[Dx4win] QSL Comments

2005-02-17 Thread Tom Branch
David, I would think that Paul could add another code so that the QSO Notes field would print on the label. Much like the and ## work now. Tom - Original Message - From: David Tingler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 3:40 PM Subject:

[Dx4win] Pt 2 Print log for DXCC with Multi QSO's on QSL

2005-02-16 Thread Tom Branch
Paul, I always thought they had to be sorted by DXCC prefix. From the ARRL: Q: How should I arrange my cards? A: This is an important part of the application process. Your cards must be arranged first by band, then by mode. Cards with more than one QSO should be placed at the end. Cards

[Dx4win] SAT QSOs and LOTW

2005-01-27 Thread Tom Branch
I uploaded a bunch of QSOs to LOTW. The TQSL prgram was not happy about the band being SAT. I chnged them all to the uplink band and the file processed. After doing some more reading it appear that these QSOs will not seen as SAT QSOs by LOTW. Anyone break the code (pun intended) on this

[Dx4win] SAT QSOs and LOTW

2005-01-27 Thread Tom Branch
Must be tired-my typing is really bad! - Original Message - From: Tom Branch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 12:03 AM Subject: [Dx4win] SAT QSOs and LOTW I uploaded a bunch of QSOs to LOTW. The TQSL prgram was not happy about the band

[Dx4win] SAT QSOs and LOTW

2005-01-27 Thread Tom Branch
Scott, That's what I needed...thanks! 73 de Tom, K4NR (Crossposted back to the reflector so the answer is available in the archives) - Original Message - From: Scott Townley To: Tom Branch Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 6:23 AM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] SAT QSOs and LOTW

[Dx4win] Group numbers

2005-01-24 Thread Tom Branch
Erik, I just printed labels here and it works fine. I did note that on the print labels screen that you have to check the Use Group Names checkbox--those settings do not import. 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: Paul van der Eijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Erik Hyllander [EMAIL

[Dx4win] (no subject)

2005-01-24 Thread Tom Branch
Gary, The number in the P column is the priority of the spot. No clue on the white letters on a black background. Did you change your colors in the preference? 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: gary [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win email dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday,

[Dx4win] Version 6.04

2005-01-22 Thread Tom Branch
I was out of town for a couple of days. I saw 70+ emails and figured there was a new release. Clean installation and conversion from 6.03--no issues. 73 de Tom, K4NR

[Dx4win] Re: DX4WIN Ver. 6.04 Beta

2005-01-17 Thread Tom Branch
It happens when you change or use a selection. 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: George [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 9:02 AM Subject: [Dx4win] Re: DX4WIN Ver. 6.04 Beta I was wondering if the problem with

[Dx4win] Preferences question

2005-01-10 Thread Tom Branch
Decimal. 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: Stan Staten [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'DX 4 Windows' dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 7:19 AM Subject: [Dx4win] Preferences question In setting the Latitude and longitude you are given the format xxx.xxx. Is this

[Dx4win] Another wish: Multiple DX4WIN Preferences

2004-12-30 Thread Tom Branch
I agree with this idea. I use my laptop with DX4WIN at many locations. At home I use a USB interface for CAT, PTT, and CW keying. If I start DX4WIN in the field without the USB devices, I get a bunch of errors that the ports could not be opened. DX4WIN could either use a default location on

[Dx4win] LOTW

2004-12-07 Thread Tom Branch
Greetings, I just uploaded all my QSOs to the LOTW site. No problems setting the upload date field. When I downloaded the ADI file from the LOTW site and imported it into my log (I backed it up first!), I find I now have more QSOs then when I started. It would appear that some QSOs were

[Dx4win] LOTW

2004-12-07 Thread Tom Branch
Jim / Paul, I remember having to change those QSO modes prior to the LOTW accepting them. SAT will have the same problem...I had to change all my sattelite QSOs... 73 de Tom, K4NR

[Dx4win] MMTTY

2004-11-19 Thread Tom Branch
My apologies if this have been hashed out before but I've not been following the group for a while. Is there a way to interface MMTTY and DX4WIN? 73 de Tom, K4NR

[Dx4win] Strange:DX4WIN accessible via another ISP !

