Re: [Dx4win] Re
Bob, have you looked in the Save folder of your DX4WIN program directory (where DX4WIN.exe is found) to see if DX4WIN.tcp is there, together with your .dxl log files? When you move to Windows 7, you will need to reinstall DX4WIN anyway. Be sure you install it somewhere other than Program Files or Program Files (X86), because its data files are all stored in the program directory. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 4/1/2014 4:52 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: Please reply to the reflector and copy Bob. -- Forwarded message -- From: Bob Carter k5e...@cox.net Date: Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 2:35 PM Subject: Exception occured (again) To: Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu Mr Reisert, I sent you and email last week concerning a Packet exception. Your answer was that Windows Firewall was probably blocking access to Internet. Looking for the problem has caused another problem. I now get an exception occured. Cannot create file. C:\ dx4win 805\save\dx4win.tcp. Access denied. Can't save preferences. Am running XP. I also had McAfee running through Cox. They were having problems which may have caused my earlier problem. Am changing to Windows 7 and think I can use it until I end using a computor. Now age 85. Thanks for your help. Bob Carter, k5eyt __ 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] SO2R Question
Tod, you're right - I misspoke. The PIEXX unit takes OTRSP serial port commands via a USB vritual port and converts them to the appropriate LPT commands, rather than actually functioning as a USB to LPT converter. You might want to talk to W4NZ about this - he beta tested the PIEXX unit with a DXD, and knows how to make the DXD do lots of tricks. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 3/1/2014 4:54 PM, Tod Olson wrote: Pete if you read this I am not sure that a USB Transceiver chip will do the trick for the DXD folks. I am pretty sure that the BCD data on the LPT lines will reflect the currently selected radio so Dave will probably have no problems. I invested in the Top Ten Band Decoders so that function is not one I am using out of the DXD. In fact, I have ICOM Top Ten Band Decoders as a result of a lucky ³buy² from someone leaving SO2R and maybe even radio. I have no ICOM radios here in ID [yet] . I would be happy to consider a swap if someone needed them and had ones with the non-ICOM version. __ 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] SO2R Question
Randy's right about the USB-to-LPT converters. Fortunately, real LPT portcards are still available for the PCI-E slot in newer PCs, and are dirt cheap. While you're at it, you could get one with an LPT and 2 COM ports, simplify your cabling, and avoid the cost of the USB-to-serial converters you'd otherwise need. Hopefully, the next generation of radios will include a $2 USB transceiver chip. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 2/27/2014 9:48 PM, Randy Farmer wrote: I used a DX Doubler with DX4WIN for several years and it worked fine. You MUST have a real LPT port to drive it; a USB to LPT converter won't do the job. In version 8.x, the logic state for control for the radio switching LPT pin can be controlled. Make sure you're in Expert mode and open up the Preferences. On the CW tab just tick the Radio 1/2 signal Reverse box at the top of the window. I'm not sure if the LPT port band BCD code follows the radio selection. Good luck. 73... Randy, W8FN On 2/27/2014 2:44 PM, Dave Perry wrote: Paul or anyone on the reflector: I just purchased a second K3 and have it working nicely as the second rig within DX4WIN. I like the toggle feature that allows me to shift back and forth between the two radios. I am thinking about purchasing the DXDoubler SO2R product from Top Ten Devices as well as their new band decoder. I would like to use one band decoder with both rigs since I have one feed line running out to a remote antenna switch. Here are my questions: 1. If I select Top Ten as the band decoder within the Control tab under preferences and use LPT1 to connect the pc to the band decoder, will DX4WIN send BCD data for both radios to the band decoder - depending on which one I have toggled as the active radio (using Ctrl, Shift, F12)? For example, if radio 1 is on 20M and radio 2 is on 40M will DX4WIN send the required BCD data depending on which one is toggled in DX4WIN? The documentation indicated that BCD data would be sent for radio 1 but did not appear to mention if this would also happen if a second radio was also connected like I have it now. I would hope that BCD data is sent anytime I toggle between the two radios. 2. My second question is about the DXDoubler and how it works with DX4WIN. Dave at Top Ten said that DX4WIN reverses the selected radio. I assume that what he means is that if I select Radio 1 in DX4WIN the DXDoubler device will select Radio 2. Is this a know issue with DX4WIN and could this be fixed in a future update? That is why I am checking. Here is a quote from the Top Ten Devices website: DX4WIN, like many other logging programs (eg. CT, NA, TR, WriteLog), toggles Pin 14 on the selected LPT port when the operator changes radios. The defacto standard is that Pin 14 is high when Radio 1 is selected. However, DX4WIN drives Pin 14 high when Radio 2 is selected. Although there are ways to reverse cables and the like, so that switching works properly, the LEDs on the DXD will always be reversed. The purpose of this modification is to rearrange the internal logic in the DXD, so that everything functions properly, and the LEDs truly reflect the selected radio. I will also be using the DXD with N1MM, so I would want both logging programs to handle the radios the same way. I would not want to make the suggested Mod to the DXD to make it work with DX4WIN if it would then make N1MM operate in reverse. I wonder if Paul has a reason for not following the de facto standard? I would certainly want the LEDs to indicate the correct radio when using either program. Does anyone on the reflector use either of these products with DX4WIN? Any tips or suggestions would be welcome. Thank you. 73, Dave, N4QS __ 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] Fwd: Re: Updates on a more positive note!
I'm amazed at the tone of voice in these e-mails. It was sometime in the late 80's or early 90's when I met Paul and became Customer 0 for DX4WIN. How many one-man amateur radio software products do you know of that are still offered after over 20 years? I am currently using Logger32, because it offers features that I need which DX4WIN does not, but DX4WIN remains on my PC. If Paul decides to release a version that has these things, I will certainly be back. If not, then I wish him a happy retirement and lots more time for the grandkids. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 1/5/2014 7:16 PM, CHANO - EA8OG wrote: I understand in this last email that DX4WIN died about updates, what you have is what you get. is that, please clearly confirm this. thanks Sebastián Gámez Hernández E A 8 O G 73´S 2014/1/5 n4dsp n4...@triad.rr.com With due respect to all little change is going to occur which I am sorry to say. We have FINALLY heard from Paul and aware of the direction DX4WIN is taking. Well boys I have supported Paul and DX4WIN speaking to others informing them what a great dx logging program it is and quite frankly I cannot do that any longer especially after what Paul had to say today. Therefore I downloaded and installed LOGGER 32 and like all new programs there is quite a learning curve but I will be much further ahead in another month than I will be with DX4WIN five years from now. Have been loyal to DX4WIN but it's over. Some will be happy there will no longer see any more posts from n4dsp! LOL. Hate to see such a great dx logging program coming to it's end and it's troublesome. Made the ARRL Honor Roll with this program from my first contact to #334. Paul,SELL THE COMPANY. Respectfully, john / n4dsp of On 1/5/2014 5:04 PM, Lou Dietrich wrote: All, We have FINALLY heard from Paulthat is a good thingand it sounds like he has a portion of our wish list. A few comments though 1. Did you see any inclination or willingness to incorporate them into DX4WIN? 2. Although it is unlikely he would have every rig produced, it should be noted that I, for one, attempted to develop a rig file for the FT3000...sent many messages to him for assistance...and never heard back. I had a Yaesu 'demo' FT3000 shipped to me and it sat here for months awaiting assistance and nothing...this was a while after his personal moveyes, the rig files are rather basic but how DX4WIN handles these files are hard coded and cannot be user defined or changed. I have quite a bit of documentation in this issueas do others. We are/ were willing to work with him but the effort hasn't been reciprocal. 3. LOTW isn't going away...or GlobalQsl...or EQSLincorporating easy interface to these systems seeming would be a selling point for DX4WIN. Without them, DX4WIN is severely lacking. 4. As in number 3, QRZ.Com is here to stay...and most of your users access it routinely. Paul, this isn't an attack on you...and regrettably there has been some severe tone between a few users...hopefully, we can get back on a more positive, productive track. However, this thread is an indication of the frustration of your loyal, paid users. We want DX4WIN to succeed but there needs to be some indication that DX4WIN is alive and well...and will be supported and improved. Yes... we could all move to a different platform ...we have a number of other choices...but we have been sticking with DX4WIN but without finite information from you, Paul, we've been in an informational vacuum. Paul, incorporating user input and enhancing DX4WIN appears to be a win/win situation. We look forward for more information as to the direction and future of DX4WIN. 73 Lou N2TU On 1/5/2014 3:44 PM, Charlie Cunningham wrote: Amen! -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-bounces@ mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ken G Kopp Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 3:24 PM To: Dx4win@Mailman.Qth.Net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Fwd: Re: Updates on a more positive note! Well said, Paul ! 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP k...@arrl.net On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Paul van der Eijk pvandere...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, Thank you Bill for a civil restart of this discussion! We are expecting guests in a little while, so let me be brief: 1. I read the reflector 2. Folks who want to use DXLab please do so! 3. When I saw the enormous of email traffic a few month ago when LoTW had problems I realized it was much better to have a clear delineation between DX4WIN and LoTW. Is saving a few mouse clicks worth my effort and support time afterwards? 4. I wrote a pretty cool regular expression to retrieve the QRZ info, but also realized that the page was constructed to make this difficult for commercial reasons. Have to rethink that. 5. The user has the same
Re: [Dx4win] Cluster/slimmer-related questions
Hi Barry - try connecting to K1TTT, AB5K or the RBN ARC node, or any AR node running the latest software, and entering the following filter definition: SET DX FILTER not skimdupe and not skimbusted That should producedupe-removal and also eliminate virtually all busted calls. I have not done a rigorous analysis yet but it seems to be working as it should. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 9/14/2013 10:25 AM, Barry wrote: Been connecting to a few different Cluster nodes with skimmer feeds and have noted the following issues: 1. Busted calls - just about every morning KB4JR CQs on 30m and is mis-spotted by Skimmer as B4JR, causing a voice alert, as I need BY on 30. Any way to block this individual callsign from new country voice alerts? 2. AR Cluster nodes spot the same call multiple times when received by multiple skimmers. CC Cluster nodes are OK and limit the spot to one time. Is there a way to limit the AR Cluster skimmer spots to only spotting a callsign once, either in the AR Cluster node or DX4WIN? Tnx, Barry W2UP __ 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] USB to parallel port
