[Dx4win] DX4WIN under Linux

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Related to our interest in running DX4WIN under Linux, there was
this new "awareness" annoucement, and current releases claim to
run native windows DLLs if you have them.  Not sure everyone has
tried that, or if 6.04 inclusion of a driver interferes with that option.
If so, maybe we can get a 6.04L without that embedded driver?

04/06/2005 Wine-Probe Initiative 
Archive
News

David G?mbel announced:

A while ago we were debating an initiative named "Wine-Probe"[1] (which 
would roughly equal "Wine-tasting" in english) on wine-devel that was in 
the making between Wirtschaftsf??rderung Region Stuttgart GmbH and us 
(ITOMIG). Its goal is to make local software vendors aware of the potential 
business opportunity in a Wine-based port or a Wine/Linux version of their 
software. It's also designed to be beneficial for the Wine project as a 
whole, e.g. by providing AppDB entries and success stories.

This is to let you know that we've officially launched the initiative by 
today. It has already made it into several (german speaking) news sites[2], 
so I'd say things look promising. We're looking forward to the interest and 
feedback we'll get in the weeks to come.
* [1] 
http://www.winehq.com/site?issue=254#WINEprobe%20Initiative
 

* [2] http://www.golem.de/0504/37335.html 
(Google
 
translation )
* 
http://www.pro-linux.de/news/2005/7996.html
 
(Google
 
translation )
* 
http://www.pc-magazin.de/common/nws/einemeldung.php?id=37335
 
(Google
 
translation )

[Dx4win] Linux/WINE Survey

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Good news on 5; what seems wrong with 6?

At 06:40 PM 3/16/2005, Jeff Steinkamp wrote:
>I was finally able to get my Linux installation running today and version 
>6.04 does not run under the latest version of wine.  I did find that 
>version 5.03, my last version does run and if you have the sound card 
>installed correctly under Linux, it appears that PSK will sort of function.
>
>Running wine under a Fedora Core 3 installation.
>
>
>Jeff Steinkamp - N7YG
>Tucson, AZ
>SCUD Missile Coordinates
>N32-13-52 W110-52-15
>http://home.earthlink.net/~jksteinkamp
>http://n7yg.webhop.org
>___
>It is hard to understand how a cemetery raised its burial costs and blamed 
>it on the high cost of living.
>
>----- Original Message - From: "ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx" <[EMAIL 
>PROTECTED]>
>To: 
>Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 04:41
>Subject: [Dx4win] Linux/WINE Survey
>
>
>>Is anyone successful in using the Linux Windows emulator
>>to run DX4WIN 6.04 or any earlier version?  Thanks!
>>
>>73, Byron
>>
>>___
>>Dx4win mailing list
>>Dx4win@mailman.qth.net
>>http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
>

[Dx4win] Linux/WINE Survey

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Is anyone successful in using the Linux Windows emulator
to run DX4WIN 6.04 or any earlier version?  Thanks!

73, Byron

[Dx4win] QSL Comments

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

I think this is a great idea.  I've always wondered why the only
things you can put on the label are groupname and the first
word of the Callsign Notes field.  Why not "field" the QSO Notes
entry, too?  Thanks, David.

At 04:01 AM 2/18/2005, "David Tingler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have suggested a new QSL Comments feature to Paul a couple of times and I
>don't know if my email is getting through. I thought if I posted here there
>might be some interest. This feature would allow QSO specific comments to be
>entered along with the QSO and then printed at the  bottom of the label in
>the Group Name area. This could be frequency, QRP power, County or other
>contact specific information.

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

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

I use Excel and add a counter field that tells me how many times
a callsign appears in my list.  I hold two printouts, one sorted by band/mode
and one sorted by callsign.  Then I can tell which band/modes I need
from a given card.  This worked well for 1000+ cards.  73, Byron

At 04:01 AM 2/17/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>How is it remotely possible for a computer program to know if your
>confirmations are on the same card?

[Dx4win] Re: Dx4win] DX Cluster Drop

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

There isn't a solution readily available, since this is typically
an ISP inactivity timeout.  I've sometimes found that using
a DXcluster node on a different ISP helps.

Opening the packet window and hitting  helps,
or running Tardis with really aggressive time sync settings.

73, Byron

At 04:01 AM 1/17/2005, "John, KC9JS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>I've got the same problem. Does anyone on the reflector have a solution?
>
>-Original Message-
>Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 7:38 PM
>
>This could be old news, but my TCP/IP connection drops out after only a few
>minutes online with the DX Cluster. I am looking for the adjustment, if any
>to keep this from happening.

[Dx4win] Bug - Logbook Field "Upload"

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Happy New Year!

