Modified Andale Mono font

2004-03-13 Thread Pete Smith
One of the unexpected things lost in a recent hard disk crash was the modified slashed-zero Andale Mono font I use with DX4WIN. I'm hoping that some reader of this reflector has the font file and can send it to me. Thanks in advance! 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the World HF Contest Station

[Dx4win] Rig control for Kenwood TS570S

2004-03-21 Thread Pete Smith
At 10:49 AM 3/21/04, Rick Graham wrote: Having downloaded the new demo of DX4WIN (I am an owner of 3.05), I see no difference in the cosmetics of the program or too many feature changes. Can someone point me to a site or tell me the differences between the new version and 3.05 and why I might be

[Dx4win] Local spotting?

2004-03-25 Thread Pete Smith
At 07:09 AM 3/25/04, Rick Graham wrote: Hi, I was wondering if anyone could direct me to a telenet site(s) that has only spots that would be semi-local to my qth (Pennsylvania)? While seeing spots of DX from people halfway across the world is nice, it isn't practical for me personally. Or is

[Dx4win] DX4WIN Cty File

2004-05-11 Thread Pete Smith
At 12:52 PM 5/11/2004, Mark wrote: I just installed DX4WIN.603. Using the new default DX4WIN.CTY file, I get different DXCC band/country totals than I had in version 6.02. I then put my 6.02 DX4WIN.CTY file in the 6.03 save directory and the totals are now correct. Is there any reason that

[Dx4win] 6.03 upgrade

2004-05-12 Thread Pete Smith
To my great pleasure, the 6.03 upgrade, based on this morning's installation file, went almost flawlessly. Without merging my old country file, my CnfTotal for DXCC agreed exactly with the same number from 6.02. I'm still a little confused by the meaning of the UplCnf field in the QSO window,

[Dx4win] What is the hold up?

2004-05-23 Thread Pete Smith
At 05:54 PM 5/23/2004, David Tilley wrote: Now you know why I'm still on 5.03, and plan to stay there. From what I've seen on this list, upgrading does little more than cause problems. No thank you. Several points -- the guys who write and support this software do so as a sideline. If they

[Dx4win] DX4Win and FT1000MP

2004-11-25 Thread Pete Smith
I don't know if it is the case for the MP, but my Mark 5 requires a gender changer on the radio end of the standard cable. 73, Pete At 07:42 AM 11/25/2004, John Fleming wrote: Be absolutely certain that you have the CORRECT serial cable connecting your computer to the FT1000MP. I do not

[Dx4win] Uploading to LotW

2004-09-02 Thread Pete Smith
. of course you will not see the uploaded confirmation in your dxcc totals if you have not checked File Preferences QSO Confirmed qsos (left bottom corner) Card or Upload Good luck Kostas SV1DPI - Original Message - From: Pete Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent

[Dx4win] LOTW Upload/Download

2004-09-07 Thread Pete Smith
Very interesting -- According to the LOTW website I have 5172 confirmed QSOs. According to DX4WIN, when I downloaded my report and imported it into my log, I set 5171 Upl Cnf flags to y. Not that it really matters as long as it's not the P5, but I wonder why the discrepancy? 73, Pete N4ZR

[Dx4win] Meaning of S

2004-09-07 Thread Pete Smith
I was looking just now at my DXCC listing report, and was surprised to see a large number of S's, appearing to indicate that I had submitted QSLs. The only problem is that I haven't submitted any QSLs since before I started using DX4WIN, so I'm at a loss to understand the meaning. I suppose

[Dx4win] RTTY

2004-09-13 Thread Pete Smith
At 04:12 PM 9/12/2004, Kostas SV1DPI wrote: Please add me to the list also... I work a computer with xp i can't run the mmtty right because ptt and radio control is in same port. dx4win learned me abt psk but i am not satisfied with it now. I think that decoding is much worst from first time.

[Dx4win] RTTY

2004-09-13 Thread Pete Smith
At 09:42 AM 9/13/2004, Joe - WD?M wrote: N1MM Logger requires (as do other programs incorporating MMTTY) that the RTTY program be downloaded separately, rather then being distributed along with the logging program, then installed separately. This does NOT violate the intent of MMTTY's author.

