[Dx4win] Need help Yaesu Mark 5 and DX4Win
I am having trouble setting up a Yaesu Mark 5 and DX4Win on a new Windows 7 computer. I had a discussion about this with Paul KK4HD this morning and he suggested this mailing list. Specifically: 1. On Preferences radio, the radio port is computer com1 (settings of 8 bits parity 2) connected to the CAT rs-232 receptacle on the Yeasu. It frequently times out, usually when I am entering a qso. 2. On Preferences cw, cw keying is set to dtr and ptt is set to rts on com1 (again). Is it correct to use com1 for both the radio port and cw keying and ptt? 3. For some reason the cw keyboard types the message being sent with the function key (example: cq cq) but there is no rf output. This forces me to send my call every time instead of simply pressing the F1 key to send N2LA - very cumberson. I also have a Rigblaster Plus but seem to have problems hooking it up. If you have any ideas on how to get this equipment working please let me know. If you want to talk about any ideas my cell phone is 512-301-7666. Socotra is due to wind up in 9 days so time is very short. Please help! Larry Alkoff N2LA __ 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.AWD award database release 3.27 - 6 May 2012
On 05/06/2012 03:35 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: I have updated the DX4WIN.AWD file. This release contains 198 custom awards. You can download it from: http://dx4win.ad1c.us/awards/ But it's easier to use the DX4WIN Data Updater: http://dx4win.ad1c.us/updater The .ZIP file also contains a number of membership list files (plain-text files with a .list extension). These can be used to identify member calls in the DX Spots window. Please read the application note on Membership Lists for more information. You can read the full release notes here: http://dx4win.ad1c.us/awards/index.htm#3.27 Please let me know of any problems, etc. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C,jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us Hello Jim. I just downloaded your updater program but am not sure what to do with it. Right now, I have several files in the c:/users/lba/Downloads directory including dx4win6, dx4win7, dx4win8 and dx4wupd.exe. Am I meant to copy this file to my existing c:\dx4win805 or dx4win8 in the Downloads directory? Larry N2LA __ 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] Can QSO times change in DX4Win?
I recently recovered my DX4Win qsos dating back from 1953 to April 2009. These were all in GMT time on a separate computer that was destroyed by a lightning strike. After recovering the .dxl file I purchased version 8.04 of DX4Win and installed it on a Windows 7 laptop. So far I have made no new qsos. Unfortunately I made an error when I setup DX4Win because the time is set for US Central time instead of GMT (Universal Coordinated Time now). My question: If I change the new laptop of GMT will that make any time change in my previous qsos? I know Windows is funny in how they handle the time and will make time changes in files, supposedly to accommodate businessmen who travel a lot. I would make sure DX4Win is not running when I make a time zone change. I'm afraid that changing the laptop time to GMT might affect the times on my many thousands of qsos. I don't care about the time/date on the actual .dxl file but I care very much about the times listed in the qso records. So ... as the villain repeated many times in the movie Marathon Man, IS IT SAFE?. Larry Alkoff N2LA __ 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] New version has errors in Needed listing.
Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Larry Alkoff labrad...@mindspring.com wrote: I recently updated Dx4win to 8.04 and found the following mysterious errors when I examine the Needed Countries listing. Do you have the latest country file? Remember that 8.04 ships with an old country file, the one that was available at the time of first release. Are those calls associated with the correct entity? Are the DXCC flag(s) set to Invalid? If you look at the Country window, does it say that the countries are CONFIRMED? Are you doing a DXCC needed listing for MIXED only, or did you select a particular band and/or mode? If you are doing a CW need listing, remember that that award started 01/01/1975 The following countries _appear_ on the Needed list that I know have been worked and confirmed by me and appear as confirmed when I examine the entries in the log. FO8AT Clipperton K1IMP/KC4 Navassa K4IA/KC4Navassa On the other hand, at least one country I have never worked does _not_ appear on the Needed list Marion Island These anomalies suggest to me that the log is somewhat screwed up. There should be no such errors. DX4Win should have made the necessary adjustments from the old log which was based on DX4Win 7.something. I'm trying to think of ways to go through the log and find other errors which I expect can be found. Can anyone suggest what happened or a fix? Larry Alkoff N2LA Hello Jim. It's always nice to hear from you. Answers to your questions: Latest country file: I have just downloaded it from your website. The installation instructions will take a little time to digest! I took the first step by copying the entire save directory to a backup directory. Thanks for the tip that 8.04 shipped with an old country file. Are the calls associated with the correct entity? Yes. All the calls on Needed seem to have the correct entity. FO8AT is FO0 5/20/50 20 cw DXCC Mixed C Band S Mode S K1IMP/KC4 (Don Miller!) KP1 9/1/66 20 cw DXCC Mixed $ Band $Mode $ K4IA/KC4 KP1 6/23/69 20 cw DXCC Mixed -- Band -- Mode -- I suspect the marks following DXCC Mixed etc need to be changed. Are the DXCC flags INVALID? NO The Country window says all the calls are confirmed. I did not specify a particular band or mode so it should be a pure MIXED listing. What I don't understand why these 3 contacts are appearing on the MIXED listing. I would like them not to appear in Needed at all since they just clutter up the display. When I merge the new countries list with all the new Carribean countries it's going to be cluttered enough until I work them. Hope you can help. Larry Alkoff N2LA __ 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] New version has errors in Needed listing.
Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On 12/30/2010 11:29 AM, Larry Alkoff wrote: I did not specify a particular band or mode so it should be a pure MIXED listing. What I don't understand why these 3 contacts are appearing on the MIXED listing. I would like them not to appear in Needed at all since they just clutter up the display. When I merge the new countries list with all the new Carribean countries it's going to be cluttered enough until I work them. Make sure just the Mixed box is checked, and Band and Mode boxes are UNCHECKED. Does this fix the problem? The Mixed box is checked with a C and Band and Mode are now unchecked. The 3 qsos now come up under the dxcc listing with an * asterisk. Somehow I now have a new embarassing problem. I cannot get the Needed list to come up on my DX4W804. Can you tell me what to do? Larry __ 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] New version has errors in Needed listing.
I recently updated Dx4win to 8.04 and found the following mysterious errors when I examine the Needed Countries listing. The following countries _appear_ on the Needed list that I know have been worked and confirmed by me and appear as confirmed when I examine the entries in the log. FO8AT Clipperton K1IMP/KC4 Navassa K4IA/KC4Navassa On the other hand, at least one country I have never worked does _not_ appear on the Needed list Marion Island These anomalies suggest to me that the log is somewhat screwed up. There should be no such errors. DX4Win should have made the necessary adjustments from the old log which was based on DX4Win 7.something. I'm trying to think of ways to go through the log and find other errors which I expect can be found. Can anyone suggest what happened or a fix? Larry Alkoff N2LA __ 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] New version has errors in Needed listing.
Rick Murphy wrote: On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Larry Alkoff labrad...@mindspring.com wrote: I recently updated Dx4win to 8.04 and found the following mysterious errors when I examine the Needed Countries listing. The following countries _appear_ on the Needed list that I know have been worked and confirmed by me and appear as confirmed when I examine the entries in the log. FO8AT Clipperton K1IMP/KC4 Navassa K4IA/KC4Navassa Are you using the country file that came with DX4WIN 8.04 (or an update from AD1C?) When you open those entries in your log, what entity appears? When were the QSOs made and what mode? You can find them using F8 in the QSO window, entering the call in the Callsign window and hitting enter. I ask about the date because there were cases in the older versions of DX4WIN where you were given credit for QSOs prior to January 1, 1975 (the start date for the CW DXCC award). 8.0 was updated to properly account for those. On the other hand, at least one country I have never worked does _not_ appear on the Needed list Marion Island What do you see from DX4WIN if you search for ZS8 QSOs? (on the QSO window, press F8, enter ZS8 into the Prefix field and press enter.) 73, -Rick FO8AT in the log: FO8AT FO0 (FO zero) 8/20/58 cw 20m K1IMP/KC4 KP1 9/1/66 cw 20m K4IA/KC4 KP1 6/23/69 cw 20m I still don't understand why they don't appear and I wonder how many other old qsos are missing, perhaps from obscure cw bands that I no longer need. Good news: I actually worked ZS8MI twice in April 04. Qsl says Marion Island. When I look under F1 in the prefix list, there is no Marion Island but Pr Edward I appears. The location is given as Marion Island with coordinates: S36?52'35'' E37?51'39'' So did I work Marion Island after all, or this a different place? Thanks for your help Rick. Larry __ 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 identify serial ports on new computer?
Thanks very much for your most interesting post Pete. Indeed I had a bunch of devices including duplicates of the CyberPro PCI 4S 4 port serial board. Apparently I made an error when installing the board. One good thing is I found a second serial header on the motherboard. However I still have not gotten CAT to work. I'm going to swap in my spare Mark V - perhaps the CAT port is bad. I'll make a note of that clever devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 line. It will probably come in handy in the future. Jim thanks for the heads up on the many more com ports in DX4Win v8. It would have saved me a lot of trouble but when I saw the business of requiring Admin mode to install (and run?) and placing DX4W in the root directory (both big nonos for me) I lost interest. Also I'm running out of time to learn and convert data for DX4W 8. Larry Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: Following was just posted on the N1MM reflector - I think it is relevant to this query: This may be the situation where the low-numbered COM ports are being reserved bydevices that are no longer present. Here's a replay of W5OV's e-mail for checking and correcting that: And for those who want to clear out those low number ports that don't need to be cluttering up your Device Manager listing anymore, you can follow this process: 1. Click Start 2. Click Run 3. Type cmd.exe in the textbox and click OK 4. Type set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 and hit ENTER 5. Type cd\windows\system32 and hit ENTER 6. Type start devmgmt.msc and hit ENTER 7. When the device manager opens, click the View menu 8. Click Show Hidden Devices 9. Click on the + sign next to the Ports to see the full list of Com ports being used. 10. Highlight the port you wish to delete and then press delete. Accept when asked to do so and continue with any more that you wish to delete. 73, Pete N4ZR New Articles Daily - the Contesting Compendium at http://wiki.contesting.com The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net On 9/17/2009 1:53 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Larry Alkofflabrad...@mindspring.com wrote: When I viewed the com ports it showed 1,2,3 then 8,9,10,11. Ports 2 and 3 do not exist but apparently something was once assigned to them. They may be on your motherboard, with no access (cabling) to the bulkhead. DX4Win only goes to 8 so I changed the port number in DX4Win to 8 and it started keying. DX4WIN 8.0x supports up to 32 COM ports. __ 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 identify serial ports on new computer?
Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Larry Alkoff labrad...@mindspring.com wrote: Jim thanks for the heads up on the many more com ports in DX4Win v8. It would have saved me a lot of trouble but when I saw the business of requiring Admin mode to install (and run?) and placing DX4W in the root directory (both big nonos for me) I lost interest. The same issue exists for DX4WIN 7.0x and the Vista/Windows 7 operating systems. The change in V8 is that by default, DX4WIN installs at the root (i.e. C:\DX4W802) instead of in the Program Files directory. Vista/Windows 7 do some strange things when data is in the Program Files hierarchy. 73 - Jim AD1C Hi Jim. Like so many others I'm going to keep running Windows XP as long as I can. After that I'll probably just find some kind of Linux solution. Larry __ 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 duplicate upload question.
I have made 4 LOTW submissions but have just realized the ADI files that were signed and sent to ARRL only cover approx 3,000 qsos of my 16,000 qsos. I don't know what went wrong. Every qso of mine is marked Upload Y. Would this work to fix it? Go to QSO Multiple QSO perations Set Upload Date to blank. This assumed DX4Win will let me blank out all the dates. Then make a new submission which would have some duplicates that, hopefully, wouldn't confuse LOTW. Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jun 9 20:04:30 2007 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Reisert AD1C) Date: Sat Jun 9 20:08:27 2007 Subject: [Dx4win] LOTW duplicate upload question. In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 05:05 PM 6/9/2007, Larry Alkoff wrote: I have made 4 LOTW submissions but have just realized the ADI files that were signed and sent to ARRL only cover approx 3,000 qsos of my 16,000 qsos. I don't know what went wrong. Every qso of mine is marked Upload Y. Would this work to fix it? Go to QSO Multiple QSO perations Set Upload Date to blank. This assumed DX4Win will let me blank out all the dates. Then make a new submission which would have some duplicates that, hopefully, wouldn't confuse LOTW. This should work, LoTW will just replace the previous QSOs with the dupes. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C/0, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us
[Dx4win] LOTW duplicate upload question.
Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: At 05:05 PM 6/9/2007, Larry Alkoff wrote: I have made 4 LOTW submissions but have just realized the ADI files that were signed and sent to ARRL only cover approx 3,000 qsos of my 16,000 qsos. I don't know what went wrong. Every qso of mine is marked Upload Y. Would this work to fix it? Go to QSO Multiple QSO perations Set Upload Date to blank. This assumed DX4Win will let me blank out all the dates. Then make a new submission which would have some duplicates that, hopefully, wouldn't confuse LOTW. This should work, LoTW will just replace the previous QSOs with the dupes. 73 - Jim AD1C Thanks Jim. I tried that and am ready to submit. You are always very helpful. Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jun 12 09:03:42 2007 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Borken) Date: Tue Jun 12 09:08:05 2007 Subject: [Dx4win] import contest log and then upload to LOTW using 7.03? Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wonder if anyone else has seen this since upgrading to version 7.03. I have my preferences set so that the upload to LOTW flag is set to Y for all my QSOs. In the past, when I imported a contest log into DX4WIN, this flag would be set to Y for all the imported QSOs. Then when I wanted to upload QSOs to LOTW, the contest QSOs, as well as non-contest QSOs which had been entered directly into DX4WIN, would all be included in the upload. Now, when I do this, it appears that the contest QSOs do not in fact have the upload flag set to Y, so that they were not included in the upload. The QSOs which were entered directly into DX4WIN do have the flag set to Y however. I can work around this, but having the upload flag set to Y is certainly a convenient feature. Is this a bug in 7.03? 73, Rick K0XB
[Dx4win] LOTW certificate renewal?
Apparently my former LOTW certificate is no longer valid. When I tried to upload new qso I got the error message 'no existing certs for qso'. Last time I uploaded qsos was in March 2006 and they appear at the ARRL website. How do I renew my certificate? I tried running TQSLcert and it shows my old cert with a red X. Is it safe to click renew and select my former certificate or should I delete the former cert? I don't want to lose any qsos already submitted. Larry N2LA -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 19 22:20:29 2007 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dick Flanagan) Date: Sat May 19 22:29:01 2007 Subject: [Dx4win] LOTW certificate renewal? In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 07:02 PM 5/19/2007, Larry Alkoff wrote: How do I renew my certificate? I tried running TQSLcert and it shows my old cert with a red X. Is it safe to click renew and select my former certificate or should I delete the former cert? I don't want to lose any qsos already submitted. From the LOTW FAQ: Use the TQSLCert Certificate menu's Renew Certificate command to renew your certificate. 73, Dick -- Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 19 22:29:56 2007 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Alkoff) Date: Sat May 19 22:38:27 2007 Subject: [Dx4win] LOTW certificate renewal? In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dick Flanagan wrote: At 07:02 PM 5/19/2007, Larry Alkoff wrote: How do I renew my certificate? I tried running TQSLcert and it shows my old cert with a red X. Is it safe to click renew and select my former certificate or should I delete the former cert? I don't want to lose any qsos already submitted. From the LOTW FAQ: Use the TQSLCert Certificate menu's Renew Certificate command to renew your certificate. Thanks for your reply Dick. When I run TQSLcert I see my old certificate with a red X but there is no option to renew. The only options are New Certificate Request or Load Certificate Request. When I click on Load Certificate I get a notice saying my certificate has expired but there is no way I can see to renew it. Nothing in the TQSLcert help file also. Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 19 22:33:40 2007 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (WD0M) Date: Sat May 19 22:42:10 2007 Subject: [Dx4win] LOTW certificate renewal? In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Larry, Send a note to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] They'll fix you up no problem - and you won't lose any QSOs in the LOTW system. 73, Joe WD?M At 08:02 PM 5/19/2007, Larry Alkoff wrote: Apparently my former LOTW certificate is no longer valid. When I tried to upload new qso I got the error message 'no existing certs for qso'. Last time I uploaded qsos was in March 2006 and they appear at the ARRL website. How do I renew my certificate? I tried running TQSLcert and it shows my old cert with a red X. Is it safe to click renew and select my former certificate or should I delete the former cert? I don't want to lose any qsos already submitted. Larry N2LA
[Dx4win] LOTW certificate renewal?
WD0M wrote: Hi Larry, Send a note to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] They'll fix you up no problem - and you won't lose any QSOs in the LOTW system. 73, Joe WD?M Thanks Joe. Email has been sent. Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 19 23:08:02 2007 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dick Flanagan) Date: Sat May 19 23:16:34 2007 Subject: [Dx4win] LOTW certificate renewal? In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 07:29 PM 5/19/2007, Larry Alkoff wrote: Dick Flanagan wrote: At 07:02 PM 5/19/2007, Larry Alkoff wrote: How do I renew my certificate? I tried running TQSLcert and it shows my old cert with a red X. Is it safe to click renew and select my former certificate or should I delete the former cert? I don't want to lose any qsos already submitted. From the LOTW FAQ: Use the TQSLCert Certificate menu's Renew Certificate command to renew your certificate. Thanks for your reply Dick. When I run TQSLcert I see my old certificate with a red X but there is no option to renew. The only options are New Certificate Request or Load Certificate Request. When I click on Load Certificate I get a notice saying my certificate has expired but there is no way I can see to renew it. Nothing in the TQSLcert help file also. Larry Be sure you are using TQSLCert program (not the more often used TQSL program) and that you have the latest version (V1.11) which can be downloaded from http://www.arrl.org/lotw/#download More detailed info on renewing certificates can be found at https://p1k.arrl.org/lotw/renew 73, Dick -- Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Dx4win] Need tips how to clean up garbled .csv file
I have a thread on the DX Chat reflector titled DXCC Application but have found out while processing the DX4Win log for DXCC submission that there is one area of about 120 qsos where the file is garbled. To start I used DX4Win to export in .csv all qsos (about 9,000) that are confirmed, then export them into Open Office Spreadsheet. The qsos in the file between number 280 and 398 have gotten out of sequence and are not in the proper columns, although the little section of 118 qsos seem to be nicely lined up in their own order! I notice that exporting from DX4Win to .csv produces a file with commas separating the fields but there are some embedded commas - especially in the comment fields. Can this mess up my file? Any tips for characters that you do not want in a file being exported? It _could_ be some strange memory problem but this dedicated ham Windows 98SE machine has given me no indications of problems. What should I be looking for? Jim do you have any analysis tools? Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Oct 20 10:02:36 2006 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (=?iso-8859-2?Q?Milan_G=FCtter=2C_OK1FM?=) Date: Fri Oct 20 10:09:30 2006 Subject: [Dx4win] DX4WIN with RTTY In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ben, You missing the Start Transmit and End command. See help file (F1) CQ2|%X%MCQ CQ de OK1FM OK1FM %M%e etc. 73 Milan, OK1FM -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sm3dxc Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 3:22 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] DX4WIN with RTTY Why didn?t my Funktion Keys work when I used DX4WIN:s RTTY... When I push the F-buttons my trx don?t transmitt! I am using PK232MBX to ICOM IC775DSP. My F1 button is programmed as follows: CQICQ CQ de %^^ %^^ %M Is that a proper string ? Reading RTTY is OK... I belive that you out there have the answer 73s de Ben SM3DXC ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Fw: dx4win vich11.sys
Anders Janis SM4RNA wrote: - Original Message - From: Giorgio Borgo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 7:38 AM Subject: dx4win vich11.sys Hi Anders! I'm a fan of dx4win but I hate Windows. For years, dx4win run without problems under linux in emulation mode. By version 6.04 things changed and the program dosen't run under Linux anymore. So I reinstalled windows on one PC and it runs stand alone now. I'm not happy with this situation, because I do NOT use the internet with windows under ANY circumsdances. Paul, the programmer of dx4win wrote me, he modifies the vich11.sys / vich11.vxd files. If there are some more hams reporting the same problem, i think that will be a argument to force the changing of programcode. So, I hope for all Linux users and for you, that the things are changeing soon. Anders I'm also a Linux user/fan. What emulation mode in Linux did you used? Wine? Win4lin? Maybe we could get Paul to make changes if we knew what was failing. Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jun 25 02:58:27 2006 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anders Janis SM4RNA) Date: Sun Jun 25 03:06:33 2006 Subject: [Dx4win] Fw: dx4win vich11.sys References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Larry, you have mixed things up. Giorgio Borgo is the one runing Linux. I am trying to run DX4Win in Win x64. de Anders SM4RNA - Original Message - From: Larry Alkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Anders Janis SM4RNA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: dx4win@mailman.qth.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 1:25 AM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Fw: dx4win vich11.sys Anders Janis SM4RNA wrote: - Original Message - From: Giorgio Borgo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 7:38 AM Subject: dx4win vich11.sys Hi Anders! I'm a fan of dx4win but I hate Windows. For years, dx4win run without problems under linux in emulation mode. By version 6.04 things changed and the program dosen't run under Linux anymore. So I reinstalled windows on one PC and it runs stand alone now. I'm not happy with this situation, because I do NOT use the internet with windows under ANY circumsdances. Paul, the programmer of dx4win wrote me, he modifies the vich11.sys / vich11.vxd files. If there are some more hams reporting the same problem, i think that will be a argument to force the changing of programcode. So, I hope for all Linux users and for you, that the things are changeing soon. Anders I'm also a Linux user/fan. What emulation mode in Linux did you used? Wine? Win4lin? Maybe we could get Paul to make changes if we knew what was failing. Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux
[Dx4win] F8 bug in 7.01 ?
