Re: [Dx4win] Z68BH Republic of Kosovo
He's operated from there before (I've got a contact from 2013 with him), but it still hasn't been recognized by the ARRL as a DXCC entity. Work first, worry later. On 3/25/2016 1:22 AM, Byron Peebles wrote: Martti is operating this callsign this weekend. I don't believe this is in any CTY file. Premature? 73, Byron __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Icom 7600 & DX4WIN
Hi Jim (and all), I got a number of suggestions both here and privately, thanks to everyone. To summarize: For #2, I did adjust the rig file myself, and I'll be happy to pass it on to anyone who is interested. And as Jim suggests, so far everything I've seen seems to indicate that I still need an extra COM port for keying (which I have). I'd been using a "first generation" (I think) Rigblaster Plus with the audio being fed from the sound card as well as handling CW and PTT (for AFSK, PSK31, etc.) It looks like this cable http://www.westmountainradio.com/product_info.php?products_id=icom_aufsk_cbl might do the trick, using TxD to for FSK RTTY, and I should still be able to use everything else. Right now, for keying, I've got a connection between the keying output of the Rigblaster and the Key input on the back of the radio. What I need to figure out is how that cable will facilitate CW keying, since I can't figure out how they'd key CW just using the ACC plug. In any case, at this point, it looks this is more of a general Icom 7600 issue than a DX4WIN thing, so I'll move this this to the appropriate group. Thanks again to all. On 3/6/2016 8:37 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: David, regarding #1 and #3. My understanding is that the COM port used for radio (frequency) control must be used ONLY for radio control. You will need a second COM port to do CW keying, PTT and FSK. That port can be used for all three. Surely someone must make a one COM Port device that does the latter. 73 - Jim AD1C On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 9:16 PM, David Kozinn, K2DBK wrote: After the smoke escaped from my trusty Icom 756 Pro II, I bit the bullet and upgraded to an Icom 7600. For the 756, I had one COM port configured for CI-V radio control through a CT-17 interface, and a second COM port set up for CW keying using a Rigblaster. With the USB interface, I've already got CI-V set up via the virtual COM port, and I've got the audio coming into the computer via the USB audio port. (The audio out is there as well, I've got that working already with the voice keyer in N1MM+ for contesting.) I tried searching the list archives and didn't have a lot of luck, and before I re-invent the wheel, I was hoping that the list might help me out with a couple of question: 1) Is it possible to use the USB COM port to do CW keying, or will I need to continue to use the Rigblaster for that? 2) Using ON4AOI's ICOM 7600_250Hz I see that it goes to filter 2 when clicking on a spot to tune either for CW or SSB, and using 7600_500Hz it uses filter 3. Before I dig deep into the manuals, does anyone have a version of the rig file for this radio that will use Filter 1 for tuning? For that matter, are there any newer versions that might provide additional capabilities? (Not sure what those might be, but figured I'd ask.) 3) For RTTY, is it possible to do FSK using just the USB COM port, or does that require an external keyer? (I guess this is more of an MMTTY question.) If not, what are the recommended settings to use AFSK? On my old rig, I'd used LSB and that worked, but I was wondering if I could take advantage of FSK for this one. Thanks in advance! -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Icom 7600 & DX4WIN
I did figure out how to modify ON4AOI's rig file to set to filter 1 by default. If anyone's interested in a copy of the file let me know, it's a pretty minor change. Still looking for answers to #1 & #3. On 3/5/2016 11:16 PM, David Kozinn, K2DBK wrote: After the smoke escaped from my trusty Icom 756 Pro II, I bit the bullet and upgraded to an Icom 7600. For the 756, I had one COM port configured for CI-V radio control through a CT-17 interface, and a second COM port set up for CW keying using a Rigblaster. With the USB interface, I've already got CI-V set up via the virtual COM port, and I've got the audio coming into the computer via the USB audio port. (The audio out is there as well, I've got that working already with the voice keyer in N1MM+ for contesting.) I tried searching the list archives and didn't have a lot of luck, and before I re-invent the wheel, I was hoping that the list might help me out with a couple of question: 1) Is it possible to use the USB COM port to do CW keying, or will I need to continue to use the Rigblaster for that? 2) Using ON4AOI's ICOM 7600_250Hz I see that it goes to filter 2 when clicking on a spot to tune either for CW or SSB, and using 7600_500Hz it uses filter 3. Before I dig deep into the manuals, does anyone have a version of the rig file for this radio that will use Filter 1 for tuning? For that matter, are there any newer versions that might provide additional capabilities? (Not sure what those might be, but figured I'd ask.) 3) For RTTY, is it possible to do FSK using just the USB COM port, or does that require an external keyer? (I guess this is more of an MMTTY question.) If not, what are the recommended settings to use AFSK? On my old rig, I'd used LSB and that worked, but I was wondering if I could take advantage of FSK for this one. Thanks in advance! -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] Icom 7600 & DX4WIN
After the smoke escaped from my trusty Icom 756 Pro II, I bit the bullet and upgraded to an Icom 7600. For the 756, I had one COM port configured for CI-V radio control through a CT-17 interface, and a second COM port set up for CW keying using a Rigblaster. With the USB interface, I've already got CI-V set up via the virtual COM port, and I've got the audio coming into the computer via the USB audio port. (The audio out is there as well, I've got that working already with the voice keyer in N1MM+ for contesting.) I tried searching the list archives and didn't have a lot of luck, and before I re-invent the wheel, I was hoping that the list might help me out with a couple of question: 1) Is it possible to use the USB COM port to do CW keying, or will I need to continue to use the Rigblaster for that? 2) Using ON4AOI's ICOM 7600_250Hz I see that it goes to filter 2 when clicking on a spot to tune either for CW or SSB, and using 7600_500Hz it uses filter 3. Before I dig deep into the manuals, does anyone have a version of the rig file for this radio that will use Filter 1 for tuning? For that matter, are there any newer versions that might provide additional capabilities? (Not sure what those might be, but figured I'd ask.) 3) For RTTY, is it possible to do FSK using just the USB COM port, or does that require an external keyer? (I guess this is more of an MMTTY question.) If not, what are the recommended settings to use AFSK? On my old rig, I'd used LSB and that worked, but I was wondering if I could take advantage of FSK for this one. Thanks in advance! -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] MTTY window
If it's doing it with the radio off, make sure that you have the input to MMTTY set to line in, and that you aren't using a webcame or other microphone which might be picking up other noises in your shack. That's under Options->Setup->Sound Card on the RTTY Control panel window. To change the function keys, right-click on them in the terminal window and select Edit Function Keys. On 1/23/2016 8:33 PM, w...@att.net wrote: Yeah just doing it with the radio off! I started to play with the F keys and it hasthe information (like my name is )in there from the author of the dx4win and I want to change it and put mine But I don't see his name under edit function keys on one of the macros Tnx Bernie Sent from my iPhone 6s> On Jan 23, 2016, at 8:26 PM, David Kozinn, K2DBK wrote: It's trying to decode noise, so you just get random junk. My radio, which has a built-in decoder, does the same thing. You can play around with the squelch or other adjustments to minimize that, but I don't think it'll ever go completely away. On 1/23/2016 8:17 PM, w...@att.net wrote: I think I'm up and running my question is why do I constantly see random letters in the receive window even with the radio ? Sent from my iPhone 6s> __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] MTTY window
It's trying to decode noise, so you just get random junk. My radio, which has a built-in decoder, does the same thing. You can play around with the squelch or other adjustments to minimize that, but I don't think it'll ever go completely away. On 1/23/2016 8:17 PM, w...@att.net wrote: I think I'm up and running my question is why do I constantly see random letters in the receive window even with the radio ? Sent from my iPhone 6s> __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Missing QSOs
Any chance you might have written to a log that's not in your "save" folder? On 12/20/2015 7:53 AM, Joe wrote: I have a strange problem. I transferred my RAC Winter contest QSO's (made on December 19) from N1MM Logger this morning and that went fine. But when I looked at the logbook in DX4WIN 8.05, I noticed that all the QSOs I had logged between December 12 and December 18 were missing. These included contacts from the 10M contest last weekend and a bunch of **90IARU stations. I can recreate these from other sources, but I'm pretty active and I'm probably missing several dozen other QSOs. I tried arranging all the logs in the "save" folder in chronological order to see if I might have entered the missing QSOs in another log file, but there is nothing with a time stamp during the period from 12/12 through today other than the main file, its backup, and the RAC contest file. I also looked in N1MM logger to see if I might have mistakenly entered the QSOs there, but I didn't. I've tried a global search for some callsigns I remember working during that period with no luck. I worked a PA3 earlier this morning and his QSO is also missing. My last external backup was in November, so it's of no help here. I'm running version 8.05 on a Samsung laptop with Windows 7. Any ideas would be welcome. Tnx es 73, Joe K1JB __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Automating Internet/packet connections
I use Autohotkey (https://www.autohotkey.com/) to start up D4W, connect to the cluster, and start a few other things that I use when my logger is running, all started from a single macro. It would be fairly easy to create a macro to start or restart your internet connection. I'm far from an expert, but there are a ton of tutorials on that site. Oh yeah, it's free. On 12/13/2015 10:36 AM, Scott Townley wrote: To connect to a telnet packet cluster is normally many steps: Right-click in the packet window and select Internet Connection Select my telnet host from a list Click a function key to login with my callsign Click another function key to sh/dx Is there any way to make all of this happen with a single function key? The bit that is stumping me is that there is no apparent keyboard shortcut for Internet Connection. I use DX4win while mobile, and occasionally have to reset the connection due to cellular coverage. All those steps (*especially* the right-click!) force me to pull over to reset. If I could just reach over and punch a button that would be oh so much better. Thanks in advance, __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] OM2015TITANIC
This just came up, that call is too long for D4W to store. On 12/3/2015 3:24 PM, Ricardo Navarrete wrote: Hi all is it my problem or this callsign do not match with de character length of DX4WIN callsign entry window In my logbook appears as OM2015TITANI the C is missing Any chance?? Thanks -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Upgrade program
I'm sure that Jim will chime in later, but have you checked the documentation page at http://dx4win.ad1c.us/updater/index.html ? That mentions where it should go, and as far as I know, the updater normally creates anything else it needs. On 10/19/2015 4:40 PM, Tom Magarelli wrote: Greetings All, I am trying to use the Updater program, I seem to have a problem with my directory structure, I think there needs to be certain folders so the program can place the changed files. I'm just looking for the needed directory structure that I need in my DX4WIN directory. I think these need to be manually created, that's not a problem, just need the names of the folders and where they should be. I have looked for it under notes and could not find anything I am using ver. 8 Thanks for any help Tom - WA2PNI __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX spots sorted by time
The Time column shows the time since the spot was sent. It's going up since it's been "x" minutes since it was received, where "x" increased by one each minute. On 9/20/2015 8:39 PM, Don Prater wrote: I have just recently discovered that the time attribute in this window does not show the time. It shows numbers increasing starting with one and going up incrementally. I have tried deleting the program and installing it again but same problem. The time looks correct in the Packet window. Anyone have a suggestion as to what is wrong? Don...W4TO __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Packet Cluster Connection via Function Key problem
I recommend using AutoHotKey (http://www.autohotkey.com/) which you can use to do the automatic connection and more. I have an AHK macro key that fires up my ham "workstation", which opens Dx4Win and starts the cluster connection, and opens up a couple of other useful programs at the same time. For something simple like that, you invest maybe 30 minutes to learn enough about AHK to do what you need to do, set it up, and forget about it. On 9/18/2015 12:31 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: I can connect easily to our cluster via right clicking and selecting the internet address. What I can’t do is to connect using the same address via a function key. All other commands that I programmed work fine, just can’t connect. Could someone point me in the right direction? It can't be done. Once your "preferred" node is at the top of the list, when starting DX4WIN, in the Packet Window, type the Enter key three times. This should get you through all the windows and connect. 73 - Jim AD1C -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Disconnects?
