[Dx4win] GRABING SPLIT SPOTS
Have upgraded from DX4Win v.5 to v.6 and resetting everything. Down to the last challenge...I hope. When I grab a spot and there is a single (duplex) freq shown the radio responds, a little slow but it grabs the freq fine. The problem is that when there is a split freq shown, QSX, the radio wants to go to the QSX freq not the spotted freq. The radio will show split but the radios freq is on the QSX freq. This never happened with v.5. I am using a Ten-Tec Omni VI that was upgraded to + years ago. Using the Icom 735 setting @ 04 and 9600 baud. The poll rate is set at 20ms and the RTS high is checked. It seems that the program is having a little problem communicating with the radio. Any thoughts? Tom k0zm From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jan 19 10:00:58 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Reisert AD1C) Date: Wed Jan 19 10:06:41 2005 Subject: [Dx4win] DX4W603 and Orion Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Gang, I tried to get my father set up this past weekend with DX4W603 and a Tentec Orion. I could not make the software communicate with the radio (timed out), however: - CT 10.02 in DOS mode communicates with the Orion - DX4WIN 6.03 communicates to a FT1000mp using the same COM port So it seems to me that the radio, cable and port are working. I'm using the default baud rate of 57.6K. I did not play with the DTR/RTS settings (left them at default). Is there anything special to know about ineterfacing DX4WIN with an Orion? Thanks 73 - Jim AD1C = Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jan 19 10:23:49 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Giacobello) Date: Wed Jan 19 10:29:32 2005 Subject: [Dx4win] DX4W603 and Orion In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jim, make RTS high. BTW, I presume you're using the orion.rig file? 73, Joe Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: Hi Gang, I tried to get my father set up this past weekend with DX4W603 and a Tentec Orion. I could not make the software communicate with the radio (timed out), however: - CT 10.02 in DOS mode communicates with the Orion - DX4WIN 6.03 communicates to a FT1000mp using the same COM port So it seems to me that the radio, cable and port are working. I'm using the default baud rate of 57.6K. I did not play with the DTR/RTS settings (left them at default). Is there anything special to know about ineterfacing DX4WIN with an Orion? Thanks 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 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jan 19 10:31:42 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Reisert AD1C) Date: Wed Jan 19 10:37:20 2005 Subject: [Dx4win] DX4W603 and Orion In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Joe Giacobello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim, make RTS high. BTW, I presume you're using the orion.rig file? Thanks, Joe. I'll give it a shot the next time I'm up there. I take it that RTS=high is *not* the default setting? I wonder if Paul can fix this before 6.04 is released. - Jim = Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jan 19 13:30:56 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Giacobello) Date: Wed Jan 19 13:36:34 2005 Subject: [Dx4win] DX4W603 and Orion In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't think it is. When I got my Orion, the previous owner sent me a copy of the orion.rig file, and I know I had to set RTS high manually in order to get it to work. Paul may have changed it since then, but not sure. 73, Joe Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: --- Joe Giacobello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim, make RTS high. BTW, I presume you're using the orion.rig file? Thanks, Joe. I'll give it a shot the next time I'm up there. I take it that RTS=high is *not* the default setting? I wonder if Paul can fix this before 6.04 is released. - Jim = Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jan 19 16:47:42 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Alkoff) Date: Wed Jan 19 16:52:47 2005 Subject: [Dx4win] Best way to recover from Radio Timed Out error? Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] While playing with USB serial ports I got the error message: Radio Times Out Radio interface has been disabled. At that point clicking on a spot will no longer control the radio. The hardware error has been corrected but what changes in DX4Win must I make to allow it to continue controlling the radio? I have tried resetting Preferences | Radio, re-checking the DTR box and closing and
[Dx4win] Best way to recover from Radio Timed Out error?
