The HELP file says the time is calculated from the time zones you put in the
Windows operating system.
My computer is on local time and the log is GMT and it automatically updates
for Daylight Savings Time. In earlier versions you had some additional
controls on time, but the present
I believe Paul's support is extremely good.
I would also like the Winkey support and would be willing to pay an upgrade
fee to get it.
I paid the last upgrade fee for the RTTY support, but have not had an
antenna up since I moved so have not had a chance to use it yet, but felt
the upgrade
It would be a real benefit to have more than one qsl manager shown. 1) The
one that came with DX4WIN 2) The one that came from the GO list 3) The one
that the DX station gave me and I entered 4) The one that was there when I
sent the qsl card. Preserved forever in the notes for this QSO. Since
DX4WIN always selects the default printer that was in effect when you
started DX4WIN.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Harald Kj?de
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 11:48 AM
To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Dx4win] labelprinter
After
It would certainly be nice (and save me a lot of postage) if DX4WIN could
handle the following with background colors for multiple qsl managers:
1) Furnished with Program
2) Found in Go List
3) Added by me
4) Card was previously sent to this qsl manager.
It would be nice if the previous date
That would be a wonderful addition to DX4WIN and you have described the
necessary settings that would be useful.
Although you can do replace existing data now, that is not nearly as useful
as letting you be asked on a per-item basis. Since many people who send
records to LOTW do not seem to
There are so many problems to doing that, it will never happen. Hundreds of
DX stations have managers depending on date of qso or mode of qso,
reassigned call signs, etc. If you are only talking about US stations, then
it will work on most of them, but they seldom have qsl managers.
Be absolutely certain that you have the CORRECT serial cable connecting your
computer to the FT1000MP. I do not have the manual here since I moved, but
it is a non-standard cable.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Wanda_Jak
Sent: Wednesday,
Steve has a spam arrest filter returning all mail to you when you reply to
him. Please don't ever send me mail if you operate your system that way.
-Original Message-
From: Wendell Wyly - W5FL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 10:31 AM
To: 'KG5VK Steve
NO! It is not even practical. ARRL did not use the same calls in their
list that they had previously awarded for the DXCC awards. I had previously
carefully entered the QSO that was approved by MODE and BAND as they were
approved. When they went to LOTW, they used the most recent one that they
Writelog is optimized for contesting. So many windows are different for
contesting than for dx logging, that it seems rather impossible to do both
really well. I don't like Writelog for dx logging and it does not keep dx
records, but it is a fine program for what is was designed to do, as is
The upgrade didn't cause me any problems.
The upgrade from 6.01 to 6.02 to 6.03 was free.
I have owned every single version since DX4WIN first came out and each and
every upgrade was definitely worthwhile. www.ad1c.com has a detailed list
of the upgrade hints for those who want a few more
Jim (AD1C) has good tips for installation on his website:
http://www.ad1c.com/dx4win
Jim also did a fine job on updating the country file which is included with
the new 6.03 version of DX4WIN. It is so good that I would NOT merge your
old country file as that will only make it worse, not better.
Copying anything to CD's is not without problems. The files become read
only files when you look at the properties, and you have to change them back
to read/write files. Most logs and the save directory can be zipped and
will fit on a 1.44 floppy. That is easy to move to the new computer and
I also asked about this several years ago; however, it really did not turn
out to be much of a problem.
Initially, I selected the valid qso's for submittal. The very few that were
left were then simply marked as invalid and in the notes as invalid for CW
DXCC.
My cw qso's went back to 1955 and
If you downloaded the demo of Version 6 and can see no difference, then you
may be happy with what you have. I would not be. Look at the help file in
the demo version 6 and you will find over 11 pages that describe the
differences starting at version 4.
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From: [EMAIL
The program does not do either of those things at this time. It would be a
nice feature, though.
Lets also hope there is a LINUX version somewhere out there in the near
future.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of Hamad, 9K2HN
Sent: Friday,
If you are working for 5 band DXCC, try a different approach. Work every
spot you see that is priority 1,2, or 3. Turn off the modes for DXCC that
you are not interested in such as digital modes and cw. Priority 1 is a new
country that has never been worked before on any band, so you need all
Question 1 and 2: You can change them back the way they were, and I did. I
would think a line would be difficult to implement and would allow less
spots for the same size window.
Question 3. It is the priority of the spot and is not removable (although
the column can be made small)
Question 4.
I doubt that Paul will ever make these colors user programmable for the
priorities. I think the order you laid out for 1) never worked 2) never
worked mode 3) never worked band will satisfy 90% of the DX community. The
unconfirmed mode and band are neat touches, also. Paul spent a period of
ARRL treats them the same. You can probably work around the problem by
doing a 5BDXCC submission, exporting the logfile, make a new log of just
these qso's, do a regular submission so they will get marked correctly, then
import them back to your log replacing the duplicate qso's.