There's an even easier way: 1) Start program 2) Left-click in the packet window 3) Hit Enter 3 times (First time brings up the "No connection" popup, second time closes that popup, 3rd time picks the top node in the list) 4) Type in call sign (FYI it looks liek you only replied to me, so I'm cc'ing the whole list; I wasn't the one having the issue.) On 6/6/2015 1:44 PM, Mike Parnin wrote: Ray, guess I don't understand your connection process. I am running version 8.05 and here's how I do it. 1. Start program 2. Right click mouse in packet window and drop down of nodes appears. 3. Top node ( VE7CC ) is last one used so I press enter. 4. Type in call sign and am connected Mike, N4EPD ------------ *From:* "David Kozinn, K2DBK" *To:* Ray Benny ; n...@arrl.net *Cc:* dx4win@mailman.qth.net *Sent:* Saturday, June 6, 2015 12:43 PM *Subject:* Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Disconnects? While I agree that I'd like to have an easier way to connect (and would like to have it connect automatically, if so desired), what I do now is I use Autohotkey (http://www.autohotkey.com/) to automate starting DX4WIN. It starts it, connects the packet cluster, and even runs some additional programs that I have running when I'm operating. Although you can do some very sophisticated things with AHK, starting a program and other basic things are quite simple. On 6/6/2015 12:35 PM, Ray Benny wrote: > I run two connections to AR Cluster (VE7CC) on my radio computer. One is through DX4WIN, the second, directly using the AR software. > > The DX4WIN connection drops at random times, anywhere from 3 - 12 hours, while I seldom lose the direct AR connect. It can run for days without dropping. > > What I don't like about the DX4WIN connection process, it takes up to 6 - 8 mouse and keyboard strokes to complete it. Maybe Paul can improve the process to 2 - 3 strokes in the future? > > Ray, > N6VR > > > - Original Message - > From: "John Lambert" mailto:n...@arrl.net>> > To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net <mailto:dx4win@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2015 7:46:39 AM > Subject: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Disconnects? > > Yes Duane, actually I have and get the same issue. That is why I am thinking > it is not a DX4WIN issue or maybe not an AR Cluster issue. Was hoping > someone might have experienced this before I run into the woods on my own so > to speak. > > > > John, N4ZX > > __ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net <mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net> > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net <http://www.qsl.net/> > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > __ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net <mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net> > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net <http://www.qsl.net/> > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com <http://k2dbk.blogspot.com/> http://k2dbk.com <http://k2dbk.com/> twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net <mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net <http://www.qsl.net/> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Disconnects?
While I agree that I'd like to have an easier way to connect (and would like to have it connect automatically, if so desired), what I do now is I use Autohotkey (http://www.autohotkey.com/) to automate starting DX4WIN. It starts it, connects the packet cluster, and even runs some additional programs that I have running when I'm operating. Although you can do some very sophisticated things with AHK, starting a program and other basic things are quite simple. On 6/6/2015 12:35 PM, Ray Benny wrote: I run two connections to AR Cluster (VE7CC) on my radio computer. One is through DX4WIN, the second, directly using the AR software. The DX4WIN connection drops at random times, anywhere from 3 - 12 hours, while I seldom lose the direct AR connect. It can run for days without dropping. What I don't like about the DX4WIN connection process, it takes up to 6 - 8 mouse and keyboard strokes to complete it. Maybe Paul can improve the process to 2 - 3 strokes in the future? Ray, N6VR - Original Message - From: "John Lambert" To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2015 7:46:39 AM Subject: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Disconnects? Yes Duane, actually I have and get the same issue. That is why I am thinking it is not a DX4WIN issue or maybe not an AR Cluster issue. Was hoping someone might have experienced this before I run into the woods on my own so to speak. John, N4ZX __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Error saving log in Windows 8
This is a bit of a guess, but go into File->Preferences and then select the QSO tab. There's a field labelled "Secondary backup directory". Make sure that if there's anything in there, that it's a writable directory, typically something right off c:\ or maybe under My Documents. The 2 minute timing sounds right, that's the default for that file to be written. On 3/30/2015 2:23 PM, ea...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello. A friend of mine has installed DX4WIN 8.05 in a laptop (in c:\dx4w805) running Windows 8. Now, each time he tries to save the log an error message appears: "An exception occurred creating directory" (or somewhat similar). However, the log is saved anyway. This error message appears also when typing Alt-S in the log window, and every time the software tries to auto-save the log (every 2 minutes). Questions: Has anybody experimented this behaviour? Is there a cure? Many thanks and best greetings to everybody. 73 de Isidro, EA8NQ E-mail: ea8...@hotmail.com (remove the _ ) Visit the EA8NQ's web page (in Spanish): http://ea8nq.ure.es/ __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] LOTW
The easiest way is just to use the LoTW->Export to LoTW each time, then allow it to turn off flag indicating that it needs to be uploaded. That way each time you upload it will automatically only upload those which are flagged for uploading. This does mean that you need to have your Preferences set so that any QSOs either entered directly or imported are flagged to be uploaded to LoTW. It also means that what you'd want to do is to generate the ADIFs only from DX4Win, and not use the export from Writelog. I used to do it that way (export from N1MM logger, send that up to LoTW, then import but don't set the flags), and it got complicated. So in other words, the flow is: Generate the ADIF file from Writelog, import to DX4W (making sure that the LoTW flag defaults to Y on new & imported QSOs), then export from DX4W. Yes, you do need to export twice, but I've found that it only takes a few seconds and it keeps things all managed (for LoTW purposes) aligned in DX4W. As an alternative, if you set a filter (for instance, filter for K1N), when you start the export, DX4Win will ask if you want to use the filter that's in effect. I hope this helps. On 2/23/2015 11:48 AM, Courtney Judd wrote: I need some help/advice here! I am using version 8.05 with about 145K qso's in the log. I have used DX4WIN since it's beginning and Writelog for contesting. At the end of a contest I save a log in adif format and import it to Dx4win, also send a TQSL file to the LOTW site and all is good. Now, my problem is the few contacts that I make and log to dx4win I would like to send also... example the 17 contacts I made with K1N. When I go to these contacts in the log window and attempt to flag them, the program wants to flag the entire 145K qso's. I have read and re-read the help files over and over again but just confuses me even more. The few brain cells that I have left need no help with further confusion! So can anyone explain the process on how to upload a few contacts? Thanks for the help, 73's Cort K4WI __ -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] K1N Logs
Also, if you go to https://secure.clublog.org/charts/?c=K1N you can see the date of the last upload. On 2/3/2015 9:45 AM, Barry wrote: There's a link at http://www.navassadx.com/ and click on AM I IN THE LOG. I worked them last night and my QSO's not there yet. They are probably still finalizing setup, so be patient. I disagree with you regarding the scoreboards. I think that's one of the worst things that has come along to DXing. It just encourages piggery among big guns, taking away chances for the small signal guys to work the DX. 73, Barry W2UP On 2/3/2015 07:34, William Osborne wrote: Does anyone know how to confirm you are in the log at K1N using the web? I just tried the Navassadx web site and they seem to have it turned off to insure people will not try to work too many band mode slots. This approach seems backwards to me as it will make people work them over and over, but I am not in charge hihi. Thanks, Bill--K5ZQ __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Question re QSLs
I don't think you can get a popup alert, but if you have the award window up for that award (the one that shows worked/confirmed/submitted) you could see that there's an unconfirmed "slot". The window I'm talking about (for country) looks like this (not sure if this will work to the reflector): I seem to have all my slots filled for the US. :-) Here's a better example: The current station in the QSO window in this case is a German station on digital mode. I need a 30m digital confirmation, so I'd know that I'd need a QSL if I were to make a contact with him. On 12/2/2014 12:01 PM, El Med via DX4WIN wrote: I am a very elementary user of DX4WIN When I enter a QSO by keyboard is there a way to get an alert on my screen that I need a QSL from that QSO for a band fill? Many Tnx, Eli, N6PF -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] how to make ADIF file to upload to Club Log
Here's the link Jim was referring to: http://dx4win.ad1c.us/appnotes/lotw.html On 11/3/2014 12:48 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: http://dx4win.ad1c.us/ Look for the application note, "Working with LoTW". Sorry I can't give you a clickable link, but the firewall at work prevents me from accessing my own web site! 73 - Jim AD1C -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX Spotting Window
Bud, When you say pressing INS doesn't do anything, does it not stop the display or does it not even display "(HOLDING)" at the top of the DX stop window? While sorting by priority (as others have suggested), I use "hold" myself all the time and know it can be frustrating. Couple of things come to mind: First, if you've got more than one Insert key on your keyboard, try the other one (if you haven't done so already). Try pressing the NumLock key and see if Insert works. Actually, you could probably see if it's the Insert key itself by going into anything where you can edit text on your computer and see if the Ins key is functioning properly at all. You could try to unplug/replug the keyboard, or, when all else fails, try rebooting your computer (if you haven't done those thing yet either.) On 10/19/2014 4:14 PM, Bud Governale wrote: How to freeze the DX Spotting window? Pressing INS does not appear to do anything. During a contest with many spots rolling in it’s nearly impossible to back track to select a red or blue colored spot. 73, Bud W3LL w...@arrl.net __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX Spotting Window
Bud replied to me (but not the full list) and said that there are 2 INS keys on his keyboard. One didn't work, the other did. Could be a num-lock think, but in any case it's working fine for him now. On 10/19/2014 7:52 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Bud Governale wrote: Pressing INS does not appear to do anything. Then something is wrong. If you type the insert the INS key in the DX spots window, it should add the word (HOLDING) to the end of the window title. Does it do that? Holding allows you to scroll back and forth a window at a time. Without INS, if a new spot came in, DX4WIN would return to the newest spots. It does NOT keep new spots from coming in or causing the window to scroll a line at a time for incoming spots. All it does it keep the window from scrolling all the way forward if you have gone back a few screens, and a new spot comes in. This is obviously much harder to deal with during a contest. Sorting by TIME instead of by ARRIVAL helps, because new spots take the place of old spots. -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Freq (kHz)
That's correct, that just puts the frequency in the QSO field. On 9/1/2014 1:18 PM, Mike Rhodes wrote: Radi, I do not believe the $$ has anything to do with the entry in the log itself (version 8.x). That was a way to get the actual frequency to appear in the log before the frequency field became available. I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong. Mike / W8DN Since Version 0.97 On 9/1/2014 11:43 AM, Radivoj Kar, F6GNZ via DX4WIN wrote: QSO-> Contest Mode , then delete $$ from the bottom line ! 73, Radi F6GNZ Le Mercredi 27 août 2014 6h31, W9RPM a écrit : Anyway you can turn it off so that the Frequency of the radio doesn't appear? Thanks, John -- EMAIL: j...@w9rpm.com WEBPAGE: http://www.w9rpm.com/ Wisconsin VHF/UHF County Hunters: http://www.wivuch.com/ DX and CONTEST CLUB: http://www.w9idx.com/ La Crosse Hams: http://www.lacrossehams.org/ AOL IM: W9RPM YAHOO: W9RPM __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Function Keys in RTTY with version 8