Larry, Click Radio and then Start Radio Should do it. John DeRuiter, WM7A http://members.cox.net/wm7a/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Larry Alkoff Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 2:48 PM To: dx4win Subject: [Dx4win] Best way to recover from Radio Timed Out error? While playing with USB serial ports I got the error message: Radio Times Out Radio interface has been disabled. At that point clicking on a spot will no longer control the radio. The hardware error has been corrected but what changes in DX4Win must I make to allow it to continue controlling the radio? I have tried resetting Preferences | Radio, re-checking the DTR box and closing and re-starting DX4Win but there must be some magic word to say cuz it's not working yet. Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Release 12 of DX4WIN Country File available
Hi Folks, Release 12 of the DX4WIN country file is ready. This is the version that will be shipped with DX4W604. To get it early, you can download it from: http://www.ad1c.com/dx4win/#Country The revision history is at the end (or you can get to it from the web site). As always, if there are any corrections or additions, please let me know. 73 - Jim AD1C Release #12 - 19 January 2005 Prefixes: 4,086 Callsigns: 4,381 Managers: 24,290 Callsign Mappings * DF3LY/L is Germany, DL (Hunting Lions in the Air http://www.sarl.org.za/public/contests/lionita.asp) * GJ3DVC/L is Jersey, GJ (Hunting Lions in the Air http://www.sarl.org.za/public/contests/lionita.asp) * JO1ZYB/L is Japan, JA (Hunting Lions in the Air http://www.sarl.org.za/public/contests/lionita.asp) * TA2KA/L is Turkey, TA (Hunting Lions in the Air http://www.sarl.org.za/public/contests/lionita.asp) * VE2EM on 25 November 2000 is CQ Zone 5, not Zone 2 * VE3EY/2 and VE3JM/2 starting 15 January 2005 are both in Canada, VE (CQ Zone 2) * VO1BRK/L is Canada, VE (Hunting Lions in the Air http://www.sarl.org.za/public/contests/lionita.asp) * VU2BGS/L, VU2LCI/L and VU3LLE/L are India, VU (Hunting Lions in the Air http://www.sarl.org.za/public/contests/lionita.asp) * Z21KD/L is Zimbabwe, Z2 (Hunting Lions in the Air http://www.sarl.org.za/public/contests/lionita.asp) * ZS1AGH/L, ZS1ESC/L, ZS5T/L, ZS5WI/L, ZS5XA/L, ZS6AUH/L, ZS6STN/L and ZS6WR/L are all Republic of South Africa, ZS (Hunting Lions in the Air http://www.sarl.org.za/public/contests/lionita.asp) -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us
[Dx4win] Checking Spots without adding to QSO window?
Is there any way to just click on a spot and have DX4WIN tune the radio to the spot without also adding information into the QSO Window? A double click on the spot both adds the spot to the QSO window and tunes the radio. But if you choose not to work the spot (or can't hear it), you must manually delete the QSO. This is both time consuming and pretty inefficient. Wouldn't it make sense to just be able to first check spots without having to always manually delete them from the window each time you go to a new spot? I am unaware though how to do this in the current version. Can it be done?
[Dx4win] Checking Spots without adding to QSO window?
Left-click on the spot, then right-click and select Listen. It's 2 mouse clicks (one left, one right), but better than 1 click then control-L. (For what it's worth, I wouldn't mind seeing something like double-right click to do this, or perhaps even using a click on the mouse wheel (if available). Better still (as long as I'm wishing), it'd be nice to make any of the right-click window functions assignable to a mouse click (left,middle, right). At 08:43 PM 1/19/2005, Tom Walsh wrote: Is there any way to just click on a spot and have DX4WIN tune the radio to the spot without also adding information into the QSO Window? A double click on the spot both adds the spot to the QSO window and tunes the radio. But if you choose not to work the spot (or can't hear it), you must manually delete the QSO. This is both time consuming and pretty inefficient. Wouldn't it make sense to just be able to first check spots without having to always manually delete them from the window each time you go to a new spot? I am unaware though how to do this in the current version. Can it be done?
[Dx4win] Version 6.04 available
DX4WIN version 6.04 is available for download from our website. The website has not been updated yet, but you can download the installation program here: www.dx4win.com/files/dx4w604.exe Many thanks to the beta testers, but especially to Jim, AD1C. Not only is Jim a very thorough beta tester, we had over 110 email exchanges, but we all appreciate his efforts he puts in maintaining the country database. Thanks Jim! If you are disappointed that MMTTY is not in this version, be reassured it will be in the next release. It still needs some work and I did not want to delay this release any longer. 73, Paul Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com
[Dx4win] Best way to recover from Radio Timed Out error?
Thank you all for your sound advise on using Radio | Start Radio. I didn't even know about that because it doesn't appear if the Radio is working g. Not even greyed out - all I ever saw was Stop Radio. Works perfectly. Thanks to all. 73, Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] 6.0.4 update from 6.0.3
Does AD1C's upgrade guide apply for a 6.0.3 to 6.0.4 upgrade?