Thanks for dealing with this promptly Paul.
73, Larry
Paul van der Eijk wrote:
Larry,
I tried to preserve some more fields when the search failed so making
a change in the search fields keeps some old values. When you search
for a call that does not exist, I noticed that the zone field comes up as
zero. This will be interpreted as a search for '0' in the next search which
makes it fail. Fixed for the next release.
--Paul
At 10:47 PM 6/20/2005, Larry Alkoff wrote:
Checking a large number of bureau cards this evening, I had problems with the
F8 function.
When I hit F8 and enter the call _incorrectly_, the normal error message pops
up. However, when I correct the call the station is not found.
To correct the error, I must hit F8 _again_ and, if I enter the call
correctly, the log screen will come up.
Has anyone else noticed this problem?
Larry
--
Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jun 28 00:32:13 2005
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul van der Eijk)
Date: Tue Jun 28 00:41:25 2005
Subject: [Dx4win] Re: CW PROSIGNS - Dayton conversation continued...
In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
References: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Larry,
Done for the next release,
Thanks!
--Paul
At 07:27 AM 6/1/2005, you wrote:
Paul,
Per our conversation in Dayton, here is a list of the CW prosigns that are not
defined in DX4WIN. Not a real big deal, just a nuisance more than anything.
When we were talking about it, you suggested that I also include my
recommendation for what keyboard character to type when sending these
prosigns.
KN = go ahead only, keyboard
AS = wait, keyboard
HH = error {{i need this one! ;-}, keyboard :
AC = email @, keyboard @
-larry
K8UT
Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.dx4win.com
[Dx4win] Need some help with MMTTY - SOLVED
I previously reported trouble getting a Rigblaster Plus to key FSK using the MMTTY engine in DX4Win 7. It turns out you cannot use both CW keying and FSK rtty keying with a Rigblaster Plus because Windows does not allow separate programs such as DX4Win and MMTTY to use the same serial port. This is why Rigblaster Pro has 2 serial ports. The easiest solution was to build a separate two transistor interface right into a DB-9 hood with a pigtail connected to the rear Yaesu rtty port. Both FSK and PTT can be done at the rear port. The interface took _me_ over a day to gather parts, design, build and debug but should take _you_ no more than a couple hours. Below are my design notes. Hope this information helps someone else. Larry Alkoff N2LA - rttyrat.nfo 6/28/05 The rttyrat is a simple two NPN transistor interface built into a DB-9 hood used to key rtty PTT and FSK through the Yaesu rtty jack. This device is connected to a _different_ serial port than a Rigblaster type connection to allow rtty to be separately from the normal Rigblaster PTT and CW keying. This gets around the Windows problem that two programs (such as DX4Win and MMTTY) cannot use the same serial port). FSK is preferable to audio keyed rtty because there is no need to fiddle with the audio levels to prevent overdriving which causes QRM. The Yaesu rtty mode through the rear rtty jack allows the use of the Yaesu narrow filters My setup uses com1 for a Rigblaster Plus and com2 for the rttyrat. If you use a USB derived serial port, make _sure_ it can support 5 bit Baudot code. DB-9 Yaesu DIN - --- NPN transistor / col -- pin 1 FSK pin 3 TXD - 1k resistor -- base |/ |\ \ pin 5 ground -- ground --- pin 4 gnd NPN transistor / col -- pin 3 PTT pin 7 RTS - 1k resistor -- base |/ |\ \ pin 5 ground -- ground --- pin 4 gnd Pinout of DB 9Pinout of Yaesu rtty DIN jack viewed from solder side viewed from solder side ---- 1 2 3 4 5 2 3 6 7 8 9 1 4 3=TXD1=FSKyellow wire 7=RTS2=Audio -- end of design notes - From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jun 28 14:55:40 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vanderydt Theo) Date: Tue Jun 28 15:04:08 2005 Subject: [Dx4win] IOTA Database File ? Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Where do i find my IOTA Database file? It is not in the save directory nor the DX4Win directory. What extension does it use? Yes everything works fine, its just that i can not find this f file. Tks in advance for help. 73' de ON4ATW Theo.
[Dx4win] F8 bug in 7.01 ?
Checking a large number of bureau cards this evening, I had problems with the F8 function. When I hit F8 and enter the call _incorrectly_, the normal error message pops up. However, when I correct the call the station is not found. To correct the error, I must hit F8 _again_ and, if I enter the call correctly, the log screen will come up. Has anyone else noticed this problem? Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jun 20 23:15:04 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SV1DPI Kostas) Date: Mon Jun 20 23:16:31 2005 Subject: [Dx4win] F8 bug in 7.01 ? References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Larry i have noticed this also and i think is a bug. It worked ok in previous versions Kostas SV1DPI - Original Message - From: Larry Alkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: DX4win dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 5:47 AM Subject: [Dx4win] F8 bug in 7.01 ? Checking a large number of bureau cards this evening, I had problems with the F8 function. When I hit F8 and enter the call _incorrectly_, the normal error message pops up. However, when I correct the call the station is not found. To correct the error, I must hit F8 _again_ and, if I enter the call correctly, the log screen will come up. Has anyone else noticed this problem? Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] QSL Info Reflector
Dick Flanagan wrote: At one time I was aware of an e-mail reflector that specialized in finding QSL addresses for the hard-to-find DX station. I've looked in all the usual places and searched the Internet for a particular station, but to no avail. Can anyone point me in the right direction for an appropriate reflector? Thanks. 73, Dick I know this one! The list address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you can sign up at http://mailman.qth.net/ -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 28 12:05:48 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Les Kalmus) Date: Sat May 28 12:16:01 2005 Subject: [Dx4win] 6M QSOs with a transverter show as 10M Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This may have been covered before but... I use a 6M transverter and an Orion set to 10M. DX4WIN always shows 10M as the band when a QSO is entered which needs to be changed after hitting enter. Is there a way to have DX4WIN ignore the 10M setting or to somehow get it to show 6M when using the transverter? TIA, Les W2LK
[Dx4win] Best way to recover from Radio Timed Out error?