The confusion continues. I'll save W4TV the effort of responding - USB-to-Parallel is what we're talking about here, not USB-to-Serial. David, you cannot key CW or do anything else involving switching individual lines on a parallel port through a converter. The only hardware I know of that will do this is the PIEXX SO2RXLAT, which costs significantly more than the most elegant solution, K1EL's Winkeyer USB. Try it, David - you won't be sorry. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 8/19/2013 2:06 AM, ALAN ZACK wrote: I have had good results with both the MFJ and RT Systems convertors, both available thru HRO and AES. I also have a couple from RIGBlaster (West Mountain Radio). They will not work with my FT-2000 to a PC or laptop. Alan, K7ACZ -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Strout Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 2:12 PM To: DX4WIN Reflector Subject: [Dx4win] USB to parallel port Need a suggestion for best USB to parallel port converter. Switching to WIN7 and want parallel port keying with DX4WIN. Thanks, Dave, W2YC __ __ 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] USB to parallel port
For USB-to-Serial -- not David's question -- why would anyone buy anything but a converter with an FTDI chipset? In 8+ years of supporting N1MM Logger, I saw literally a hundred people with Prolific adapters who had problems, versus ZERO with FTDI. Why mess around? 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 8/19/2013 7:24 AM, Jim - N4ST wrote: Another vote for RT Systems. Expensive, but fewer headaches. Some foks have had success with less expensive converters based on the Prolific chipset, but some counterfeit chips along with a plethora of drivers and driver updates make these iffy in my book. 73, Jim - N4ST -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of ALAN ZACK Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 02:06 To: 'David Strout'; 'DX4WIN Reflector' Subject: Re: [Dx4win] USB to parallel port I have had good results with both the MFJ and RT Systems convertors, both available thru HRO and AES. I also have a couple from RIGBlaster (West Mountain Radio). They will not work with my FT-2000 to a PC or laptop. Alan, K7ACZ -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Strout Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 2:12 PM To: DX4WIN Reflector Subject: [Dx4win] USB to parallel port Need a suggestion for best USB to parallel port converter. Switching to WIN7 and want parallel port keying with DX4WIN. Thanks, Dave, W2YC __ 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] USB to parallel port
You probably need to look at the specs, Dick - often available online. I have found a number that actually had it on the box. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 8/19/2013 5:20 PM, Dick Flanagan wrote: What is the easiest way to identify devices with FTDI chipsets, Pete? Forgive me, I'm feeling stupid today. :( Dick -- Dick Flanagan K7VC d...@k7vc.com On 8/19/2013 4:56 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: For USB-to-Serial -- not David's question -- why would anyone buy anything but a converter with an FTDI chipset? In 8+ years of supporting N1MM Logger, I saw literally a hundred people with Prolific adapters who had problems, versus ZERO with FTDI. Why mess around? 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 8/19/2013 7:24 AM, Jim - N4ST wrote: Another vote for RT Systems. Expensive, but fewer headaches. Some foks have had success with less expensive converters based on the Prolific chipset, but some counterfeit chips along with a plethora of drivers and driver updates make these iffy in my book. 73, Jim - N4ST -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of ALAN ZACK Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 02:06 To: 'David Strout'; 'DX4WIN Reflector' Subject: Re: [Dx4win] USB to parallel port I have had good results with both the MFJ and RT Systems convertors, both available thru HRO and AES. I also have a couple from RIGBlaster (West Mountain Radio). They will not work with my FT-2000 to a PC or laptop. Alan, K7ACZ -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Strout Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 2:12 PM To: DX4WIN Reflector Subject: [Dx4win] USB to parallel port Need a suggestion for best USB to parallel port converter. Switching to WIN7 and want parallel port keying with DX4WIN. Thanks, Dave, W2YC __ 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 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] USB to parallel port
Speaking of which, I have a brand new SYBA PCI-E parallel port card that I don't need, and will send to the first person who comes up with the postage - estimated $5 US, or tell me your QTH if abroad. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 8/15/2013 6:01 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: USB to parallel adapters are not port mapped devices and as such they will not work with software like DX4Win that use direct port writes. Unless you are using a laptop with no expansion bus, your best solution is an add-on serial/parallel card for either PCI or PCIe bus. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 8/15/2013 5:11 PM, David Strout wrote: Need a suggestion for best USB to parallel port converter. Switching to WIN7 and want parallel port keying with DX4WIN. Thanks, Dave, W2YC __ 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] DXLab
I have been following this thread with a mixture of nostalgia, sympathy, and annoyance. Getting the annoyance out of the way first, I've been appalled by the tone of some of the comments. Anyone who thinks Paul has gotten rich off this thing in its 20 years of existenceis deluding himself. When I wrote ham radio software, back in the 1980's, getting paid for it was something I regarded as a way of keeping score - that effort took thousands of hours, reducing my compensation to about 5 cents an hour. I was the first paying customer for DX4WIN, version 0.94, and am still up to date. I recognize that it is increasingly in need of updating, and there are somethings it won't do that I now need, but it is still a clean and simple to use program. I have tried three times to migrate to DXlab, thinking it would give me more of what I need, and each time I have given up, defeated by its complexity. I am currently working to get comfortablewith Logger32, which does most of the things on my wish-list. I certainly appreciate everything Paul and DX4WIN have done for me over the years, and, who knows, I may be back. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 8/2/2013 12:37 AM, Dick Flanagan wrote: I have downloaded the DXLab entire product and it seems powerful, indeed. My personal problem is that I have used DX4WIN for so long it will be difficult to train my fingers to use a different program. Let us know how your migration proceeds. I would be particularly interested in any incompatibilities you might find, especially any DX4WIN features you might find are not available in DXLab. Dick -- Dick Flanagan K7VC d...@k7vc.com On 8/1/2013 2:39 PM, Paul (Tex) Herson wrote: Has anyone migrated to DXLab?? Any comments on how it compares to DX4WIN? I've been playing with it seems to have a lot of nice features. 73 Tex ka5y __ 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] Is there a blacklist feature for Cluster spots?
You can certainly do this at an ARC6 or VE7CC cluster node, Barry. I'm a little defensive about calling his software an aggregator though, lest it be confused with the RBN's Aggregator. W3LPL's draws only from NA Skimmers, and it then compares them with a list of some 1000 interesting DX calls. If it matches, it is posted, and most recently the comment field also contains an indication of where it was heard. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 7/23/2013 12:50 PM, Barry wrote: I'd like to block W3LPL spots, since his Skimmer aggregator makes my geographic filter useless, pulling in spots from everywhere. Is this possible? Tnx, Barry W2UP __ 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] Is there a blacklist feature for Cluster spots?
Not quite right, Jim - they are from NA Skimmers only, and for several months now, the location where the station was heard has been appearing in the Comment field 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 7/23/2013 4:51 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Andreas Junge N6NU wrote: Use the VE7CC “CC user” cluster filtering tool. There is a switch to turn on/off Skimmer spots. Actually, they do not come in as skimmer spots. CW Skimmer spots are identified by -# at the end of the spotter callsign. I have CW Skimmer disabled, but still get the W3LPL spots. W3LPL has such a great antenna farm, I can't hear his spots even when they are from MD. Spots arriving from W3LPL originate from CW skimmers all over the world, not just in MD. -- 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] LoTW problem v 1.14.1
I successfully uploaded a 2099-QSO file to LOTW yesterday using 1.14.1, so I know it works. After you answered yes to theIs that correct? prompt, you should have seen a progress message reporting the QSO-by-QSO signing and uploading of the ADIF file. The big difference from previous versions of TQSL is that signing and uploading can be combined into one background operation, so it appears that something in your computer setup is preventing the signing step from happening. You do not need to send an e-mail to upload the signed file any more, though you still can if you wish. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 6/2/2013 10:59 PM, Wayne M wrote: Hi Dick, I have no idea why TQSL did not automatically send the file but you can only upload a TQ8 file not an adi file to LOTW. When I updated my TQSL program I just started the new downloaded file and it removed the earlier version, kept all my certs, and was ready to go and it did work fine here. 73 Wayne WA1PMA On 6/2/2013 7:22 PM, Dick White wrote: First time to try LoTW TQSL v. 1.14.1 I have tried two times to up load a file to LoTW. I get the following message Your message did not appear to have a TrustedQSL file attached to it. DX4WIN is latest 8.xxx version. Both mail show the LoTW file attached. Here is what I did. In DX4WIN made a ADIF file (ks0m149).ADI and saved it in my C:\LoTW file . Opened TQSL - File - Select file to sign and upload ADIF or CABRILLO file. Selected the ks0m149.ADI file in C:\LoTW The file (C:\lotw\ks0m149.ADI) will be signed and up loaded using Station loc = Fulton Call=ks0m, DXCC= USA Is that correct - yes. I thought then the file was automatically up loaded. It apparently was not sent. I then opened a e-mail addressed to LoTW and attached ks0m149.ADI (in my C:\LoTW file) and sent to ARRL LoTW as usually done. Did this twice and both were rejected. What did I miss or doing wrong? DICK - KS0M Lord help me to be the person my dog thinks I am Richard C. (Dick) White Fulton, MO. 65251 U.S.A. Amateur Radio Station KS0M __ 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] Band Decoder Type Greyed Out
I just reinstalled everything following a Windows 7 event, and in restoring my DX4WIN Preferences I noticed on the Control tab that the Band Decoder type is greyed out. I don't have a band decoder connected at the moment, but shouldn't that give me the option of selecting something? -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. __ 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] Band Decoder Type Greyed Out
I've looked through the archive, and as far as I can tell I should be able to find vichw11.sys on the machine, and a DX4WIN port driver on the list of installed programs. I've run the program several times, and neither is found. I can't find a download on the DX4WIN web page for the port driver. This is a 64-bit Win 7 machine - I'm sure Guy's right, but what to do now? 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 12/1/2012 8:28 AM, ON4AOI wrote: Pete you need to install the new LPTdriver Guy ON4AOI -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] Namens Pete Smith N4ZR Verzonden: zaterdag 1 december 2012 14:05 Aan: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Onderwerp: [Dx4win] Band Decoder Type Greyed Out I just reinstalled everything following a Windows 7 event, and in restoring my DX4WIN Preferences I noticed on the Control tab that the Band Decoder type is greyed out. I don't have a band decoder connected at the moment, but shouldn't that give me the option of selecting something? __ 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] Spot all QSOs was: Re: QSO Look Up anomaly