[Dx4win] MMTTY finally working with DX4Win
There has been a lot of discussion about the use of MMTTY with DX4Win After reading the discussions and thinking about it I've found an easy way to do it. My rig is a Yaesu Mark V with Rigblaster. The discussions focused on two methods: Either using a second computer and sending RS232 to the Packet port on DX4Win with a null modem or using Windows XP and some special software. The first is cumbersome and for the second - I stay far away from XP and use Windows 98SE when I have to use Windows at all. What I did was plug in a new USB to RS-232 converter to give a new port and make an interface with 1 transistor and a resistor that plugs into the PTT connector on my Rigblaster with a Y-connector. It could alternatively simply plug into any place on the PTT line. The interface is described in the MMTTY help file - it all fits in a 9 pin RS-232 plastic hood that plugs into the USB converter and out to an RCA plug. With this method either DX4Win or MMTTY can key the PTT line without interference because they are on totally separate ports. My new setup is: CW send:com1DTR This is a standard serial port TNC:com29600 baud Another standard serial port Yaesu rig control: com3USB adaptor RTTY PTTcom4USB adaptor using RTS The only thing that seems to be lacking is my log will show a USB contact which I have to manually change to RTTY after I enter the qso. It _may_ be possible to operate RTTY in Yaesu RTTY mode but for tonight RTTY is possible without using my KAM did not tune in sigs very well or easily. A better solution would be to get an interface for MMTTY soon in DX4Win like Writelog does but for now I'm all set. Hope this info helps someone else. 73, Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Version 6.04 available
Here are the release notes: Bug fixes and new features for version 6.04 PSK31 ? Keep 'other' line low in PSK31 keying ? Double-click in psk31 ADIF ? Empty ADIF field skipped on import ? When using imported QSOs just to confirm QSOs, they will no longer be added if the QSO did not exist ? ADIF import qsl_date defaults to qso_date when qslsent = y ? Changed ADIF Freq (MHz) to be stored in QSO notes as KHz ? Corrected 1.25M band in ADIF LoTW ? Export for LoTW selects ADIF filter ? Setting Upload Flag no longer ignores QSOs with QSL method set to 'Ignore' ? Export for LoTW will no longer write QSOs which have an upload date set Reports ? Fixed landscape printing for reports ? Upload conf flag showed incorrectly in logbook window QSOs ? Updated country database (thanks, Jim, AD1C) ? Corrected band plan for 60m (and radio defaults to USB) ? Added a Close button for File | New dialog window ? VUCC bandlisting was not clickable ? Added set confirm flag(s) to multiple QSO operations ? Added Set Upload Date to multiple QSO operations ? Default for new QSOs can have Lab, Upl or Lab+Upl ? Changing award flags honors QSO filter and active Selection ? Selecting a filter did set the wrong group default for new QSOs ? Populating state field using F1 will now update state / county summary ? When a US state is specified in a QSO, overriding the default zone will no longer add callsign exception records to the country database Packet ? Incoming spots no longer update band decoder ? Corrected updating of the callsign on taskbar for incoming spots ? Various changes in the dx4win.tcp file (Internet addresses) ? The announcement window will no longer be shown automatically when selecting List in Window in the packet preferences. The window will be shown when the program starts and a the selection was made to show the announcement window. System ? Run-time install of port driver ? Force the directory for QRZ CDROM to be a drive only ? Added portmap.ini file in save directory to specify a non-standard printer port address ? Added an import function for the calendar Radio ? Added rig file for Yaesu-FT857 (Thanks G4IRN)
[Dx4win] Checking Spots without adding to QSO window?
At 08:43 PM 1/19/2005, Tom Walsh wrote: Is there any way to just click on a spot and have DX4WIN tune the radio to the spot without also adding information into the QSO Window? I don't think so, Tom. You can right-click on a spot and either: 1. fill in log, go to spot 2. fill in log But the option you want: 3. go to spot, don't fill in log doesn't exist. Maybe something Paul can put on the list for the next version. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us
[Dx4win] Checking Spots without adding to QSO window?
I stand corrected - right-click and select Listen Obviously that's not a one-click solution. -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us
[Dx4win] new version
A quick download, and v6.04 is up and running. Checking it out now, looks pretty familiar. I wonder what changed (besides the obvious). I do wish that this program supported the Elecraft K2, especially this rig's very useful serial-port streaming CW function. There are now nearly 5,000 K2 rigs out there. That's more than the total of several other DX4WIN supported radios - combined. Since DX4WIN already sports a CW terminal function, and already connects to the radio's serial port ... well, I'm not a programmer, but it seems like it wouldn't be much of a stretch to add this clever and valuable feature. Perhaps in a future revision ... for now, the subset of functionality offered by the Kenwood 850 setting will suffice. 73 Steve KZ1X/4
[Dx4win] Checking Spots without adding to QSO window?
