[Dx4win] 1A0 Soviet Order of Malta
Dear John Paul, It is 100% Sovereign, not Soviet. I believe it goes back to days when Malta was in British Empire and was (the whole Island!) awarded the George Cross for gallantry for their outstanding efforts and bravery during World War 2 Kind Regards ? ? Tony Lord G8DQZ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of john paul Sent: 01 November 2004 01:03 To: dx4win Subject: [Dx4win] 1A0 Soviet Order of Malta Has anyone else had a problem logging this one in. I cannot find it on the countries list and am thinking I will have to add that country. JohnPaul/AB4PP ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Report Improvement Suggestion
That's a good suggestion, Joe. I'd like to see a QSL received date field, but it's also OK to use the Note field, which is what I do now. Kevin K7VI From: Joe - WD?M [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 12:50:58 -0700 To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Report Improvement Suggestion After checking for new countries/modes/bands/zones worked the day after CW WW SSB was over, I suddenly realized that there is a possible improvement to the report function of DX4WIN. I'd love to see the M for Mailed changed to S for Sent. When scanning a report to check to see if the QSL has been Mailed, it is very hard to discern an M from a W. Given that the LOTW option allows you to Send a card electronically, rather than Mail it, it also makes sense from this perspective. I already have trifocals.and I doubt THAT will improve! ;-) Thanks for considering Joe WD?M ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Printer problems
I am using a HP Pavilion a522n PC running XP with a HP psc 2410 all in one printer. Label printing works fine. Sorry, no suggestions, but my HP printer works OK with DX4WIN 6.03. GL 73 john paul wrote: I am having a fit trying to print labels and reports from DX4Win 6.03. I am using a HP Lazer printer and I have to stop, shut down, reboot (cold boot) and then it works for a while. After I print some labels it locks up the program and I have to shut the program down again and it goes into shock. JohnPaul/AB4PP ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win -- __ Alan Zack Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ 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://www.gocoastguard.com DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Dx4win] Report Improvement Suggestion
Joe, That is something that I would also like to see. Being beyond trifocals and using the Varilux style glasses with infinite focal points another problem that I have encountered is the difference between asterisk for credited and a period for a blank spot in the report. More than once I read that wrong. My preference would be a dash or blank for an empty block in the reports. An X in lieu of the asterisk would also work. Just changing one so there is more contrast between them would do it for me. That was a suggestion that I made a few revisions back. 73, Bob K2TK
[Dx4win] Report Improvement Suggestion
Good point. How about O for outbound?? :-) Anything but W and Mus old poops with trifocals/varilux glasses need the help. 73, Joe WD?M At 03:02 PM 11/1/2004, Duane A Calvin wrote: Isn't S already used for Submitted? 73, Duane On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 12:50:58 -0700 Joe - =?iso-8859-1?Q?WD=D8M?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After checking for new countries/modes/bands/zones worked the day after CW WW SSB was over, I suddenly realized that there is a possible improvement to the report function of DX4WIN. I'd love to see the M for Mailed changed to S for Sent. When scanning a report to check to see if the QSL has been Mailed, it is very hard to discern an M from a W. Given that the LOTW option allows you to Send a card electronically, rather than Mail it, it also makes sense from this perspective. I already have trifocals.and I doubt THAT will improve! ;-) Thanks for considering Joe WD?M
[Dx4win] Printer problems
Does the HP LaserJet run OK with all the other programs that you use? If the driver is really old (older than the operating system you're using) there's a fair chance that you're hitting an incompatibility in the driver. Microsoft changes the driver API every OS _at_least_ and have changed the architecture of device drivers three times since Win95 rendering previous drivers something between unreliable and inoperable. I'm not (really) complaining about MS, just the way things are when you try to advance the OS. What's the model of the LaserJet, version of the driver, and version of the OS? Thanks, Kevin K7VI From: Alan C. Zack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ (http://www.qsl.net/k6acz) Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 14:01:32 -0800 To: john paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: dx4win dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Printer problems I am using a HP Pavilion a522n PC running XP with a HP psc 2410 all in one printer. Label printing works fine. Sorry, no suggestions, but my HP printer works OK with DX4WIN 6.03. GL 73 john paul wrote: I am having a fit trying to print labels and reports from DX4Win 6.03. I am using a HP Lazer printer and I have to stop, shut down, reboot (cold boot) and then it works for a while. After I print some labels it locks up the program and I have to shut the program down again and it goes into shock. JohnPaul/AB4PP ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win -- __ Alan Zack Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ 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://www.gocoastguard.com DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] 1A0 Soviet Order of Malta