-Original
First, be sure that preferences are set correctly for your station and DXCC
modes. Look at a DXCC summary report. It should show how many countries
you have Checked by ARRL for each band. Submitted is marked for those
contacts automatically tha are included in the DXCC submittal. Let me know
I don't think everything that you wish to do can be done by DX4WIN or any
program for that matter. DX4WIN separates PSE and TNX qsls but not SSB and
CW unless they have different qsl managers. I have room to print about 5 or
6 qso's on my cards and that is only a limitation of my cards. The
I would export the log in v4 format and then import it, setting the
preferences not to import duplicate qso's. If the time is different, they
will not be duplicates. Save a copy of your original log and your .cty file
just in case something doesn't come out the way you thought it should.
Gray is nice, then you turn off gray spots, and work someone else!
-Original Message-
From: Mel Martin (VE2DC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:39 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Dave Jaksa'; 'Wendell Wyly
W5FL'; dx4win@mailman.qth.net
Subject
What you are missing is the recent changes in the DXCC program that now give
credit for 18 separate DXCC awards.
This is the game for many dxers.
Modes for MIXED, PHONE, CW, RTTY are the primary awards up to and including
DXCC Honor Roll. Bands from 160 meters to 2 meters and Satellite qualify
I am sure you are aware that DX4WIN keeps the last copy of a log with your
log name.~xl, so loss of a log is normally not possible regardless of what
happens. Simply keeping a copy of your save directory, zipped or unzipped
takes only a second and my log is over 15,000 contacts and zipped will
You can simply install the new version and you are ready to go.
There are four things that most of us want to do, though: 1) Move your old
logbook where the new version will know what was in it and convert it to the
new format. 2) If you wrote out all of your preferences before the upgrade,
they
Please understand that WriteLog is a contesting program and not a general
purpose logger like DX4WIN. You can easily convert each contest in WriteLog
and import it in DX4WIN with a utility called WL2DX4WIN.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
Writelog is good at generating Cabrillo. If you watch the writelog
reflector, it is evident that an effort is required to generate the proper
cabrillo file for each contest and sponsor. I built several Cabrillo files
by hand for the ARRL contests and decided that WriteLog was a good
investment.
DX4WIN will do a multiple marking of qsl card sent and will mark them with
the date of the qso. To use this, you need to get all of these contacts in
the filter (not necessarily an easy task if they are not within a date
range). You can mark one date, do a ctrl a on that field, and then paste
I would try downloading the program into a directory different from the
install directory. The download is about 2.5 megs and it creates two files
when unzipped that have to be in the same directory (they are intended to be
put on two floppies where needed). Then run the dx4win.exe file and
How about File/Databases/QSL manager addresses?? This puts them in the
dx4win.cty file which is stored normally in the save directory. The .cty
file also stores all of the exceptions for countries, zones, qsl managers,
etc. It is a very important file to always preserve through importing it
The program already keeps the exact frequency now!
Simply put a $$ in the field that says text to add to qso note in the
QSO/Contest Mode Window. The exact frequency including split frequencies
will go into the Notes for this QSO and look like this:
21,021/21,025KHz
Pretty slick and you won't
Use the File/Databases/Labels and select one of the two custom labels that
you can customize. I use one for my labels and one for printing directly to
qsl cards. Use a blank piece of paper to check how the print layout is
working until you get everything right.
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From:
That is true now, but I just sent ARRL over $100 with my submittal last
week, which included re-submitting many many cards that had been previously
submitted and ARRL did not record the band until several years ago. ARRL
does not accept less than 100 cards with the first submittal. I believe
If you really want to print a paper log, the best thing to do is write your
logbook as a comma deliminated file, then open it in EXCEL. Fix it just the
way you want it and print it out of EXCEL. That way you can control
margins, type font and sizes, etc and get lines drawn on the page, titles,
The basic country file (dx4win.cty) has not changed since the 5.03 version
that included Ducie Island. The bad news is that a country file for dxing
must reflect your own logbook and be maintained by you as you work different
countries. My country file has all of my personal exceptions going
It is only listed once in my .cty file as VP6/D.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Branch
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 9:31 PM
To: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Dx4win] Ducie Island
Greetings,
I noted that Ducie Island is in my
There is an easier way. If you go to preferences where I have set the
labels tab to print the greeting as@@ 73 de %% email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This will automatically print PSE or TNX QSL, 73 de Group Name Call and then
my email address. If you have a vanity call then the correct call will
I'm sure if you can describe the exact logic in what you want, Paul might
consider programming it if he feels that it will help other users.
The way it works now, is that you select an award that you are trying to
get, then it lets you pick how you want to qsl for that award. You are
allowed to
Did you close DX4WIN first?
You must shut down DX4WIN before hitting shut down for the computer (and
save your log when requested).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Barry
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 7:18 AM
To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net
Set poll rate to 1000ms and max tries to 6. Mine won't time out unless I
turn the radio OFF with DX4WIN running.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 3:50 PM
To: DX4WIN@MAILMAN.QTH.NET
Subject:
Unfortunately, it takes a work around for this. I export the qsl manager
addresses, then import a null qsl manager file that only has my call and
address to overwrite the old file. Print the cards or labels and there will
be no addresses, then import the original qsl manager addresses and you
And that is the problem when you are trying to print directly on QSL cards.