Press the "control" key to show the other 8 function keys when the RTTY window is in focus. This is also how you get the other keys in the CW keyboard & packet window. On 8/31/2014 1:49 PM, Bruce wrote: I recently got back into RTTY, so I upgraded my old dxwin to version 8 so I can have everything in a nice package. The install went very well and I got on rtty Saturday right in the middle of a contest. DXWIN with the RTTY app worked great. I got the 8 function buttons in the bottom of the rtty window programed fine but could not figure how to get the other 8 to show up in the window. If I can get all 16 of them to show up, will cover regular qso's, and contest with out having to change them back and forth. Back in the early 80s, I used old Army TT4 "borrowed" from a army jeep, then a Robot 800. How things have changed. :) -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Exporting A Log Specifying A Date Range
First, go into File->Preferences and click on the QSO tab. Make sure that "Range" is selected in the QSO Date field. Save that if necessary. Next press F8 to pull up the search on the QSO window. When you enter a date and hit enter, a dialog box will prompt you for the end date. Enter that, then click on File->Import/Export. Do an export, and when you go to save the file, it will say "Filter Active, use it for export?". Click on Yes and you'll get what you want. On 8/28/2014 1:56 PM, Bud Governale wrote: How do I export only a portion of my log in ADI format. Say from August 2nd to the present? 73, Bud W3LL w...@arrl.net __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Export log
Click File then Import/Export. The first file type in the export window is ADIF. Click on File in that window, then Export. Then give it the filename that you want and that's pretty much it. When done, click on File->Exit in the Import/Export window to close it. On 6/14/2014 2:40 PM, Paul (Tex) Herson via DX4WIN wrote: I'm trying to export my log from DX4WIN to an ADIF file for importing into HRD. Could someone tell me how to do this thought I knew but evidently not... Tnx Tex ka5y __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] 5T5T
It's HT5T, the call has been busted on the cluster more than it's been spotted correctly. :) On 6/14/2014 1:01 PM, Dick White wrote: I worked a CW call 5T5T on 30 meters 20 April and 4 May. The call is not in QRZ.com and I can't find any information about this call. Maybe Pirate ?? need QSL info if this is a legit call. I need it for 30 M. Anyone have any information for me ? 73 Dick KS0M "After the game,the King and the Pawn go into the same box." (Italian Proverb) Richard C. (Dick) White Fulton, MO. 65251 U.S.A. Amateur Radio Station KS0M __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Win 7 64 or 32
You'll want to install your ham programs under their own directory (something like c:\ham programs\) so that you don't run into issues with Win 7 not allowing data to be written to the standard program directories, otherwise things work fine. On 4/4/2014 11:13 AM, jiwright wrote: Tom Running DX4WIN V8.05 on Windows 7, 64 bit, no problems. 73 John 5B4AHK. On 04 Apr 2014, at 18:07, "Tom Magarelli" wrote: Greetings I am currently in the process of upgrading from XP to Win 7 my question is will DX4WIN work under the 64 bit system ? I want to install the correct type that most Ham software will run. Thanks for your thoughts or personal experience Tom - WA2PNI __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Dupes
I would like to humbly suggest that since logs can be exported, modified, and re-imported, that perhaps something like this would be better for a third-party tool. Just the discussion of defining what a "dupe" is shows to me that implementing such a feature as part of the core functionality of D4W might be difficult. With an external tool, it would be possible for the end-user to specify their particular definition of "dupe" (e.g., within 2 minutes, 1 minute, 5 minutes, same/different digital mode, etc.) without having to build all that logic into D4W. Just my opinion. On 1/9/2014 8:39 AM, PY2YP wrote: You are right Teijo, a dupe definition is mandatory before thinking about removing. A dupe is a nearly exact time, say a 5 minutes window or precisely the same time, resulting either from typing old logs or importing old logs. I have faced this problem several times when working with PY0S old logs. A nice improvement in the "delete dupee" tool should be allowing the user to define the time window. I think several users have faced this problem before. 73 DX de PY2YP - Cesar On 9/1/2014 10:59, Teijo Murtovaara wrote: 9.1.2014 13:47, Radivoj Kar, F6GNZ kirjoitti: Cesare, I think it won't be good to automatically remove dupes from the log! Better have them marked by a red colour and let user decide afterwards.. 73, Radi F6GNZ Le Jeudi 9 janvier 2014 10h58, PY2YP a écrit : A tool for removing dupes QSO should be great, say, the dupes QSO should be saved in a temporary file allowing the user to examine the removed QSOs before deleting the temp file. -- 73 DX de PY2YP - Cesar A definition of a dupe would be good. Does it mean a dupe like in a contest i.e. a separate contact that has been made on the same band but at a different time? I think that in this case it is a bad idea to remove the dupes from the log. The dupe contact might be the only one that is both in your log and the other stations log. The first occurence might not be in the other stations log at all for some reason (he/she worked somebody else, had a computer glitch etc). On the other hand I have noticed that my log contains some QSOs that are separated only by seconds. They have resulted by importing the same log twice into another logging sw that I used before DX4Win. This kind of contacts I have removed manually which was time consuming. 73 de Teijo OH6NIO __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] qrz download vs xml question
I feel like I ought to know the answer to this question, but: Is there support in DX4WIN for qrz.com's XML feed yet? I recall seeing some discussion a while ago and according to the archives it's an "asked-for" feature, but I don't recall if there was ever any official word on this. Since my main shack computer is always online I'd prefer to get the data in real-time vs. periodic downloads, but do I currently have an option at this point? Thanks, and Happy New Year. -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Upload To ClubLog
Go to File->Import/Export and select ADIF. You can filter if you want to only upload a subset. On 7/29/2013 1:14 PM, Bud Governale wrote: How do I upload my logbook to ClubLog? The DX4WIN log is in .dxl format. ClubLog wants adif format. 73, Bud W3LL w...@arrl.net __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] Spots not greyed out that should be
I noticed today that I'm seeing spots from one particular station (4N1CW) which aren't greyed out in the DX spot window. In the Packet1 preferences, I have "K,VE" set as "Prefixes/Zones for spotters", and until today, I don't recall ever seeing any non-US or non-VE spots showing up not greyed out. Everything else seems to be working properly. The only thing that I can think of is that perhaps D4W for some reason thinks that 4N1CW is either a US or Canadian station, and while I guess I could block spots from that one spotter, I'm more interested in understand why this is happening. -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] How to find what new countries I worked
Well for me, the clublog feature was exactly what I wanted in this case, but I can see where there might be other variations as well. None of the examples that I can think of (including the one I started this thread with) are "must have" things, but rather fall into the category of "interesting things you can find out". On 12/7/2012 8:08 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 8:10 PM, David Kozinn, K2DBK wrote: Actually, that is the perfect solution, and one I'd forgotten about. (I've been a member of Club Log for a long, long time.) That actually gives me the exact information that I was looking for. Thanks for mentioning it. This works for all-time new ones, but not, for example, if I want to see if I worked any new countries during CQWW CW for the CQ DX Marathon in 2012. A while back, I wrote a quick-and-dirty program to display the first time a new country was worked, given an ADIF file as input. It was never meant for release, but I could add filtering to it. That way you could export whatever portion of your log you cared about (to ADIF) and run the report against that. But it would be better if Paul could build this into the program. If I recall, KD7P/N7XR's logging program (whose name escapes me at the moment) was able to do this, back in the mid-1990's! - Jim -- Jim Reisert AD1C, , http://www.ad1c.us -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] How to find what new countries I worked
Hi John, Actually, that is the perfect solution, and one I'd forgotten about. (I've been a member of Club Log for a long, long time.) That actually gives me the exact information that I was looking for. Thanks for mentioning it. I will add that I wholeheartedly agree that Clublog (www.clublog.org) is a wonderful resource for the amateur community. On 12/4/2012 8:26 PM, John Shaw wrote: Probably not the answer your looking for but join Club Log upload you log to that. Under Timeline it provides first worked dates so it's easy to see how many you new ones were worked each year. There are many other interesting tools/reports available too. Other than that running some reports in DX4WIN using before and after filter dates, writing them to a csv file and manipulating them in XL would be another route. Depends on how important it is to know this to how much time you wish to spend on it. 73 John ZL1BYZ. -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Kozinn, K2DBK Sent: Tuesday, 4 December 2012 16:14 To: dx4win list Subject: [Dx4win] How to find what new countries I worked It seems to me that someone must have figured this out, but I couldn't find any info, so before I re-invent the wheel: The DX4WIN Progress report for DXCC will give you a summary of how you've progressed since a previous date. I'd like a way to get the details for that so that I can see what new entities I've worked over the last year. I can probably massage the data to get this info, but I was wondering if anyone had figured out a simple way to do this. -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] How to find what new countries I worked
It seems to me that someone must have figured this out, but I couldn't find any info, so before I re-invent the wheel: The DX4WIN Progress report for DXCC will give you a summary of how you've progressed since a previous date. I'd like a way to get the details for that so that I can see what new entities I've worked over the last year. I can probably massage the data to get this info, but I was wondering if anyone had figured out a simple way to do this. -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Ctrl + F2 function with MICROSOFT Digital Media Keyboard 3000 v1.0
I don't have that keyboard so I don't know why it doesn't work, but you should still be able to just go to the menus and select QSO->Confirm SWL even if for some reason the keyboard shortcut doesn't work. On 6/30/2012 5:41 PM, Alain, F 5 L I W wrote: > Hello to all, > Since I use a MICROSOFT Digital Media Keyboard 3000 v1.0 with my new > computer I can't create a SWL label record with Ctrl + F2 function. > I try all keyboard parameters for this key but with no sucess. > If some other people use this keyboard, I will be very happy to know if > you have the same problem. -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Bearing by prefix vs grid
I know that if you type the grid into the grid field on the QSO form, it will point correctly. Low-tech, but effective. On 6/3/2012 11:34 AM, Mike Henry wrote: > Very frequently DX spotters on 6 meters put something like "hisgrid> > mygrid" in the comments of the spot. When this happens DX4Win calculates > the range and bearing to the spotters grid instead of the DX grid or > country. That's not very helpful to me. I thought there was a way to > ignore the comments field and always calculate the bearing based on the > spot's prefix but I sure can't find it now (ver 8.05). Any help? > > > > Thanks and 73, > > Mike, KM4H > > __ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > -- > 73, > David, K2DBK > http://k2dbk.blogspot.com > http://k2dbk.com > twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] File Error
Hi Bob, Sorry to hear that it didn't work for you. Is this what you tried? http://www.mail-archive.com/dx4win@mailman.qth.net/msg12289.html I don't use DX4WIN on a Windows 7 machine so I don't have experience with the problem myself, but I've seen this issue come up a few timeson the list and that seems to do the trick. I did find one message in the archives where someone did a complete re-install of the program, with the "run as administrator" the first time, and that did fix the problem. I'm going to cc this back to the list, perhaps someone else has another suggestion. On 3/3/2012 8:00 AM, Robert G. Habermehl wrote: > Hi Dave, Thank for your rely. However I get the same note when I try. > I am using win 7 > Bob Habermehl > > On 3/2/2012 9:56 PM, David Kozinn, K2DBK wrote: >> Assuming you're running Windows 7, go to >> http://dx4win.ad1c.us/appnotes/index.html and look at the note that >> says "Installing and Running DX4WIN on Windows Vista" (the same >> applies for Windows 7. >> >> On 3/2/2012 7:21 PM, Robert G. Habermehl wrote: >>> I bought a new lap top computer and am trying to install my CD version >>> of DX4WIN 7.02 and it fails when I try to run then program. I get the >>> error that tells me to copy VICHW11.SYS to the directory >>> C:\windows\system32\drivers. When I look there it's there??? But it >>> keeps telling me to do this copy/paste >>> What do I have to do to get my version 7.02 which I am happy with to >>> run >>> on this new W7 64 bit lap-top? >>> Thanks >>> Bob >>> >>> -- >>> 73, >>> David, K2DBK >>> http://k2dbk.blogspot.com >>> http://k2dbk.com >>> twitter: @k2dbk >> -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] File Error