I reported a bug in (v6.03)  the Logbook view this weekend.  It
seems that my use of "Uploazd Confirm" as a field in
my Logbook view gets set to and populated with the
"Upload Date" when I start DX4WIN.  If I go into the
Report Editor and simply click OK, it gets set properly
to the "Upload Confirm" again.  Anyone else?

73, Byron

[Dx4win] New Year Resolution

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Speak this pledge aloud:

I resolve to edit my reflector postings to the best of my ability,
removing unneeded footers and headers so that everyone who
gets the reflector's messages doesn't need to page through all
the excess mess and store it on their own computers, thereby
in my small way making the world a little better place.

This I resolve.

[Dx4win] Change Rig parameters?

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

John:

"Allowed Value Tables" - what I great new concept!
I'll bet anything that it catches on!  

Not sure why the software we buy doesn't use the same
standards that the commercial industry has understood for
years.  

But I second your motion on this one!

73, Byron

At 04:01 AM 1/2/2005, J. F. Samuels wrote:


>I've found it easier and more accurate to let it default to RTTY and just
>type, "PSK31" in the Notes for this QSO field.
>
>I think, as a former programmer, that I would like to see dynamic fields,
>such as Mode, be loaded from a user-maintained table.
>And, the frequencies associated with setting a mode could be there as well.
>
>3500 3570 CW
>3570 3374 PSK31
>3574 3580 PACTOR
>3580 3628 RTTY
>
>A very Happy New Year to all the DX4WINners!
>
>John, K2CIB

[Dx4win] report printing/landscape

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

This has been true since 6.03 was released.  I completed
a bug report and posted the finding here as soon as I loaded
the new release. The workaround that I've used is to output
to Adobe Acrobat and use Adobe to print - I know few people
have the authoring Acrobat installed, but I was lucky enough to
be able to use this workaround.  You might find some other
intermediate form that works for you.  (Excel, SunOffice, etc)

I understand the "fix" is in a patch that is "soon to be released".

73, Byron

At 04:01 AM 1/1/2005, Steve-KF2TI wrote:
>I have tried to print out my 2004 logbook and normally (the older
>versions), I set my printer to print in landscape mode.

[Dx4win] DXCC Submission

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

When I do a submission, I noticed that it seems to
"default" to mixed, leaving Confirmed QSOs in both
PHO and CW summary reports.

I can't get them to be Submitted.

Can I do it by setting the existing list of Submitted QSOs
to Credited and then faking a second submission?

Naturally, I would merge the three (Mix, PHO, CW) resulting
submission logs.

Thanks!  73, Byron

[Dx4win] INRAD 70MHz IF Amp Yaesu FT-1000MP Front End Mod

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Someone asked me about the eBay auction for the
International Radio IF Amp.  Here is the link again,
although it is the first time I posted it here in hopes
it reaches the person who asked me.  Sorry for off-topic.

73, Byron

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1502&item=5737577504

[Dx4win] moving log from 1 computer to

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Here's what I do:

1. Create a filter on the shack computer to show only the QSOs
that are AFTER the latest QSO on the other computer.  Export
the filter-ed QSOs to a floppy.

2. Import the exported QSOs from the floppy to the other computer.

3. Make a full copy of the other computer database.  Copy it to disk
on the shack computer.  Open it.  Immediately do "Backup".  Done.

It gets more compilcated if you need to merge QSL Managers, etc,
but there are details on the AD1C website - a highly worthwhile site.

73, Byron

At 04:01 AM 12/13/2004, S. Markowski Jr. wrote:
>I've done this before, don't remember how, and can't find it in the manual.
>
>I have DX4Win on both my shack and laptop computers.(same version,
>5.020  I need to copy and move my log file from the shack machine to the
>laptop, and so far haven't gotten it right.  Some of the error
>messages(or most common is) unknown version of log or logfile.  If
>someone knows what I'm doing wrong, please fill me in.  Besides having a
>spare log somewhere, I take the laptop on trips, to work,etc to work on
>back qsl's etc.  Any and all help is appreciated.
>Thanks and 73,

[Dx4win] Figuring Out What I Submitted?

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Have you linked your DXCC to LOTW?  If so, it's as easy
as downloading from the site.  If not, you'll need to ask for
a report.

At 04:01 AM 12/8/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I've managed to screw up my DXCC submission, so I need to figure out
>what (actually, who: call/band/mode/date) I've already submitted and
>have had approved.
>
>Is there a way find this information and put it into a file?  I can't
>seem to find this in the Report Editor or Log

[Dx4win] DX4WIN 6.03 DXCC Submission

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Paul:

I don't understand, and I apologize.  If I have one QSO
that qualifies me for a new DXCC SSB and a new DXCC
for 17m, I think it will only output one QSO for submission.

All QSOs are output as band/mode contacts.

Otherwise, what would the DXCC SSB QSO be output as?