Thank you all for your sound advise on using Radio | Start Radio. I didn't even know about that because it doesn't appear if the Radio is working g. Not even greyed out - all I ever saw was Stop Radio. Works perfectly. Thanks to all. 73, Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] MMTTY finally working with DX4Win
There has been a lot of discussion about the use of MMTTY with DX4Win After reading the discussions and thinking about it I've found an easy way to do it. My rig is a Yaesu Mark V with Rigblaster. The discussions focused on two methods: Either using a second computer and sending RS232 to the Packet port on DX4Win with a null modem or using Windows XP and some special software. The first is cumbersome and for the second - I stay far away from XP and use Windows 98SE when I have to use Windows at all. What I did was plug in a new USB to RS-232 converter to give a new port and make an interface with 1 transistor and a resistor that plugs into the PTT connector on my Rigblaster with a Y-connector. It could alternatively simply plug into any place on the PTT line. The interface is described in the MMTTY help file - it all fits in a 9 pin RS-232 plastic hood that plugs into the USB converter and out to an RCA plug. With this method either DX4Win or MMTTY can key the PTT line without interference because they are on totally separate ports. My new setup is: CW send:com1DTR This is a standard serial port TNC:com29600 baud Another standard serial port Yaesu rig control: com3USB adaptor RTTY PTTcom4USB adaptor using RTS The only thing that seems to be lacking is my log will show a USB contact which I have to manually change to RTTY after I enter the qso. It _may_ be possible to operate RTTY in Yaesu RTTY mode but for tonight RTTY is possible without using my KAM did not tune in sigs very well or easily. A better solution would be to get an interface for MMTTY soon in DX4Win like Writelog does but for now I'm all set. Hope this info helps someone else. 73, Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Re: DX4WIN and Linux
Philippe I'm also very interested in running DX4Win under Linux. Using Slackware in the office but have a separate Windows 98SE computer for the shack and would dearly love to change the shack computer to Linux. Larry Alkoff N2LA On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 13:17:55 +0100, Philippe wrote: Hello Byron, I waited some days to see how many post on Linux we will see on this list :-) My count is at 3 included you N3ZO, John WA9ALS and me. This is why I think this is off topic :-) I will post here if I have good success with a configuration easily reproducible or if I need Linux users to try some tricks on other Linux distributions different than mine. 73, Philippe Le mer 24/11/2004 ? 12:35, ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx a ?crit : Not sure why you feel it is off-topic here, Philippe, but I'd love to hear if you have any success. If I could get WRITElog and DX4WIN running on LINUX I would retire these WIN machines in 72 hours. 73, Byron At 04:01 AM 11/24/2004, Philippe wrote: As this is mostly off topic here, I will not post anymore about Linux, only via private mail. ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Problem printing DX4W 6.03 in Windows 98SE
I cannot print labels or anything else in DX4Win 6.03 under Windows 98SE. However there was never a problem with DX4Win 6.02 on the same computer and same printer Deskjet 500. I get an error message: Exception error at 0054F074 in 'DX4Win.exe' read of . Is anyone else having problems printing with 6.03? Does anyone have a Deskjet 500 driver other than the stock Windows driver? Thanks, Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Multiple Manager Question for TX9
I worked out a kudgey solution to the TX9 multiple manager problem. All TX9 cw contacts have been renamed to TX9/CW and qsl mgr set as DL4XS. All ssb and rtty contacts remain the same TX9 with qsl mgr set as DL5NAM. At least this way I can print out qsls and have them go the the right manager. I'm sure the cw TX9 mgr will understand but perhaps I'll attach a little note or even white-out the /CW part of the call. Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Multiple Manager Question
Hi Paul. I thought about cc to you on my email but didn't want to bother you. The problem with labels is that I tend to have a lot of qsos with the print flag set and batch print them. The print jobs are done approximately monthly for the direct and 3-4 times per year for buro. My understanding is that all qsos with the print flag set will print in the selected method. I can't just clear the print labels because there is no way to bring them back. The only way around this that I have found is to set the method on each label in the desired label selection to something unique like other or $$$, print the labels and then set the method back on each label. That's pretty cumbersome. As you have mentioned, I make use of filters for this process. Since an F8 selection is used so much in DX4Win I always thought it would be nice if label printing also followed F8 selection. Possibly F8 to select, then all qsos in the selection with the label flag set would print. Or possibly F8, select the qsos and also select Label=Y. Something like that would make the process a lot easier. My thought was that since the logic for F8 selection already exists it would be relatively easy to apply that selection to label printing. Of course, I don't know the code so it might be a lot harder to implement than relatively easy g. Larry N2LA On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:19:51 -0400, Paul van der Eijk wrote: Larry, There are many different ways to set the print label flag using filters etc. Why don't you use that flag to decide what labels you want to print? -- Paul At 01:32 PM 10/19/2004, Larry Alkoff wrote: On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:05:22 -0700, Garry Shapiro wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 3:48 PM To: Nelson Moyer; DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Multiple Manager Question --- Nelson Moyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TX9 has two managers, DL4XS for CW and DL5NAM for SSB and RTTY. DX4WIN only allows one manager per callsign, unless there's a trick I don't know about. Any suggestions for getting separate managers in the log for TX9? There is no trick, that's just the way DX4WIN works. If enough people ask, maybe Paul will add it to his to do list. - Jim Meanwhile, add the second manager as a NOTES entry.. NI6T This is yet another reason why we need to be able to filter the qsls we want to print. Why should printing labels _not_ respond to filtering just like most other operations? It would be easy to select all Label=Y and Notes=manager we want and the label print routine should _only_ print those selected labels. The present system of selecting a special qsl method when we want to print a subset of qsls is very cumbersome - first to change the method and then to change it back. Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ~~~ Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] QSL manager import from 6.02 shows many errors
I just tried the experiment of changing the date format, then creating a new qsl manager file in 603. Also tried closing dx4win and restarting before creating yet another qsl manager file. In all cases the qsl manager file retained the dd/mm format. So apparently changing the date format doesn't change the qsl manager data. Wonder why yours is different. The QSL manager date format matches the QSO date format in your preferences. Both 602 and 603 have mm/dd/yy set in Preferences but 602 has qsl.txt in mm/dd but 603 has it in dd/mm. Guess it's controlled somewhere else. Oh, I just realized what's going on. You must have your dx4win Preferences set for dd/mm. There were some errors with importing QSL manager data into 6.02, the dates were changed wildly into the future, i.e. year 2057 and the like. There is no consistency to the error, so it's hard to fix them. There are no funny year dates in the file when I grepped it for /20. I'd love to know what caused so many error messages unless these were needed mm/dd changes that dx4win would have done automatically. If you suspect it's just a month/day swap, then send me your .TXT file (the one you exported/want to import, ZIPped of course) and I'll fix it for you. Thanks. I've attached the 602 file which would be imported into 603. However it would be a lot easier for me if you just changed your Preferences temporarily to the stock dx4win mm/dd American style g and send me your updated file off list. Do you think if I change the date format the qsl manager information will automatically change? If so, I can handle the changes here which I'll have to do anyway when you come out with 9 final. Guess I'll experiment. 73 - Jim AD1C p.s. the QSL manager database that comes with 6.03 is much better, and Release 9 will be better still. We can hardly wait. Again my most grateful thanks. Larry Larry Alkoff N2LA Austin, TX and Daytona Beach, FL Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] QSL manager import from 6.02 shows many errors
My DX4Win 6.02 is stable and working but the time has come to upgrade to 6.03. How can I correct errors when importing my 6.02 qsl manager data into the new 6.03? I extracted an ascii list of qsl managers from the dx4win.cty in both 6.02 and 6.03 and started the import process using the 6.02 file. There is not _supposed_ to be a problem importing 6.02 qsl manager data into 6.03 but when I follow the procedure there are many errors. Report from the qsl manager import screen ( I haven't saved anything yet ) ADD 1304seems like an awful lot to add REPL 45 this is probably ones I have added that are not of the official lists. SKIP 21,495 this is good ERROR 1,577 not good at all BTW, it's a real PITA that I can't copy, paste or print the report window. Examining both files of qsl managers I find that many stations do not agree when I compare them using windiff. Windiff is an excellent visual compare program from the Windows cd. Apparently 6.02 reports qsl manager _dates_ as dd/mm/yy but 6.03 reports qsl manager dates in mm/dd/yy format so all such records show up as differences. Does anyone know if this is the reason for so many errors? I suspect not since 6.03 is supposed to be able to handle those. So where are all the errors coming from and how can I weed them out? Except for the date format differences I can't find any other differences in the first 100 or two examined. I'm afraid to finish the import because of them and have no idea of how dx4win handles this. Can anyone give me some insights into what is happening? Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] DX4Win and Kachina - possible?
Problem solved. Kachina and DX4Win did not play well together because I had a com1 conflict. DX4Win had com1 assigned both to radio control and a keyer. My dumb oversight not to have checked this. Now DX4win and Kachina are a happy couple. Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] DX4Win and Kachina - possible?
Does anyone have any experience with controlling a Kachina with DX4Win? Can it be done? Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] DX4Win and Kachina - possible?
On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 23:38:06 +0200, iz5fsa wrote: Sure! Having a little trouble getting this working. Kachina keeps poping up error messages and DX4Win then resets the radio to none or Icom. You must run the Kachina control program AND the dx4win... and so you can synch radio direct to the dx spot frequency. Yes both are running. I actually had DX4win and Kachina working 4-5 years ago but forgot. When I went to the Radio database I saw Kachina still in there but a different directory. I can see \path\kachina\kc505_01.dat and it is being updated but DX4win doesn't seem to be seeing it. Remeber to give dx4win's radio preferences the rigth name of the file used from the kachina software DX4win is set to File | Databases | Radios | Kachina and File Interface to c:\pf\ham\Kachina\kc505_01.dat. File | Preferences | Radio | KC505DSP and com port is set to 1. I don't understand why the com port is set to 1 as Kachina should do it's interfacing with kc505_01.dat. DX4Win is not using any com ports at the moment - until I get basic control. and to set property kachina software to be used from third party programs. I have set the Kachina control program for Special | Station Settings | Interface to Other Logbooks | ON Each time I try it the Kachina pops a message saying: KC505 Com1 Cannot control radio that's all. - Original Message - From: Larry Alkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 9:18 PM Subject: [Dx4win] DX4Win and Kachina - possible? Does anyone have any experience with controlling a Kachina with DX4Win? Can it be done? Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Log File Transfer
On Wed, 19 May 2004 14:50:48 -0700 (PDT), Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: --- Wendell Wyly - W5FL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The new country file is good enough that I would not import my old country file unless you want to import the qsl managers. The country file also went through a significant QSL manager update, original 7K QSL manager file was cleaned up and added to, now 24K QSL managers. So you probably don't need to import this part either. 73 - Jim AD1C Jim please PMFJI in this thread. I'm also about to upgrade to 603. Over the years I've replaced the canned QSL managers with ones I had sucess with. I had thought that _all_ qsl managers were stored in dx4win.cty and nothing in the log file. If I use your dx4win.cty with the new managers, will I lose my customization? How can I choose which qsl manager (mine or yours) to use? 73, Larry N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Howto eliminate double spots?