2004-10-13 Thread Tom Branch
Greetings, I host about 10 domains (I've lost count) with Scott (QTH.COM) and his service is first-class. 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: Radivoj KAR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Scott Neader KA9FOX' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'DX4WIN Reflector (E-mail)' dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent:

[Dx4win] WPX award report

2004-09-15 Thread Tom Branch
I pulled up the report and also have the D column. I don't do WPX so I've never looked at this report before. I took a quick look at the other reports and don't see anything like it. I'm not sure what it is but it acts the same way here. 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - I have

[Dx4win] CW DX4WIN

2004-04-14 Thread Tom Branch
Tony, There's no CW decoder built into DX4WIN. I often use the keyboard in slower QSOs as I have trouble slowing down to novice speeds. 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: Tony Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 6:19 AM Subject:

[Dx4win] DX4WIN New Version

2004-04-13 Thread Tom Branch
The RTTY window works great with my PK-900! 73 de Tom, K4NR

[Dx4win] V6.02

2004-04-13 Thread Tom Branch
Don, It updates fine here. Running XP Home... 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: DX4WIN Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 7:34 PM Subject: [Dx4win] V6.02 While we are on fixes for 6.02, is there a plan to fix the problem with

[Dx4win] Modified Andale Mono font

2004-03-13 Thread Tom Branch
www.k4nr.org - Original Message - From: Pete Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 7:58 AM Subject: [Dx4win] Modified Andale Mono font One of the unexpected things lost in a recent hard disk crash was the modified slashed-zero Andale Mono

[Dx4win] RTTY

2004-02-23 Thread Tom Branch
Bob, I guess I'm confused...DX4WIN works fine for RTTY using my AEA PK-900. Are you looking for soundcard RTTY support? 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: Bob Check [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 3:01 PM Subject: [Dx4win] RTTY

[Dx4win] RTTY

2004-02-23 Thread Tom Branch
I'm with you now. I always enjoy contesting with Writelog for that reason. - Original Message - From: Bob Check [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] RTTY Ok here it is apples to apples or oranges ( the apple is

[Dx4win] Keying problem

2004-02-22 Thread Tom Branch
John, Yep--RF on the keying line. Try putting some ferrite beads on the line near the PC end and it should go away! 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: John Kjos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: DX4WIN dx4win@mailman.qth.net; RFI [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 5:07 PM

[Dx4win] EXT DATA -- from QRZ.com on line

2004-02-17 Thread Tom Branch
I found the setup awkward and set mine up in reverse. See: http://dx4win.k4nr.org Tom - Original Message - From: Tod - ID [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Garry Shapiro' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'DX4Win' dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 1:07 AM Subject: RE: [Dx4win] EXT DATA

[Dx4win] Need help recoverig files - Dell laptop crash

2003-12-20 Thread Tom Branch
Cal, Perhaps the drive is okay and you can transfer it to another machine to pull off your data. 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: Cal Kutemeier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: DX4WIN Group dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 7:42 AM Subject: [Dx4win] Need help

[Dx4win] USB RamDrive

2003-12-16 Thread Tom Branch
Thanks to another user, I realized that I'm backing up to a mapped drive on my network rather than an FTP site. I did find software (RobotFTP Client 3.0) that will do an automatic zip and back-up to an FTP site. See www.roboftp.com 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: Tom Branch

[Dx4win] Backup Of Logbook to Floppy

2003-12-12 Thread Tom Branch
Dick, I used to use a ZIP but have since changed over to a USB Jumpdrive. I have a small batch file that zips the entire /save directory and copies it onto the jumpdrive. I have a copy of pkzip in the save directory and an icon on the desktop that calls this batch file: cd

[Dx4win] Backup Of Logbook to Floppy

2003-12-12 Thread Tom Branch
Andy, I do use the USB drive for both back-up and moving data from machine to machine. 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tom Branch [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 8:26 AM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Backup Of Logbook

[Dx4win] LPT1 with XP

2003-08-22 Thread Tom Branch
My bad guys. You're right, I was thinking about Writelog where USERPORT is the only solution. SRI es 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'dX4WIN' DX4WIN@MAILMAN.QTH.NET Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 6:55 PM Subject: RE: [Dx4win] LPT1 with XP This