73, Byron

At 01:52 PM 12/5/2004, Paul van der Eijk wrote:
>Brian,
>
>Looking at your log for prefix=V6
>
>You have one QSO V63EC/P 17M CW
>This QSO was checked for mix, band and mode
>
>You have one entry in the submission for V6:
>V63CQ 10M SSB
>This single QSO is used for 10M AND for SSB
>
>There should be additional entries in your submission that are
>used twice or three times like the one above.
>
>Hope this explains the difference,
>
>-- Paul
>---------------
>
>
>At 09:54 PM 12/2/2004, ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx wrote:
> >Has anyone found issues with the DXCC award submission?
> >
> >I'm confused that it generates a listing of 1,207 QSOs, but
> >the summary will say it has 1,175 submitted afterwards.  Any
> >thoughts on the "missing 32"?
> >
> >It "looks" like DX4WIN is simply taking the Confirmed Total
> >and subtracting the Checked total to get the Submitted number,
> >but the QSL listing has more.  Any ideas why?
> >
> >I'm sure I'm being dumb or tired, but I don't get it.
> >
> >73, Byron
> >
> >PS.  And if anyone knows an easy way to get the details of
> >your LOTW QSLs printed for cross-checking, I'd love to hear
> >about that.
> >
> >___
> >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] DX4WIN 6.03 DXCC Submission

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Has anyone found issues with the DXCC award submission?

I'm confused that it generates a listing of 1,207 QSOs, but
the summary will say it has 1,175 submitted afterwards.  Any
thoughts on the "missing 32"?

It "looks" like DX4WIN is simply taking the Confirmed Total
and subtracting the Checked total to get the Submitted number,
but the QSL listing has more.  Any ideas why?

I'm sure I'm being dumb or tired, but I don't get it.

73, Byron

PS.  And if anyone knows an easy way to get the details of
your LOTW QSLs printed for cross-checking, I'd love to hear
about that.

[Dx4win] Post-5BDXCC submissions

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Floyd:

For my submissions, I just let DXCC control the export.
I only use the group field to control what's printed on the
QSL label.  This means I may need to do multiple
submissions from DX4WIN, or externally organize them.

I have a huge submission to make in January.  I'm expecting
that I'll need to export the submission report so I can
manipulate it in EXCEL ( still WINdows) to sort the
multi-QSO cards properly and merge and sort the various
awards.  For example, I'll have 5B-MIX, a bunch of single-band
MIX/CW/SSB and Challenge.  At what they are charging I don't
want to send one extra card, nor have a review error made on
the other end.  Although this is a huge effort, it resolves the risk
of me losing the cards or having the print become unreadable,
and with 4-year-olds in the house I know there is a good chance
these QSLs will become the subject of some attention in the future.

73, es Good Luck!

Byron

At 04:01 AM 11/25/2004, Floyd Sense wrote:
>I have hundreds of confirmed QSOs to submit to the DXCC desk, some of which
>comprise a 30 meter DXCC and the rest are just for the Challenge.  Never
>thought about the mechanics of how to prepare the submission list with
>DX4WIN, so am asking for your ideas.   It appears that the best thing to do
>is to manually set the group field to the same new value for all the QSOs to
>be submitted, then produce a custom report based on that.  Is there a better
>way to handle this?

[Dx4win] Upload Confirmed Field

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

You have the option to update this with your download so
you don't go looking for the QSL card for a submission.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

73, Byron

At 04:01 AM 11/10/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>what is the purpose of the "Upl Cnf" field when using LOTW?

[Dx4win] LOTW Stats versus DX4WIN

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

I notice that my LOTW stats don't match my DX4WIN stats.

I have previously downloaded my "upload results", but
now I struggle in preparing a major submission.  Since the
LOTW doesn't seem to support rtf downloads and the
report is sorted by country name in LOTW, does anyone
have a good suggestion for preparing a submission?

Right now, I'm thinking I just let DX4WIN generate my
worst-case 1,000+ QSL submission, export that and
delete the rows that represent a LOTW "pending" QSL.
Then use LOTW to submit for the pending and the
added count of what DX4WIN says.  Then, let ARRL
sort things out on their end.  Not cheap, but removes the
risk of card losss, etc, from my end.

I don't see any way to change "Upload Confirmed" to Submitted
so I can do a multi-QSO change, and I can't get the related
filtering to work in updating large numbers of QSOs.

Any suggestions?

73, Byron

[Dx4win] QSL Label Editing Bug v6.03

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

If I attempt to change the font on a standard QSL label
while my log is open, the thread zero (0) process of
DX4WIN jumps up to peg my CPU and never comes
back.  This happens when I click the button to close the
window (OK, Cancel, etc).  If I have the database closed
when I edit the label everything works fine.