For the past three days I have been getting double spots and double voice announcements. It's pretty annoying. Until now I have always gotten only 1 spot even when there are several sources. I've made no change in preferences. My spots come in from two streams. Two meter packet and an internet telnet source. The double spots are identical except one lists the country prefix and one does not. Using DX4Win 6.02 and Windows 98SE with 256 meg of ram. The computer runs the station only. I believe this started after I returned from a couple of days out of town. The computer was off during that trip. I've rebooted several times but still get the same double spots. Nothing else seems funny about the computer. Is there anything I can do short of a DX4Win re-install? Larry N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] How to get new band/mode voice alert
After a lot of fiddling my problem was solved when I re-installed DX4Win 6.02. I DK how that fixed it but all is well now. I also have a much better understanding how the New Band or Mode preference can be activated by several conditions, one of which is the Band/mode I was anxious about. Here comes a New Band or Mode right now - gotta go. 73 Larry Alkoff On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 23:27:59 -0500, Paul van der Eijk wrote: Larry, What is your selection under: File | Preferences | Packet1 | DX Alert (the selection box) Paul At 07:00 PM 1/24/2004 -0600, Larry Alkoff wrote: I use DX4win 6.02. The printed user manual version 6.0 refers to three conditions that will provide a DX Alert. They are: Adds to DXCC, New band or mode, New band/mode. However, the third New band/mode does not appear in the packet preferences. Right now I am set for New band or mode but would very much like to get alerted on new band/mode. I miss a lot of new band/modes now. Does anyone have information on why this useful alert mode has been left out? Was it in 5.03 and fell through the cracks? Larry N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] labels for qsl cards
On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 10:31:02 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know if there is a label made for an inkjet printer similar in size to the labels for dot matrix printers - i.e. 15/16 high and 3 1/2 wide. My qsl cards were made to use these labels but it's getting to be a pain to have to use the dot matrix printer to create labels. thanks, Jay W2KD I use Office Max #86100 size 1 x 2 5/8 which gives three across for printing on my Deskjet 500. This is a less expensive version of a similiar Avery label. Look in any office supply store and you should find something close to the size you want. Note that 3.5 wide will be 2 across. 73, Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] How to get new band/mode voice alert
I use DX4win 6.02. The printed user manual version 6.0 refers to three conditions that will provide a DX Alert. They are: Adds to DXCC, New band or mode, New band/mode. However, the third New band/mode does not appear in the packet preferences. Right now I am set for New band or mode but would very much like to get alerted on new band/mode. I miss a lot of new band/modes now. Does anyone have information on why this useful alert mode has been left out? Was it in 5.03 and fell through the cracks? Larry N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] A cautionary tale aka backup or else
This is the tale of what happened to me. Don't be caught without a backup. Last month I started automatic backups of my dx4win log files to two other drives on other computers of my little home network. Prior to that I did backups once in a while. Not recommended! Last night the shack computer (n2la) crashed. The drive. Except for the dx4win data there was no data on the shack computer that is unique. Normal work is done on another computer (wanda). Luckily my dx4win data is intact on the other drives from the automatic backups. I can buy another drive, install Windows and dx4win, then reload my dx4win data. Don't lose your vital log data! Back it up. There are several ways to do it. I strongly suggest that the method be automatic - it would be awful to lose your data because you forgot to back it up for a few months! My method is to run a batch file in the wee hours every day using Windows 98 Task Scheduler. It's a little icon on the bottom task bar in the group of running programs to the left of the time display. Task Scheduler can be set to run any program (batch file in my case) at any time with any frequency (daily, weekly etc). The command would be something like: command /c backlog.bat Tip: Make sure the properties of command.com are close program on exit. The backlog.bat batch file first zips up the files in the dx4win\save subdirectory that I have modified. All the others will come back on a new install. The batch file line that creates the zip file is: zip -u n2la n2la.dxl dx4win.cty dx4win.tcp dx4win.lab dx4win.ini dx4win.cfg where the first n2la is the file name n2la.zip and the other are files to include in the zip file. The -u specifies only those files that have changed are added to the zip file. The batch file continues with lines that rename it uniquely and then copies it over the network with a command like: copy n2la.zip \\wanda\c\hamdata\ where wanda is my normal working computer and hamdata is where you wish to keep the backups. Hope this helps someone save their data. 73, Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[DX4WIN] Backup Of Logbook to Floppy
I backup my log _files_ frequently to several hard disks on my home network using a simple dos batch file. It's just a matter of typing backn2la. We have a shack computer, my office computers (Windows 98 and Linux) and wife's office computer. They all have to fail before I lose the data. I say _files_ because it is necessary to backup n2la.dxl, dx4win.tcp and dx4win.cty. They all are zipped into n2la.zip in the save directory of DX4Win on the shack computer with zip -u. Then the zip files are saved to several networked computers (including the shack computer) in /data/ham.dat as n2laDOY?.zip where DOY is the Day Of the Year and ? is a single letter from a to n. The backup file names for any given DOY start with a and continue to n such that, if n2la309a.zip exists then the next is named n2la309b.zip etc. The batch file runs under 4DOS, a command.com replacement which has the DOY function but it should be easy to do something under command.com. Of course, if you do much batch work I strongly suggest 4DOS which has many extensions to make like under dos better. Use 4NT for the CLI of Windows NT - actually it runs in 32 bits under _any_ Windows 95+ OS. At present 1.4 megabytes of data take under 400k of disk space - it's cheap you know. The next thing I'm going to do is make it run once daily automatically but I don't know how to do this under Windows 98 yet. There is no cron.daily you know ;-) Since attachments are not permitted on this list, I have included the batch file for your inspection: === batch file backn2la.bat === @echo off rem Copy n2la log data from n2la computer to wanda pushd c:\pf\ham\dx4win\save echo Updating n2la.zip file: zip -u n2la n2la.dxl dx4win.cty dx4win.tcp copy /u \\n2la\c\pf\ham\dx4win\save\n2la.dxl \\wanda\c\pf\ham\dx4win\save\ copy /u \\n2la\c\pf\ham\dx4win\save\dx4win.cty \\wanda\c\pf\ham\dx4win\save\ copy /u \\n2la\c\pf\ham\dx4win\save\dx4win.tcp \\wanda\c\pf\ham\dx4win\save\ rem Change to dx4win\save\backup if not isdir \pf\ham\dx4win\save\backup md backup cd backup set numb=a if exist n2la%_doy%a.zip set numb=b if exist n2la%_doy%b.zip set numb=c if exist n2la%_doy%c.zip set numb=d if exist n2la%_doy%d.zip set numb=e if exist n2la%_doy%e.zip set numb=e if exist n2la%_doy%f.zip set numb=g if exist n2la%_doy%g.zip set numb=h if exist n2la%_doy%h.zip set numb=i if exist n2la%_doy%i.zip set numb=j if exist n2la%_doy%j.zip set numb=k rem skip number l if exist n2la%_doy%k.zip set numb=m if exist n2la%_doy%m.zip set numb=n echo Updating log data to n2la and wanda: copy /u ..\n2la.zip \\wanda\c\inv\ham.dat\dxlog\n2la%_doy%%numb.zip copy /u ..\n2la.zip \\wanda\d\inv\ham.dat\dxlog\n2la%_doy%%numb.zip copy /u ..\n2la.zip \\doug\c\inv\ham.dat\dxlog\n2la%_doy%%numb.zip copy /u ..\n2la.zip c:\inv\ham.dat\dxlog\n2la%_doy%%numb.zip :end popd = end batch file = Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Support for LOTW
On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 13:56:38 -0400, Paul van der Eijk wrote: Hi, I have been reading most of the exchanges about this topic, and came up the following ideas / questions. 1. Support for a few more 'confirm flags'; see below Absolutely. Probably only LOTW to begin with since eQSL's are not accepted by ARRL. 2. Add a function to the logbook import mechanism to use the QSOs to set the confirm flag in the existing log. The imported QSOs will not be added to the existing log, they are only used to change the confirmation flag. Yes. 3. Some small changes are needed in the ADIF export (mode=PSK31 and one band needs a different format. (These changes have been made already) 4. I have no immediate plans to integrate LOTW functionality INSIDE DX4WIN (Key management, sending / receiving logs etc.) Many of you have already exported a log to ADIF and used that log to upload QSOs. The LOTW software makes the required steps simple. As long as we can export and import and set the LOTW confirm flag by hand where necessary I don't see any need for additional support. Confirmation flags: Currently, we only have Yes / No, and the Yes flag implies that you have the QSL card in your possession. With services like the LOTW, we will need an extra status to indicate an electronic confirmation. Some issues / questions: I assume 'Card in hand' and 'electronic confirmation' need to co-exist, ie all four combinations are possible. I'm not sure if we need more than one electronic confirmation flag (to distinguish between LOTW and eQSL for example) Does this really add value or does it add confusion? To distinguish between LOTW and eQSL for example leads to eight combinations. I can also see that other 'awards issuing organizations' may establish their own electronic logbook services. Do we need to distinguish what type of confirmation (card or electronic) can be used for an award? It's going to be a real can of worms. Interested in your ideas, Paul Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Telnet issues
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 16:37:50 -0700, Terry Dunlap wrote: I don't think it's an ISP issue. Many of us have installed DX-Telnet to handle telnet for DX4Win Writelog. With DX-Telnet running there is NO disconnection from the same telnet sites that routinely get disconnected using DX4Win alone. 73 de Terry KK6T You are quite correct but I wish DX4Win could be changed to work as well as DXTelnet because it's a real PITA to have several programs running to support DXTelnet to DX4Win. I really only want DX4Win running g. Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] DX4win and Network
On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 15:04:54 -0400, Mel wrote: DX4Win doe NOT support anything other than one instance accessing the log at a time... The danger is because each copy of DX4Win is actually updating it's own memory copy of the log. When it flushes to disk... It will overwrite any changes made to the other copy... Lets assume you open it in the shack... And open it again in the office to do some QSL printing... And you work some new stations in the shack... Then close the log... Now updated with new QSO's... When you close the copy in the office, if you update the log, you will overwrite the Shack version... With the older version which predated the new QSO's... As long as only one copy is open at a time, you are safe... But I think it's dangerous to do it this way because a mistake can be serious... I prefer to work with a copy of the log. If I do some SL updating, I simply copy it back... Less chance of an error. Thanks Mel I've learned a hard lesson. Looks like I lost 48 hours worth of QSO's because I logged in QSL's on the office computer which updated the station machine with an earlier copy. Before I just copied the n2la.dxl file over the network to the office machine but made _all_ changes on the station machine - I'll do that in the future. The only reason I did it is so spots would be updated with the latest log information. But I now see it's just too dangereous to use the station log in the office computer over the network because a single mis-step would cause the station computer to get a stale update. Never again! Larry Alkoff Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] DX4win and Network
On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 16:08:21 -0400, Roger D Johnson wrote: Take a look at this program. It allows you to use another computer to access your main computer via a network. The accessing computer acts similar to a dumb terminal so all file updating is done on the main computer. http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ 73, Roger Thanks Roger. I've used vnc and it's ok but pretty dog slow! Larry Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] How to xmit PSK off frequency
To reply to the messages from David, Rob and Mel as to wether you can't just use the split capabilities of the transceiver: When you receive a PSK station with the rig set at 14070 (the standard starting point for the PSK window) and click with the mouse on a DX signal, the rig is then transmitting on the indicated 14070 plus some offset frequency. The offset frequency _may_ be the frequency indicated in the Tx freq window but I'm not sure. How can I determine what the correct frequency to set the transceiver which would possibly be 14070 plus the offset frequency to receive the DX plus the split requested by the DX? I can't figure that out and need someone who does this for a living to explain it. 73, Larry Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] How to xmit PSK off frequency
Thank you very much Mel. I understand it now - it's quite simple! Thanks for your mini-tutorial of the 14070 ssb range 14070-14073 and the meaning of the audio tone frequency. It's quite clear now. I'm not sure the XIT in a Yaesu Mark V is calibrated in frequency units. So I'll just keep the Rx and Tx netted and set the transceiver xmit freq higher by the DX stations requested offset. 73, Larry N2LA On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 13:14:32 -0400, Mel Martin wrote: I just don't see what your problem is Larry... maybe I'm missing something... When you check the net box, the receive and transmit tones are identical... The carrier frequency is the same for RX and TX unless you are using RIT/XIT... there is no offset that you need to worry about... If the audio tone is 1000HZ for example... you are transceiving on the 14.070 SSB channel... ie 14.070 - 14.073... the actual PSK signal is 14.071 14,070 KHz + 1 KHz... If you are netted to the signal at 1000Hz... and the station asks you to transmit, for example, 1KHz up... just set the XIT up 1KHz... or set the RIT down 1KHz and retune... where you are exactly is not really relevent... what you care about is being where the DX station sends you... the waterfall will think you are still netted because of the offset of the carrier frequencies... which is the XIT/RIT offset... maybe that is what has you confused. It's no different than any other mode. Remember the waterfall is just looking at the audio passband and is assuming that RX/TX carrier frequencies are the same. - Original Message - From: Larry Alkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 12:41 Subject: Re: [Dx4win] How to xmit PSK off frequency To reply to the messages from David, Rob and Mel as to wether you can't just use the split capabilities of the transceiver: When you receive a PSK station with the rig set at 14070 (the standard starting point for the PSK window) and click with the mouse on a DX signal, the rig is then transmitting on the indicated 14070 plus some offset frequency. The offset frequency _may_ be the frequency indicated in the Tx freq window but I'm not sure. How can I determine what the correct frequency to set the transceiver which would possibly be 14070 plus the offset frequency to receive the DX plus the split requested by the DX? I can't figure that out and need someone who does this for a living to explain it. 73, Larry Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] How to interface to DXTelnet?