[Dx4win] Uploading to LotW

2004-09-01 Thread Pete Smith
I was just trying to figure out how to use DX4WIN to upload QSOs that I've made since last fall, and not uploaded manually since then. I think I can see how to do thisa, though the help file doesn't (help). More importantly, it looks as if DX4WIN will track which of my QSOs have been

[Dx4win] Re: WinKey dx4Win

2005-12-19 Thread Pete Smith
For what it is worth, I run DX4WIN with the Winkey testbed program driving the Winkey. Works fine. 73, Pete N4ZR At 03:37 PM 12/18/2005, Goran Lundell wrote: I agree. The Winkey is very good. I miss it in Dx4Win. I now use the freeware SD-contest program from EI5DI where I can use the Winkey

[Dx4win] SyncBack_DX4WIN_BACKUPS

2005-12-24 Thread Pete Smith
I notice that the Syncback web page says that only the paid version will back up open files. I presume this means the Freeware version won't. At best this makes for an issue of timing, to make sure that you get the absolutely last version of the DX4WIN log. Actually, barring a hard drive

[Dx4win] Band Master and DX4WIN

2005-02-23 Thread Pete Smith
I think that VE3NEA has written BandMaster so that it can exchange information with other programs via OLE. So a more integral relationship with DX4WIN should be possible. 73, Pete N4ZR At 11:54 AM 2/23/2005, Radivoj KAR wrote: Hi, Has anybody made the Band Master spotter

[Dx4win] BV7: Direct printing on QSL cards

2005-06-03 Thread Pete Smith
I just did 6800 QSOs worth, directly on cards, 4 to a sheet, with DX4WIN 6.03; from an economic standpoint it is certainly worth the initial effort. 73, Pete N4ZR At 05:27 PM 6/3/2005, Radivoj KAR wrote: Hi Gerben, Thanks for the info. My label position is different and it takes too much

[Dx4win] Printing Directly on QSL Cards

2005-06-07 Thread Pete Smith
In response to requests, I have written an application note explaining how to do this, and Jim, AD1C has kindly posted it on his wed site. The URL is http://www.ad1c.us/dx4win/appnote2.htm. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was just updated on 10 May 2005 2960 contest

[Dx4win] Wait Time for License

2005-06-18 Thread Pete Smith
Guys, perhaps it's worth remembering that these people also have real jobs, kids now out of school for the summer, etc. 73, Pete N4ZR At 04:42 AM 6/18/2005, Steve wrote: Hi Gregg, I'm also in the same boat - 4 days now after paying using Paypal. I guess the team are a little busy at the

[Dx4win] Differing ADIF formats

2005-03-11 Thread Pete Smith
In connection with another program, I have done some superficial research into ADIF. It seems as if there are two different standards out there: ADIF 1.0, on the hosenose site, and ADIF 2.1.5, on www.adif.org. Some ADIF exports seem to involve additional fields which are not in either

[Dx4win] Differing ADIF formats

2005-03-12 Thread Pete Smith
to do a global replace in the ADIF file. 73, Rich VE3IAY 73, de Carlos - LA9PJA - Original Message - From: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Pete Smith To: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.netDX4WIN@mailman.qth.net Sent

[Dx4win] LOG BOOK LANDSCAPE 2 - SIDE PRINTING

2005-03-12 Thread Pete Smith
I was able to set the option for 2-sided, but the log still printed on only one side. HP Deskjet 840. 73, Pete N4ZR At 08:18 AM 3/12/2005, JerryVan wrote: I'll add my vote about 2 sided printing whether landscape or portrait mode. That would be a welcome enhancement. Jerry N8BM Date: Fri,

[Dx4win] ADIF import quandary

2005-03-16 Thread Pete Smith
I'm trying to import my N1MM log into DX4WIN 6.03, and am having problems understanding how DX4WIN decides which ADIF fields to import and where to put them. For example, when I import an unmodified ADIF log, the import goes fine, but for every contest QSO the frequency to several decimal

[Dx4win] ADIF import quandary

2005-03-17 Thread Pete Smith
N1MM Logger's ADIF export has the Contest_ID field in every QSO record. I did as Alan suggested, and it does work, for a single COMMENT or a single NOTES fields per QSO record. I'm now trying to get multiple COMMENT and NOTES into their respective fields, as Alan says can be done, so that I

[Dx4win] Exporting N1MM Logger ADIF to DX4WIN

2005-03-17 Thread Pete Smith
I thought MM users, in particular, might find this interesting. MM exports a contest name with every QSO, so it is pretty simple to use a word processor to rename that ADIF field from CONTEST_ID to COMMENT, so that the notes for QSO field would show it as a contest Q. I like to know the names

[Dx4win] Report writing

2005-03-17 Thread Pete Smith
I am attempting to produce a report that would have two columns, unique callsigns (that is only one record per callsign) and notes for that callsign Is there any way to do this with the reporting capabilities currently built into DX4WIN? 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was

[Dx4win] Upload to LotW

2005-03-20 Thread Pete Smith
At this point, the simplest thing may be just to do an ADIF export of the log, and then set the start date option appropriately in TQSL and let it do its thing. 73, Pete N4ZR At 01:01 PM 3/20/2005, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: At 12:54 PM 3/20/2005, Kurt W. Zimmerman wrote: Did you clear the

[Dx4win] Version 7.01?