[Dx4win] LPT1 with XP

2003-08-21 Thread Tom Branch
Ted, XP cannot address the port directly. Download and install USERPORT and all will be well! http://www.embeddedtronics.com/designideas.html 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: Ted Huddle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dX4WIN DX4WIN@MAILMAN.QTH.NET Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003

[Dx4win] USB to Serial

2003-08-09 Thread Tom Branch
Jimmy, That's all you really need to do. Win XP will assign it a COM port number. You can look for it under the MY COMPUTER, PROPERTIES, HARDWARE, DEVICE MANAGER, PORTS. I've played with a couple of them and they work fine for most applications. 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message -

[Dx4win] IC-746 PC Control

2003-07-31 Thread Tom Branch
Has anyone else noted when you have the rig set for a split and DX4WIN = reads the rig it does not pickup the split or QSX frequency? 73 de Tom, K4NR --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html The reason this message is

[Dx4win] V6.02 question

2003-07-09 Thread Tom Branch
Rick, I just tested it here and it works as it should. I'm running XP Home with 6.02... 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: Rick Stoneking [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 8:58 AM Subject: [Dx4win] V6.02 question I have noticed that

[Dx4win] USB - Serial Adapters

2003-06-20 Thread Tom Branch
Greetings, After reading an earlier post, I purchased an adapter from USB Gear. This is a USB to 9-pin serial adapter. I installed it on my Win XP Home PC. It worked fine with my radios, TNC, and radio scanner as well as DX4WIN and Writelog. 73 de Tom, K4NR

[Dx4win] QSL sent info

2003-03-27 Thread Tom Branch
I agree with the page up and page down idea. The only time I use the QSO date is when I'm importing logs that use a Y or N for QSL sent. 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: Mel Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net; Paul van der Eijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

[Dx4win] QSL sent info

2003-03-23 Thread Tom Branch
Ken, The QSL date is much more meaningful than a simple Y or N. I go through my log now and then and look for QSLs that were sent over 2 years ago. If I really need the card, I start looking for another QSL route or I try going direct. Are your old logs paper or electronic? If they are

[Dx4win] DXCC Spot Window

2003-03-13 Thread Tom Branch
Priority... - Original Message - From: Bill Murrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 7:28 PM Subject: [Dx4win] DXCC Spot Window OK I give, does anyone know what the first column labeled P is? Bill AD4DN

[Dx4win] V 6.02

2003-02-09 Thread Tom Branch
Ben, It depends on your file size. I have 18k QSOs and it opens in less than a second. 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: Benjamin Diaz Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 1:01 PM Subject: [Dx4win] V 6.02 I just got this new

[Dx4win] Flying Horse Info

2003-02-09 Thread Tom Branch
Roger, How have you set up the preferences for the CD? Tom - Original Message - From: Roger Huntley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 11:46 AM Subject: [Dx4win] Flying Horse Info When I hit the F3 key in the main log I get Flying Horse

[Dx4win] Ver 6.01 problems INTERNET LOOKUP

2003-01-31 Thread Tom Branch
Greetings, For the time being I reversed the fields as I prefer a direct address if possible. Put http://www.qrz.com/detail/ in the QSL Manager field in the External Data window and put http://www.ik3qar.it/manager/man_result.asp?call= in the Callsign field of the External Data window. Check

[Dx4win] Internet Lookups

2003-01-31 Thread Tom Branch
For those wanting to reverse the lookups, I've add a picture on my website for the configuration. http://dx4win.k4nr.org Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.k4nr.org

[Dx4win] Spot announcements

2003-01-30 Thread Tom Branch
Ron, I had problem,s with FO0AOI. It always maps to FO/M when the QSL Card clearly shows them on FO on a certain date. It's probably something in my country file that I need to go edit but have no bothered. I just tried the new country setting and it works fine here. Under Packet 1, do you

[Dx4win] V6.01 - adjustable map colors for land

2003-01-29 Thread Tom Branch
Known bug--the maps are written by a third party. 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - Has anyone been able to adjust the land color on the Map in the new version? The water color is easily adjustable, but the land color adjustment just doesn't seem to take. Is there some trick to

[Dx4win] Ver. 6.01 - Map - Find County highlights next county on list?