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:13:15 -0400, Mel Martin wrote: I performed a little experiment... On friday... I connected to AB5K via telnet with DX4Win... I also connected using DXBase (another logging program) This morning (monday)... DXBase was still receiving spots but DX4Win had disconnected... It looks like there might be a problem in DX4Win... Mel did you have _both_ auto re-connection and keep alive checked? Larry N2LA - Original Message - From: Larry Alkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mel Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 13:26 Subject: Re: [Dx4win] How to interface to DXTelnet? On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 13:01:34 -0400, Mel Martin wrote: It might be the local ISP... they drop inactive links to free up resources... Did you try setting up a timed job to keep the link active... you could configure your e-mail to check for mail every 5 minutes or so... My email program already does that and it's always running. Heaven forbid I should miss something g. Sometimes my link stays up for hours - once over a day. But usually it dies after an hour or so. - Original Message - From: Larry Alkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 09:24 Subject: RE: [Dx4win] How to interface to DXTelnet? On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 20:55:02 -0400, Mel wrote: Why do you have to use your local node? Try another one... There are hundreds... The local cluster has useful morning chat between the active dxers in town. I've tried several nearby clusters using ARCluster software that carry the same chat and all have the same problem of telnet dropping after only a few hours. -Original Message- From: Larry Alkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: August 7, 2003 5:10 PM To: Mel Martin Subject: Re: [Dx4win] How to interface to DXTelnet? On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 17:04:31 -0400, Mel Martin wrote: I guess you realize you don't have to use DXTelnet... you can just telnet directly from DX4Win... I too like to keep things simple. However DX4Win will not keep my connection going more than a few hours. I don't know if the problem is with DX4Win or my local AB5K node. So I have to do something. I haven't tried to use DXTelnet... as I'm a little skeptical of the use of multiple telnet sessions... like to keep things simple ;-) - Original Message - From: Larry Alkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 16:57 Subject: [Dx4win] How to interface to DXTelnet? DXTelnet says DX4Win supports a direct link to DXTelnet. The instructions are rather confusing. Can someone give me the setup information? My DX4Win consistantly aborts (or times out?) when using a telnet connection to my local note AB5K. While away from the shack I have no 2 meter link and must use telnet. Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Suggestion for ease of use improvement
The backup files dx4win.ctb and dx4win.dxb are deleted when dx4win exits normally. My request is that these files should _also_ close when alt-s is typed since after alt-s the log and cty files are up to date. This will eliminate the problem when dx4win closes unexpectedly and upon reloading asks if you want to save the backup files. Since I don't remember at that time if I alt-s'ed or not I have to look at both the current file and saved backup. They are useless at that time if alt-s saved the last modifications and deleting them at alt-s time would save a lot of time and energy. Vy 73, Larry N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Control characters for rtty function keys?
DK why it didn't work the first time but working just fine now. Thanks a meg. Larry N2LA On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:05:19 -0400, Mel wrote: %C sends a control C Here is a string that loads the time into my PK232: %Cdaytime %d%M It works fine from Transmit mode... The %C puts the TNC in command mode, so the %C is doing what it's supposed to... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Alkoff Sent: July 21, 2003 4:16 PM To: dx4win Subject: [Dx4win] Control characters for rtty function keys? I'm just getting into rtty and using DX4Win 6.02. Switching the rtty window between packet and rtty seems to work just fine. I would like to set up function keys to use common rtty keystrokes. Example: control-c t for transmit and control-c e for end transmission. The manual suggests that you can enter %Ct in the rtty function key settings and the capital C will send a control c and then a normal t but it doesn't seem to work. So the question is how to enter a control-c in the window. Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] How can I find duplicate QSO's?
Thanks for that explanation Paul - I understand better now. The export includes seconds but when I hand enter the time it's to the even minute. I'll try changing the export filter as you suggest. Tnx and 73, Larry On Wed, 09 Apr 2003 21:09:42 -0400, Paul van der Eijk wrote: Larry, The dx4win export filters export the logs with the time in seconds. When you make a copy of that filter, and change the time format not to uses seconds, you can filter out the second duplicates by first deleting all QSOs (this preserves the group numbers you may have defined) and import the complete log again, ignoring duplicate QSOs You may have to add a dummy QSO in you empty log to force the checking for duplicate QSOs) This procedure assumes that the times only differs in seconds. Make sure you save your log under a different name and check it out! Paul At 11:24 AM 4/9/03 -0500, Larry Alkoff wrote: How can I find duplicate QSO's in the DX4Win log file? Sometimes I hand enter a new QSO onto my office computer which I use for official QSLing and tweaking, but usually import the current month with Imported QSO is ignored checked. Although I haven't tested this situation rigorously , I _think_ this produces two seemingly identical entries because the time is not exactly the same to tenths of a second. I sometimes stumble over the dupes but I'd like to eliminate these systematically. Larry N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] How can I find duplicate QSO's?