"It hurts when I do this.  So, don't do it."  Yeah, I know,
but shouldn't the software stop some other way than
pegging the "meter"?

73, Byron

[Dx4win] Multi-QSO Workaround

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

I was able to change the QSL Method by:

Searching for everything that was Direct,
and setting it to BURO.  Repeating this
for all other methods.  Then selecting all
the W's, and setting them to direct.

I don't know if it was because of multiple
values for Method, or because it was trying
to change 1300 QSOs, but the big-bang
change didn't work for me.

Now, to work on the label settings

73, Byron

[Dx4win] SWL Labels

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

I received several responses to my note regarding
the use of the Print SWL Labels capability in DX4WIN.

Some instructed me on how to use it.  Thanks, but I didn't
find anything wrong with what I was doing.  But I really do
appreciate the effort to help.

Others asked what I was trying to accomplish.

Let me describe again what is happening:

I have never operated RTTY.  And when I attempt
to "Print SWL Labels" about two dozen labels show
up in Preview, but randomly they have their MODE
set to RTTY.  When I check the logbook for that date
and time (no callsign shown other than the SWL) there
are QSO's but the mode isn't RTTY.

So, I'm trying to locate the SWL entries so I can correct
the MODE and print the labels.  Oh, and make sure everything
else on the label is correct.

73, Byron

[Dx4win] SWL Labels

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

I'm getting the impression that no one uses DX4WIN
to generate SWL labels.  Since it doesn't seem to work,
maybe that should be dropped in future releases.

Is everyone doing these by hand?

73, Byron

[Dx4win] SWL Reports

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Can anyone tell me where the SWL report records are stored?

I'd like to be able to use DX4WIN to print the labels,
but I can't get it to output the proper mode.

73, Byron

[Dx4win] LOTW Upload Confirm/Submit/Awarded

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

While I suspect this is going to be a nightmare for a short
time, does anyone know a trick for getting the ARRL LOTW
"Awarded" information into your DX4WIN database?

I completed the "roundtrip" to get my ADI download and
import it using "duplicate QSO sets Upload Confirmed"
which is great, but those are also Awarded and I can't
seem to use filters (10m, Upload Conf = Y) to do a mass
QSO update.  So it seems like I need to do a Submission,
which will be a mess since I would need to manually set every
QSL that was previous done (prior to DX4WIN and LOTW, too).

It "feels" like I have years of work ahead of me to get LOTW and
DX4WIN in-sync, since DX4WIN will need me to specify the
specific QSO that was submitted and awarded and that detail
doesn't seem to be readily available electronically.

Ideas?

73, Byron

[Dx4win] Auditing your QSL Status

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

When you ask about "easy" ways to check your QSL
status, it becomes obvious that easy is a relative term.

Right now, I am pursuing several awards, and I'm using
the group/groupname feature to make this a little more
cost effective for me.

Rather than use groups for location, equipment, etc,
I set them to awards of interest.

0. All QSOs in File, a surpressed groupname string.
1. New DXCC
2. New DXCC CW
3. New DXCC SSB
4. New DXCC 160m
...etc...

I use twenty numbers now, including "Our Recent QSO",
"ur Special Event Station" and "New IOTA".  That I could
easily expand if I cared to track each band/mode discretely
but I don't.

Also, I've standardized my QSL Method values, so that I can
search on USA Managers (using QSLsvc) and make the
foreign QSL Method either Direct or BURO.

Then I went through a DXCC report, clicking on the ones
that I need.  By using F! in the QSL/Group field, I was able
to go through a few thousand QSOs in not-too-long a time.

When the QSL arrives, before I set the confirmed flag, I
be sure to cancel any conflicting "new ones" by setting their
group to zero or the appropriate alternative.  For example,
if I had it set to "New DXCC 17m" and a 17m SSB arrives,
any 17m SSB go to zero, but 17m CW goes to "New DXCC band/mode".

Periodically, I can check what I'm looking for for each band, or mode,
or whatever I've set the group number to.

This makes logging the received cards a little more work,
but it really helps me keep on top of what I need and where
the cards are.

I hope this helps or gives you some ideas to try.

I'd love to hear any others.

73, Byron

[Dx4win] DX4WIN 6.03 Remote telnet Permission

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Not surprising if you provide remote access permission
by individual software package.  DX4WIN 6.03 isn't the
same executable that 6.02 was, so you need to give
permission again.

73, Byron

At 01:21 PM 5/31/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>The problem with the packet cluster I was having was attributed to firewall
>software. What was strange was the firewall allowed me to run the packet
>cluster on a previous version of dx4win and also on outside programs like
>dxtelnet, but it would not allow me to access the packet cluster nodes on
>dx4win version 6.03 for some reason. It would just not allow it. So I shut
>down the firewall temporarily till I find a solution. But all is working now
>and once again wish to thank everyone who contributed toward solving this
>frustrating dilemma.
>73's to all.
>john-n3drk

[Dx4win] BUG? Elbidurcular manifests qwarkus

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Fallen off the meds tonight, Malcolm?