N1MM Logger has the capability of automatically spotting all SP QSOs, which is good during contests (SS on Sunday afternoon) but I agree with others that this is not desirable for ordinary operating, and certainly not for QSOs where you are the one calling CQ! 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. On 11/29/2012 1:50 PM, radio...@frontiernet.net wrote: HELLO ALL, Is it possible for me to setup 8.05 so when I press enter to log a station that DX4WIN also sends out an announcement to the cluster? Dennis KØEOO - Original Message - From: Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu To: NN3V_6 nn3...@san.rr.com Cc: DX4WIN Reflector dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 12:39:06 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] QSO Look Up anomaly On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 7:41 AM, NN3V_6 nn3...@san.rr.com wrote: When I press F8 to enter a call sign for look up, the logbook sorted by date window will show one result, and the Same Callsign window will show a different result, simultaneously. For example, I was looking for past QSOs with KD3WK who sent me a paper QSL card. The Same Call Sign window incorrectly returned a QSO I had with KD3DK. The window showed only this particular QSO. But in the Logbook sorted by Date I found the QSO I had with KD3WK (correct), and the report of the QSO I had with KD3DK that was showing in the Same Call Sign window. There are four different kinds of callsign matches. It sounds like you have Fuzzy selected in your preferences. Having said that, if your QSO window is showing a particular call as the result of a search, that same call/QSO should be highlighted in both the Same Call and the Logbook windows. If it is not, then something is wrong. -- 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
Re: [Dx4win] LoTW eQSL utility
I very much doubt there will be a problem. Rick, N2AMG is a very good programmer, who is responsible for the digital side of N1MM Logger. He works in Visual Basic, which requires a run-time component. Such components typically are carefully designed to be backward compatible, so that installing a later version will proceed without a hitch. It's programs that substitute *earlier* versions that, typically, screw things up. 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 On 10/11/2012 11:12 AM, Roger D Johnson wrote: I downloaded it to try. It wouldn't install unless I let it update some of my system files! I'm very leery of letting a program do this. It may not be malicious but I wonder if some of my already installed program will fail to work. 73, Roger On 10/11/2012 10:12 AM, Paul (Tex) Herson wrote: Anyone using this utility? Wondering if it makes it any less painful http://www.n2amg.com/software/lotw_eqsl_utility/ 73 Tex ka5y __ 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] (no subject)
Look out - this may be a trojan, but it is pretty innocent-looking. 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 On 7/26/2012 7:29 AM, PAUL DOREY wrote: http://www.eua-webdesign.de/wp-content/plugins/zeoioakeoby/sjgohg.html?ce=vlqfavy __ 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] PCIe LPT port problem
I think their tech guy may have been blowing smoke, Paul(s) - I have a StarTech PEX1P PCIe Parallel Adapter Card - 1 Port, SPP, EPP, ECP (S262-8032) that I just got from Tigerdirect for a new Win7 PC. While I haven't tried to use it with the antenna switching control side of DX4WIN, it works fine doing the same job for N1MM Logger, which also needs to know the port address. If your new machine is a 64-bit Win 7 machine, as even nearly the cheapest Dells may be now, then you may need a different port driver. In any case, it should be installed in the same folder as your DX4WIN executable, so that definitely is one place to look for a solution. Otherwise, I need to defer to Paul on the driver issue and how it is integrated with DX4WIN. 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 On 5/16/2012 9:02 AM, Paul van der Eijk wrote: Forwarding message for VE7BZ --Paul, KK4HD The day finally came when the old XP machine that has powered DX4WIN for so many years died -- and it was replaced with a Win7 box. While I have most things restored, I am stuck with an LPT port problem. I thought I could simply install a PCI (Express) LPT port card and get going once again, but such is not the case due to the manner in which Win7 or the card -- I'm not sure exactly which handles the port addressing. The card in question is a StarTech model called PEX1P and according to their tech support person it's not mappable -- so they could not tell me the real port address. When I look at the card in Device Manager the Resource tab tells me the I/O Range is D010 - D017 and D000 - D003. Again according to StarTech, the only card they can give a real address for is a mappable model such as their PCIPM card -- but it's not available in PCI (Express) -- only straight PCI. One more thing. I am running DX4WIN v8.05, but when I run the 'lptdriver.exe' file from within the Drivers folder the executable always suggests installing the program in a folder labeled c:\dx4w803 -- not 805. I have restarted the computer according to the instructions given when installing on a 64-bit system but DX4WIN always starts with an error message saying it can't find the LPT port. So -- yes I need some help to sort out the problem. If you've had experience with this issue I'd sure appreciate your insight and or suggestions. 73 de Paul, VE7BZ __ 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] Small bug in Winkey settings dialog
Unless I'm doing something wrong, there seems to be a bug in the Winkey settings dialog. If you change parameters and OK out of the dialog, the program gives an error message indicating that it could not open the Winkey serial port. I infer from this that it is trying to send the changed settings to the Winkeyer, but the main program already has control of the port (when the Winkey keyboard window is open, at least). Since the only way the Winkey parameters can be accessed (that I have discovered) is via right click in the Keyboard window, this creates a bit of a conundrum. Fortunately, the parameters are saved, so the next time the program is started, they are loaded properly. -- 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 __ 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] export a submission to ADIF?
Use LOTW Export to LOTW from the QSO window, then sign the resulting ADIF file with TQSL. Couldn't be easier - I just did it this morning with 2 QSOs, to help a guy who just finished his triple play. 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 On 5/6/2012 2:18 PM, B. Nowak wrote: I would like to attempt an online DXCC submission using the import function that ARRL says can be used. They only accept ADIF format for this process. Can anyone tell me how to export a submission report to ADIF in DX4WIN so I can do this ?? 73, Brad - N8SNM __ 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] export a submission to ADIF?
Oops, sorry, when he said submission I did not realize he meant a DXCC submission - my bad. 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 On 5/6/2012 4:18 PM, N4QS wrote: Brad, I'm not sure the way Pete is suggesting will work. I just did it a couple of weeks ago, and here is how I did it: 1. Go to Reports, Awards, and uncheck Lotw under the Confirmation box in the upper left. This ensures that you will only be submitting confirmations which have been confirmed via a card. 2. Click on Reports, Award flags and then select DXCC Mixed in the upper box and Clear Submitted in the Action box and then click on the Change button. Next select DXCC band in the upper box, Clear Submitted and Change. Finally, select DXCC mode in the upper box, Clear Submitted and Change. This clears out all QSOs that you might have already marked for Submission. This step is a precaution to ensure that you did not run Submission before with the LOTW button selected as outlined in Step 1. 3. Click on Reports and under Report / Action, select Submission. This will mark all cards eligible for DXCC credit for Submission and create a report that you can view. You should right click and print the report. It would be great if Paul would allow the user to right click on this report and create an ADIF file for submission to the ARRL. Unfortunately, you cannot create the ADIF file at this point. So save the report that you just printed out and move on to Step 4. 4. Go back to the main QSO entry screen and press F5 several times until the Award boxes appear at the bottom of the window. Then hit F8 and click on the Mixed box under DXCC and select S (for submission). Then click on File in the upper left on DX4WIN and select Import/Export. Select ADIF and then File again in the smaller window and Export. It should prompt you with a warning that you are running a Filter, say yes that you want to export using the filter. Name the file something like yourcall mixed. You have just created an ADIF file for all QSOs eligible for DXCC Mixed credit. You have to repeat this process two more times -- after doing a F8 fileter for DXCC Band and then a filter for DXCC Mode. You should end up with three ADIF files named yourcall mixed, yourcall band and yourcall mode. Remember where you saved these ADIF files. 5. Finally, go to the ARRL website and log into the online DXCC submission page. I can't remember the exact navigation within the submission pages, but in essence you are simply going to import the three ADIF files one at a time. The DXCC online form allows you to import multiple ADIF files into the form. Very easy. When you get done, you should click on the View Submission button and compare all the listed QSOs in this report to the DX4WIN Submission report that you printed out in Step 3. When I did this, my online report matched the DXCC Submission report exactly. I then merely had to sort my cards to appear in the order as presented in the online submission form and then complete the submission. I took all of my cards to my local DXCC card checker. This process is a bit complicated and requires some advanced knowledge of DX4WIN. Paul could make this whole process a snap by allowing users to create an ADIF file directly from the Submission report once it is generated. I hope this helps. Good luck. Dave, N4QS - Original Message - From: Pete Smith N4ZR n...@contesting.com To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] export a submission to ADIF? Use LOTW Export to LOTW from the QSO window, then sign the resulting ADIF file with TQSL. Couldn't be easier - I just did it this morning with 2 QSOs, to help a guy who just finished his triple play. 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 On 5/6/2012 2:18 PM, B. Nowak wrote: I would like to attempt an online DXCC submission using the import function that ARRL says can be used. They only accept ADIF format for this process. Can anyone tell me how to export a submission report to ADIF in DX4WIN so I can do this ?? 73, Brad - N8SNM __ 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
Re: [Dx4win] Messed up country window
Thanks, Jim. I tried that - I assumed you meant to delete the zipfiles for dx4win.cty and dx4win.awd in the Update directory, so I did that, and then ran the updater. It reported updating 3 files, but afterward the dx4win.cty and dx4win.awd files in the main program directory still reported their old modified date. It seemed to me that the updater ran far too quickly to have downloaded both those rather large files. What am I doing wrong? 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 On 2/9/2012 7:58 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Pete Smith N4ZRn...@contesting.com wrote: Today I had a power outage, and when I restarted DX4WIN my log was OK, but when I try to open the Country window I get an error message, An exception occurred. Fixed column count must be less than column count. I'm guessing one or more data files are corrupt. You can try updating the country file (DX4WIN.CTY), etc. again. If you're using the DX4WIN Data Updater, you'll have to delete the desired files from the UPDATE directory first. __ 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] Messed up country window