Assuming you're running Windows 7, go to http://dx4win.ad1c.us/appnotes/index.html and look at the note that says "Installing and Running DX4WIN on Windows Vista" (the same applies for Windows 7. On 3/2/2012 7:21 PM, Robert G. Habermehl wrote: > I bought a new lap top computer and am trying to install my CD version > of DX4WIN 7.02 and it fails when I try to run then program. I get the > error that tells me to copy VICHW11.SYS to the directory > C:\windows\system32\drivers. When I look there it's there??? But it > keeps telling me to do this copy/paste > What do I have to do to get my version 7.02 which I am happy with to run > on this new W7 64 bit lap-top? > Thanks > Bob > > -- > 73, > David, K2DBK > http://k2dbk.blogspot.com > http://k2dbk.com > twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] packet questios new user
Unfortunately, there's no auto-login feature built into DX4WIN. However, you can make things easier by using this technique: After starting DX4WIN, click anywhere on the packet window, then press Enter. You'll get a little popup that says "No connection active". Press enter again and you'll get the list of available packet clusters. The most recently used one will be on top (at least in recent versions.) Press enter one more time and you'll be connected. At that point, you do have to type in a callsign, though you can also program it onto one of the function keys which might save a little time. As for seeing the spotter's callsign, try making the DX spots window wider (or adjust the size of some of the other columns by positioning the cursor over the "|" at the top and dragging) and you'll see the Spotter column, it's the second from the end on the right. On 2/27/2012 7:27 PM, Art Holmes wrote: > Is it necessary to specify the cluster node and my call each time the packet > function is initiated? > > Is it possible to identify the station that entered the spot? > > > Thanks art W1RZF > > -- > 73, > David, K2DBK > http://k2dbk.blogspot.com > http://k2dbk.com > twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] IP Address
There's a line called LOCAL that points to localhost that should work for you, that should be treated exactly as 127.0.0.1. Did you try that? (I assume you're using VE7CC's program?) On 2/2/2012 9:37 PM, John/K4WJ wrote: > Jim Reisert, > > > > Can you place IP 127.0.0.1:7300 in the DX4WIN.TCP file so that I don't have > to add it everytime I update the file? Make it a permanent addition to the > file? > > > > > > Tnx es 73..de John/K4WJ > > > > __ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > -- > 73, > David, K2DBK > http://k2dbk.blogspot.com > http://k2dbk.com > twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] can DX4WIN export to a cabrillo format
One of the problems is that you then have to have a way to specify the contest-specific header and possibly deal with different data in the file depending on the contest. I normally use the N1MM contest logger for contesting, but there have been a few times when I hadn't intended to participate in a contest but figured I'd log a few contacts in D4W, then later decided to submit a log. What I did was to export my contacts in ADIF, import them into N1MM, then export the Cabrillo log from there. It worked fine, and while it was another few steps, it wasn't really a big deal. On 12/3/2011 11:45 AM, Brian - NX0X wrote: > They are not asking for a "contest" style program that would require constant > changes due to rule changes ect... > > They are asking for a way to export a file in Cabrillo format. True this is > generally used in contests, However I don't believe this would require > updates like you say. This could be a one time change could it not? > > I'm for exporting a Cabrillo file directly from DX4WIN... > > My 2 cents... > > 73, > Brian - NX0X > > -Original Message- > From: Mel > To: Kostas Stamatis > Cc: REFLECTOR dx4win > Sent: Sat, Dec 3, 2011 10:15 am > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] can DX4WIN export to a cabrillo format > > > Nope... Paul should not waste time on Contest features because they > equire constant attention to changes. Even casual contesters should > onsider a free contest program, they are so much better suited. I use > 1MM. It gets pretty involved if you want to use all the features... but > ou don't need all the features for causal operating like I'm doing in > he 160 contest this weekend. > On 2011-12-03 02:00, Kostas Stamatis wrote: > SP7DQR offers some converters for free. And there is one to convert adif to > cabrillo. Look here > http://www.sp7dqr.waw.pl/en/converters.php > > Ofcourse it would be better dx4win has this capability for the casual > contester who will do some qsos... > 73 Kostas sv1dpi > > - Original Message - > From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" > To: "George" > Cc: "DX4WIN Reflector" > Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 2:44 AM > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] can DX4WIN export to a cabrillo format > > >> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 5:36 PM, George wrote: >> >>> I'm trying to export my CQ-WW log contacts to CQ and am having trouble >>> converting DX4WIN's exported ADIF file to a Cabrillo format. I went to >>> the >>> CQ web page that had me paste my ADIF file exported from DX4WIN and they >>> would convert it to Cabrillo for me but CQ robot returned a failure in >>> line >>> 5 no RST received. >>> >>> Does DX4WIN export an odd ADIF file that no one can convert? >> DX4WIN does not output Cabrillo. I've never heard of this service CQ >> offers. Send me your ADIF file and I'll ship Cabrillo back to you. >> >> -- >> Jim Reisert AD1C,, http://www.ad1c.us >> __ >> DX4WIN mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > __ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > _ > X4WIN mailing list > ome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > elp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > ost: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > lease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > __ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > -- > 73, > David, K2DBK > http://k2dbk.blogspot.com > http://k2dbk.com > twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] EXPORT whole log?
Click on File->Export-ADIF with no filters selected. That's it. On 12/2/2011 4:01 PM, George wrote: > I'd like to export my whole log as an ADIF file. I know I use to do this but > forgot. I only see the LOTW export method and I don't want to do that as I > use that to create files to export to LOTW. > > How can I export my whole log and not mess with my LOTW dates are ready to > be exported to LOTW? > > Thanks. > > > > George W2YJ > > > > __ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > -- > 73, > David, K2DBK > http://k2dbk.blogspot.com > http://k2dbk.com > twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX Spots Window
The spots that you get from a cluster come in as a steady stream, in essentially real-time. Most, if not all, cluster systems on the Internet are interconnected so the old concept of connecting to one close to you to pick up locally spotted DX doesn't apply. Some clusters do have filtering on them so that they only display spots from a particular country, though I don't think that the one on K1TTT does that. I'd turn your question around and ask why you'd want to use a web-based one with only periodic refreshes? The one possible reason would be if you were behind a firewall that blocked access on the ports required for use by the cluster nodes themselves. While I don't normally use the K1TTT node I do use it as a backup for when my "primary" one goes down. I've never found that it's missing spots so I'm not sure why you are having issues. I had initially suggested that you use the K1TTT node because I use that myself (occasionally, as noted) and I know that it's well connected with a steady feed, but you might want to pick another one and see if that seems to work better for you. I'd just pick one off the list that seems to be close to you. As I mentioned, most these days are very interconnected and you should have no trouble receiving spots. On the other hand, if you're happy with the spots from DX Summit then I can't really think of any reason to change. On 8/15/2011 5:55 PM, Mark K3MSB wrote: > The "25 Spot" is refreshing as expected. > > Why should I use a telnet cluster instead of the server? > > Which cluster do you (or others) recommend? The K1TTT cluster seems to > have much less activity on it than DX Summitt. > > Thanks > > Mark K3MSB > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 7:13 AM, Mel wrote: > >> No, it's the 25 spots that refreshes. You can make any line auto refresh by >> appending a | and the number of minutes. >> >> However, you should *NOT* auto refresh large numbers of spots as this would >> be an inconsiderate waste of the spot server's bandwidth. >> >> If you want history, initially download 1000 spots then switch to the 25 >> spot feed. >> >> Frankly, unless you are behind a firewall, you should use the telnet >> clusters not the web server. >> >> >> >> >> On 2011-08-14 01:11, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Mark K3MSB wrote: >>> >>> How do you have your DX4WIN configured so that DX Summit updates? >>> It just works "out of the box", always has. >>> >>> Do you have the latest DX4WIN.TCP file? >>> >>> Which of the three DX Summit entries did you select? I believe only >>> the first one auto-updates (100 spots). >>> >>> > __ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > -- > 73, > David, K2DBK > http://k2dbk.blogspot.com > http://k2dbk.com > twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX Spots Window
Keep-alive is only an issue if the cluster you connect to requires it. Basically, some clusters will disconnect you if they don't see anything from your system within a certain amount of time. If that's the case, you'll need to have a keep-alive set, but you'd still see spots coming in for the first few minutes until the time-out kicked in. Which cluster are you connecting to, and do you see spots coming into the packet window? You might want to try something like the K1TTT-1 cluster which is tied to a skimmer, meaning that you'll get a pretty much constant flow of spots, especially now with the WAE CW contest in progress. On 8/13/2011 5:21 PM, Mark K3MSB wrote: > Excuse part of that post; the 9 is the priority; I got confused. > > It's still not updating though. I've let it sit for about 30 minutes and > there are no changes to the spot window.Isn't there a keep alive > issue? I searched the help index for "keep alive" etc but didn't find > anything. > > Mark K3MSB > > On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Mark K3MSB wrote: > >> Hi -- >> >> How does one get the window to refresh in real - time ? >> >> In the packet window, I select the internet connection I want, and the >> spot that shows up are all 9 minutes old. >> >> Checking DX Summit, there are a lot of spots that are more recent than 9 >> minutes. >> >> Mark K3MSB >> > __ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > -- > 73, > David, K2DBK > http://k2dbk.blogspot.com > http://k2dbk.com > twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX Spots Window
Assuming that you're seeing spots coming into the packet window (if not, then the problem is with the cluster you're connecting to), you need to make sure that the DX Spots window is sorting by arrival time. In that window, right-click and select Sort then click on Arrival. (You can also look at the window title, it should say something like "DX spots [DXCC] sorted by Arrival". Also, make sure that you haven't accidentally held the window, it'll say "(HOLDING)" if it is. If it says that, press the Insert button on your keyboard when you've got the window in focus. On 8/13/2011 5:08 PM, Mark K3MSB wrote: > Hi -- > > How does one get the window to refresh in real - time ? > > In the packet window, I select the internet connection I want, and the > spot that shows up are all 9 minutes old. > > Checking DX Summit, there are a lot of spots that are more recent than 9 > minutes. > > Mark K3MSB > __ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > -- > 73, > David, K2DBK > http://k2dbk.blogspot.com > http://k2dbk.com > twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Thoughts on Recording A, K with Logs
Why not just use the "Notes for this QSO" field? I assume you're talking about doing it automatically, but my 2 cents is that there are other features that have been asked for on this list that would probably be of more general benefit. On 8/6/2011 3:11 PM, Byron Peebles wrote: > The recent subspot activity caused me to think about band activity > during stronger and weaker propagation conditions. Last night, for > example, I could barely hear an EA station on 20 meters, and that was > about the only DX on the HF bands for a time. I thought it would have > been interesting if my logbook had recorded the K/A figures with each > QSO. Anyone else think that has value? I know it isn't related to > awards at all, but it could help with planning for working DX. > > 73, Byron > > __ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > -- > 73, > David, K2DBK > http://k2dbk.blogspot.com > http://k2dbk.com > twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] How To Display Bandmap?
