[Dx4win] 6.03 usage report, suggestions for enhancement
Gee, Lou, you must have missed number 4. Try Window | Logbook. And, right click and see the options. John, K2CIB - Original Message - From: "L. Sica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "dx4win reflector" Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 9:49 PM Subject: [Dx4win] 6.03 usage report, suggestions for enhancement > This message is being sent to the DX4Win reflector and to DX4Win support > > Having used 6.0.3 for a bit now, I feel I can make some comments on it. By > far for the most part, it's a good update. Most of what I use of the new > features is the LOTW interfacing features. A little confusing (as has been > discussed on this reflector), but once you understand how to do it, not bad > at all. The DXCC submission now allowing for DXCC challenge submissions is a > plus, too. > > DX4Win is the best DX logging program out there. Other programs are slow > (even making my Athlon XP 3000 box seem like it's struggling a bit), or are > SO FULL of things to adjust (I don't want to have to spend an hour adjusting > every font and every color on every window) or so full of "features" > (digital voice keyers, beacon tracking, etc) that they skimp on basic stuff > like DXCC awards submission or any sort of WAZ tracking at all. DX4Win is > fast, it has easy to read windows, and it covers the needs of a logging > program (data entry and reporting) very, very well. > > After saying all that, my suggestions > > 1) A better list of rotator directions for prefixes: > For example. every time I enter a UA0 or UA9 call, DX4Win wants to rotate my > beam to 353 degrees. Problem is, a ham in Asiatic Russia might be at a > heading of anywhere from 325 to 25 degrees from here. A more detailed prefix > list (UA9A, UA9K, UA0Z, UA0Y, etc, etc) would provide a better bearing for > automatic rotator adjustment. > > 2) A date range and band filter on the "Change Award Flags" selection: > DXCC cards submitted to "Field Checkers" can't include 160m cards or cards > more than 10 years old. Being able to select these cards right from DX4Win > would be a big help. > > 3) The ability to IMPORT from a CSV file: > Sometimes, you just want to make changes to multiple items in your log that > you know you just couldn't expect a logging program designer to think of. > DX4Win can already export all fields to CSV. If it could RE-IMPORT those > fields after you did whatever magic you had to in your favorite spreadsheet > program, that would be sweet. > > 4) A seperate window for "browsing the log" than from "entering data" > This is something I used to have in a previous program some years back, and > I have gotten used to not having it. Still I miss not having to lose the > current entry in my log window just because I want to do a search through my > log to see what QSO's meet a certain critera. > > Thanks to all (including Paul) for listening to my suggestions. > > 73 de Lou AC0X > > > ___ > Dx4win mailing list > Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >
[Dx4win] 6.03 usage report, suggestions for enhancement
L. Sica wrote: >1) A better list of rotator directions for prefixes: >For example. every time I enter a UA0 or UA9 call, DX4Win wants to rotate my >beam to 353 degrees. Problem is, a ham in Asiatic Russia might be at a >heading of anywhere from 325 to 25 degrees from here. A more detailed prefix >list (UA9A, UA9K, UA0Z, UA0Y, etc, etc) would provide a better bearing for >automatic rotator adjustment. > > Unless your antenna is a 10+ element Yagi, such tweaking of bearings will make little noticeable difference even for large DXCC entities like UA9/0 and VK. 73 Zoran WA7AA
[Dx4win] 6.03 usage report, suggestions for enhancement
For bands like 10 meters, for signals right in the mud, a 30 degree difference is noticable even on my 8 element LP. For larger monobanders, I'm sure it more so. And besides, such detailed prefix info does exist, it'd be nice to see it incorporated into DX4Win. - Original Message - From: "Zoran Brlecic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "dx4win reflector" Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 12:20 AM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] 6.03 usage report, suggestions for enhancement > L. Sica wrote: > > >1) A better list of rotator directions for prefixes: > >For example. every time I enter a UA0 or UA9 call, DX4Win wants to rotate my > >beam to 353 degrees. Problem is, a ham in Asiatic Russia might be at a > >heading of anywhere from 325 to 25 degrees from here. A more detailed prefix > >list (UA9A, UA9K, UA0Z, UA0Y, etc, etc) would provide a better bearing for > >automatic rotator adjustment. > > > > > > Unless your antenna is a 10+ element Yagi, such tweaking of bearings > will make little noticeable difference even for large DXCC entities like > UA9/0 and VK. > > 73 Zoran WA7AA > > > ___ > Dx4win mailing list > Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] 6.03 usage report, suggestions for enhancement