How can I find duplicate QSO's in the DX4Win log file? Sometimes I hand enter a new QSO onto my office computer which I use for official QSLing and tweaking, but usually import the current month with Imported QSO is ignored checked. Although I haven't tested this situation rigorously , I _think_ this produces two seemingly identical entries because the time is not exactly the same to tenths of a second. I sometimes stumble over the dupes but I'd like to eliminate these systematically. Larry N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Duplicate identical spots bug
When I connect to a http cluster like 25 spots OH2AQ,http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/dx25.html?|3 I get duplicate spots every 3 minutes until the number of spots runs out of the 25 that this particular cluster displays. There are two separate problems: 1. If it's late at night when there are not many new spots I'll get pages of the same 1,2 or 3 spots. Also I have to listen to the _same_ voice spot announcement every 3 minutes. 2. If the same station is spotted two different times I get multiple instances of _both_ spots. The earlier spot is not dropped as normally happens with a two meter cluster. These two problems do not happen when using a two meter cluster because two meter clusters normally only send the spot once. In the case of a http cluster, there should be logic to: 1. Do not respond to or announce a spot that is identical to a previously listed spot 2. Clear a spot when a later different spot for a call comes in like a two meter cluster. I understand the ability to re-scan http spots is new in version 6 and I greatly applaud it's addition but the current logic is not correct. I hope it can be fixed. Vy 73, Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Main window modified when spots set bug
On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 08:30:17 -0500, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: At 07:22 AM 3/25/2003 -0600, Larry Alkoff N2LA wrote: Using DX4Win 6.02 whenever I connect to an cluster the main window immediately indicates modified 120 and starts counting down. This should not be happening as I have made no log changes and it's very disconcerting to be confronted with an indication that the log file has been modified when I recall no such modification. I'd call this a bug. Check to see if Backup Spots is turned on in your preferences. 73 - Jim AD1C Jim Backup Spots is turned ON. Should I turn it OFF? Larry Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Main window modified when spots set bug
Paul, I never noticed the subtle point that qso's needing save were red and the spots need saving were in black! How could I have missed that? Thank you very much. 73, Larry On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 19:58:29 -0500, Paul van der Eijk wrote: Larry, This indicates that the spots need to be saved. When you see modified in red, it indicates the log needs to be saved. Paul At 07:22 AM 3/25/03 -0600, Larry Alkoff wrote: Using DX4Win 6.02 whenever I connect to an cluster the main window immediately indicates modified 120 and starts counting down. This should not be happening as I have made no log changes and it's very disconcerting to be confronted with an indication that the log file has been modified when I recall no such modification. I'd call this a bug. If it has been a while since I connected to a cluster I have no way of knowing if I made a change or not - which makes me very nervous about doing a Save. I notice if I actually to an Exit then DX4Win closes without the Save dialog which indicates that the log file has not really been modified and the appearance of the Modified flag is spurious. I absolutely _depend_ on the Modified flag in the Main window to tell me whether the log has changed so I can make the judgement to Save or not. This should be fixed. 73, Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Spot window does not scroll down
I am having a problem with 6.02 with the spot window. The window sometimes scrolls down properly when a new spot comes in but many times it does not. If I leave for a while and come back, the scroll bar little square that you move and that identifies the position of the current line (what do you call that anyway?) is somewhere in the middle of the window and I have to remember to scroll down with the mouse. When only a few spots have come in I can't see whether the scroll bar is all the way at the bottom or not. This never happened with 5.03. Has anyone noticed similiar behavior? Is there a fix? I'm using the regular TNC interface with a 2 meter link for spots - the cluster uses AR-Cluster. It's reliable AFAIK. 73, Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Internet connection
Hello Paul. Using DX4Win 5.03 the url 25 spots OH2AQ,http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/dx25.html?|2 runs once but does not refresh - ever. The vertical bar is shift \ above the enter key. The packet1 mode is regular tcpip. Is there some trick to getting this working? A setting somewhere? Larry On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:08:37 -0500, Paul van der Eijk wrote: Larry, The value after the vertical bar is the refresh rate in minutes. I added that to the '25 spots', not to the '250 spots'. You will have to edit the dx4win.tcp file if you want to change that. Paul At 05:04 PM 2/11/03 -0600, Larry Alkoff wrote: On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 16:41:02 +0100, Erik Hyllander wrote: I have noticed that if the cluster address finishes with .html no reload takes place. If it ends with .html?|3 it reloads after three minutes even if the cluster at normal web-browser contact reloads every minute. I have long been frustrated by the fact that 250 spots OH2AQ,http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/dx250.html? does _not_ repeat automatically. I thought your email was the answer to my prayers but adding |3 to the above also never reloads. Does anyone know of a good web based spotting site that shows up in the dx4win spot list and repeats? It would be wonderful if this ability could be put into dx4win sometime. Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Internet connection
On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 16:41:02 +0100, Erik Hyllander wrote: I have noticed that if the cluster address finishes with .html no reload takes place. If it ends with .html?|3 it reloads after three minutes even if the cluster at normal web-browser contact reloads every minute. I have long been frustrated by the fact that 250 spots OH2AQ,http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/dx250.html? does _not_ repeat automatically. I thought your email was the answer to my prayers but adding |3 to the above also never reloads. Does anyone know of a good web based spotting site that shows up in the dx4win spot list and repeats? It would be wonderful if this ability could be put into dx4win sometime. Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] How do voice announcements check hardware?
In my DX4Win 5.03 manual it talks about how DX4Win checks to see if sound is enabled on the computer and, because the software check sometimes gives erroneous results, there is a way to bypass this check. Specifically under the topic Voice | Audio/Voice it says: Audio / Voice If a sound card is present in your system, the program can announce DX spots using the sound card. If no sound card is present, a DX alert results in a system beep. In some cases the function to test for a sound system fails. In such a case you can test if the system can play a sound file correctly and bypass this test. In my new computer with sound on the motherboard, it seems to me I'm not getting all the voice announcements, although some do come through. Is the function to test for a sound done each time a voice announcement is made or just once when the program starts? How can this check be bypassed? Has anything changed about this in version 6.01 which is on order? Thanks, Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Abnormal termination logic questions.
The use of the file \dx4win\dx4win.dxb which is deleted when a normal termination takes place is quite useful to recover from crashes in cases where the log file has not yet been written to disk. However when a control-s is done and the program subsequently crashes with no changes to the log, the dx4win.dxb file really gets in the way. In DX4Win 5.03 the online help says that the file \dx4win\dx4win.dxb is used as a backup in case of abnormal termination and that dx4win.dxb will be made identical with the log file \dx4win\save\n2la.dxl (in my case) after a save or control-s. After experimentation, this does not happen and the two files are not conformed after control-s. My practice is to do frequent control-s so that in case of a crash the log file is up to date. However, since the two files are not the same I have to go through the cumbersome process of loading both files and trying to see which has more contacts. Is my program acting abnormally? If the dx4win.dxb and my log were the same size it would be easy to check with a simple batch file after a crash. Or is it possible that both the log and dx4win.dxb contain the same information in a slightly different format? Being binary I cannot easily peer into them. Here's a thought: Shouldn't a control-s delete or rename dx4win.dxb until the next entry or change is made since the log is as up to date as possible after a control-s? Has this behavior changed in any way in 6.01? Larry Alkoff N2LA This causes a problem when dx4win terminates abnormally. Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] DX Spotting Window Headings
Charlie your last two messages to the list came through with a date of 1/1/2000 which causes the messages to appear at the bottom of the usual mail list sorted by date. Please correct this. Larry N2LA On Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:04:36 -, W0YG Charlie Summers wrote: Thanks to Paul and Don Currier, I am squared away on priorities and how they are assigned. Paul sent a message to the reflector describing the process and where in the documentation it can be found. 73, Charlie, W0YG.. Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Updating spots
The issue of losing telnet spot connections has been discussed in a recent thread. To have a reliable spot connection I use the oh2aq supplied in the stock dx4win.tcp: http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/dx25.html? When I use this exact same url in my web browser it updates every minute but DX4Win ignores the new data. The only way to update is manually by pressing a key. Is there any way DX4Win can take advantage of the automatic update facility of this site? If not I request this ability in the next DX4Win update 73, Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Staying Connected to TELNET
On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 21:05:25 -0800, STU wrote: Is there anyone out there that has a hard time staying connected to TELNET. I have a high speed cable connection that works great for the Internet. No problems! When connecting to a DX cluster via TELNET (with DX4WIN) and the activity is somewhat slow, I seem to get disconnected. During peak times such as contests I stay connected just fine. I understand there is a so called keep alive option either in DX4WIN or some other outside source. The idea is to keep the traffic moving. If windows isn't seeing any traffic from you, (some ISP's as well.) disconnect you so others can use the IP you were on. Is there a setting in DX4WIN using the TCP/IP setting with this so called keep alive feature? Please advise. TNX, 73 STU Please respond to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have noticed that normally I lose my connection in about an hour. My experiments indicate that the reason is that somehow Telnet attracts a swarm of attempted connections from various unknown urls that overload the ability of Telnet to keep itself alive. Various methods of sending keep alive signals have made no difference. I maintain two machines - one is Linux. If I establish a Telnet connection under DX4Win and set the Linux machine to monitor connections using tcpdump which is included in most Linux distributions, I can clearly see the attempted connections building up - to as many as hundreds per second! This is a classic DOS (Denial of Service) attack. Most people would be unaware of the attack unless they are running an analysis tool like tcpdump. I've tried nearly a dozen different Telnet sites - the result has always been the same. That is why I'm looking for a good http site that does automatic refreshes. My connection is a 24 hour cablemodem (Time-Warner of Austin TX RoadRunner) and I think that kind of connection is attractive to the kind of people doing this. They can easily tell it's Time-Warner from the first few digits of the IP address. Many have complained about the difficulty of keeping their Telnet connection up. Hope this information helps others. Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Staying Connected to TELNET
Ted I've been wondering why I have had problems and you don't. I'm also behind a router and the windows computer also has the ZoneAlarm firewall but that has not seemed to stop the DOS attacks. It's not a D-Link (Ugate 3000) but I've looked at the D-link and others and they are all pretty much the same. I'm experimenting with a new system that may eliminate the unwanted connections from various unknown urls. It's a Linux system with a very cool program called Win4Lin which allows you to actually _install_ Windows 98 so that it and windows programs are actually running under Linux - but they don't really know it. The best thing is that Windows then uses the networking facilities of Linux including a special stateful firewall that only allows connections to come in from the Internet if related to something I have initiated. This may stop all the DOS type interference because they are all initiated from the outside and should not be permitted through the firewall. It's running now and I should know in a day or so. My goal is to end up with a Telnet connection for spots that runs for weeks at a time! 73, Larry N2LA On Tue, 05 Nov 2002 09:46:03 -0500, Ted Sarah - W8TTS wrote: I use DX-Telnet through a cable modem (Road Runner) and don't have any problem staying connected. I did earlier, do to the way it was connected to my laptop, but that's another issue. I have the clusters that I use, set up to be pinged every 10 minutes as a keep alive. And, it works like a charm. To stop the unwanted attempted connections from various unknown urls, I use a D-Link Cable/DSL Internet Gateway between the cable modem and the PC. 73 - Ted - W8TTS Larry Alkoff wrote: On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 21:05:25 -0800, STU wrote: Is there anyone out there that has a hard time staying connected to TELNET. I have a high speed cable connection that works great for the Internet. No problems! When connecting to a DX cluster via TELNET (with DX4WIN) and the activity is somewhat slow, I seem to get disconnected. During peak times such as contests I stay connected just fine. I understand there is a so called keep alive option either in DX4WIN or some other outside source. The idea is to keep the traffic moving. If windows isn't seeing any traffic from you, (some ISP's as well.) disconnect you so others can use the IP you were on. Is there a setting in DX4WIN using the TCP/IP setting with this so called keep alive feature? Please advise. TNX, 73 STU Please respond to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have noticed that normally I lose my connection in about an hour. My experiments indicate that the reason is that somehow Telnet attracts a swarm of attempted connections from various unknown urls that overload the ability of Telnet to keep itself alive. Various methods of sending keep alive signals have made no difference. I maintain two machines - one is Linux. If I establish a Telnet connection under DX4Win and set the Linux machine to monitor connections using tcpdump which is included in most Linux distributions, I can clearly see the attempted connections building up - to as many as hundreds per second! This is a classic DOS (Denial of Service) attack. Most people would be unaware of the attack unless they are running an analysis tool like tcpdump. I've tried nearly a dozen different Telnet sites - the result has always been the same. That is why I'm looking for a good http site that does automatic refreshes. My connection is a 24 hour cablemodem (Time-Warner of Austin TX RoadRunner) and I think that kind of connection is attractive to the kind of people doing this. They can easily tell it's Time-Warner from the first few digits of the IP address. Many have complained about the difficulty of keeping their Telnet connection up. Hope this information helps others. Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Staying Connected to TELNET
On Tue, 05 Nov 2002 11:34:05 -0500, Ted Sarah - W8TTS wrote: Hi Larry, I think the main reason that I don't loose my cluster connections is because I use the ping (Stay Alive) option of DX-Telnet. Even on slow spot days, it pings once ever 10 minutes and keeps the connection active. I can stay connected for a VERY long time this way. 73 - Ted I just got bounced off my Telnet connnection. In experiment #2 I have my mail program running and set to request new mail every 5 minutes. This should be the equivalent of your ping. Lets see how long it stays connected. Larry Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Staying Connected to TELNET
On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 11:24:29 -0800 (PST), Jim Reisert wrote: Are you guys on nodes with very little traffic? I can connect to W1GQ, KE9KD and K8SMC (also N2TX before it moved) for days at a time, and I'm not actively pinging the connection. In fact, I have two computers connected to two different nodes while I'm at work all day (one wired, one wireless). The only time I lose a connection is if the remote node goes down, or something happens to my router or cable modem. Using ATT Broadband Internet. I'm connected to an AB5K ARCluster node. We get a lot of traffic, basically all US and Canada. Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Re:automatic refresh cluster
On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 13:58:53 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use a spanish internet cluster ED7ZAB-5 with automatic refresh. I have regular problems with telnet type sites that go down after a short time. But the ED7ZAB-5 web site is the wrong continent unless it has some good filters. Does anyone know any _automatic_ refresh web based clusters near the Texas area? Larry N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Do these prefixes need changing?