In the spots window (not the packet window), right-click and there should be a list of commands. The very last one is Band Map. On 7/1/2011 2:35 PM, R.T.Liddy wrote: > I am using 8.04. > > The Help Info says the Bandmap is displayed from a dropdown > menu in the DX Spots Window. But, I cannot find any dropdown > menu there and I've clicked and double-clicked and right and left > clicked on every part of that window. No dropdown menu appears. > > Obviously, I'm overlooking something that is probably staring me > right in the face. > > TNX, Bob K8BL > __ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] BandMap for DX4Win
I don't recall if this showed up in 8.0 or higher, but if you right-click in the DX Spots window the last option is "band map". Sounds like this is what you're looking for. On 5/1/2011 8:48 PM, Byron Peebles wrote: > Is there a BandMap option or add-on for DX4Win that will, well, act as a > BandMap for Spots? 73, Byron > -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN version 8.05
Sorry for the blank message, let's try that again: My 2 cents is that you are to be congratulated for getting XP pro to run in only 64MB of RAM. I'm up to I think 1.5 or 2G of RAM on this box (a fairly recent Dell desktop) and it's OK, but I wouldn't call it blazing fast. There's not a whole lot that you can turn off. You can leave off the callsign lookups.close the Other QSOs window, don't run cluster (not terribly useful anyway while on the trail), and generally just keep the QSOs window only open in as small a configuration as you can. (Pressing F5 cycles the sizes). I guess basically you want to have the computer doing as little as possible, which includes having to redraw windows. Good luck! -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN version 8.05
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Re: [Dx4win] ADIF import from JT65-HF
The file actually doesn't have a header at all. The first line was a just like any other data record. The issue seems to be that D4W expects there to always be a header. I re-read the spec, and it says: "Optional header information may be included before the actual data in the file" and "If the first character of a file is <, it is presumed to be the first field of the first data record." On 3/14/2011 12:19 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 6:53 PM, David Kozinn, K2DBK wrote: > >> I've started playing with JT65-HF and wanted to import the ADIF file >> that it creates. Apparently, it does not put a header in front of the >> data which, according to the ADIF spec that I read, is optional. >> However, when I try to import into D4W, it issues an error that the >> header can't be read and aborts the import. I can fix it trivially by >> editing the .ADI file to add a dummy header, but I'm wondering if this >> is a bug in D4W or if I've misread the spec and a header is actually >> required? > > The ADIF specification says: > > http://www.adif.org/adif227.htm > > "The header info must be terminated with ." > > If the file doesn't have that, contact the software's author and tell > him/her it's a bug. > > 73 - Jim AD1C > > -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] ADIF import from JT65-HF
Greetings all, I've started playing with JT65-HF and wanted to import the ADIF file that it creates. Apparently, it does not put a header in front of the data which, according to the ADIF spec that I read, is optional. However, when I try to import into D4W, it issues an error that the header can't be read and aborts the import. I can fix it trivially by editing the .ADI file to add a dummy header, but I'm wondering if this is a bug in D4W or if I've misread the spec and a header is actually required? If it's the former, hopefully it'll get logged as a bug and fixed, if the latter. I'll put in a bug request against JT65 HF. -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Import contest name
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Re: [Dx4win] Fw: Lost World Map
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[Dx4win] Muting spot announces when in RTTY
When DX4WIN has the PSK31 window open, audible spot announcements are automatically muted so as not to interfere with the transmission. Is there any way to do the same when running in RTTY mode? I'll either wind up turning them off from Preferences or just turning off the cluster, neither of which is particularly desirable. Am I missing some magic switch? (Obviously, this wouldn't be an issue excuse that I'm using AFSK with a single soundcard). If not, any chance this might be considered for the next release? -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Beyond Sync - has anyone tried it?
I sees Syncback as well as using Backblaze for offsite backup. What I do is to have a syncback "job" that runs hourly that copies any changed files from underneath my "ham radio" directories to another directory on my computer. In addition, I use Backblaze (a commercial service, I think it's $50/yr, see backblaze.com for details) which runs essentially in real-time to back up my whole computer to their servers. With Backblaze, I've got archival storage so I can pull back an older version of a file if needed. I've found that between these two I'm reasonably well covered. Both syncback and Backblaze are smart enough to only back up when files have changed. If you really want belt and suspenders, you could add on one of the other services like Mozy which will let you back up (I think) 2Gb for free to their site, so you've got an extra version, or you could use something like Dropbox too. On 8/22/2010 9:46 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > On 8/22/2010 12:11 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: > >> I use another freeware backup program, Syncback by One Bight Spark >> Software - it very nicely backs up selected directories and files from >> my computer and my wife's, over our network to my USB drive, on a >> nightly schedule. Takes about 5 seconds a night unless we have change a >> *lot* of files. > I want real-time backup, not nightly backup. Does it do that? > -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Help
Take a look at Jim's upgrade tips: http://dx4win.ad1c.us/appnotes/upgrade.htm In your case, you just need to copy over the license file, but read through everything. On 5/4/2010 8:44 PM, Milton Moutinho wrote: > I made the upgrade for DX4WIN 8.04 and him says that the version is demo... > I have registration of my purchase but I don't know how I do to register the > new version 8.04. As I do to put the registration that I received from > your?Thanks for the help. > Daniel Moutinho > __ > Dx4win mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Version 8.04
Any release notes available yet, or should we wait until Paul catches his breath and gets them up on the website? On 5/2/2010 1:41 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Paul van der Eijk > wrote: > > >> Version 8.04 is available for download: >> http://www.dx4win.com/files/dx4w804.exe >> > This release has updated Award, Country and Telnet files as of 2 May. > I updated the release notes on the web for the Awards and Country > files, but not for the Telnet database (yet). > > I've also updated my "Upgrade Tips" on the web to make some things a > bit more clear. > > http://dx4win.ad1c.us/appnotes/upgrade.htm > > 73 - Jim AD1C > > p.s. Flam, the bug you reported about the country window when adding a > QSO is fixed. > > -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] LoTW QSOs not found, but they are there
Thank you Arunad, that is exactly what the problem is. The non-matches were all US and the states in the download file didn't match what's in my log. In addition, one of them was a 6m contact and the grid information in the downloaded file was different as well. What I did was to remove the state & grid info in my log and re-import the downloaded file and everything matched this time. I did get a warning that information in 2 QSOs had been updated. I am using version 8.02 as well. Perhaps in a future version the "review" feature can be extended to show more fields so this kind of things would be more obvious. Again, thank you very much! On 2/14/2010 3:42 AM, LY2IJ wrote: > Hi David, > > I found it in 8.02 - not sure about ver 8.03 - didn't download old > LoTW reports latelly. > > As I understood it happens when county or state info is > different in LOG and in LoTW data - then I had "not found". > It happens if somebody uploads their LOG with one QTH info and > latter tries to fix to other QTH info for same QSO. > > 73 > Arunad LY2IJ > > > I just downloaded a bunch of confirmations from LoTW. In addition to the > "already confirmed" (my fault, the range went back too far) which aren't > an issue, I got a couple of "not found in log" QSLs. What's really odd > is that when I use the "review QSOs not found" it finds as "potential > matches" the exact QSO that it claims isn't there. In other words, it's > showing the matching QSO and nothing is highlighted in red to indicate > the "near match". > > > > __ > Dx4win mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] LoTW QSOs not found, but they are there
The problem in my case is that the two QSOs in question haven't been previously matched and aren't showing as confirmed by LoTW. I understand that previously matched QSOs will generate a warning (that's fine), but these haven't been matched previously. On 2/14/2010 2:42 AM, Kostas Stamatis wrote: > It's usual for me. If you have downloaded a confirmation for a qso agn it > will be a notfound qso the next time. > By the way i have not understand the criteria under a qso goes to notfound > file. > Beside this i believe that qsos really don't match must be on the notfound > file and not everything (like doubling). > Kostas sv1dpi > > - Original Message - > From: "David Kozinn, K2DBK" > To: "Mel" > Cc: "DX4WIN" > Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 1:24 AM > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] LoTW QSOs not found, but they are there > > > >> Nope, one's SSB and the other is CW. Both seem to match exactly. >> >> On 2/13/2010 6:22 PM, Mel wrote: >> >>> Digital mode QSO's? Had the same thing happen. LotW mode doesn't >>> always match the DX4Win mode... >>> >>> David Kozinn, K2DBK wrote: >>> >>>> I just downloaded a bunch of confirmations from LoTW. In addition to >>>> the "already confirmed" (my fault, the range went back too far) which >>>> aren't an issue, I got a couple of "not found in log" QSLs. What's >>>> really odd is that when I use the "review QSOs not found" it finds as >>>> "potential matches" the exact QSO that it claims isn't there. In >>>> other words, it's showing the matching QSO and nothing is highlighted >>>> in red to indicate the "near match". >>>> >>>> I've never had this issue before, and I'm kind of baffled. Does >>>> anyone have any ideas? >>>> >>>> >>> >> -- >> 73, >> David, K2DBK >> http://k2dbk.blogspot.com >> http://k2dbk.com >> twitter: @k2dbk >> >> __ >> Dx4win mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> > __ > Dx4win mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] LoTW QSOs not found, but they are there
Nope, one's SSB and the other is CW. Both seem to match exactly. On 2/13/2010 6:22 PM, Mel wrote: > Digital mode QSO's? Had the same thing happen. LotW mode doesn't > always match the DX4Win mode... > > David Kozinn, K2DBK wrote: >> I just downloaded a bunch of confirmations from LoTW. In addition to >> the "already confirmed" (my fault, the range went back too far) which >> aren't an issue, I got a couple of "not found in log" QSLs. What's >> really odd is that when I use the "review QSOs not found" it finds as >> "potential matches" the exact QSO that it claims isn't there. In >> other words, it's showing the matching QSO and nothing is highlighted >> in red to indicate the "near match". >> >> I've never had this issue before, and I'm kind of baffled. Does >> anyone have any ideas? >> > -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] LoTW QSOs not found, but they are there
I just downloaded a bunch of confirmations from LoTW. In addition to the "already confirmed" (my fault, the range went back too far) which aren't an issue, I got a couple of "not found in log" QSLs. What's really odd is that when I use the "review QSOs not found" it finds as "potential matches" the exact QSO that it claims isn't there. In other words, it's showing the matching QSO and nothing is highlighted in red to indicate the "near match". I've never had this issue before, and I'm kind of baffled. Does anyone have any ideas? -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.comI twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] CW keying issue? Anyone?