2003-01-29 Thread Tom Branch
I've added it to my personal checklist for the next release. 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: Jim Reisert AD1C [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: VA3MW [EMAIL PROTECTED]; DX4WIN Reflector Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 6:54 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Ver. 6.01 -

[Dx4win] Newbie question

2003-01-22 Thread Tom Branch
When I build the import files I use the QSO date as a QSL date if the QSL was sent. - Original Message - From: Ken Kopp - KOPP [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 8:34 PM Subject: [Dx4win] Newbie question Is there a way to enter that a QSL has

[Dx4win] DX4WIN with IC-746

2003-01-10 Thread Tom Branch
Wayne, My setup is Icom 746, Address 56, 1200 Baud, Default Checked, COM 1, 1000ms, 5 tries, RTS High Checked. I'm not using an Icom CIV--mine requires the RTS High to get power to the interface. 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: Wayne F. King [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win

[Dx4win] Importing logs from Writelog to DX4WIN

2003-01-06 Thread Tom Branch
Cal, I used to build an import filter for each contest...easy, just takes time. SP7DQR has a really neat little utility for converting the data from Writelog into DX4WIN. http://sp7ps.pl/sp7dqr.htm 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: Cal Kutemeier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

[Dx4win] Need more Comm ports

2002-12-21 Thread Tom Branch
Dave, I'm using a Byterunner card here...works like a champ. 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: Dave Warheit [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 7:06 PM Subject: [Dx4win] Need more Comm ports I am in need of a few more comm ports to

[Dx4win] 9S1X

2002-12-02 Thread Tom Branch
I worked this station the CQ WW. I noted OPDX is calling it 9S, DEM. REP. OF CONGO. DX4WIN comes in a ZAIRE. Ideas? Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.k4nr.org

[Dx4win] AEA PK-900 RTTY Commands

2002-10-24 Thread Tom Branch
Greetings, I just replaced a borrowed KAM+ with an AEA PK-900. I'm able to use the TNC with DX4WIN but can't seem to program the control codes to start and stop transmission into the macros. Can someone tell me how to program the start (X) and stop (CTRL-D) commands? 73 de Tom [EMAIL

[Dx4win] Group Names was changing my call sign: dx4win questions...

2002-09-16 Thread Tom Branch
Wendall, I have to agree--groups are powerful, yet underused. I was active Air Force and moved often. I use group for the different QTHs. I use the QTH: %% to print the location on the second line of the QSL label. My QSL cards have check boxes for each location giving State, grid squares,

[Dx4win] Converting old Logs to DX4WIN?

2002-08-10 Thread Tom Branch
Bill, Send me the log and let me take a look at it...I've converted a number of old logs to DX4WIN. 73 de Tom, K4NR - Original Message - From: Bill Maddock [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 11:47 PM Subject: [Dx4win] Converting old Logs to

[Dx4win] IC-746 and PC Control - Solution

2002-07-24 Thread Tom Branch
Greetings, Many thanks to all who responded. Gene, N7YW, had a simple solution. First, change the SET MODE command in the ICOM 746.rig file from 0600FD to 060002FD. Like I said in earlier posts this forces the IC-746 to select the appropriate mode with a narrow (actually medium) filter. The

[Dx4win] IC-746 and PC Control

2002-07-23 Thread Tom Branch
The quest continues. I was able to download a piece of freeware that allows me to watch the data as it flows between the PC and rig. The $06 command sets the mode. It appears that DX4WIN is sending $06 $03 to set the mode to CW. The rig defaults to CW Wide (i.e. no filter). Using the command

[Dx4win] Duplicate QSOs

2002-06-07 Thread Tom Branch
Greetings, I've managed to get the data out of WA4B's Logic logs. I've built the import filters and can import the data. The old log is filled with duplicate QSOs. Identical callsigns, dates, times, bands, and modes yet DX4WIN does not see them as duplicates during imports and I wind up with a