Today I had a power outage, and when I restarted DX4WIN my log was OK, but when I try to open the Country window I get an error message, An exception occurred. Fixed column count must be less than column count. Anyone run into this before? How to fix? Same seems to happen with IOTA window, state window, etc., and when I open the Logbook window it displays a custom report for 10-10. Looks to me like I have some scrambled indices. How can I repair this? -- 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 __ 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] 8.10 wish-list - user-defined LPT port codes for antenna control
I use DX4WIN 8.05 and N1MM Logger. My automatic antenna switching arrangement takes advantage of N1MM's user-defined antenna BCD table to give me a very flexible auto antenna switching scheme without having to fiddle with wire OR connections and the like. In fact, I use the Ameritron RCS-10 switch and a simple LPT port interface to let me switch 7 antennas without needing a band decoder. It would be really great if DX4WIN offered similar flexibility. The N1MM arrangement is described at http://n1mm.hamdocs.com/tiki-index.php?page=Configurerstructure=N1MM+Logger+Documentation#Configurer_gt_Antennas_Tab for anyone who is intrested. Paul? -- 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 __ 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] Packet Function Key Definitions Too Short
I've just been trying to store some of the filtering commands for AR Cluster V6 in DX4WIN, and have discovered a problem - ARC6 uses a new Boolean-like syntax, which can result in lengthy filtering commands like SET DX FILTER call=n4zr OR (SKIMMER AND UNIQUE2) and (spotterstate=md OR spotterstate=pa OR spotterstate=va OR spotterstate=WV). The space available for any one key definition is far too short to handle such expressions. Any way it can be made longer in the next version? -- 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 AND now at arcluster.reversebeacon.net port 7000 __ 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] Radio timeouts with Ver8.05 and Win 7/64
Larry, check your power-down settings in control panel, and also in the device manager listings for the ports on your PCI cards. 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 On 10/8/2011 8:58 AM, Larry Emery wrote: I am having all sorts of problems with radio timeouts with my DX4Win logging program... I have a K3 and use LP-Bridge to interface with other programs I.E. N1MM, MMTTY, and my DX4Win Logger. I have an I7 machine, 8mb ram and running Win 7/64 Pro. I have installed 4 serial and one parallel port via plug in PCI cards. After trying numerous port configs, speeds and retry numbers, in the DX4Win parameters, I still cannot stop these radio timeouts that are occuring randomly for no apparent reason as nothing is happening just RXing at the time. All the close window X buttons light up red all at the same time and the next thing that happens is the radio timeout box pops up. I can find no port or IRQ conflicts. Does anyone have this operating ok with Win7/64.Im thinking maybe to go back to my Win XP/Pro and make life simpler for myself! 73 Larry k1UO __ 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] Pre-emptive QSLing
I am getting back to DX4WIN after a couple of years away, and just updated to 8.05. In previous versions, there was a way to mark for QSL only those *DX* stations to which I had not previously sent a QSL for the same band/mode combination. I tried QSLsMark QSL Band/Mode, but it marked all QSOs, including W stations. Is there a way to do what I used to be able to do in one step? Alternatively, is there a way to use filtering to select W/K stations out of the group of stations marked Label = Y, so that I can clear their label flags? -- 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 __ 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] Borrowing an idea from contest software
Only that it is manual, and once you have QSYed, it doesn't seem that there is any value in retaining the call in the log window. 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 On 1/29/2011 3:22 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 4:10 AM, Melve...@videotron.ca wrote: The N1MM mod... that would be useful. I do find that DX4Win is a bit clumsy if you click on a spot and don't work the station... What's wrong with F12? __ 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] Borrowing an idea from contest software
What would be downside to clearing the pending logbook window automatically any time a connecting radio is tuned more than a certain distance from the frequency associated with the spot that last populated the window? -- 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 __ 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] Band decoder flexibility
Is there any prospect that in future the table of band decoder outputs might be made user-cpnfigurable? I am using a home-brew driver unit to take the LPT port BCD signals and source enough power to run an RCS-10 antenna switch. The trouble is that this system needs to have the LPT port output the same BCD code for 20, 15, and 10 so that I can run my tribander on one switch position - there is no option of using a wired OR connection as there is with a hardware band decoder. N1MM Logger's Antenna tab in the Configurer is a good example of how this might be done. -- 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 __ 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] Beyond Sync - has anyone tried it?
I use another freeware backup program, Syncback by One Bight Spark Software - it very nicely backs up selected directories and files from my computer and my wife's, over our network to my USB drive, on a nightly schedule. Takes about 5 seconds a night unless we have change a *lot* of files. 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 On 8/22/2010 1:33 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: Hi Folks, Has anyone used Beyond Sync to synchronize/backup their DX4WIN data in real-time? http://www.beyondsync.com/ I just installed it an it seems to be a promising replacement for Iomega Automatic Backup (I'm still using 1.0.2 on my WinXP ham computer). Note that this is NOT a replacement for a daily full/incremental local or off-line backup. 73 - Jim AD1C __ 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] Custom band decoder output
I have a simple interface between my computer and my Ameritron RCS-10 antenna switch, which applies the BCD output from the LPT port through a driver IC directly to the BCD lines going out to the remote relay box. Simple and cheap, compared to a band decoder, but what it means is that I must be able to configure the band output of the logging programs I use to send the same BCD code for 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10, so that the antenna switch will select my tribander when any of those bands is active. N1MM Logger has a very configurable band data output scheme, which supports this requirement plus additional antenna choices for 40 and 80 with their own unique BCD codes. DXLab has a totally configurable scheme, but it's a little daunting, compared to N1MM's simple, English-language configuration dialog. I wonder if there is any prospect that DX4WIN might add such a feature (like N1MM's, that is) in an upcoming release. -- 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 __ 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] QSLing first DX QSO on a given band/mode
I was the one who originally jawboned Paul into incorporating this function into DX4WIN, to enable me to preemptively QSL all DX contest contacts the first time I worked the station on a given band/mode combination. Up through version 7, it was found under Labels Mark QSOs for QSL by setting the Award dropdown to DX all band/mode It worked great! Unfortunately, this function seems to have disappeared in Version 8. Can anyone correct my impression and tell me how it is done now? -- 73, Pete N4ZR New Articles Daily - the Contesting Compendium at http://wiki.contesting.com The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.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
Re: [Dx4win] DX4Win/LoTW help and advice please - Again!
I'm confused. Here is a section from a relatively recent activity report
from LOTW in which I inadvertently overlapped with a previous upload.
LOTW appears to be reporting a replacement, not an additional duplicate
record.
2008-11-20 21:27:29 LOTW_QSO: QSO record QSLs a contact
2008-11-20 21:27:29 LOTW_QSO: QSO: N4ZR N6HC 2008-01-12 21:53:20Z 20M CW
2008-11-20 21:27:30 LOTW_QSO: [Additional QSL notices suppressed]
2008-11-20 21:30:29 LOTW_QSO: WARNING: QSO replaces existing record
2008-11-20 21:30:29 LOTW_QSO: QSO: N4ZR ZC4LI 2008-03-15 12:08:28Z 20M CW
2008-11-20 21:30:32 LOTW_QSO: WARNING: QSO replaces existing record
2008-11-20 21:30:32 LOTW_QSO: QSO: N4ZR EU1PA 2008-03-15 12:08:55Z 20M CW
2008-11-20 21:30:32 LOTW_QSO: WARNING: QSO replaces existing record
...
But at the end of the report, it says:
1919 records were duplicates
But my DX4WIN says 102966 QSOs, and LOTW says 106,867 records, which would seem
to suggest that Larry is correct, and I have overlapped at least once before.
But then why say replaces existing record?
73, Pete
On 7/9/2009 5:49 AM, Larry Gauthier (K8UT) wrote:
Andy,
Can I go back and delete the last upload and repeat it?
Aha... you have just uncovered an intentional design feature of LoTW:
uploaded records cannot be deleted. Even if you upload the EXACT SAME QSO
records a second time, LoTW adds new records and your QSO count discrepancy
between DX4Win and LoTW will increase.
I could reset the upload flags and upload the whole log but would that
help?
No. Your LoTW QSO record count will double and your problem will remain.
There is obviously a discrepancy somewhere...
My uneducated guess is that when you also added some very old QSOs to
LoTW they were already there - part of an earlier upload that you forgot
about? You now have 10 duplicate records. Or {as I have done} when I
discover an error with an already-uploaded QSO in DX4Win, I correct the
error and re-upload the QSO. In that case, the old wrong QSO is still there
along with the new corrected QSO. [Aha... another intentional design feature
of LoTW: uploaded records cannot be edited.]
You have a QSO-count discrepancy that will not go away, and your best
approach is to be diligent in tracking future uploads so that you don't
increase the gap. Some users upload their entire log EVERY TIME they upload
{imagine their discrepancy!} which is why you may get more than one
notification of a QSO match. You get notified (a downloaded QSO ADIF
record)every time that person re-uploads a QSO that matches with yours.
There are lots of good architectural reasons why LoTW prohibits record
deletions, so rather than argue with ARRL's design team it's best to just
understand how LoTW works and get over it. ;-) The reality is that LoTW is
not really a logbook, but more closely resembles eHarmony.com for QSOs.
Some QSOs find more than one match {kinda reminds me of some politicians in
the News lately!} while others are a 1:1 relationship.
-larry
K8UT
- Original Message -
From: Andy Hewittandyphew...@btopenworld.com
To:dx4win@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 03:15
Subject: [Dx4win] DX4Win/LoTW help and advice please - Again!
I have just uploaded 24 recent 6m QSOs to LoTW but have a glitch. The
actual upload was for 27 QSOs as I also added some very old QSOs into my
log
for some QSL cards that I found for some contacts back in the 1980s. When
the QSOs were uploaded every thing seemed OK but I noticed that my total
log
QSOs in DX4Win is 15455 but LoTW shows 15466. Until this upload my log and
LoTW concurred. It was not rejected nor was a discrepancy high lighted
until
I tried to download the report. When I did this I got a window in DX4Win
saying Upload aborted duplicate QSO A7/M0GFA. I have looked at the
activity report and it says no discrepancy found and also says that
amongst others it found a QSL for A7/M0FGA.
There is obviously a discrepancy somewhere but I cannot find it. Can I go
back and delete the last up load and repeat it? Would that solve the
problem? I could reset the upload flags and upload the whole log but would
that help? There are some really good QSLs in addition to the A7 that I
would like to get correctly into DX4Win.