Just as a follow-up, I switched the keying from COM3, which is on an added-on card to COM1, which is the serial port located on the motherboard (on the off chance there was something odd about the serial port drivers) and unfortunately it made no difference. On 12/28/2009 4:04 PM, David, K2DBK wrote: > So has anyone else got any thoughts about the issue with CW keying > locking up in version 8.03? As I posted to this list, I've tried > literally every combination of using CW Keying& PTT on both DTR and RTS > with no luck. I've tried a completely clean install on the same computer > with the same issue. (Specifically, sending any CW results is the rig > going into xmit and staying there, until I either exit D4W or go into CW > setup and select then de-select Tune). The only test that I haven't done > yet will be to move to a different COM port. (The problem is that if > that works, I need to reconfigure all the other software that I use.) > > This works perfectly using version 8.02 (and prior) using the exact same > hardware configuration. I've verified the the keying setup continues to > work with programs that it worked with before I went to 8.03, and even > added a couple of new programs recently just as a test which all work > fine. (DTR on COM3 to be used for CW keying. I normally don't use PTT at > all since I run QSK, but it doesn't seem to matter whether I have PTT > configured or not.) > > I'm temporarily using CWType (a 3rd party program) to send CW from the > keyboard, but I'd really like to have the functionality back. I know > that I'm not the only one complaining, and I do know this can be a busy > time of the year to get around to things, so I am just trying to remind > the folks out there that I'd really like to get this working again. I am > more than happy to try test/debugging builds, whatever it takes. (And > I'm trying to get my fist so that this would be a lot less of an issue, > but it's just slow going folks!) > > Thanks. > -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] 8.03 CW Keying problems.
Guy, I tried this but it didn't work, even with the initial "clean" setup. I get the exact same issue. The one thing that I noticed (that should have no effect but I will mention it) is that at first start, I get an error about D4W being unable to load the LPT drivers. This only happens the first time I start it, but since I don't use the LPT port it's not an issue for me. I will attempt to install a completely fresh copy in another directory on my computer and see if that makes a difference. On 12/25/2009 6:56 AM, ON4AOI wrote: > Hi David, > For those that have this problem I can suggest the following > > COM(x), PTT DELAY = 1 (should never be set to 0), DTR = CW KEYING , RTS = > PTT > (DTR and RTS can be reversed if the comport outputs are reversed connected) > (This is related to the CW|circuit diagram in the helpfile) > > If this doesn´t work then you need to take a full backup of the > DX4W803 directory > On another device (USB stick-network drive etc) > > If you are sure that all is on save place > Goto DX4W803|SAVE directory and DELETE DX4WIN.CFG and DX4WIN.INI > Close DX4WIN > Restart DX4WIN and setup everything like you feel it should be > Radio-packet-cw etc, check out if CW is working now. > B4 saving in preferences write also a dx4win.ini file. > Close DX4WIN again > Go again with explorer into DX4W803|SAVE directory and DELETE DX4WIN.CFG > Restart dx4win > Goto preferences and merge the ini file that you have written a few minutes > b4 > If it worked in your first setup it should do it now also, > Why I suggest this is because sometimes some previous settings remain in the > CFG and INI > Files, they doesn´t belong there anymore > > Guy ON4AOI > > > >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht- >> Van: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win- >> boun...@mailman.qth.net] Namens David Kozinn, K2DBK >> Verzonden: donderdag 24 december 2009 17:49 >> Aan: dx4win list >> Onderwerp: [Dx4win] 8.03 CW Keying problems. >> >> I did some testing today to try try to narrow down the issue some of us >> are having with the CW keyer. The rig is an Icom 756 Pro II, OS is >> Windows XP SP3, connection to the radio is via a Rigblaster Plus. All >> was working fine using version 8.02. >> >> Here are my results: >> >> 8.02 Settings: >> COM3, PTT Delay 0, DTR=CW keying, RTS=None -- Works fine >> >> 8.03 Settings: >> CW on COM3, PTT delay 0 >> >> DTRRTSResult >> NoneNoneNothing >> NoneCWAppears to be doing PTT >> NonePTTBriefly keys then unkeys, won't send after that, >> Alt-S/Tune works >> CWNoneKeys and xmits constant >> CWCWKeys and xmits constant >> CWPTTKeys and xmits constant >> PTTNoneNothing >> PTTCWBrief xmit, PTT constant >> PTTPTTBriefly keys then unkeys, won't send after >> that, Alt-S/Tune works >> >> Although I noted it specifically in a couple of places, in all cases I >> was able to go into CW setup with Alt-S and click on Tune then Stop and >> it would "clear" things. >> >> As I've noted before, there have been no other hardware or software >> changes, this continues to work fine under 8.02 as well as under N1MM >> contest logger and Ham Radio Deluxe. >> >> -- >> 73, >> David, K2DBK >> http://k2dbk.blogspot.com >> http://k2dbk.com >> twitter: @k2dbk >> >> __ >> Dx4win mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] 8.03 CW Keying problems.
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Re: [Dx4win] 8.03 CW Keying problems.
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[Dx4win] 8.03 CW Keying problems.
I did some testing today to try try to narrow down the issue some of us are having with the CW keyer. The rig is an Icom 756 Pro II, OS is Windows XP SP3, connection to the radio is via a Rigblaster Plus. All was working fine using version 8.02. Here are my results: 8.02 Settings: COM3, PTT Delay 0, DTR=CW keying, RTS=None -- Works fine 8.03 Settings: CW on COM3, PTT delay 0 DTRRTSResult NoneNoneNothing NoneCWAppears to be doing PTT NonePTTBriefly keys then unkeys, won't send after that, Alt-S/Tune works CWNoneKeys and xmits constant CWCWKeys and xmits constant CWPTTKeys and xmits constant PTTNoneNothing PTTCWBrief xmit, PTT constant PTTPTTBriefly keys then unkeys, won't send after that, Alt-S/Tune works Although I noted it specifically in a couple of places, in all cases I was able to go into CW setup with Alt-S and click on Tune then Stop and it would "clear" things. As I've noted before, there have been no other hardware or software changes, this continues to work fine under 8.02 as well as under N1MM contest logger and Ham Radio Deluxe. -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] 8.03 Problem
Well that's weird, what I had actually sent was: I've got the exact same problem that Dusty described regarding the CW keyboard. In my case, I went from 8.02 to 8.03, all settings are exactly the same, and I get the very same issue. I can get it to stop the same way that he described and also exiting DX4WIN stops it as well. I checked with version 8.02 and it still works fine, so there was not accidental modification to my keying configuration (via a Rigblaster Plus) and also verified that it works ok with the CW keyer in my contest logger (N1MM). In my case, this is running on Windows XP SP3. On 12/15/2009 6:47 PM, Rick Murphy wrote: > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Dusty Chapman wrote: > >> I just downloaded 8.03 to replace 7.07. I am having a small problem. >> When trying to use the CW keyboard, hitting any key or macro, keys the rig >> with a solid carrier/tone. The only way to turn it off is to shut down my >> K3 or go into the CW menu, hit Settings, then Tune, then Off. Needless to >> say I didn't have that problem with 7.07. "All" settings are the same. The >> only thing I did differently was to put 8.03 into C:\Amateur Radio\dx4w803 >> instead of C:\dx4w803. Before 7.07, all my DX4WIN versions were in the >> Amateur Radio\ folder, but directions said to put 7.07 in C:\. I am sure >> there was a reason for this. I have loaded 8.03 into C:\ and also it is >> still in C:\ Amateur Radio\dx4w803. Can I just copy all the files from C:\ >> Amateur Radio\dx4w803 into C:\dx4w803 or must I import all the stuff into it >> from 7.07? >> -- On 12/15/2009 9:41 PM, David Kozinn, K2DBK wrote: > __ > Dx4win mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] 8.03 Problem
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Re: [Dx4win] ADIF output
On 10/26/2009 8:40 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > What version of DX4WIN? Satellite stuff doesn't work right except in Version > 8. > I'm using 8.02, but the QSOs were originally logged with earlier version. I guess I can go back to the original QSOs and see if I can re-enter them with better export results. > The ADIF spec does NOT define a way to indicate valid or invalid for > DXCC (or any other award). What Club Log is doing is inventing their > own interpretation of the ADIF spec. Paul could add an option to NOT > export QSOs that are marked as invalid. However, in Version 8, the > valid flags are per-award. For example, a /MM station can't be > counted for DXCC, but can be counted for CQ DX Field Award. So > technically, if a QSO is marked invalid for DXCC, DX4WIN *could* > export that QSO with a country code of ZERO. > I went back and looked at the spec after I sent the email, and I see what you mean, plus the fact that the "I" in D4W is only good, as you said, on a per-award basis. I'll talk with the Club Log guys about this, but it looks like what I'll need to do is to do a separate ADIF export of only those QSOs with the I flag set for DXCC then do a bulk edit on those to mark as invalid. The re-upload will replace them in their system. Thanks. > 73 - Jim AD1C > > -- > Jim Reisert AD1C,, http://www.ad1c.us > > -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] ADIF output
I recently started using Club Log (http://www.clublog.org/about.php) which is a website where you can upload your log data and get some nice stats about it, as well as providing the data for aggregate "most wanted" lists and other information. If found what I think are a couple of problems with the ADIF output from DX4Win. First, I have a handful of QSOs that are logged in D4W as mode=Packet and band=Sat. (They were via the Packet repeater aboard the ISS.) The ADIF output shows the band as xxxm. The Club Log folks said this isn't valid, though I am not familiar enough with the ADIF spec to know if the Mode and Prop_Mode fields should be sufficient. Does anyone know what it should say? The other issue issue is for QSOs marked as Invalid for DXCC. According to the Club Log folks, they are looking either for an ADIF entity number of zero or a QSL_SENT or QSL_RCVD set to I (for invalid). I guess I can manually set the invalid QSOs to a QSL type of I, though for some (for instance HZ1MD), the QSL was valid, it just wasn't accepted (lack of documentation) by the DXCC desk. I guess in the future it might be useful if D4W could somehow indicate that these weren't valid in the ADIF. For now, I'll work around these (there are few enough that I can edit by hand), but I figured I'd just throw this out there. -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Oops
