[Dx4win] Newbie Questions: DX4Win + LoTW
After lots of procrastinating, I've finally gotten my act to use LoTW. I have logs for 5 different US callsigns. My questions are: - In doing card submissions./checks, DX4Win was apparently configured to not flag any of the DXCC categories (mixed, band. mode). Do I need to fiddle with any of those settings? After I submit to LoTW, are those flags (and stats) reset? How? - I assume I only upload the DX entries of my log(s). That being the case, how do I extract only those QSOs? Thanks in advance, Eric W3DQ Washington, DC -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.1 - Release Date: 3/9/2005
[Dx4win] Newbie Questions: DX4Win + LoTW
--- Eric Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - In doing card submissions./checks, DX4Win was apparently configured to not flag any of the DXCC categories (mixed, band. mode). Do I need to fiddle with any of those settings? After I submit to LoTW, are those flags (and stats) reset? How? These flags have nohing to do with exporting QSOs. They only have to do with how your DXCC statistics are computed. - I assume I only upload the DX entries of my log(s). That being the case, how do I extract only those QSOs? No, you can upload ALL QSOs. Just create a date filter, export those QSOs to an ADIF file, sign it and upload to LoTW web site. LoTW export is just that - it exports QSOs. It doesn't know anything about awards. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Mar 10 18:49:25 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Zack) Date: Thu Mar 10 18:51:48 2005 Subject: [Dx4win] APPNOTE: Why do we have callsign exceptions? In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jim, Along this line of thought, are there updates to the CTY.DAT files for the KH8SI operation at Swain Island? This is a different IOTA and LAT/LONG than the home KH8 island calls, and MAYBE? (depending on the ARRL) a new country, along the line of the Ducie Island DXpedition. When I log them in DX4WIN the log takes KH8SI as OC077, Amer Samoa, but their web site at http://www.swains-island.org shows their logging program info as: Prefix|Country name KH8/S Swains Island Zone | Start date 32 3-2-2005 Details 11.00 Hours BehindUTC IOTA | ITU | Continent OC-200 63 Oceania Longitude |Latitude 171.05 West 11.05 South GRID AH48LX Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: Periodically I will write something about the country files. If you find these useful, let me know and I'll write more, especially if you have a topic in mind. I'll try to post these somewhere on my web site: http://www.ad1c.us/dx4win/ Today's topic: Why do we have callsign exceptions? In an ideal world, the ITU prefix (http://life.itu.int/radioclub/rr/ap42.htm) would fully specify the location of a callsign. However, we do not live in an ideal world. Many prefixes are unique to a particular entity: DL4, J3, VK5 to name a few. However, many are not: 3D2, CE0, FO0, JD1, VP8, the list goes on. One can pick a standard default, i.e. 3D2 is more likely to be Fiji than Rotuma or Conway Reef. However, when a 3D2 call is used from one of those two entities, it must be added to the exception list. Prefixes change over time. Lesotho, 7P used to be ZS8. Palmyra, KH5 used to be KP6. In the first case, ZS8 was reclaimed by South Africa and now is used only from Marion Island. In the second case, no KP6 calls have been issued since the switch, but they could be. Sometimes a prefix is used past its expiration date. Take KX6 for example. Stations in the Marshall Islands began using the new V7 prefix in September, 1978. However, a number of KX6 stations remained on the air into the late 1980s. During the 1980s, the FCC began issuing 2x1 KX6 callsigns to stations in the 6th call area. Sure, a 2x2 callsign is most likely Marshall Islands, but coding up each special case in software makes it harder to make changes down the line. Sometimes the prefix doesn't tell you everything about the entity. For example, many 4K1 callsigns were used from Antarctica, KC4 in CQ Zone 39. But some were used from zones *other than* zone 39, and some were used from other Antarctic island like South Shetlands, VP8/H. The following is a list of the conditions when a callsign exception is needed: 1. The prefix is ambiguous - here is a list of some common ones: 3D2, 3Y, 4U, CE0, CE9, FO, GB, HK0, JD1, KC6, PY0, SV0, TO, TX, VK0, VP8, ZK1 Sometimes this affects only the CQ zone and not the entity. For example there are a number of different prefixes used in Antarctica, KC4. Some prefixes are only used from a particular CQ zone, for example FT5Y and ZL5 are both in CQ zone 30. However, some prefixes like VK0 or VP8 can be used from any of the following CQ zones: 12, 13, 29, 30, 32, 28 or 29. 2. The callsign is used from more than one location. For example, VK9ZR has been used from both Willis Island and Mellish Reef. 3. The callsign isn't correct for the entity. For example, there are a number of folks who moved to the states (lower-48 USA) but kept their KH6 or KL7 callsigns. 4. The callsign uses a portable
[Dx4win] Newbie Questions Assistance Request!