At 09:53 PM 5/30/2004, Malcolm Ringel wrote:
>Good grief guys .I mean  sheesh !
>Get a grip somewhere/somehow.
>Good luck to all and may your seemingly endless problems resolve in some
>comprehensible manner so that you can get back to ham radio, should that
>still be of any interest to you.
>As always, 73 to most.

[Dx4win] BUG? Report Output Overrides Landscape?

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

My workaround is to use Adobe Acrobat as my printer,
and then print it on my printer from Adobe,
which probably isn't an option for most folks.  But Adobe
forces a wider margin, so some of the right end of the
report can be lost.

At 04:58 PM 5/30/2004, AD1C wrote:
> > Am I missing something?  Under 6.03, all my reports
> > come out under portrait orientation, even though I have
> > the printer set to landscape.
>
>Byron, I just tried it using an HP 4050 laser printer.  Got Portrait when 
>I had
>selected Landscape.  Sounds like a bug.
>
>73 - Jim AD1C

[Dx4win] BUG? DX4WIN makes QSL UTC adjustment

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Well, not a real problem, as long as you know it's wrong,
since I mail things locally, not in someplace UTC.

At 04:58 PM 5/30/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > At 9:00 PM EDT on 05/29/2004 I printed 100 QSLs.
> > When I approved the printouts, cleared the print flags
> > and set the QSL date, all QSLs were dated 05/30/2004.
> >
> > I saw this the first time I printed under 603 but thought
> > I'd imagined it.  Not this time, though.
>
>Byron, Print Date is UTC time (i.e. 0100z on the 30th).  DX4WIN only knows UTC
>time. Is this a real problem?

[Dx4win] BUG? Date/Timestamp on QSLs

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

I guess it COULD, but I'm not aware of any setting for that
in DX4WIN.  Is that new?

At 10:40 PM 5/30/2004, Alan C. Zack wrote:
>Could it have anything to do with the difference between Zulu (GMT,
>etc.) time and your local time?  Is your DX4WIN set to Zulu time?
>2100 your local time (9:00 p.m.) would be the next day in Zulu time if
>you are in the USA.
>
>"ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx" wrote:
> >
> > At 9:00 PM EDT on 05/29/2004 I printed 100 QSLs.
> > When I approved the printouts, cleared the print flags
> > and set the QSL date, all QSLs were dated 05/30/2004.

[Dx4win] BUG? Date/Timestamp on QSLs

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

At 9:00 PM EDT on 05/29/2004 I printed 100 QSLs.
When I approved the printouts, cleared the print flags
and set the QSL date, all QSLs were dated 05/30/2004.

I saw this the first time I printed under 603 but thought
I'd imagined it.  Not this time, though.

73, Byron

[Dx4win] Printing in Landscape Orientation

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Am I missing something?  Under 6.03, all my reports
come out under portrait orientation, even though I have
the printer set to landscape.

[Dx4win] Group Names Bug

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Is it a known bug that you get an error message
about an index error when you delete your highest
numbered groupname, under Filter->EditGroupNames?

Everything seems to work OK, but you get an error message.

73, Byron

[Dx4win] QSL Label Printing Speed

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Does anyone know a trick of two for speeding up
the printing of pages of QSL labels?  I'm using
Avery 5160's and it takes F O R E V E R to spool
the print job and eventually print.

It looks beautiful on my parallel port HP laser 4MP,
but it is S L O W.

Any trick to that?

This under Windows 2000 and DX4WIN 6.02 and 6.03
I *do* download softfonts.

73, Byron

[Dx4win] Canvas does not allow drawing

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Msg 'Canvas does not allow drawing'

Q:
What does the error message 'Canvas does not allow drawing' mean?

A:
you may have run out of resources, which means a new DC cannot be
allocated. Usually this is a result of not freeing unused DCs or other
objects
you are attempting to draw to an device context that is not yet valid.
Such as in the create constructor of a component.
you are trying to draw on a canvas while your last draw-operation has
not finished yet. In this case you can use Canvas.Lock or Canvas.TryLock to 
fix it.

[Dx4win] QSL Filtering Question - New Ones

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

I'm probably a bit dense here, but how do I most
simply filter QSO's so I can set label=y to QSL the contacts that
I have worked but haven't yet mailed any QSL for that band/mode?

I attempted to filter
band=80m
confirm=n
but I can't figure out how to get "QSLdate=NULL"
for the filter.

73, Byron

[Dx4win] DX4WIN 6.03 Filter - Date+Time

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

I was trying to EXPORT for LOTW last evening.  My previous
upload included half the QSOs on a given date, so I attempted
to filter on date and time.