Yeah, I guess that will work, not sure why I didn't think of it. (Too late in the day, can't use my usual "not enough coffee yet" excuse). On 9/13/2009 4:32 PM, Mel wrote: > Well you could export the new QSOs since the last conversion. > Redo the conversion from the V7 log which you saved then merge the new > QSOs back in. > > Mel, VE2DC > > David Kozinn, K2DBK wrote: >> Ok, this is entirely my own fault, I'm looking for a relatively easy >> way to fix this: >> >> When 8.01 came out, I used the multi-qso functions to update >> frequency, name, and QTH. Prior to doing that, I did a backup of my >> DXL file so that I could fall back. Although I knew that there were >> some issues with parsing the comments (which have been fixed in >> 8.02), I did a cursory check through the converted log and everything >> looked fine. I started using the new file and made some more >> contacts, and all seemed well. >> >> Yesterday I upgraded to 8.02 and decided to re-run the multi-qso >> functions again which worked fine. I did another spot check, but >> discovered what I'd missed the first time, which was that about 400 >> QSO records had basically gotten the entire contents of the "Notes >> for this call" put in there, so I wound up with a bunch of things >> like "Fred, near London" in the Name field. >> >> I tried exporting just those fields (set a filter for "," in the name >> field) and exported those records using the DX4WIN 8 format, then >> tried to edit some of the records in the DXN file by hand as a test >> to see if I can manipulate things that way (I moved the QTH to where >> I thought the QTH field was) but when I re-imported (with "duplicate >> overwrites"), although the QTH field was correct, the Name field >> seemed to still contain all the information. (e.g., in the example >> above, it said "near London" in the QTH field, but still said "Fred, >> near London" in the Name field. >> >> I guess ideally I'd like a relatively easy way to just move the Name >> field back to "Notes for this QSO", then let DX4WIN just re-parse >> that, but I couldn't find a way to do that where I didn't wind up >> with duplicate info. I may well have been doing something wrong, but >> I can't figure out what. >> >> The worst case is that I'll go through the records manually and fix >> them (which is what I started doing), but I was wondering if anyone >> had any better suggestions? >> > -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] Oops
Ok, this is entirely my own fault, I'm looking for a relatively easy way to fix this: When 8.01 came out, I used the multi-qso functions to update frequency, name, and QTH. Prior to doing that, I did a backup of my DXL file so that I could fall back. Although I knew that there were some issues with parsing the comments (which have been fixed in 8.02), I did a cursory check through the converted log and everything looked fine. I started using the new file and made some more contacts, and all seemed well. Yesterday I upgraded to 8.02 and decided to re-run the multi-qso functions again which worked fine. I did another spot check, but discovered what I'd missed the first time, which was that about 400 QSO records had basically gotten the entire contents of the "Notes for this call" put in there, so I wound up with a bunch of things like "Fred, near London" in the Name field. I tried exporting just those fields (set a filter for "," in the name field) and exported those records using the DX4WIN 8 format, then tried to edit some of the records in the DXN file by hand as a test to see if I can manipulate things that way (I moved the QTH to where I thought the QTH field was) but when I re-imported (with "duplicate overwrites"), although the QTH field was correct, the Name field seemed to still contain all the information. (e.g., in the example above, it said "near London" in the QTH field, but still said "Fred, near London" in the Name field. I guess ideally I'd like a relatively easy way to just move the Name field back to "Notes for this QSO", then let DX4WIN just re-parse that, but I couldn't find a way to do that where I didn't wind up with duplicate info. I may well have been doing something wrong, but I can't figure out what. The worst case is that I'll go through the records manually and fix them (which is what I started doing), but I was wondering if anyone had any better suggestions? -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] strange cluster result
I did a little checking, and k5utd.utd.edu doesn't exist (at least not anymore), it has no DNS entry. (DNS is kind of like the phone book for the Internet.) However, I looked in a fairly recent dx4win.tcp file and found an entry for k5utd.utdallas.edu, but apparently there's no cluster software running there. Could be that it's been shut down. As for cluster.w9zrx, that's not a legal name, but a look in the dx4win.tcp file shows dxc.w9zrx.net as the full name. It seems that system isn't running either. Generally speaking, if you can access at least one or two things in the cluster list, it's probably an issue with the clusters not being available rather than something wrong with DX4WIN. If you can't get to anything (doesn't seem to be the issue for you), then it's at least possibly an issue with your internet connection. (Simple test is to open a browser and try to go to something like google.com; if you can't get to it, then it's probably an internet issue.) On 6/6/2009 11:59 AM, William Osborne wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a very odd problem; I am using ver 7.07 and it has been working fine > for several months. Today I cannot connect to several of the clusters I > normally use (cluster.w9zrx, k5utd.utd.edu) it just sits there or sometimes > gives me an "exception error". I can connect to w0mw.dynip.com but not > others with dynip addresses. > > > > Does anyone have an ideas what this could be? I did get .tcp file from any > other folder and that did not change anything. > > > > Thanks > > Bill, K5ZQ > > -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] I Forgot
The cluster info is kept in a file named dx4win.tcp in the SAVE directory. Just edit that with a plain text editor (like notepad) and move your favorites to the top of the list. Good luck! On 5/30/2009 3:02 PM, w9...@wi.rr.com wrote: > In the internet address box used for the cluster addresses, there > is a way to bring an address up to the top so you don't have to scroll > down to it every time. > My old brain forgot how to do it. > 73.Bob > -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com twitter: @k2dbk __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Bug?
If your country file didn't have an exception record for them, (you can tell by entering TO2T in the qso window and looking to see if it pulls up an entity), I'm guessing that DX4WIN simply thinks it's "nothing special" so it comes up greyed out. On 3/14/2009 5:03 PM, Jack Shirley wrote: > Today TO2T was coming up as a GREY spot on dxspots on 28 mhz even though I > have not worked them on 28mhz. > > I did a F8 for TO2T and it comes up only on 14 mhz.Why? > > Any other condition would cause this? > > 73 N8DX > -- 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.blogspot.com http://k2dbk.com __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] Function Keys
Speaking of functions keys: At some point after one of the 7.x versions came out, there was a problem noted where sometimes the keys are too small to have the label fit on them. The workaround is to use Alt-E to bring up the edit screen, then just close it and the key widths get fixed. (This happens on the CW macro keys as well). Was there ever a real fix (or even cause?) for this identified, or does anyone know if it's at least on the "official to-be-fixed" list? At 11:11 AM 4/4/2007, Dick Flanagan wrote: >or Alt-E when the packet window is selected. > >73, Dick >-- >Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM >[EMAIL PROTECTED] 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.com
[Dx4win] QSL Labels
What I've generally done is that for a single card, I find it easier to just write it out by hand and update the QSO record manually. (Here's a tip: In the QSL date field, if you press the up-arrow key, it will insert the current date). I then adjust the fields for confirmed and for marking that a label needs to be printed. It's a pretty low-tech solution, but it does work. At 02:34 PM 3/6/2007, Scott Millick wrote: >If you want to print only one label (you got a card and want to send >one back) instead of the ones that you already have marked for >printing how do you do it or can it be done as I do not see this in the manual > >Scotty K9SM >___ >Dx4win mailing list >Dx4win@mailman.qth.net >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win 73, David, K2DBK
[Dx4win] Programatically inserting County into DX4WIN files
In addition to the couple of other problems mentioned, the city and state are often not enough to uniquely identify the actual location. As an example, there are 6 (maybe more?) municipalities in New Jersey named either Washington, Washington Township, Township of Washington, etc. Each of these are in a different county. As a further issue, this past weekend I was operating mobile in upstate New York, and was able to hand out a new county (Cayuga, NY) to a friend who I was speaking to. Of course, my FCC license / QRZ.com entry shows that I'm in Bergen County, NJ, which of course I wasn't at the time. Operating mobile seems like it could at least flag the entry to say that the default information may not be valid (put something in the QSO comments field?), perhaps if your program detected multiple names within the same state it could do something similar? Good luck with your project. 73, David, K2DBK At 03:53 AM 11/21/2006, Lee Hallin wrote: >Hi all, > > I'm new to the list so sorry if this has been asked before. > > I am in the process of writing a program that looks up a > state,city combination and determines the county name. Then I want > to update the DX4WIN .DXL file (directly or indirectly) with the > county. I want to make sure I do it in a way that will allow > DX4WIN to"notice" that I added the County and alter any tables, > counters etc that it may maintain. > >Ideas I had to accomplish this task: > > 1) Do an Export to a .DXQ/.DXN file. Modify the County field in > the .DXQ file and then re-Import the modified file. > 2) Export in .ADIF format. Fix the values and then re-import. > 3) Modify the .DXL file directly. If this is done, will County > totals/counts get updated? > >If anyone is interested in what I come up with, let me know and I'll >email you once I have something working. > >73, >Lee N7NU > >___ >Dx4win mailing list >Dx4win@mailman.qth.net >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] MMTTY
As a temporary work-around, what I did was to configure my DX4WIN windows in such a way that there is a "hole" in them (in other words, they don't cover all available space on the screen). I move the MMTTY control panel to fit (mostly) in the hole, so at least I can see it. (If you are running multiple monitors, you might be able to put the control panel on another physical screen). I agree that this is something that should be fixed. Please! 73, David, K2DBK Quoting Vanderydt Theo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: RE: [Dx4win] MMTTY > > >> It behaves the same way here. I can bring it up, but as soon as I touch >> another window, it minimizes again. Maybe it is an "feature"? But why? >> >> Anyone with better understanding? >> >> Erkki OH2BF > > This is how it works nothing wrong. It is troughly nerv breaking to > have to bring > the control panel up again each time! I rather like to see an option > to keep the > control panel on top. Hopefully this is in a next update. > > Grtz de ON4ATW Theo. ailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >
[Dx4win] Split spot with IC-756 pro III
I believe the issue is that the Icom protocol doesn't provide a way for the software to figure out what the split frequency is, so the automatic spotting doesn't have the QSX field filled out. Quoting 9K2HN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > ? ?I'm using ICOM IC-756 pro III in my new qth, when i try to spot > anyone who is on split mode the dx4win will take only my Rx freq only > and skip the TX although the radio is set for split. it is working fine > in the other qth with the FT-1000 Mark-v. any one have the same problem? > > > de 9k2hn > hamad
[Dx4win] How to "unmark" NIL qsos?