Hi de K9APW\\ Using version 6.02 -- New user as of this week -- Entered MANUALLY (off line) 800++ old entries -- but now find that only 400 of them were actually 'saved' to the log file after exiting the system -- Any idea where the other 400 entries not shown in the log book might have been saved to?? (I simply clicked on SAVE in the FILE menu??) How do I sort and view the logbook alphabetically by CALLSIGN?? (All my cards are in alpha order but were not entered in that same order!!) Thanks for any help -- I have 5000++ manual entries to make and after spending all day today entering, I find that 400++ of those entries made apparently did not actually save -- they were appearing on the log on the screen as I entered them, but are not there after exiting and restarting the program??? Thanks in advance -- Dick, K9APW
[Dx4win] Newbie Questions Assistance Request!
Lust Auction Services, LLC wrote: Entered MANUALLY (off line) 800++ old entries -- but now find that only 400 of them were actually 'saved' to the log file after exiting the system -- Best guess: you never actually pressed F10 or [enter] after entering QSO data in order to save the QSO. Did you simply keep tabbing away and replacing callsigns? Were the QSOs actually added to the log, i.e. did you see them appear in the logbook window? Any idea where the other 400 entries not shown in the log book might have been saved to?? (I simply clicked on SAVE in the FILE menu??) How do I sort and view the logbook alphabetically by CALLSIGN?? Right-click anywhere in the Logbook window, then Select Report and in the Sort Index pulldown select Callsign. 73 ... Zoran WA7AA
[Dx4win] Newbie questions
Ken-Dubuque shows in my worked listing. I have run into a problem where a county doesn't get recorded when entered because of a spelling error. Really need an error message if something is entered that doesn't match the database for that particular field. CU Pete, NN9K -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ken Kopp - KOPP Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 1:10 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Dx4win] Newbie questions Hello All, I have version 5.03, and I'm at 2100 Q's out of about 12K to be manually entered. I've just discovered that my first QSO with Dubuque County Iowa does not show up in the list of counties worked. The QSO -IS- in the log and it shows up when I search for Dubuque in the County field. With about 590 counties now worked, I'm now wondering if there are others that have also failed to show in the list. I REALLY don't want to go back and audit 2100 entries to see if EACH new one has shown up as I've entered it. Someone please see if your Dubuque county QSO appears in YOUR list of counties worked. It would be helpful to have the ability to enter Independent City in the County field for those states that have these ... VA and MO, for example. Why? Since there isn't (yet) a City field one could search VA and Independent City for QSO's that could be claimed for one of the needed adjacent counties. A City field would be most helpful. In my span of 51 years of operating I have many QSO's with stations that have been located in different places and if I understand correctly these must be noted in the Notes for this QSO field and NOT in the Notes for this call. I accidentally found that a Notes ... call entry for Bill - Podunk will be changed in all my QSO's with Bill when I log him at his new location as Bill - Hamville. I should have been entering all the 2100 locations in the Notes ... QSO field ... correct? I've run across numerous cases of spelling conflicts with 'boro and 'borough as they appear un the US Postal Directory. The Postal Directory spelling should be the correct one. The CA Yuma / Yuba County error has been noted before. How do we know when there is a update available as these little glitches get fixed and how do I get the update? 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. Please post in Plain-Text only.--- ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