When I used time (03:00Z) with the date, I filtered all but 12 QSOs.
When I used date (the exact same one) I got 669 QSOs.  And I
hadn't worked 657 QSOs in the first three hours that day.

Thoughts?

73, Byron

[Dx4win] dxbase query

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

I'd like to hear from anyone, off reflector,
who has recent release experience with DXbase.

Thanks!

73, Byron

[Dx4win] v6.0.3 Beta Question

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Does the 6.0.3 Beta support the latest
command interface to the M Squared
rotor controller?

Byron

[Dx4win] WAZ Report is Defective.

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Thanks.  I hope the M2 Rotor Controller fix
in in there too.  73, Byron

At 09:46 PM 4/17/2004, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
>At 09:22 PM 4/17/2004, ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx wrote:
>
>Any idea why the WAZ Award submission doesn't
>include the time field?  I found out today, at the checker,
>that it is required on the application.
>
>Byron, I think this was one of the things that was listed as fixed in 
>6.03, beta coming out soon.
>
>73 - Jim AD1C

[Dx4win] WAZ Report is Defective.

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

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>Any idea why the WAZ Award submission doesn't
>include the time field?  I found out today, at the checker,
>that it is required on the application.
>
>I'm guessing I can edit the report, but should I need to?
>
>73, Byron
>

[Dx4win] M2 2800 RS232 Protocol Update

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Confirmed, for those  interested.  73, Byron

>From: "Wyatt Lyzenga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Byron,
>
>Yes the protocal has changed. We are currently working with the other
>software designers to have them update their software. We were unaware of
>the changes at the time the new board was built. We are working quickly to
>have company's like DX4WIN and WRITElog get up to speed.
>
>Regards,
>
>Wyatt
>- Original Message -
>
>
> > One question, though:  Did you change the RS232
> > interface protocol at all?  Neither DX4WIN nor WRITElog
> > seem to work with it now.
> >
> > DX4WIN can't give it three digit numbers for direction.  It
> > only takes the first two (which means it can't automate a
> > turn beyond 35 degrees).  I'm guessing the next command
> > is ignored because there is still a character out unused.  Then
> > the next command works, up to two digitis, and so on.
> >
> > In WRITElog, I had less success.
> >
> > HYPERterm works as documented in the new manual pages.
> >
 

[Dx4win] DX4WIN with M2 Controller

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

I have an M2 2800 Azimuth controller that was recently
upgraded to the latest release of the main board.  When
I connected it back to the serial port on my PC I experienced
the following:
1. When I use "F11" to turn the antenna, only the first two
digits of a direction greater than 99 are used.  So, attempts
to turn to 330 result in the antenna pointing to 33.  The next
push of F11 results in no response.  The third push (assuming
you use a different azimuth) moves it just like the first push.
And so on.  (It seems like maybe the M2 protocol changed?)
2. When I use HYPER terminal, I simply type 330 and things
work fine.  This tells me the current protocol is .
Is that what DX4WIN has always used, or is this a change?

TIA, 73, Byron

[Dx4win] CW Hesitation in Win98

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

On my Win98SE system, I needed to disable the Windows
scheduler or this would occur at the least desirable moments.

But, in my case, it didn't just happen at the start of the CW
transmission.  As others have suggested, I'd look to Windows
before I looked to TT.

73, Byron

At 04:04 AM 1/8/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>A friend who had just received an Orion has found difficulties with
>DX4WIN as follows:
>
>1.  Sometimes when sending CW from the DX4WIN keyboard, he sees long
>delays (1-2 seconds) before sending commences.  It never stutters once it
>starts, but occasionally hesitates.

[Dx4win] Contacts versus Conversations

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Once I work them all, I hope to go back and have actual
QSOs with all of them.  That should take quite awhile.

73, Byron

At 01:53 PM 12/12/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Working them all? Have you? If so, how about doing it QRP? :-)

[Dx4win] Pre- and Post-Conditions

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Next you'll want it to auto-connect to your PacketCluster
when you launch it!  :-)

At 01:53 PM 12/12/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>could be integrated into DX4WIN software, so when one exits, DX4WIN
>automatically saves log into the original save directory and then backups
>the copy of this into a pre-configured (in "Preferences") external drive

[Dx4win] Floppy Prices and Capacity

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Who sells a 256MB floppy today?

At 01:53 PM 12/12/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >Floppies are a little cheaper than $60 each :-)
> >

I've used the batch file technique for some time with my laptop.
One desktop shortcut is the batch file that coppies from my
laptop drive to the USB ramdrive and a second desktop shortcut is
to copy from the ramdrive to my LAN (which is actually archived).