Thank you for any help and suggestions.
73
Andy G3SVD
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Re: [Dx4win] Locked in Demo mode: Pbm NOT soved for all cases
At 02:53 PM 5/27/2009, Radivoj Kar wrote: My all files are archive but DX4WIN still reverts to Demo mode from time to time. When started, it always finds and loads the last log file used and reverts to Demo after some time of use. So, wo2n had a particular problem that was solved by making files archive , but it doesn't mean the issue is fully resolved for other cases. Paul suggested to try to disable antivirus and see if revert to Demo mode still persists, so will try this. 73, Radi F6GNZ I'm running 7.05.04 and from time to time it starts by throwing an error message, and when OK'd out of that, it finishes loading, but in Demo mode and not finding my log file - suggesting it is not reading wherever the last log used is stored. If I exit the program and re-start, it always starts normally and opens my log as if nothing had happened the previous time. I would provide more details on the error - it is an Exception, but that's all I recall - but at the moment the program is starting normally. Next time, I promise. 73, Pete N4ZR New Articles Daily - the Contesting Compendium at http://wiki.contesting.com The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.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
Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Demo Bug
At 03:05 PM 5/27/2009, Radi wrote: Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64Hi Mel, The Thread error happened right after I tried to save my log , got error message an exception occured, cannot crfeate file, the system can't find the path , saved a log with save as and then tried to exit. So, it seams these two errors are somehow related. The program did not revert to Demo mode during this event, it happened in another occasion... So, these three bugs may be mutualy related or not, and depending on same or different circumstances... Will try to follow Paul's advice to temorarily disable NOD32 antivirus. 73, Radi F6GNZ One time I didn't notice that my DX4WIN had started in demo mode, I got the same error when trying to exit and save an added QSO in my log. Sounds like we have the same problem. 73, Pete N4ZR New Articles Daily - the Contesting Compendium at http://wiki.contesting.com The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.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
Re: [Dx4win] HELP - Multiple QSOs on one QSL label
At 02:20 PM 11/25/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Help. I've read and re-read the User's Guide and I've diddled all theparameters I could to get two QSOs (with same station) on one QSL label. I've also searched the Archives without success. Can anyone tell me how to trigger it? I've tried MAX QSO at 0, 1 and 2, but I get the exact same results - separate labels for each QSO. I'm running version 705. What have I missed? Maybe font size? Go To File|Databases|Labels| [your label}, double-click on the call and body fonts and adjust the font size to one small enough to get more than one per label. 73, Pete N4ZR ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Skimmer spots not being entered in database
I'm running DX4WIN 7.03.16, and I notice that when I send it Skimmer spots, they are received fine in the Telnet window but are not displayed in the spots window. I'm guessing this is either because of the -# that Skimmer appends to the spotter's callsign, or to the lack of a date in the spot format. All the major Windows contest loggers handle both these issues fine. Is there a setting somewhere in Preferences that can be changed, or does Paul have to work his magic? 73, Pete N4ZR ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] pre-emptive QSLing
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 in QSOs matching filter? Click yes, and it will mark only the JT QSOs. I don't know about the limit - I just did a simulated print run with my entire log - over 100,000 QSOs - and the program said it was ready to print every one. There could be such a limit in the printing, not just in the previewing, but it isn't visible. At 07:15 AM 1/10/2008, you wrote: I have begun the task of QSLing via the Bureau for my various operations and different call signs. It is clearly not economical to send out QSL cards to all contacts, and I have beentaking a look at the QSL Management softwary BV by DF3CB, but I was completely unable to get it to work with my printer and I gave up. It is also too much work to go through hundreds of pounds of QSL cards and mark them one by one as received. I was therefore pleasantly surprised to see that apparently DX4WIN supports printing only the first QSO on a Band/Mode, ignoring subsequent QSOs on duplicate Bands/Modes for printing. http://www.ad1c.us/dx4win/appnotes/nr2.htmrefers. This would eventually reduce the QSL load greatly as only new stations or new Bands/Modes would be printed out the next time. When going to Mark QSOs and printing to preview it appears that only QSOs will be printed. This could well be a ?feature ?of the preview only, in that the preview only shows the printout up to pages, but I would like to be certain before attempting such a large printout. I tried to Mark QSOs only for a specific country like ?JA' but Mark QSOs clearly dealt with the entire log only and ignored my search criteria. As my first batch of cards will be more than 20,000 cards - this is out of more than 40,000 QSOs, I am wondering if there is a workaround for this? Thanks for any help. Thor,TF4M ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Rig files
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 be very helpful...he worked long and hard and spent many hours on the phone working through Yaesu unique CAT problemsmaybe those with sub-par rig files can contact him to work through the issuesDX4WIN usually lags behind the other logging programs...users and Paul need to be proactively engaged to keep the program current... The key part of this is USERS and Paul. Granted, the command structures of the Yaesu and Icom radios are fiendishly complex, but when I read someone complaining about how a K2 or K3 isn't adequately supported, I have very little sympathy. We have, under Files|Databases|Radios, a complete development environment for editing, creating from scratch and testing all the rig files one could want. If there is something in the radio's command list that isn't now supported, why not add it, and share your contribution with the user community? 73, Pete N4ZR
[Dx4win] Unable to add FJ
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 update, nothing is saved. Click on the Mappings tab. It will be blank. Then click on the Mappings menu. Then click add. You should now see a new blank data entry box in the mapping tab. Enter the mapping data you want and then go back up to the mapping menu and Update. 73, Bob W5OV -Original Message- From: Joe Stepansky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 9:48 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Unable to add FJ As further information, I followed Kostas's instructions to the letter, several times. I've now updated DX4Win to Expert mode, though Help notes I only need Advanced mode. I filled out everything in the Details tab. I continue to get NO data entry boxes either in the Mappings or Callsigns tabs, no matter what I do. 73, Joe KQ3F At 10:34 PM 12/20/2007 -0500, Joe Stepansky wrote: I've been unable to add FJ. I've changed the FJ mapping in FS to end on 12/13/2007. That took. But when I attempted to add FJ (with the help screen open), I was able to enter the initial mapping, but when I attempt to add a mapping (as instructed by the Help screen), I get no entry boxes. The Mappings tab appears, but it's all gray, no boxes to enter any data. So I save the changes and exit, shut down DX4Win, reopen it, and FJ is not there. I'm able to repeat this on every occasion. The callsigns tab is also completely gray when open. I'm in Advanced mode and my version is 6.03. I won't bother to ask why this is such a convoluted and counterintuitive provess. 73, Joe KQ3F ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Howto handle the time change on Windows 98?
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 computer for last nights change to DST. Unfortunately AFAIK, Microsoft did not provide any patch for Windows 98 computers which so many of use use with DX4Win. Last night, my main Linux computer, acting as a time server, changed my Windows 98 logging computer to the correct time but GMT time is an hour off. Does anyone know of a simple way in Windows 98 to change the offset to GMT? I have been looking at a program called TZADJUST which claims to make such adjustments but the readme is so poorly written I can't understand what to do. Has anyone tried this program? My fallback alternative is to make sure to change any qso times between now and April and do the same tor the week when DST gets cancelled. Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Report to list all calls worked
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 the text before the first space is retained. Has anyone gone down this road before? I am trying to generate a Call History file for N1MM Logger to let me recognize as many calls by name as possible. 73, Pete N4ZR
[Dx4win] winkey2 support
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 communicating with each other. When I monitor the port, there is no indication of any data flow from DX4WIN to the Winkey. Can anyone confirm if this is a known limitation of the current release of DX4WIN? The virtual serial ports seem to work fine for rig control (using a MK2R+, which has an embedded Winkey 2). 73, Pete N4ZR At 04:32 PM 1/22/2007, Mark wrote: I've had some problems with using my new WINKEY2 (USB) with DX4WIN. (works ok with the WINKEYER2) Would like to hear from someone who has been successful in using this. (and if it's possible to key alternate rigs using it within DX4WIN) Mark n2qt ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] VU7LD gray on all bands
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] Not getting state info when importing from N1MM ARRL160
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, Pete N4ZR At 05:37 PM 12/3/2006, Mark wrote: When I import the adi file created by N1MM for the ARRL160 contest, it does not populate the state information in DX4WIN. It does import frequency and serial number info. What confuses me is that this same process worked when I imported the ARRL SSB SS logs a couple of weeks ago. Help! Mark n2qt ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Slashed 0 font
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 a couple of the free fonts listed at this site, http://www.lowing.org/fonts/, and found them to be very readable, even in small sizes. This font comparison screen-shot, http://www.donationcoder.com/Forums/bb/index.php?topic=2499.0 is very helpful too. 73, Pete N4ZR At 04:04 AM 4/24/2006, Tony Lord wrote: Dear Bill, Many kind people sent me the font I needed and also web sites where I could find it/them. Thanks to all that replied. As requested Bill, I attach to this E-Mail that slashed zero font. 73's de Tony G8DQZ -Original Message- From: William Blick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 April 2006 21:29 To: Tony Lord Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Slashed 0 font Tony would you share the answer with the rest of the reflector, thanks. Bil W8EB - Original Message - From: Tony Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:08 PM Subject: [Dx4win] Slashed 0 font Hi All, Computer crashed and I lost the slashed 0 font I had on it. It was K9YY - C2, can any one let me have this ?? I tried a google search to no avail Thanks... By the way, I also forgot where I have to put the font! Can you help me on this to?? Many thanks 73's Tony G8DQZ ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] LOGGING
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 portion All I really need is for it to convert to an reliable ADIF file for import into DX4WIN and that they can log with minimum fuss. We're only going to have fun, not contest Have a good weeekend 73 Steve On 27 Jan 2006 at 0:12, Alan Zack wrote: Date sent: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:12:07 -0800 From: Alan Zack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ To: Gary McConville [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [Dx4win] LOGGING Copies to: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You could also use CT/CTWin. It gives you a cabrillo log and can be easily downloaded into DX4WIN. Gary McConville wrote: Stick with Writelog for contesting. You can use the adif output as DX4WIN input. Some fields may need to be changed but there are filter programs out there that do that. Besides, DX4WIN refuses to have a cabrillo output. Gary - WB4SQ --- Steve-KF2TI [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am going to be going to St Croix soon with several other hams Although I am proficient with DX4WIN and will using it, they are mere paper loggers, having used Writelog a couple of times when we go up to W1AW Is there a simple contest program that some of you might recommend that I will be able to merge with DX4WIN after we get back (I am the qsl manager for the crew)? Or will any program that can generate an ADIF file work? Something that allows them to input callsign, possibly name, obviously band information quickly (for the nimbily challanged) Now if I can convince them to use DX4WIN has anyone ever netwroked 3 laptops using only wireless lans (without a router)?? Just curious Please respond direct Thanks Steve KF2TI ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win -- Alan Zack Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ Official USCG Auxiliary Comm Station Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Quality Engineer, The Boeing Company, Retired Aviation Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Coast Guard, Retired U.S. Coast Guard, Always Ready, Always There Every hour, Every day, Around the Clock and Around the World SEMPER PARATUS http://gocoastguard.com http://www.uscgradio.net http://www.comm-one.org ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] SyncBack_DX4WIN_BACKUPS
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 failure, DX4WIN's built-in backup process is about as good as I have seen - in over 80,000 QSOs logged, I have never lost one, and believe me, I've tried (;^)) Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to Everyone. 73, Pete N4ZR At 08:14 AM 12/23/2005, George K wrote: Anyone have an idea of how to use SyncBack the free backup program to backup DX4WIN logging files at 2 or 3 min intervals to my Kingston512MB USB flash drive??? I just can't make SyncBack work and I don't know what DX4WIN file changes as the upper part of DX4WIN screen says in red, MODIFIED (count down numbers), to black, Modified, to backup on a regular basis. Anyone, help. Thanks. George ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Re: WinKey dx4Win
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 and then log it in Dx4win. That is a little awkward. 73 Goran/SM0CMH ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] still using Ver6.04
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?