Let me clarify a seperate window for *entering search criteria to browse the log", and another seperate window to *add an entry to the log*. That way you can have QSO details for your current QSO in one window, and a search criteria for your existing log entries in another, so you don't loose the QSO data you're entering if you want to search your logbook. - Original Message - From: "J. F. Samuels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "L. Sica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "DX4WIN List Server" Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 11:55 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] 6.03 usage report, suggestions for enhancement > Gee, Lou, you must have missed number 4. Try Window | Logbook. And, right > click and see the options. > > John, K2CIB > - Original Message - > From: "L. Sica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "dx4win reflector" > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 9:49 PM > Subject: [Dx4win] 6.03 usage report, suggestions for enhancement > > > > This message is being sent to the DX4Win reflector and to DX4Win support > > > > Having used 6.0.3 for a bit now, I feel I can make some comments on it. By > > far for the most part, it's a good update. Most of what I use of the new > > features is the LOTW interfacing features. A little confusing (as has been > > discussed on this reflector), but once you understand how to do it, not > bad > > at all. The DXCC submission now allowing for DXCC challenge submissions is > a > > plus, too. > > > > DX4Win is the best DX logging program out there. Other programs are slow > > (even making my Athlon XP 3000 box seem like it's struggling a bit), or > are > > SO FULL of things to adjust (I don't want to have to spend an hour > adjusting > > every font and every color on every window) or so full of "features" > > (digital voice keyers, beacon tracking, etc) that they skimp on basic > stuff > > like DXCC awards submission or any sort of WAZ tracking at all. DX4Win is > > fast, it has easy to read windows, and it covers the needs of a logging > > program (data entry and reporting) very, very well. > > > > After saying all that, my suggestions > > > > 1) A better list of rotator directions for prefixes: > > For example. every time I enter a UA0 or UA9 call, DX4Win wants to rotate > my > > beam to 353 degrees. Problem is, a ham in Asiatic Russia might be at a > > heading of anywhere from 325 to 25 degrees from here. A more detailed > prefix > > list (UA9A, UA9K, UA0Z, UA0Y, etc, etc) would provide a better bearing for > > automatic rotator adjustment. > > > > 2) A date range and band filter on the "Change Award Flags" selection: > > DXCC cards submitted to "Field Checkers" can't include 160m cards or cards > > more than 10 years old. Being able to select these cards right from DX4Win > > would be a big help. > > > > 3) The ability to IMPORT from a CSV file: > > Sometimes, you just want to make changes to multiple items in your log > that > > you know you just couldn't expect a logging program designer to think of. > > DX4Win can already export all fields to CSV. If it could RE-IMPORT those > > fields after you did whatever magic you had to in your favorite > spreadsheet > > program, that would be sweet. > > > > 4) A seperate window for "browsing the log" than from "entering data" > > This is something I used to have in a previous program some years back, > and > > I have gotten used to not having it. Still I miss not having to lose the > > current entry in my log window just because I want to do a search through > my > > log to see what QSO's meet a certain critera. > > > > Thanks to all (including Paul) for listening to my suggestions. > > > > 73 de Lou AC0X > > > > > > ___ > > Dx4win mailing list > > Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > > >
[Dx4win] RTTY in 6.02
Why don?t my RTTY work OK ? In rtty mode, I can receive rtty OK ,but my trcvr refuse to transmit ! When I use the F-buttons on the computer, the only thing my computer say is +"?what?" follow by cmd: I`m using ICOM IC-775DSP + AEA PK-232MBX and Windows xp, DX4WIN 6.02 All the settings in my computer,PK-232 and trcvr seems to be OK or! Any suggestions? 73s de Ben SM3DXC
[Dx4win] Import help
Hi All: I am new to DX4WIN. Just finished the IARU contest and want to import my log into DX4WIN. The question is when importing, can I set a flag which will check my incoming log for awards and generate a report (New and new bands, etc) relative to the log I now have in DX4WIN? Thank you in advance 73's Michael WG0M From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jul 11 13:50:11 2004 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mel) Date: Sun Jul 11 13:52:53 2004 Subject: [Dx4win] 6.03 usage report, suggestions for enhancement Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 30 deg makes a noticeable difference with my 5-el... 3 or 4 db is important... It's the difference between a 2 el Yagi and a 5 el Yagi. Besides, it's a looong way from 25 to 325 degrees if you are using a South Centered rotator. Zoran says: >Unless your antenna is a 10+ element Yagi, such tweaking of bearings will make little noticeable difference even for large DXCC entities like UA9/0 and VK. Mel... VE2DC