David, I have a Logitech laser mouse; it has more buttons than I know what to do with and the special buttons can be programmed. The rolling button can be pressed down and moved left and right for example. Btw, the double click is assigned already; it switched to adding real-time and enters the QSO. If you want, you can also deselect : File | Preferences | QSO | Warn if QSO is not saved. You can double-click for ever! -- Paul At 09:11 PM 1/19/2005, K2DBK - David wrote: Left-click on the spot, then right-click and select Listen. It's 2 mouse clicks (one left, one right), but better than 1 click then control-L. (For what it's worth, I wouldn't mind seeing something like double-right click to do this, or perhaps even using a click on the mouse wheel (if available). Better still (as long as I'm wishing), it'd be nice to make any of the right-click window functions assignable to a mouse click (left,middle, right). At 08:43 PM 1/19/2005, Tom Walsh wrote: Is there any way to just click on a spot and have DX4WIN tune the radio to the spot without also adding information into the QSO Window? A double click on the spot both adds the spot to the QSO window and tunes the radio. But if you choose not to work the spot (or can't hear it), you must manually delete the QSO. This is both time consuming and pretty inefficient. Wouldn't it make sense to just be able to first check spots without having to always manually delete them from the window each time you go to a new spot? I am unaware though how to do this in the current version. Can it be done? ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com
[Dx4win] Importing and using GOLIST DX Alert Calendar with DX4WIN 6.04
Here are the instructions for importing and using the GOLIST DX Calendar with DX4WIN 6.04. Remember you must have an active GOLIST account to download the calendar. First, download the current calendar from: http://www.golist.net/download.htm After logging in, look for the link called: DX ALERT in delimited form for DX4WIN CALENDAR Download the file from that link and save to a file. The fist line will look something like: 1/1/05 0:00:00,2/20/05 0:00:00,Cambodia,XU7POS,ON6TZ, To import into DX4WIN, go to the main program menu then File - Calendar. When that window pops up, use the option: File - Import Data mm/dd/ Navigate to the calendar file you downloaded. If successful, the Today tab should show the events in the calendar. To navigate by date, put the cursor in the Date field and use the up/down arrows to go forward or backward in time. When closing the window, make sure to File - Save Changes and Exit When you restart DX4WIN the next time, the calender will pop up, reminding you of upcoming events. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us
[Dx4win] Checking Spots without adding to QSO window?
Jim, Yes, what you call option 3 (with only a single click) is what I want and it would be a nice addition to a future version if its possible. Tom - Original Message - From: Jim Reisert AD1C [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tom Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 10:23 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Checking Spots without adding to QSO window? At 08:43 PM 1/19/2005, Tom Walsh wrote: Is there any way to just click on a spot and have DX4WIN tune the radio to the spot without also adding information into the QSO Window? I don't think so, Tom. You can right-click on a spot and either: 1. fill in log, go to spot 2. fill in log But the option you want: 3. go to spot, don't fill in log doesn't exist. Maybe something Paul can put on the list for the next version. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us
[Dx4win] Checking Spots without adding to QSO window?
Paul, Thanks for this tip and fast response. It may help at times but at some risk in losing a wanted QSO I suppose. A single click without needing to deselect the warning would still be my preference though if it were at all possible. Tom - Original Message - From: Paul van der Eijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: K2DBK - David [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tom Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 10:42 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Checking Spots without adding to QSO window? David, I have a Logitech laser mouse; it has more buttons than I know what to do with and the special buttons can be programmed. The rolling button can be pressed down and moved left and right for example. Btw, the double click is assigned already; it switched to adding real-time and enters the QSO. If you want, you can also deselect : File | Preferences | QSO | Warn if QSO is not saved. You can double-click for ever! -- Paul At 09:11 PM 1/19/2005, K2DBK - David wrote: Left-click on the spot, then right-click and select Listen. It's 2 mouse clicks (one left, one right), but better than 1 click then control-L. (For what it's worth, I wouldn't mind seeing something like double-right click to do this, or perhaps even using a click on the mouse wheel (if available). Better still (as long as I'm wishing), it'd be nice to make any of the right-click window functions assignable to a mouse click (left,middle, right). At 08:43 PM 1/19/2005, Tom Walsh wrote: Is there any way to just click on a spot and have DX4WIN tune the radio to the spot without also adding information into the QSO Window? A double click on the spot both adds the spot to the QSO window and tunes the radio. But if you choose not to work the spot (or can't hear it), you must manually delete the QSO. This is both time consuming and pretty inefficient. Wouldn't it make sense to just be able to first check spots without having to always manually delete them from the window each time you go to a new spot? I am unaware though how to do this in the current version. Can it be done? ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com
[Dx4win] 6.04 - search in state field
This feature is not mentioned in the 6.04 release notes, but Paul added it for me. When using F8, you can now enter * (without the quotes) in the state field to search for any QSO where the state field is filled in, or !* to search for any QSO where the state field is empty. This search string worked in other fields, but it was previously missing for the state. Of course searching the state field can be used in combination with any other field. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us