2005-05-23 Thread Pete Smith
7.01? Latest shown on the web site is 6.04. Have I missed something? 73, Pete N4ZR DX4WIN customer #1 (really, not that it matters) At 08:25 AM 5/23/2005, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: At 10:50 AM 5/22/2005, Bill Lewis wrote: Hello and thanks in advance. I just upgraded from 5.03 to 7.01 all

[Dx4win] still using Ver6.04

2005-11-14 Thread Pete Smith
At 08:21 AM 11/14/2005, Peter Solly wrote: Does the F8 search feature work with ver. 6.04? If so how is it activated? Thanks de VE3AD. With F8 ;^) 73, Pete N4ZR

[Dx4win] Can I configure the banddecoder output?

2005-09-07 Thread Pete Smith
be sent to a broadband dipole or what ever. /Anders - Original Message - From: Pete Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Anders Janis SM4RNA [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Can I configure the banddecoder output

SV: [Dx4win] Can I configure the banddecoder output?

2005-09-07 Thread Pete Smith
freq ranges and output pins freely in DX4Win is that some non HAM freqs can be sent to a broadband dipole or what ever. /Anders - Original Message - From: Pete Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Anders Janis SM4RNA [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, September

[Dx4win] Slashed 0 font

2006-04-24 Thread Pete Smith
Tony, I think he's looking for the web site URLs. I found this on the Writelog reflector: I prefer monospace fonts for log entries and the toolboxes in WL but they take up more room than kerned fonts. To pack as much information as I can into the limited real estate of the screen, I downloaded

[Dx4win] Not getting state info when importing from N1MM ARRL160

2006-12-04 Thread Pete Smith
Compare the tags in the ADIF file exported by MM in the 160 test with those used in the SS export - it may be that one of the contests has been updated to reflect ADIF changes and the other not. Typically, you can fix the ADIF with a word processor once you know what tags need changing. 73,

[Dx4win] VU7LD gray on all bands

2006-12-05 Thread Pete Smith
OK, it's been a while since I was on the air with DX4WIN, but yesterday I worked VU7LD/VU2PAI on 20 phone and now all other VU7LD spots, on all bands, are shown as gray. I can't find any switch in the preferences that would do that. Advice appreciated. 73, Pete N4ZR

[Dx4win] LOGGING

2006-01-27 Thread Pete Smith
N1MM Logger will produce ADIF that is readily importable into DX4WIN. This has been my standard combination for the last two years. 73, Pete N4ZR At 07:02 AM 1/27/2006, Steve-KF2TI wrote: Morning Alan, we've narrowed ot down to software from N1MM and something called SD, but the DX expedition

[Dx4win] Unable to add FJ

2007-12-21 Thread Pete Smith
And until I added the mapping for FJ, the program was not able to find St. Bart's on entry of a call like FJ/OH2AM. 73, Pete At 11:00 PM 12/20/2007, Robert Naumann wrote: Each time you do something on a tab, you have to go to that tab's menu and update what you did into the database. Until you

[Dx4win] winkey2 support

2007-01-22 Thread Pete Smith
I'm having the same problem. Just switched to 7.02.15, which I upgraded to from 6.03, largely because of Winkey support. It appears, however, that DX4WIN can't address the virtual serial ports created by the USB driver. I have set up COM7 for Winkey, but get no indication that they are

[Dx4win] Report to list all calls worked

2007-01-29 Thread Pete Smith
I am trying to figure out how to generate a logbook report that will have only 2 columns - each unique call in the database (not each QSO) and the notes for that call. As a secondary goal, but one I probably can't achieve within DX4WIN, I would then like to trim the second column so that only

[Dx4win] Howto handle the time change on Windows 98?

2007-03-11 Thread Pete Smith
There is an excellent, step-by-step guide to modifying your computer operating system for the new Daylight Time schedule at http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/systems/daylight/windows.html. 73, Pete N4ZR At 03:08 PM 3/11/2007, Larry Alkoff wrote: I have read the threads about setting your

[Dx4win] Rig files

2008-01-07 Thread Pete Smith
At 09:30 AM 1/7/2008, Louis Dietrich wrote: ... DX4WIN is a great program and very stable...which is probably the most important attribute a program can have...but... 1. It is still missing workable rig files...long after rigs have been in the field...when I first got my new rig, I found Paul to

[Dx4win] pre-emptive QSLing

2008-01-10 Thread Pete Smith
Hi Thor - Thanks for your note - I didn't remember that my article was on AD1C's web site. Try this as a test. Hit F8 and search for a prefix for which you have relatively few QSOs (JT?). Then click on Labels|Set Print Flag rather than Mark for QSL. The program will ask you Set label field

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