Everything you ever wanted to know about SMOM: http://www.smom.org/ 73 - Jim AD1C = Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.com PGP Fingerprint: D8E2 3D78 339F A7F1 8C13 1193 B5D1 4FB6 79D1 70DC From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 1 19:13:14 2004 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Larson) Date: Mon Nov 1 19:15:55 2004 Subject: [Dx4win] Report Improvement Suggestion In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Todd, Monitor size 19 or 17 is fine, either resolution is fine. No control over printed form and therein lies the problem. I use the report in a folder at the desk to check. I don't always have the packet on and all initial logging is still done in the dead tree format. 73, Bob K2TK
[Dx4win] Report Improvement Suggestion
Not an S, if you think confusing M for a W is a problem, wait till you have an S for sent AND an S for Submit! Don W6FFH - Original Message - From: Joe - WD?M [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 11:50 AM Subject: [Dx4win] Report Improvement Suggestion After checking for new countries/modes/bands/zones worked the day after CW WW SSB was over, I suddenly realized that there is a possible improvement to the report function of DX4WIN. I'd love to see the M for Mailed changed to S for Sent. When scanning a report to check to see if the QSL has been Mailed, it is very hard to discern an M from a W. Given that the LOTW option allows you to Send a card electronically, rather than Mail it, it also makes sense from this perspective. I already have trifocals.and I doubt THAT will improve! ;-) Thanks for considering Joe WD?M ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Report Improvement Suggestion
Scolded? Naaa.mildly chastised? Maybe. I use a 19 inch LCD screen.I see absolutely everything fine otherwisewhy should I have to compromise with DX4WIN? The report isn't anything I can change. Why not focus (pardon the pun) on customer satisfaction, since it's something I'd think is quite easily changed. Maybe the COLOR could be changed in the report to emphasize the differences, rather than be limited to black on white? The significant confusion factor is the consistency of vertical and slanted lines seen (pun again) in using the M and W. Here's the example: MMWMMWW MMOMMOO Which is easier to distinguish? 73, Joe WD?M (ex WL7M, which is the same upside down!) At 03:54 PM 11/1/2004, Todd wrote: Hmmm...sounds to me like larger screens or lower screen resolutions are in order :O) I only need reading glasses at this point but and still 1024 x 768, but could always go back to 640 x 480 if I had too :O) I agree fundamentally with the point being made but it sounds like the screens are either too small or resolutions too high for the user. I know it's easy to want to get everything on the screen, but maybe time to sacrifice something so you don't have to strain so hard to see it? Just my thoughts and I'm sure I'll get scolded for them... 73, Todd WM8C
[Dx4win] 1A0 Soviet Order of Malta
I found it listed on the CTY list provided with the DX4WIN downloads listed with the S countries as Sov. Mil. Order of Malta. In a related question, as is, the country list is listed in alphabetical order under the county's name in the right side column. Can it be switched to be listed in order of the how the prefixes are listed on the left column versus by country's name? john paul wrote: OK, I had to go to page 112, and add the prefix and the country. It was not on the list. I went through the book and it worked just fine. My country list did not have the 1A0 on the list. That was my original problem, and I could not figure out how to get credit for it. Thanks Again! JohnPaul/AB4PP - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] 1A0 Soviet Order of Malta Try Sovereign - not Soviet. Just type 1A0 in the prefix box, and you should have it. Or put the cursor in the prefix box and hit the F1 key. Then S-O-V should be enough to get you to it. ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win -- __ Alan Zack Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ 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://www.gocoastguard.com DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Dx4win] Report Improvement Suggestion
Sure, that's a fair comment. But screen real estate is valuable, especially in a multi-window user interface like DX4Win uses. I run at 1600x1200 on a 20 LCD, but I'm a software developer so am a bit odd... ;-) Seriously, I like having my Reports window stretched out. Ditto my spot window. Plus I have 8 or 9 other small windows open. Makes for a nice logging experience. Can't see how that could be done at 640x480. :) Why not make these characters user configurable? Easy. Just takes time and testing. Provide a default button to stop the insanity and return to the recommended values when the user is tired of customizing. It's so easy to make user interface suggestions. I was a UI designer for nearly 10 years, so I have some appreciation for being on the other side of the compiler. 