Wow, that sounds high! That is a generic shipping cost, covering all of the things he sells, including some much larger items. My band decoders arrived in flat envelopes weighing only a few ounces. If you correspond by e-mail with Gary I bet he will reduce that figure. 73, Pete N4ZR At 02:43 AM 9/7/2005, Anders Janis SM4RNA wrote: Thanks. Looks great. $20 for international shippong maks it close to $40. Maybe I can find someone else here that wants one and split the shipping. An advantage to be able to set 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 05, 2005 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Can I configure the banddecoder output? W9XT makes a very inexpensive band decoder board that provides 10 outputs. It is less than US$20 plus shipping. I am using two of them in a dual band decoder built in an old printer switch cabinet. 73, Pete N4ZR At 04:43 AM 9/5/2005, Anders Janis SM4RNA wrote: Hi Guy! Thanks for quick awnser. I guess it could be easy to implement, but then you would get in a conflict of intrests. Hi hi! /Anders - Original Message - From: ON4AOI [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Anders Janis SM4RNA' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 10:35 AM Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Can I configure the banddecoder output? Hi Anders, No you can't change the pin out on the LPTport Available is a BCD code output 73 Guy ON4AOI BAND DECODER and related stuff at http://www.on4aoi.be/banddecoder.htm DX4WIN soft and related stuff at http://www.on4aoi.be/dx4win.htm DX4WIN, WRITELOG, WF1B RITTY CW RTTY interfaces at http://www.on4aoi.be/keyer.htm ARSWIN link and related stuff at http://www.on4aoi.be/web7.htm DXTELNET soft and related stuff at http://www.on4aoi.be/dxt.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anders Janis SM4RNA Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 9:34 AM To: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Can I configure the banddecoder output? Hi all! Is it possible some how to configure what pin(s) are activated in the paralellport connector when changing band? If it could be (like in Ham Radio Delux ) I would not need a banddecoder to select antenna. Then I could just let each pin drive a optocoupler controlling a coax relay. /Anders ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
SV: [Dx4win] Can I configure the banddecoder output?
Very neat - unfortunately, some parallel ports these days only run 3.3 volts, but it would be worth checking. 73, Pete N4ZR At 07:32 AM 9/7/2005, Teemu, SM0WKA wrote: You can also build that same circuit by yourself for maybe $4 on simple Vero board. K6XX has made one for FT1000MP band-data but it is exactly the same voltages coming out from the Parallel port of the computer. http://www.k6xx.com/radio/mpbandbx.html Happy soldering 73 de Teemu SM0WKA - SM0W -Ursprungligt meddelande- Fr?n: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:dx4win- [EMAIL PROTECTED] F?r Anders Janis SM4RNA Skickat: den 7 september 2005 08:43 Till: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net ?mne: Re: [Dx4win] Can I configure the banddecoder output? Thanks. Looks great. $20 for international shippong maks it close to $40. Maybe I can find someone else here that wants one and split the shipping. An advantage to be able to set 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 05, 2005 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Can I configure the banddecoder output? W9XT makes a very inexpensive band decoder board that provides 10 outputs. It is less than US$20 plus shipping. I am using two of them in a dual band decoder built in an old printer switch cabinet. 73, Pete N4ZR At 04:43 AM 9/5/2005, Anders Janis SM4RNA wrote: Hi Guy! Thanks for quick awnser. I guess it could be easy to implement, but then you would get in a conflict of intrests. Hi hi! /Anders - Original Message - From: ON4AOI [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Anders Janis SM4RNA' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 10:35 AM Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Can I configure the banddecoder output? Hi Anders, No you can't change the pin out on the LPTport Available is a BCD code output 73 Guy ON4AOI BAND DECODER and related stuff at http://www.on4aoi.be/banddecoder.htm DX4WIN soft and related stuff at http://www.on4aoi.be/dx4win.htm DX4WIN, WRITELOG, WF1B RITTY CW RTTY interfaces at http://www.on4aoi.be/keyer.htm ARSWIN link and related stuff at http://www.on4aoi.be/web7.htm DXTELNET soft and related stuff at http://www.on4aoi.be/dxt.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:dx4win- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anders Janis SM4RNA Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 9:34 AM To: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Can I configure the banddecoder output? Hi all! Is it possible some how to configure what pin(s) are activated in the paralellport connector when changing band? If it could be (like in Ham Radio Delux ) I would not need a banddecoder to select antenna. Then I could just let each pin drive a optocoupler controlling a coax relay. /Anders ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Wait Time for License
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 moment .. perhaps working on a new update ;-) I'm sure the keys will be released soon though. Best wishes, Steve ZC4BS / G4KIV Homepage: http://www.stevebb.com Photo portfolio: http://www.usefilm.com/member/steveb Shutterpoint: http://STEVEBB.shutterpoint.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Printing Directly on QSL Cards
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 stations at www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
[Dx4win] BV7: Direct printing on QSL cards
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 cut-and-try to set it a the right place of the QSL card ! I have given up and will stick the labels :) ! Best 73, Radi F6GNZ -Original Message- From: Gerben A.Menting [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 7:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject:RE: [Dx4win] BV7: Direct printing on QSL cards Radi/Rog, I'm printing directly from DX4WIN to my qsl cards using a Epson Stylus C84. My setting for the paper size is still on A4. Details of the 'Print QSL label' window are: Label width: 70 mm Label height: 32 mm Horz.pitch: 0.00 Vert.pitch: 0.00 Spacing left: 70 mm Spacing top: 132 mm Horz.shift: 0.00 Vert.shift: 0.00 Nr across: 1 Nr down: 1 Paper size: A4 Portrait: not selected Printer properties: Landscape Paper size: A4 I'm using qsl cards that have about one quarter of the surface reserved for printing the qso data (right top corner). Next I put the cards in portrait position in the printer with the 'printable area' in the left-top corner. Perhaps you can use the same approach for the settings in BV7. It works very fine here. Using alternative ink cartridges of just about 12.50 Euro. I bought this Epson printer just because they are cheap and work fine with alternative cartridges. Regards, Gerben - PG5M [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.dx.to -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Radivoj KAR Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 18:25 To: 'Roger Borowski' Cc: DX4WIN Reflector (E-mail) Subject: RE: [Dx4win] BV7: Direct printing on QSL cards Hi Rog, I questioned the author of BV software: he suggested to use inkjet Epson printer which can be set for the required paper size :)! But, for printing several thousands of DX-ped QSL cards it is a bit slow and expensive solution! As sticking labels in such situation is also too time consuming, I guess the only solution is to chose the smallest standard paper size (like DL envelope), stick a QSL in the middle and on right side of the envelope, and measure margins as it was on the envelope one wish to print. This will allow using our fast and high-capacity ink cartridge Laserjet printer. This is the way I figured-out that may solve the issue. Have a try 73, Radi F6GNZ -Original Message- From: Roger Borowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 8:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [Dx4win] BV7: Direct printing on QSL cards I'm also using a HP 4000, Radi. If you hear of any solutions, please share them with me. I have not found any but gave up rather easily. Thanks 73, Rog-K9RB [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Radivoj KAR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: DX4WIN Reflector (E-mail) dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 1:36 PM Subject: [Dx4win] BV7: Direct printing on QSL cards Trying to print directly to reserved space on 140x90 cm QSL cards using DF3CB BV7 software. My HP Laserjet 4000 printer doesn't support this paper size so using any other standard format changes all my prepared label position and margin parameters. Has anybody solved this problem and how? 73, Radi F6GNZ ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Version 7.01?