(Sorry if this shows up twice, I accidentally sent it from the mail address that's not subscribed to the list and I believe it will bounce). I think there are 2 ways to do this: If you set the RST Received field to Zero, that will mark the QSO as invalid for any award. You can also change the "ValidDX" (all the way at the bottom of the QSO entry screen; you might need to press F5 a couple of times to see it) to "Invalid" and it won't "count" anymore either. At 11:11 AM 11/22/2004, Larry Alkoff wrote: >I sometimes get QSLs from a station or manager >and one or more QSOs are marked Not in Log (NIL). > >Because DX4Win doesn't know these QSOs are effectively dead >they don't show up in spots. > >I don't want to delete these QSOs as my practice is to never delete data. > >How can I mark such QSOs so spots show up and I get another chance? >Mark them "invalid"? > >Larry Alkoff N2LA
[Dx4win] Dade County Fl
Try "Miami-Dade". (Hint: If you press F1 on the County field, or pretty much any of them that have lists of things that can be entered, it will pull up the list.) At 09:58 AM 8/3/2004, john paul wrote: >I am using the new upgrade to 6.03 and was entering >counties into my log and DADE county Fl is not listed. > >Anyone else run up on this problem in their program? > >JohnPaul/AB4PP >Raleigh, NC 73, David, K2DBK
[Dx4win] Uploads and LOTW
Any chance (at some point) of getting a default setting on the Preferences->QSO page that will allow us to change the default setting for this field (the Upload flag)? I have manually exported my entire log, and (at least so far) I see no reason not to continue doing so, so I'd like to have that flag default to "Y", while leaving the label flag set to "N". Also, is there any way to mass change the date in all my previously-upload QSOs (done with a manual ADIF export) so that I can track that they've been uploaded already? At 10:05 AM 5/12/2004, Paul van der Eijk wrote: >Hi, > >I realized I did not copy the refelctor on this message, > >Paul >- >I tried to do the electronic confirmations similar to the paper equivalent: > >Upload = Y == I want to upload this QSO; like Label = Y. You can set the >flag using the command on the label menu. > >Upload Date (QSO was uploaded; set when doing the upload) >like QSL Date > >Upl Conf (set when importing your log back into DX4WIN and the imported >QSO is flagged as confirmed. You have to select the option to set the >Upl Conf flag >This is like Cnfm = Y > >This also explains why I put the 'Export for LOTW' on the label menu; >it is like printing your labels. Also note that this option sets the upload >date; a regular ADIF export does not do that. > >Paul > >___ >Dx4win mailing list >Dx4win@mailman.qth.net >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win 73, David, K2DBK
[Dx4win] Help with LOTW
At 07:27 AM 4/30/2004, Pete Smith wrote: >At 07:20 AM 4/30/04, Floyd Sense wrote: >>I'll add a comment to David's good explanation. When I did my first ADIF >>export of a 10,000 QSO log, I was convinced it hadn't worked because the >>export completed almost instantaneously. I was prepared for at least many >>seconds of watching a QSO counter step down or something similar. I was >>surprised to find the ADIF file was indeed complete when I looked at it with >>Wordpad. > >Got plenty of that when you signed the log, though, right? The signing >routine is quite slow, for whatever reason. I believe that the signing function, which also does some encryption and compression, is probably quite computationally "expensive". My logs aren't nearly that big (I think I've got around 6,000 total), but it did take quite a while to process the big initial chunk that I submitted. Fortunately, computers are pretty good about just doing what they're told without a human staring at the screen, so when I realized that it was going to take a while, I went off and did something else. (Maybe even worked a little DX! ) >I'm looking forward to May 3 when LOTW is supposed to activate the >interface with DXCC. 73, David, K2DBK
[Dx4win] marathon contest how?
At 07:55 AM 1/17/2004, Timon PA1T wrote: >Hello Gentelmen > >In our local club we have organised a club marathon . >Goal work as may conntries in on year time on hf. > >How can I get a listing of the countries i have worked from 1 januarie 2004 >till now. >Do i have to make an award and define what i want or is there an other way. >73 timon pa1t Timon, Here's one way to do it: Go to Filter->Selection Click on "Add", and change the name that comes up to something like "2004 QSOs" Tab to the Date filter and put in the January 1, 2004 as the first date, and December 31, 2004 as the Last date Make sure that only the "Date Filter" box is checked beneath that Click on Update to save the filter, the OK Your log will now look like it only contains QSOs between those dates, so you can use the regular DXCC reports to see what countries you have worked, either as a list or as a summary if you prefer. When you want to switch back to "normal", go back to Filter->Selection, and from the drop-down list at the top, select "All QSOs". I hope this helps. 73, David, K2DBK
[Dx4win] Enable Date Range in Search
Go into File->Preferences, select the QSO tab, the under "Searching" you'll see "QSO Date". You want to set that to Range. Save and exit. When you do a search, you'll only initially enter the starting date, but you'll be prompted to enter the ending date. At 07:18 AM 12/23/2003, Cal Kutemeier wrote: >How do you enable a search for a range of dates when using the F8 search >key. My old laptop died and I remember doing this on that, but I cannot see >how to do it now. When I enter the first date and press ENTER, the program >lists all QSOs beginning with the date that I just entered. It does not >allow me to enter the second date. > >Tnx >N9KO 73, David, K2DBK
[Dx4win] LOtW & ADIF export County problem
My understanding was that when they started issuing "live" certificates almost a month ago that the system was consider in "production" status. The "beta test" info that was on the LoTW web pages was removed around then as well. Did I miss something? By the way, on a different topic: The ADIF export (from LoTW) problem (reported here) with an error in the "County" field has been fixed. I got a message back from Jon Bloom thanking me for passing along the info (nobody had told them yet; thanks to the guys who reported it here), and a test export that I did shows that the county format is now correct. At 12:36 AM 10/16/2003, Wayne Day wrote: >FWIW, remember that ARRL is still saying that LOTW is in beta testing mode... >so everyone's mileage may vary as things continue to be tweaked. > >73 Wayne N5WD 73, David, K2DBK
[Dx4win] satellite QSO's
I guess the answer is that I don't know, but I'd like to be able to get the contacts entered into the system without error. I believe the eventual goal is to support different types of awards, so I figured that if I've got the data I might as well get it into the system. At 10:53 AM 9/24/2003, Mel Martin wrote: >Since LOTW is specifically for awards... would such contacts count towards >any award? > >- Original Message ----- >From: "David Kozinn - K2DBK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: >Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 10:02 >Subject: Re: [Dx4win] satellite QSO's > > > > Along the same lines, I made a handful of Packet contacts through the ISS > > digipeater. I was never sure how to log them in the first place, and I > > think that I used "SAT" for the band (even though I guess it was really > > just 2m). Any suggestions on the correct way to log these such that >they'll > > be accepted by LOTW? > > > > Thanks. > > At 08:12 AM 9/24/2003, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > > >At 01:24 AM 9/24/2003, Mike Fulcher wrote: > > > > > >>I have about 30 QSO's in DX4WIN .adi marked as band:SAT. These were > > >>RS-12 QSO's back in 1994. LOTW does not like this and creates an > > >>error. What should I use for the band for these QSO's. > > > > > >The ADIF fields are: > > > > > >SAT_MODE C Satellite Mode > > >SAT_NAME C Name of satellite > > > > > >I guess Mode is like A, B, J etc. You probably want to use a valid band, > > >maybe the downlink band like 70CM or 2M. 73, David, K2DBK
[Dx4win] satellite QSO's
Along the same lines, I made a handful of Packet contacts through the ISS digipeater. I was never sure how to log them in the first place, and I think that I used "SAT" for the band (even though I guess it was really just 2m). Any suggestions on the correct way to log these such that they'll be accepted by LOTW? Thanks. At 08:12 AM 9/24/2003, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: >At 01:24 AM 9/24/2003, Mike Fulcher wrote: > >>I have about 30 QSO's in DX4WIN .adi marked as band:SAT. These were >>RS-12 QSO's back in 1994. LOTW does not like this and creates an >>error. What should I use for the band for these QSO's. > >The ADIF fields are: > >SAT_MODE C Satellite Mode >SAT_NAME C Name of satellite > >I guess Mode is like A, B, J etc. You probably want to use a valid band, >maybe the downlink band like 70CM or 2M. 73, David, K2DBK
[Dx4win] IC-746 PC Control
I believe this is an issue with the protocol that Icom uses to control their radios. This seems to be an issue with a couple of other logging packages as well. Apparently, the radios don't "report" their split status, so DX4WIN can't keep track of it. At 01:43 PM 7/31/2003, Tom Branch wrote: >Has anyone else noted when you have the rig set for a split and DX4WIN >reads the rig it does not pickup the split or QSX frequency? > >73 de Tom, K4NR 73, David, K2DBK
[Dx4win] what time is it?
At 01:59 PM 10/25/2002 -0400, Jack Shirley wrote: >Don't trust the clock in your computer ... its very poor. >If you are connected to the internet, download Dimesion 4 and synchronize >every minute. > >A good link: www.clockvault.com. > >Good luck. N8DX While I agree that updating using something like Dimension 4 (which I use at home and like very much) is a good thing to do, updating once a minute not only isn't necessary, but can tax the master clocks that provide this service. I've found that updating every 4 hours works to keep me well within a second of the "official" time, I wouldn't recommend updating any more frequently than perhaps every hour if you had a situation with a bad clock. Although the network traffic caused by a single PC isn't much, when you multiple that by hundreds of thousands or more, you can see the problem. If everyone updated once a minute, it could tax the ability of the clocks to provide the service. 73, David, K2DBK
[Dx4win] 756ProII rig file
Speaking of the 756Pro...I have a 756 Pro II, and I'd like to have it set filter 1 rather than filter 2 for SSB use. Before I start poking around and re-inventing the wheel, does anyone have a rig file specific to the Pro II that has this already set up? (I'd also be interested if anyone has a rig file, even without that setting, specific to the Pro II. The file for the Pro seems to work fine, but if someone has spent a little time tweaking, I'd like a chance to play with that.) Thanks. At 08:30 AM 7/24/2002 -0600, Mike Mellinger WA0SXV wrote: >Look at the IC756 pro rig file -- I believe that it sets filter set two >-- which is what you want and the commands for setting the filter should >be the same. > >73, >Mike WA0SXV 73, David, K2DBK
[Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout
Generally not. The lease time is set by the DHCP server, which you, as a subscriber to the cable service, normally wouldn't have any control over. Unless you find that you are actually frequently changing IP addresses, this shouldn't be the cause of the problem. If your address does not change when renewed (which is typically the case in most systems that I've see), then there would be no change at all as far as connectivity is concerned. (In other words, merely asking for the lease to be renewed doesn't cause ongoing connectivity to drop.) I'd be a little surprised to find a DHCP life of 2 hours (causing machines to attempt to renew every hour) because of the relatively large amount of network traffic that would generate. I don't want to go into too much depth on this list (we're already getting pretty far off topic), but one of the things that you do when setting up DHCP is to try to balance the available pool of addresses with the number of machines needing and using those addresses. In a cable ISP environment, usually when a cable modem gets hooked up and requests an address, it says connected for a fairly lengthy period of time. There are different environments where network connections are relatively short-lived, and you have a smaller pool of addresses than potential users (computers_ , so when a user (computer) hasn't "checked in" for a while, you give the address away. However, even in that case, users who remain connected usually keep the same address. As I think I mentioned once a while back, I've had some drops that I can't explain, and I know that my IP address did not change over the drop. (I run a little application that "notices" when my IP address changes so that I can "find" my system.) At 12:28 PM 7/18/2002 -0400, l dietrich wrote: >Isn't there a way to lengthen the lease interval? > >Lou N2TU >- Original Message - >From: "Kurt W. Zimmerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'Pete Smith'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 8:17 AM >Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout > > > > If you read the RFP on DHCP, you will find that as long as the IP is >active > > that it will get renewed during its half-life of the lease. So if you >have > > an expiration of 2 hours, your IP will be "renewed" every hour. > > 73, David, K2DBK
[Dx4win] Search for Blank Manager Field?
At 03:06 PM 5/6/2002 -0400, John F Samuels wrote: >How do I search for all QSOs marked for labels, direct, but no manager >filled in? I tried "!" in the Manager field but then got all which are >filled in, not not! And, of course, a blank won't do it. > >John, K2CIB Use "!*" for "NOT any-character" in the manager field. (It's actually buried in the help files, I think in the examples sub-section for searching from the QSO window.) Of course, you'll specify "Y" for label and "DIRECT" in the method. 73, David, K2DBK