But now I'm actually experimenting with putting the original data
on the USB drive to see how configurable software is and how
well it performs over that USB interface.  No progress to report
with either WRITElog or DX4WIN yet.

73, Byron

[Dx4win] USB RamDrive

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

I've toyed with the idea of just putting my dx4win database
on the USB drive.  Anyone tried this?

At 01:53 PM 12/12/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>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:

[Dx4win] ADIF to CSV Conversion

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

I found the website directions for converting a spreadsheet
to ADIF, but does anyone know of a utility that can convert
ADIF to CSV for import to Excel?

I'd like to convert my LOTWresults file into a clean and sortable
report, without mixing it with my "real" log.

73, Byron

[Dx4win] LOTW Awards Interface

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Since we can now batch ADIF out to the LOTW,
what are the chances that a automated QSO-by-QSO
upload will be provided?

Also, what about the future ability to update awards
shown in DX4WIN with awards to be displayed on LOTW?

73, Byron

[Dx4win] Dx4win and LoTW

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Once you get past the authentication (postcards, passwords, etc)
everything is pretty easy.  I was impressed with how quickly I was
about to upload 11,000 QSOs, but not impressed with the turnaround
time in the authentication process.  But that's a once-per-callsign
process, so it's more than tolerable.  And the multiple callsign support
is much better than eQSL.cc was, since they can't associate callsigns
together for awards purposes.

73, Byron

At 04:02 AM 11/12/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Anyone have any problems with uploading or whatever I need to be aware of
>before I start this?

[Dx4win] Priorities.

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

I'm good with this.

At 04:02 AM 9/3/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>The priorities I suggested earlier seem to embody these requirements:
>
>1 = never worked
>2 = never worked mode
>3 = never worked band
>4 = unconfirmed mode
>5 = unconfirmed band
>
>Does this make sense to everyone?

[Dx4win] Duplicate Spots

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

When I spot a station, my spot appears (without the
sending station callsign) immediately and doesn't
disappear when the packetcluster spot arrives.  So
each one of my spots appears twice if I don't work
the station and log it.  I don't think I ever changed any
config items related to this.

Byron

[Dx4win] Re: Dx4win digest, Vol 4 #202 - 9 msgs

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

The Honda Hybrid sold here does the same thing.
I know of no one who has been able to overcome the
overwhelming RFI generated by these current designs.

73, Byron

PS.  Sorry for digest post.  REPLY ALL didn't pick up sender address.


At 04:01 AM 7/22/2003 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I have an electrical car ( Peugeot 106 ) and I've installed an antenna
>ATAS-100 with my FT-847, and I'm having a lots of QRN from the electrical
>engine, either when is running or charging, but when off it's fine.
>
>Any one have an idea what to do or filters I can use to reduce the S9 +++
>on my rxv 
>
>I'm thinking on trying with some RFI chokes on the power cords and the
>antenna .
>
>Any suggestion to help me with this problem ?

[Dx4win] DX4WIN on Network Share

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Has anyone attempted to use DX4WIN on a
network share drive?

73, Byron

[Dx4win] Re: Dx4win digest, Vol 4 #169 - 10 msgs

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

I "thought" this, too, but found that when I went with
just one box checked, I got what I expected.

At 04:02 AM 6/8/2003 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I have tried numerous settings under Preferences to no avail.  Changing
>the bands within PREFERENCES seems to have no effect on the submission 
>listing
>produced.

[Dx4win] Serial versus LPT Keying

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Does serial port keying exhibit the same "stutter"
that you sometimes encounter with LPT keying?

I'm planning toinstall a 4-port serial card in my
PC, and I'll chance over to serial keying if that
eliminates the problem.

(Please, no notes about removing all software expect your
logging software - I know all about that.  Not an option now.)

73, Byron

[Dx4win] LOTW Feedback

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Last night, things must have been down.  Took until
Sunday morning to get my reply to the EMail submission.

Today, a slightly smaller log with few errors (one) took
a couple of minutes.

Do rejections just take longer?

At 09:23 PM 5/18/2003 -0400, Pete Smith wrote:
>At 08:13 PM 5/18/03 -0500, Alan Braun wrote:
>>This straight from the mouth of the ARRL
>>guy who is in charge of the project.
>
>
>And also stated on the web site for the project.  No matter -- the point 
>right now is to find out if the system can handle fairly significant 
>volume from a number of sources simultaneously.  I hope everyone will help 
>them test this aspect with LOTS of QSOs.
>
>
>73, Pete N4ZR
>The World HF Contest Station Database was updated 9 May 03.
>Are you current? www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm
>
>

[Dx4win] LOTW Success! Thanks for Help!

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Thanks, Joe.  Similar CPU speed here with workstation bus.  I wonder
how I find out when more QSO confirmations occur.