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 works fine except: I have made many DXCC submissions using 5.03. With 5.03, each time I made a submission the program remembered what had been credited previously and only included the records I had individually marked for submission in the QSO window. Now when I try to make a submission using 7.01 it seems to start fresh and include hundreds of QSOs for which I have already been credited. I am missing a setting or something? Hi Bill, A few of things to try: 1. Copy your 5.03 log to your 7.01 directory and open it. Search for a QSO you know you have already submitted. Use F5 on the QSO window until you can see the award flags at the bottom. Is this QSO marked SUBMITTED or APPROVED? It should be. 2. Remember that after you receive award credits from the ARRL, you must change the Submitted flags to Approved. From the QSO window, Reports - Change Award Flags 3. DX4WIN will try to submit QSOs for every DXCC award that you have checked off in your preferences, even if you have less than 100 confirmations. It may be trying to re-submit QSLs you have already sent in order to get the band/mode confirmation for these QSOs. Go to Preferences and the DXCC tab. Check off ONLY the boxes you have active DXCC awards on. Save the preferences, then try the DXCC submission again. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Upload to LotW
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 Uploaded date? Dx4win will not export a Q if there is an uploaded date set. I think that's what he has to do, but I don't see a DX4WIN function to let you do this! 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] ADIF import quandary
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 can pick up names from NAQP and Sprint, etc. First effort didn't work, so I am probably doing something wrong. 73, Pete N4ZR At 07:50 PM 3/16/2005, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: At 02:02 PM 3/16/2005, Alan N5NA wrote: You need to replace CONTEST_ID with COMMENT. That will put it in the Notes for this QSO field. If you want something to go into the Notes for this call field you would use NOTES. I'm not sure how well that would work. When I convert CT logs to ADIF, there is but one CONTEST_ID field in the entire ADIF file, it's not attached to any QSO. I guess I never thought of attaching it. Dave AA6YQ, what is your interpretation of this field? 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Exporting N1MM Logger ADIF to DX4WIN
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 of people I've worked, so I chose to put the NAME field in notes for call by renaming that ADIF field to NOTES. That gets me all the names from NAQP and Sprint, including some of the variations people use from time to time (N4AF, whose real name is Howie, may get a chuckle out of this, since the database now shows him as Al and Bill). The only thing I wish for is the ability to name more than one ADIF field as NOTES, so that I could import both the name and the person's state or section into the notes for call field. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated 16 March 2005 2925 contest stations at www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
[Dx4win] Report writing
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 updated 16 March 2005 2925 contest stations at www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
[Dx4win] ADIF import quandary
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 places (FREQ, in ADIF) plus the transmitted serial number (STX, in ADIF) are both put into the Notes for QSO field. What I would like to import into this field, in most cases, is the name of the contest (CONTEST_ID). I couldn't care less about the frequency or the STX (which in many cases, at least with MM, is not an actual contest exchange serial number, but a mythical creature, in contests that don't require one). I tried using a word processor to replace CONTEST_ID with STX, and that worked, so far as importing the contest name, but it wound up labeled with SerNr= in every QSO record. I have rummaged through the import file editor, as well as the help, and have not been able to find anywhere that explains which ADIF tag is mapped to which location in DX4WIN's record structure, or the extent to which the mapping can be changed. Can anyone enlighten me? 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated 12 January 2005 2868 contest stations at www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
[Dx4win] Differing ADIF formats
I wonder if it follows, then, that DX4WIN simply doesn't see certain standard fields; conversely, I wonder if DX4WIN's import filters can accept more than one input into, for example, the notes for QSO field. I was really hoping that the developers could provide a table that says: For ADIF imports, if ADIF FieldName is XXX, then information goes into field YYY in a DX4WIN QSO record. 73, Pete N4ZR At 05:59 AM 3/12/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Pete! I am not an expert on this stuff, but it looks like you right about it. Few days ago while importing my logs into MixW adif.file, I found out that DX4WIN uses the field NOTE: for both (NAME: and QTH:), while MixW log software uses own fields NAME: QTH: NOTES: etc. So when one imports ADIF from DX4WIN we will need to change this NOTE: field into NAME: field so the ADIF from MixW can read the names and addresses from DX4WIN adif file, by the way it will read all info into NAME: field but better than nothing at all. To be able to change any fields do it as stated here: (PS: Got it from another user, and it works...) Use a text editor to do a global replace in the ADIF file from DX4WIN or any other ADIF files into the log setup you wish to import to. I hope it helps you. --- Hi Carlos, I do not believe any of these are related to the trial version, they all sound normal. For op names and QTHs, you need to look in the ADIF file from DX4WIN to see what field names it uses for them. MixW uses NAME (e.g. NAME:6Carlos) and QTH (e.g. QTH:7Drammen), so that is how it expects the information to be imported. To the best of my knowledge MixW does not have fields for street addresses. If DX4WIN has exported the name and QTH fields using different field names, you can use a text editor 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: Friday, March 11, 2005 3:45 PM Subject: [Dx4win] Differing ADIF formats 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 http://www.adif.orgwww.adif.org. Some ADIF exports seem to involve additional fields which are not in either standard. Looking at the filter editor in DX4WIN, I can't see any way to tell which fields are expected from a file being imported. Is there some way to view fieldnames and lengths, and to know where (QSO notes, for example) various data are imported into DX4WIN? 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated 12 January 2005 2868 contest stations at http://www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htmwww.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm ___ Dx4win mailing list mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.netDx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] LOG BOOK LANDSCAPE 2 - SIDE PRINTING
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, 11 Mar 2005 17:00:52 - From: RJD [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Dx4win] LOG BOOK LANDSCAPE 2 - SIDE PRINTING To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Help is needed in trying to print the various log books in Landscape and 2 sided to save paper. All the preferences are set for that form of output but still get only one sided printout. Any suggestions. I can produce 2 sided print for all other applications except DX4WIN!!! HELP!!! Dick, NJ9K ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Differing ADIF formats
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 standard. Looking at the filter editor in DX4WIN, I can't see any way to tell which fields are expected from a file being imported. Is there some way to view fieldnames and lengths, and to know where (QSO notes, for example) various data are imported into DX4WIN? 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated 12 January 2005 2868 contest stations at www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
[Dx4win] Band Master and DX4WIN
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 (www.dxatlas.com/BandMaster) work with DX4WIN? I use it with DX4WIN by disabling DX4WIN radio control and controlling FT1000MP via Band Master (this requires manual entering of the spotted callsign and band/mode). But the advantage outperforms the disadvantage, hi! 73, Radi F6GNZ ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Multiple parallel ports with DX4WIN and WindowsXP
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, I've been trying to sort this one out for ages, cannot find a solution (other than to use an old comp running W95), if you get a solution, please let me know!! I have tried here in this reflector to get an answer, but to no avail. As you say XP tries to help but for ham applications/hardware, it isn't any help at all. For the record I am trying to connect ARSWIN and antanna controller to two parallel ports. With NO success, only LPT1 works. No help to you I know, but maybe someone will find a solution?? 73's and good luck Tony G8DQZ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Gauthier (K8UT) Sent: 16 December 2004 12:26 To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Multiple parallel ports with DX4WIN and WindowsXP I have three auxilliary devices (TopTen Devices antenna switch, ARSWin antenna rotor control, WaveNode remote wattmeter) that connect to my computer via a parallel port. Two of them (TopTen and ARSWin) are controlled via settings in DX4WIN. The computer is a recent model Dell running Windows XP sp2. Unfortunately, DX4WIN ( or the control software that came with these 3 devices ) only functions when the controlled device is connected to LPT1 - the built-in motherboard LPT in the Dell. So -- ALL three devices/software work when I define them as being on LPT1; but NONE of them work when configured for either LPT ports #2 or #3. I have purchased two PCI parallel port cards - the Byte Runner (dual serial, single parallel) and the NetMOS single parallel. I have spent countless hours trying to get these additional parallel ports to resemble legacy parallel ports, with selectable memory addresses. Unfortunately, Windows XP wants to help by intervening with its virtual port addressing... which is what seems to be defeating the software in DX4WIN, ARSWin and WaveNode. My diagnosis is that although the Windows Device Manager reports that these extra ports are on LPT2 or LPT3, they are not at the expected direct memory addresses that the vendors' software expects. If anyone has successfully installed multiple parallel cards under Windows XP, and managed to get DX4WIN (or other software) to connect to those ports, I would love to hear from you. -larry K8UT ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Unins000.data and Unins000.exe
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 that these are Uninstall Programs placed intentionally by the software developer?. I do not find these files in the older version 5.0? Irwin, KD3TB ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] DX4Win and FT1000MP
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 have the manual here since I moved, but it is a non-standard cable. Huh? I wouldn't have put it that way (nonstandard). It is a straight cable, rather than a null modem or cross-over, but all of these are standard cables. 73 - John, WA9ALS ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] RTTY
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. Digipan is much much better. I use writelog for contests and i love dx4win but it was a big dissapointment for me that 603 had not mmtty. MMTTY's author does permit his code to be used in any problem that was sold, rather than offered as freeware. This is why it can be used in N1MM Logger, but not in DX4WIN. In the case of Writelog, one of the Writelog users wrote a bridging program that permits Writelog to talk to MMTTY. In my opinion, this violates the intent of MMTY's restriction, but they seem to be comfortable doing it this way. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated on August 2, 2004 2753 contest stations at www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
[Dx4win] RTTY
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. How you use the freeware program is up to you. Providing use of the freeware program to port data to another program is a different issue, IMHO. That may be, but my impression was that DX4WIN integrated a .dll for PSK into the program itself, and that THAT would be a violation of MMTTY's restriction. Or perhaps MMTTY has changed their language since I last researched this several years ago. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated on August 2, 2004 2753 contest stations at www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
[Dx4win] LOTW Upload/Download
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 The World HF Contest Station Database was updated on August 2, 2004 2753 contest stations at www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
[Dx4win] Meaning of S
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 it's possible that I inadvertently set those flags at some time in the past, but before I clear them all I wanted to be sure that there wasn't some other meaning I've been missing. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated on August 2, 2004 2753 contest stations at www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
[Dx4win] Uploading to LotW
Thanks to Kostas, and also to AD1C, whose web page has a good summary on this (and to the several list members who pointed me to it). I do have to wonder why this isn't (as far as I can tell) covered in the Help file. 73, Pete N4ZR At 01:23 AM 9/2/2004, Kostas SV1DPI wrote: You must do it as follows: 1. in qso window. Labels Set upload flags 2. Labels Export for LOTW and after the export routine 3. LabelsClear upload flags Then every time the dx4win makes the right if i remember well. If you have done the 1st step then when you download the confirmation file of LOtw page you will import the adif file as usually but under the Options for duplicate QSOs must choose Imported qsos set upload confirmed flag The usual procedure if you don't remember is... 1. Fileimport/export and thenADIF 2. in the followinf window which is Options for duplicate qsos make the right choise. 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: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 7:13 PM Subject: [Dx4win] Uploading to LotW 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 confirmed via LotW. I can't find any reference to how this latter function works in the help file either. Am I right to assume that I download the ADIF file of confirmations from ARRL and imnport it into DX4WIN? Do I want the short form or the verbose, or doesn't it matter? 73, Pete N4ZR DX4WIN customer #1 and still dumb about all the program can do! ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated on August 2, 2004 2753 contest stations at www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
[Dx4win] Uploading to LotW
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 confirmed via LotW. I can't find any reference to how this latter function works in the help file either. Am I right to assume that I download the ADIF file of confirmations from ARRL and imnport it into DX4WIN? Do I want the short form or the verbose, or doesn't it matter? 73, Pete N4ZR DX4WIN customer #1 and still dumb about all the program can do!