DX4WIN does not have a checkbox that allows the cards to be printed via the
qsl manager without also printing the address label (or printing the qsl
manager addresses seperately on labels or preferably envelopes. I threw
I would never upgrade a system that way. The best way for a lot of reasons
is to start with a clean, formatted hard drive and first re-install the
operating system, then all of the programs one at a time.
You will need to have the old .ini file, your log file, and .cty file to get
the
No.
The bad thing about computers is that they only do what you tell them. Go in
with Windows Explorer and see what kind of a file structure you have under
DX4WIN. Normally there would be only one SAVE directory.
I would attempt to be certain that you only have one logfile and one country
Select reports/change award flags then change to dxcc in top box and bottom
box to change submit to checked. You may have to do this more than once to
get proper dxcc band, mixed, and mode changed properly. You should also
study the sheet the ARRL sent back and be sure you took proper band
Be sure you have set QSO in preferences to Range. Simply Hit F8 and enter
start date for the portion of your log you want. The range box comes up and
enter the last date you want. The log will display the range of dates.
Right click the logbook window and select print.
-Original
Simpliest way is to do an ADIF export from Writelog and do an ADIF import to
DX4WIN. Be sure to save your original log in Writelog and DX4WIN so you
could recover from a bad error. The import of ADIF files is not real good
and there is a program listed in the ARCHIVES that works a lot better. I
: Friday, May 03, 2002 6:34 AM
To: Wendell Wyly W5FL; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dx4win@mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Backup logs
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
My first advice to you until you get your computer to work is to print out a
copy of your log on paper. Right click the log and print and you will have
a permanent copy. Do the same thing each day by searching on the present
day or the day before or the week before if you do not make a lot of
My cards are set up to take an average size label (clear) in the lower right
hand corner or to print directly on the individual cards. You can print up
to six or so qso's per card this way. The pre-printed qsl's are one color on
colored stock from W4MPY and are less expensive than printing the
If in entering the data, when it said do you want to submit this card and
you put those in a separate box, then the submission will match your box.
Save a copy of this log and your .cty file so you can back up to this point
if you need to do so. If you did not separate them, then just clean ALL
Do a DXCC report submittal. Be sure to right click the listing so you can
print it both to your printer and to a file for safekeeping. It will take
the last confirmed qsl card for each country that you have 100 or more and
give you a complete listing. Works great if you are also doing Mixed,
If you have logs that go back many years, DX4WIN has the ONLY solution that
will work properly. I have KA1S from Minami Torishima in 1977, Germany
(deleted), Czechoslovakia (deleted), P2 (Papua) deleted, ZD4 (Gold Goast)
deleted, Y2 (East Germany) deleted, many VK9,VP8, CE9, old Russian calls,
Use the group name and you can display which call you worked the station
under. This is part of the group number assignment.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John R. Harvey
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 8:03 AM
To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net
Using Windows 2000, I am using DTR on the Radio Com Port for CW keying
through an opti-isolator on a FT1000MP. Is PTT supported by DX4WIN directly
as a command to the radio (OPCODE OFH), support RTS for the PTT, or some
other way other than the LPT port? The CW keying is working great (except
Is your microphone on?
I hear people talking in the background with PSK31 because they did not
remove their microphone. On a FT1000MP, if you simply turn down the volume,
the output power also drops to zero. I have a Heil headset and simply
unplug it.
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From: [EMAIL
I was not satisfied with the export ADIF from Writelog and Import ADIF to
DX4WIN to import the WriteLog logs from the ARRL CW and PHO DX Contests this
year. I made a new filter for DX4WIN inport to add the power exchange
(RCVD, Sequence Number, Received Frequency, and Transmit Frequency for
detailed help file that you
can download and print and it is a pretty good manual for the software.
Wendell Wyly W5FL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Margaret Soper
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 2:09 PM
To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net
Subject
You can set the import to not overwrite any qso's.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Fred W Hoffert
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 8:26 PM
To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Dx4win] Importing ADIF from into DX4WIN
When I first set up DX4WIN I
and received, etc.
Good luck with your new DX4WIN program. I am sure you will never regret
your investment in this program.
Wendell Wyly W5FL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 9:25 AM
To: dx4win
1) Would much prefer to see NEW MODE as the number two priority (the BLUE
LINE has been a wonderful feature for the last few years) and the country
not confirmed should definitely be moved to a lower priority as it will stay
up there for months (or years) for the new dxers that qsl via the buro.
Simply do a DXCC submittal. Check the submittal form that appears. Right
Click and Print the form. You can also save a copy of it to a file, which I
would definitely recommend.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of wo2n
Sent: Thursday, January
Interesting that DX4WIN no longer replies to the writer of the message, but
to the whole group.
I have DX4WIN and Writelog on an Athlon 1600 system running under Windows
2000. It is an excellent operating system. There are few advantanges and
lots of disadvantages to go to XP Pro, and I would
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