73, Byron

At 10:00 AM 5/18/2003 -0800, Joe - WL7M wrote:
>The file size was consistent with mine, given the approximate number of 
>QSOs we both entered.  My PC's CPU was at nearly 95 percent - Dell 933 MHz 
>- while it was processing - very CPU intensive.  The 16 QSL records means 
>that you have 16 confirmed QSOs.
>
>73,
>Joe
>WL7M
>
>At 09:35 AM 5/18/2003, you wrote:
>>Generating the "signed" file seems very CPU intensive here.
>>I'm running a workstation and it pretty much consumed everything
>>here until that step finished. It created a 1.5 MB file.  That's big.
>>
>>Any idea what "16 QSLs entered" means?  Is that matches to others
>>in the Beta?  (Seems like a low hit rate.)  73, Byron
>>
>>
>>2003-05-18 17:25:51 LOTW_QSO:  Successfully processed 7815 QSO records in 
>>118.334361 seconds
>>2003-05-18 17:25:51 LOTW_QSO:  9 records were duplicates
>>2003-05-18 17:25:51 LOTW_QSO:  16 QSL records entered
>>2003-05-18 17:25:51 LOTW_QSO:  1 error encountered
>

[Dx4win] LOTW Success! Thanks for Help!

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Generating the "signed" file seems very CPU intensive here.
I'm running a workstation and it pretty much consumed everything
here until that step finished. It created a 1.5 MB file.  That's big.

Any idea what "16 QSLs entered" means?  Is that matches to others
in the Beta?  (Seems like a low hit rate.)  73, Byron


2003-05-18 17:25:51 LOTW_QSO:  Successfully processed 7815 QSO records in 
118.334361 seconds
2003-05-18 17:25:51 LOTW_QSO:  9 records were duplicates
2003-05-18 17:25:51 LOTW_QSO:  16 QSL records entered
2003-05-18 17:25:51 LOTW_QSO:  1 error encountered  

[Dx4win] LOTW Date Guideline Noted

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Thanks, David.  I'm trying this right now.

73, Byron

At 01:26 PM 5/18/2003 -0400, K2DBK - David wrote:
>What you can do is to specify a filter before you use the export function; 
>if you do that, you'll get asked if you want to use the filter for the 
>export. Set up a filter for QSOs only later than 01-Jan-1998 and it should 
>only export those QSOs.
>
>You can re-submit you log if it cut you off due to errors, you may just 
>get some "duplicate entry" warnings but they are harmless.
>
>At 11:47 AM 5/18/2003, ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx wrote:
>
>
>>I guess I missed this in the Beta guidelines, which means I need to
>>delete several thousand QSOs from the ADIF file.  That would have
>>been good to catch before I submitted things.
>>
>>Error in record 12: QSO date 1990-05-13 00:08:00Z is prior to the 
>>earliest the system is presently accepting (1998-01-01 00:00:00Z)

[Dx4win] LOTW Date Guideline Noted

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

I guess I missed this in the Beta guidelines, which means I need to
delete several thousand QSOs from the ADIF file.  That would have
been good to catch before I submitted things.

Error in record 12: QSO date 1990-05-13 00:08:00Z is prior to the earliest 
the system is presently accepting (1998-01-01 00:00:00Z) 

[Dx4win] QSO's ARRL Checked.

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

I recently submitted a large pile of QSLs to the ARRL
DXCC desk for checking.  I sent all that DX4WIN said
were available for the MIXED certificate, just to keep the
pile (and associated sorting, etc) to a manageable size.

When the CHECKed QSLs were returned, I changed
their status to CHECKed.

Only the MIXED field was updated to SUBMitted and
then CHECKed.  Shouldn't I also update the BAND and
MODE fields to CHECKed?  If so, is there any easy way
to do this?

73, Byron

[Dx4win] SWL labels

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Any known bug that causes SWL Labels to change
the mode from SSB to RTTY?

Shouldn't SWL labels also show the station I worked?

[Dx4win] CTY Updates

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

How do I locate a very-current country file for DX4WIN?

Byron

[Dx4win] Digest Software

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

Is there software that will merge daily digests for
me into a single, consolidated digest?

[Dx4win] Moving LOG files between computers

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

>
>I have a computer in my shack dedicated to
>logging and station control.  The only two software
>packages on it that I care about are DX4WIN and
>WRITELOG.  There is no printer, modem, etc.
>
>So, I wish to migrate my logs from the shack PC
>to the office PC so I can manage the QSL operation.
>
>But I am slightly confused.
>
>I have two directories on my shack PC - one for DX4WIN 4
>and one for DX4WIN 5.  There is a CTY file is BOTH of those
>directories but the LOG file is only in the DX4WIN 4 directory.
>Which CTY file should I copy over with the LOG?
>
>Thanks!
>
>73, Byron

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