[Dx4win] INI files
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 preferences... That's exactly what I want to do, but how do you switch to a different INI file that you have previously saved?? It's probably something really simple that I'm overlooking, but I simply can't see it. Greg, if I understand you correctly, you go to File|Preferences, and then inside the Preferences Dialog open the file menu again. You'll see choices for Write INI file and Merge INI file. Under either of these you can name INI files anything you want, and then retrieve (Merge) the INI file of your choice to set or reset your Preferences. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated on August 2, 2004 2753 contest stations at www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
[Dx4win] What is the hold up?
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 were trying to support themselves from it, the cost would be have to be far more, or it would not exist. I'm also aware that over the last few days, there have been frequent power outages in the area where Steve lives. There was also a fussy detail called the Dayton Hamvention, which had the full-time attention of both Paul and Steve. Try being a little flexible. Paul has done a lot of work to make the licensing and upgrade aspects of DX4Win as simple and trouble-free as possible. Add to that the hundreds of volunteer hours that AD1C has put into refining the country file, and I don't think there's much excuse for people who have horrible difficulty upgrading, unless it's simply an absence of RTFM. DX4Win 6.03 is a modest improvement on 6.02, from my perspective, but it also doesn't cost anything for users of Version 6. If it doesn't add things you need or want, don't upgrade. For users of Version 5 the improvements are more substantial; take a look at the web site and see if you want them, and if you qualify for a free upgrade or not. The upgrade policy is very liberal, in my opinion. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated on April 26, 2004 2706 contest stations at www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
[Dx4win] 6.03 upgrade
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, which is not defined in the help file I downloaded with the program. There are some small deviations -- for example, my DXCC summary shows one more country on 80m in the QSL mailed category than before. No instances of the word error are found in my notes. What's the best way to chase down individual discrepancies like this? 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated on April 26, 2004 2706 contest stations at www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
[Dx4win] DX4WIN Cty File
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 I should go through the labor of figuring out the cause of the disparity in 6.03 (and the fixes)? Best thing to do is merge your old country file with the new one provided with 6.03. That should restore the exceptions you had in the 6.02 country file while still retaining the good work AD1C has done correcting and improving the new country file. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated on April 26, 2004 2706 contest stations at www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
[Dx4win] Two calls - best way to handle
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 help file, that should print the group name. Then I go to print a label and in the preview function the %% appears on the label rather than Operating as W8QZR. I must be doing something wrong. Can anyone straighten me out? 73, Pete N4ZR
[Dx4win] Two calls - best way to handle
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 handle two calls in DX4WIN? I can start a new log for the new call, of course, but then I don't have the benefit of any of the information about previous QSOs with people, and the spot window is this solid wall of red. Ideally, I'd just assign QSOs to one or the other call on the fly, but I don't think that's possible. Suggestions? 73, Pete N4ZR/trustee W8QZR
[Dx4win] V 6.02
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 grab a SSB spot or switch modes on the radio, at least between CW and SSB, the default RSTs switch appropriately from 599 to 59 and back again. Maybe something not set properly in preferences? 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database is back, at www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
[Dx4win] DX4WIN New Version
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. I also would sure like it to be a part of the next DX4WIN. I believe there has been a change in the availability of MMTTY. The language on the MMTTY web site now says that it can be used in commercial programs provided that the MMTTY engine and help file are not included as part of the distribution, while before the answer was a flat no. I would not be surprised if this change was made recently enough that Paul had already settled on the design of the next release. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database is back, at www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
[Dx4win] V 6.02
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 the rstS box says 575 and the rstR box just says 8 and is waiting for two more numbers. Oh, I see. I guess I never got in the habit of expecting the cursor to move between the RST boxes. I thought you, were saying, as someone else did, that the RST boxes showed 599 regardless of mode -- I knew *that* wasn't true. There are a lot of things I'd like to see in the new release, LOTW support in particular. Let's wait and see before we second-guess -- it is much too late for Paul to add or subtract things that he hasn't already coded. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database is back, at www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
[Dx4win] Help
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 HF Contest Station Database is back, at www.pvrc.org
[Dx4win] Local spotting?
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 there a way that I can filter out those kinds of spots? Sorry, this may be off topic for some. DX4WIN has some filters in Preferences|Packet 1. I find it useful to filter for only Zone 3-5 spotters. Except in DX contests, the rate of arrival of spots is low enough so that the profusion of grey spots doesn't bother me, and sometimes it is nice to know what bands a DXpedition is on, even if there isn't prop to my part of the world. If it does, you can always set up to ignore grey spots. Depending on the software used by your cluster node, there may be a myriad of filtering options available there. This is particularly true of AR-Cluster. Either way, you'll need to read the friendly manual, but you should be able to get what you want. 73, Pete N4ZR 2671 calls now in the World HF Contest Station Database at www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm
[Dx4win] Rig control for Kenwood TS570S
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 persuaded to upgrade as my current version does exactly what I want it to do? :) If it really does, then I'd agree, but first, go to http://www.dx4win.com/whatsnew.htm and look at the change logs. There has been tremendous evolution since 4.07, and 3.05 isn't even on the scope. 73, Pete N4ZR 2671 calls now in the World HF Contest Station Database at www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm
[Dx4win] Modified Andale Mono font
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 database at http://www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
[Dx4win] HELP again
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 PROTECTED] It was rejected as the address was unable to find. I would like to get a fix for my problem. Can anyone help me or point me in the right direction I need to find the help I need ? Dick, to my knowledge this is a unique problem -- in the 5+ years I've been using DX4WIN and following the DX4WIN reflector I have never seen any reference to a similar situation. Did you try the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] that is on the DX4WIN web page? Steve's call is NR4M, and his address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you substituted a K that could explain it. DX4WIN HELP, etc. is useless for this. That whole routine is intended to provide you information on the various commands that can be used to manage your subscription to the mailing list (SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, LIST, etc.). The correct way to use it is to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and then put the word HELP in the body of the message. If you send a message to the support address above, or to NR4M's correct address, that should get you an authoritative response. Something you might try while you're waiting -- do an ADIF export of your log, save your previous .dxl file in a secure place, and then create a new one with no QSOs. Then import the ADIF file and see if your functionality is restored. Probably won't work, but can't hurt. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the World HF Contest Station Database Updated 9 Jan 04 www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm
[Dx4win] Orion timeouts with DX4WIN?
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] Byterunner Serial to USB converter
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 Psk-31 program through my old Dell Pentium 266 laptop soundcard and it works fairly well. MMTTY is an excellent piece of freeware that handles RTTY. N1MM's freeware contest logging program (it is really not designed for general operating) integrates with both MMTTY and a separate PSK kernel, both of which use the sound card for mod/demod. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the World HF Contest Station Database at www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm
[Dx4win] ByteRunner LPT port problems
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 with Notepad, or Word, or another Windows program? My suspicion is that the Byterunner has a non-standard LPT2 address. you might look in Device Manager and see if it indicates the port is OK. 73, Pete N4ZR Happy Holidays Check out the World HF Contest Station Database at www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm
[Dx4win] Report of unique callsigns and associated notes
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 callsign in what amounts to .csv format, perfect for what I want! 73, Pete N4ZR Happy Holidays Check out the World HF Contest Station Database at www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm
[Dx4win] Dx4win and LoTW
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 ARRL-LotW group at Yahoogroups.com. I uploaded 77,000 QSOs from DX4WIN with minimal problems -- mostly typos on my part, like an Oh instead of a Zero. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated October 29. 2469 stations are listed -- 29 new and over 100 updated. Are you current? www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm
[Dx4win] Telnet problem
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 user record is configured at the server, or with the serve software. I know I am using DX4WIN with the default settings and telnetting to an ARCluster node, and have never seen a problem. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated October 29. 2469 stations are listed -- 29 new and over 100 updated. Are you current? www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm
[Dx4win] FAQ for LoTW?
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 additional certificates.) Export each log into ADIF format, and DX4WIN's job is done! See https://www.arrl.org/lotw/getstart for step by step instructions on how to register and get your first certificate. You'll only be able to go as far as step 2. Then you'll have to wait on the ARRL to send you a postcard with a password (about a week). Once you get that, you're good to go, and follow the rest of the procedures. Make sure you've got the instructions handy the first time ... after you figure it out, it's pretty simple. Only one additional tricky bit I ran into. If you have used the same call from more than one QTH, you need to tell TQSL about the two locations and specify a date range for QSOs from each. I ran into this because I previously used this call from VA, and now from WV. It's easy, though, and involves only a local operation once you have your initial certificate. Signing log records for more than one callsign is another issue, but my understanding is that you can use your initial certificate to sign requests for additional certificates for the other calls, and get an instant response (because security has already been satisfied. Details of this are in the LotW FAQ on arrl.org. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated October 3. 2440 stations are listed -- 104 stations were added or updated. Are you current? www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm
[Dx4win] LoTW
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? Overly cautious, or does it really take THAT long? You'd think that by my age I'd have learned patience, but... 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] LoTW (forget it)
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] More LOTW info
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 favour of Lotw security... I think not! Cheers... Isn't that a bit overdrawn, Mel? Other than DXpeditions, the only requirement for non-US stations is pretty straightforward -- Every non-USA station requesting a certificate for Logbook of the World must supply a copy of his or her Amateur Radio license in addition to a copy of one other government-issued document indicating his/her identity. Such an additional document might be a driver's license, for example. How many personal documents of that minor level of importance do you send every month to someplace or another by mail? Sure, it's a bit annoying to have to wait for mail notification of your initial certificate password, but the ultimate payoff would seem to be well worth it, for US and non-US stations alike. If I were LotW's authors, I'd be very concerned that one successful fraud could undermine the entire enterprise. 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