I recently went over the official ARRL DXCC countries list and compared it to the list you get with F1 in the countries field of DX4WIn. Here are some changes I would like to make. 1. Antarctica is listed as CE9 in the DXCC list, KC4 in DX4Win. The only reason to change that is to maintain the same alphabetical order as ARRL. 2. Franz Josef Land is listed as R1FJ in the DXCC list, 4K2 in DX4Win. I only have 2 qso's - R1FJV and UA3PAC/P Since 4K2 doesn't appear to be used shouldn't it be changed? 3. Malyj Vysotskij Is is listed as R1MV in the DXCC list, 4J1 in DX4Win. Again I have 9 qso's with R1MVI recently and would like to change this on the basis that it's in actual use. 4. Ukraine is listed as UR in the DXCC list, EM in DX4Win. This one is very confusing - I don't know where EM came from. My Ukraine qso's mostly start with UR. It's easier to associate UR with Ukraine than EM. EM is frequently used as a prefix for Antarctic stations! All the rest are close enough and keep to the same alphabetical order as the official ARRL countries list. I would change these in my personal countries database. Does this make good sense or am I tweaking needlessly? Your comments please. 73, Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout
On Sat, 06 Jul 2002 12:22:03 +, Dave wrote: From time to time I experience the same thing here... The suspicion I have is that it may be RF related. From time to I get some RF related activity (monitor flicker) with the beam pointed back at the shack, it also seems to be worse on some frequencies than others. As a result I'm never aware exactly when the disconnect occurs so it is hard to tie the transmission event back to the loss of the Internet connection. Dave NR1DX [EMAIL PROTECTED] FWIW I have the same timeout problem as the others and it is definitly _not_ rf related because it only happens at a computer in my house which is 200 yards from the shack. The shack is not operational at that time, therefore no rf. The shack uses a two meter line which is rock solid. This would dismiss rf as the culprit for most timeout problems. Larry Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout
I also have had the same problem for quite a while and it's quite annoying. My setup has a cablemodem and router. I believe that the telnet source asks for periodic acks and times out when the ack doesn't come. I would like to see dx4win changed to re-connect automatically when such a time-out occurs. Larry Alkoff N2LA On Fri, 5 Jul 2002 11:03:57 -0500, Alan Clark wrote: I have recently converted from a dial-up to an ISP to get my DX Spots to a Cable Modem. Since converting to the cable modem I notice that it times out and goes off line without any notification. All I notice is that I am not getting spots any more. Works fine when I dial up the ISP, but with the cable modem it times out. Any insight to a solution? Alan, N5PA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Does dx4win.cty automatically update?
I have worked K1B from my shack computer and changed the country to KH1. All of my contacts there are being properly reported as Baker-Howland. I routinely export from the shack computer as ADIF and import that file into my house computer which is 200 yards away. The house computer is where I log in QSL's, print lables and make reports. My preferences under imports is set to accept imported values. The contacts import properly as KH1 Baker-Howland. My question is - has the house dx4win.cty been properly updated for the K1B exception with this procedure? In a related case about 1000 QSO's from way back were imported into DX4Win. Originally there were errors reported and I went through the log and changed each country and zone to it's proper value. I assume that updated the dx4win.cty file but later I refreshed DX4Win and by mistake installed the current 5.03 dx4win.cty file. However the imported QSO's did not change - however about 75 contacts were marked error in the notes field. My related question is - did the virgin dx4win.cty file somehow automagically get modified to reflect the changes in the related case? Based on the above behavior it seems to me that dx4win.cty always changes to reflect the country and zone information in an existing or imported file. Why then is there a merge facility and when is it necessary to do this? I have never done the merge thing and my log _seems_ to be accurate. 73, Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
Re[2]: [Dx4win] QSL mgr update#6
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 11:02:57 -0500, David K2DBK wrote: I would think that if the updates continued to accumulate, the files would get really huge, with the associated risk of an error creeping in and causing a problem getting greater. (Not to mention that eventually, the import time might get pretty excessive for folks with slower systems, and the mail message itself could get immense) Good point. I didn't think they would be so huge _yet_ but it's possible. The problem I was trying to address with my low key suggestion is how to know which updates have been made. And of course what do you do when a new DX4Win comes out? I wonder if it's possible for me to simply keep adding updates to my own file with comments embedded as to which updates are being added. Questions that arise are: Do later updates overwrite the old data? Is there any warning when this happens? I don't want to overwrite old correct data with possible incorrect new data. I wish it was possible to keep a log of this data. How reliable is Vlad's data? That is, which DX bulletins does he get data from and how reliable are they. I have noticed a lot of DX bulletins will have conflicting or just plain wrong QSL manager data. AFAIK there is no way to extract the DX station call and QSL manager call to a file - that makes it very hard to check what's going on. As a fairly new born-again DX'er after a 30 year absence I'm starting to appreciate how much time and energy goes into QSL'ing. It's a real waste of time when I send a QSL to the wrong person. Unless he's nice enough to email or return the card with an explanation a long time goes by before I realize something's wrong and start to take corrective action. Somehow I feel that a much improved QSL manager database is needed. 73, Larry All the postings to this group are archived at www.qth.net, why not just dig out the ones that you're missing and load them up that way? As an alternative, perhaps one of the folks who main support sites for DX4WIN could keep the updates available as single files for those who need them? From: Larry Alkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vlad I copied and pasted your QSL mgr update #5 and #6 into separate files and compared them. Most of the entries in the two files are quite different which indicates that the updates are _not_ cumulative. It looks like I have to download and install all of them one by one. I respectfully request that you send me updates 1 through 4 as I have 5 and 6. I'd also like to suggest that future updates each include all the previous updates so it would only be necessary to load the latest without worrying about missing an update. Items that have changed should simply overwrite the old manager with the new. 73 Larry Alkoff N2LA 73, David, K2DBK P.S. Please make sure to reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Country ZZZZ New but incomplete
Just delete it. Three of you say delete it - so ... it's oudda here! Thanks fellas. Larry N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Country ZZZZ New but incomplete
I notice that there seems to be an extra country in my country database. It was first encountered when entering Ducie Island - my first added country. It has the prefix and country name is New but incomplete. Is this some template thing that DX4WIN uses when entering a new country or should I delete it? 73, Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] QSL mgr update#6
Vlad are your QSL manager updates cumulative? That is, do I have to install all of them in order or does the last one incorporate the previous updates? Thanks for the great service you are performing. 73, Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] How to identify QSL's that have no bureau
I routinely mark all QSL's Method = Bureau and print all QSL's using Method All. This separates the various Methods but QSL's that are marked Bureau but have no bureau end up in the Bureau batch. Did I say that right? I try to keep the ARRL list of countries without bureaus handy but it's cumbersome and I'l like to automate the process of separating those cards out. Is there any way? A possible enhancement? It takes over 6 months to find out I made a mistake and sent ARRL cards that cannot go to a bureau. Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] How to identify QSL's that have no bureau
Paul It looks like before printing, when I see the count of the numbers that will go to a counrty that has a non-active bureau, I can change the method for _those_ qsls to direct or something else. That seems to solve my problem nicely. I also looked at Labels: Change QSL routing. Very interesting - I didn't even know that existed! Thank you very much, Larry On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 20:19:38 -0500, Paul van der Eijk wrote: Larry, Before printing, you will see the count of the numbers that will go to a country was a buro that is not active. Also, check out the command 'Labels: Change QSL routing and note that you can double-click in that window to find the matching QSOs. Paul At 12:43 PM 2/11/02 -0600, Larry Alkoff wrote: I routinely mark all QSL's Method = Bureau and print all QSL's using Method All. This separates the various Methods but QSL's that are marked Bureau but have no bureau end up in the Bureau batch. Did I say that right? I try to keep the ARRL list of countries without bureaus handy but it's cumbersome and I'l like to automate the process of separating those cards out. Is there any way? A possible enhancement? It takes over 6 months to find out I made a mistake and sent ARRL cards that cannot go to a bureau. Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
[Dx4win] Wish - Wildcards for Callsign Alert box
I wish the callsign alert box would take wild cards similiar to the way the F8 search filter does. So if I wanted to select all the new VP8 activity it could be VP8* or *VP8* This has the nice side benefit of allowing one to follow the activities of a targeted station. Even if he has been worked on a band it will still show up in the spot window even if grey spots do not. Ahh, it's probably already in the next version ;-) Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