73 Kevin K7VI From: Todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 17:54:59 -0500 To: DX 4 Windows dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Report Improvement Suggestion Hmmm...sounds to me like larger screens or lower screen resolutions are in order :O) I only need reading glasses at this point but and still 1024 x 768, but could always go back to 640 x 480 if I had too :O) I agree fundamentally with the point being made but it sounds like the screens are either too small or resolutions too high for the user. I know it's easy to want to get everything on the screen, but maybe time to sacrifice something so you don't have to strain so hard to see it? Just my thoughts and I'm sure I'll get scolded for them... 73, Todd WM8C's Ham Links www.wm8c.com All emails scanned with NIS2003 - Original Message - From: Robert Larson To: Joe - WD?M ; DX 4 Windows Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Report Improvement Suggestion Joe, That is something that I would also like to see. Being beyond trifocals and using the Varilux style glasses with infinite focal points another problem that I have encountered is the difference between asterisk for credited and a period for a blank spot in the report. More than once I read that wrong. My preference would be a dash or blank for an empty block in the reports. An X in lieu of the asterisk would also work. Just changing one so there is more contrast between them would do it for me. That was a suggestion that I made a few revisions back. 73, Bob K2TK ___ 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] Sovereign Order of Malta 1A0KM
Gang, I got it figured out last night. I went to page 112 in the book, followed the directions and now have that country on my list. I either deleted it somehow, or it was not there. I have no idea why; but, it was not there. I now have it in there and appreciate all the help. By the way, I did spell it correctly as the Sovereign Order of Malta, not the Soviet I caught that early on and corrected it. Sorry for all the trouble and bandwidth. JohnPaul/AB4PP From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 1 23:58:47 2004 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (john paul) Date: Tue Nov 2 00:07:03 2004 Subject: [Dx4win] Printer problems References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kevin/K7VI I went to the website for HP and downloaded their drivers updates. I then rebooted and woila! it worked. I am guessing there was a glich in the drivers and that has solved it. I have it working now and hopefully that takes care of the problem. Yes, all of the other programs I ran with it, i.e. Word, etc ran fine and did not have any problems. It was only when I went to print out labels from the DX4WIN program or any of the reports. I kept getting the same error message. I am hoping the problem is corrected. HP LaserJet 5L Extra, Windows 98SE. - Original Message - From: Kevin K7VI [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 5:48 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Printer problems Does the HP LaserJet run OK with all the other programs that you use? If the driver is really old (older than the operating system you're using) there's a fair chance that you're hitting an incompatibility in the driver. Microsoft changes the driver API every OS _at_least_ and have changed the architecture of device drivers three times since Win95 rendering previous drivers something between unreliable and inoperable. I'm not (really) complaining about MS, just the way things are when you try to advance the OS. What's the model of the LaserJet, version of the driver, and version of the OS? Thanks, Kevin K7VI From: Alan C. Zack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ (http://www.qsl.net/k6acz) Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 14:01:32 -0800 To: john paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: dx4win dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Printer problems I am using a HP Pavilion a522n PC running XP with a HP psc 2410 all in one printer. Label printing works fine. Sorry, no suggestions, but my HP printer works OK with DX4WIN 6.03. GL 73 john paul wrote: I am having a fit trying to print labels and reports from DX4Win 6.03. I am using a HP Lazer printer and I have to stop, shut down, reboot (cold boot) and then it works for a while. After I print some labels it locks up the program and I have to shut the program down again and it goes into shock. JohnPaul/AB4PP ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win -- __ Alan Zack Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ 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://www.gocoastguard.com DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ___ 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] 1A0 Soviet Order of Malta
--- john paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone else had a problem logging this one in. I cannot find it on the countries list and am thinking I will have to add that country. It should have been there. The latest file can be found at: http://www.ad1c.com/dx4win/ 73 - Jim AD1C = Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.com PGP Fingerprint: D8E2 3D78 339F A7F1 8C13 1193 B5D1 4FB6 79D1 70DC From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 1 14:50:58 2004 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe - =?iso-8859-1?Q?WD=D8M?=) Date: Mon Nov 1 14:53:35 2004 Subject: [Dx4win] Report Improvement Suggestion Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] After checking for new countries/modes/bands/zones worked the day after CW WW SSB was over, I suddenly realized that there is a possible improvement to the report function of DX4WIN. I'd love to see the M for Mailed changed to S for Sent. When scanning a report to check to see if the QSL has been Mailed, it is very hard to discern an M from a W. Given that the LOTW option allows you to Send a card electronically, rather than Mail it, it also makes sense from this perspective. I already have trifocals.and I doubt THAT will improve! ;-) Thanks for considering Joe WD?M
