[Dx4win] LOTW Virgin.

2006-08-30 Thread David Gould 
I am just about to make my first tentative steps into LOTW.  I have 
registered and got my certificate.  I have to say I am doing this 
with a certain amount of trepidation...

I am using V6.04 which I believe makes things a bit more 
straightforward than they used to be.  I have read the manual and 
also read through Jim Reisert's web page which is largely about pre 
version 6.04.  I am happy to take backups before (and after) updating 
my logfile to give me recovery options, but as I understand it, once 
anything is put into LOTW thats it, and it can't be changed or updated.

I thought that before I go ahead I would ask for any guidance, 
strategies, or hints and tips, over and above the basic operational steps.

One of my concerns is about contest logs where I might have logged 
the wrong callsign.  What are the implications, and are there 
established actions that help deal with this situation?

Any help would be much appreciated.

73,
Dave G3UEG

[Dx4win] DX4WIN and the Rig Expert

2006-08-30 Thread David Edwards 
I am having an issue with the RigExpert SD USB interface and DX4WIN. I have the 
RigExpert connected between a USB port on my pentium 3.0 ghz running WIndows XP 
Home and an FT 1000MP mKV. I finally got all functionality working through 
DX4WIN -- PSK31, CW, MMTTY and the FT 1000MP CAT all work great.  EXCEPT if I 
turn off the FT1000 and then some time later go to the Radio menu of DX4WIN and 
start the radio. Blue Screen on Windows. If I start and stop the radio -- same 
thing. The Blue screen talks about ks.sys which is the kernal streams driver 
used for i/o streams and audio.

The RigExpert only presents one virtual com port and I have it set to COM 8. In 
DX4WIN I have the CAT set to COM 8 and the CW interface set to COM 8. I think 
here in lies the problem (but I'm not sure).  If I disable the CW interface the 
issue goes away. But the RigExperrt guys tell me this should support DX4WIN and 
all its functionality so apparently I am doing something wrong. Does anyone 
know if DX4WIN can use the same comm port for both the CAT interface and the CW 
interface or is this an absolute conflict. I think the CW functionality just 
uses the DTR pin.

Thanks
de
WB1S 
From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Wed Aug 30 22:36:45 2006
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Salyers)
Date: Wed Aug 30 22:37:30 2006
Subject: [Dx4win] Sound Card Lock Up
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

I had been using my PC, DX4WIN and a Kenwood TS-430 with great success. I have 
an MFJ-1279 as the interface.
 
This week, I switched to an Icom IC-718. I have changed the settings in the 
MFJ-1279 and seem to have all the capability I should have. I have been able to 
copy PSK signals regularly. However, after the first time I transmit, the sound 
card locks up and I have to reboot. I did not have this issue with my TR-4 or 
the TS-430. 
 
Any thoughts or suggestions would be most appreciated.
 
Thanks and Gud DX
 
AJ8B = Bill
From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Thu Aug 31 00:34:16 2006
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kostas SV1DPI)
Date: Thu Aug 31 00:35:06 2006
Subject: [Dx4win] DX4WIN and the Rig Expert
References: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Dear Dave
I had a homemade interface where i used pins 2,3,5 to control the mark v, 
pin 7 (rts),5 for ptt and pin 4(dtr),5 for cw keyinf from the same com port. 
The general idea had come after reading something simiral for 1000mp in 
va3cr web page. No problem at all. Dx4win works perfect. This moment i have 
a so2r device (w5xd keyer) and i use this interface like cw keyer only, as 
dx4win can't work with w5xd. So i have not tested with the last version 
(tested with 6.xx). But i don't believe that there is a problem. I am afraid 
that the problem is in Rigexpert virual com program.
Kostas sv1dpi

- Original Message - 
From: David Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 2:56 AM
Subject: [Dx4win] DX4WIN and the Rig Expert


I am having an issue with the RigExpert SD USB interface and DX4WIN. I have 
the RigExpert connected between a USB port on my pentium 3.0 ghz running 
WIndows XP Home and an FT 1000MP mKV. I finally got all functionality 
working through DX4WIN -- PSK31, CW, MMTTY and the FT 1000MP CAT all work 
great.  EXCEPT if I turn off the FT1000 and then some time later go to the 
Radio menu of DX4WIN and start the radio. Blue Screen on Windows. If I 
start and stop the radio -- same thing. The Blue screen talks about ks.sys 
which is the kernal streams driver used for i/o streams and audio.

 The RigExpert only presents one virtual com port and I have it set to COM 
 8. In DX4WIN I have the CAT set to COM 8 and the CW interface set to COM 
 8. I think here in lies the problem (but I'm not sure).  If I disable the 
 CW interface the issue goes away. But the RigExperrt guys tell me this 
 should support DX4WIN and all its functionality so apparently I am doing 
 something wrong. Does anyone know if DX4WIN can use the same comm port for 
 both the CAT interface and the CW interface or is this an absolute 
 conflict. I think the CW functionality just uses the DTR pin.

 Thanks
 de
 WB1S
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