Good evening, all: I have run into a problem with DX4WIN and interfacing correctly with DX nodes. It is not particularly straightforward, but I will try to explain it clearly and as succinctly as possible.
In a nutshell, the problem is that I am not getting DX spots as they become available on the node. I do receive announcements, time hacks (when there have been no dx spots for 9 minutes), and talk messages (whether to me or to others). I use the macros in the "packet window" of DX4WIN, as shown below: 1. SH/DX|SH/DX/10%M (obviously, to show DX spots) 2. NA Only|set/filter doc/pass k,ve1,ve2,ve3,co,vp9,c6 %M (to filter out spots on all bands from other than the countries with the listed prefixes) 3. NE Only|set/filter dos/pass me,nh,vt,ma,ri,ny,pa,nj,md,de,va,wv,nc %M (to filter spots from other places than the states shown in the US) 4. 160 Only| set/filter dxbm/pass 160%M (to filter out spots other than on 160 during 160M contests) 5. FLTS OFF| set/filter doc/off %M (to turn off all country filters) 6. WWV|SH/Wwv/2%M (to show the last two WWV reports) 7. K1KO|K1KO%M (to "connect" with the various nodes). I realize that everyone reading this understands what these macros will do, but I wanted to show clearly the format I have put them in. I'm pretty certain they're correct, but if you see a problem with any or all of them, please let me know -- that could easily be the progenitor of all the other problems. Those problems include the following: 1. If I have all filters turned off or have just the 160M filter or just the NE filter on, when I send the show/dx/10 macro (or type it in), I get an error message from the node. It flatly will NOT send the dx spots in response to the command. Neither do I get any DX spots as they are spotted. I will, however, get the "keep the circuit open" time hack after nine minutes have passed. 2. If I have the NA filter only turned on, the sh/dx macro will allow the node to send me the ten dx spots, as you would expect, but I still do not get the spots as they are spotted. 3. The sh/wwv/2 macro always works correctly, regardless of the settings of any or all of the filters. Clearly something is amiss. I occasionally had these problems prior to installing the newest DX4WIN update, so I doubt that it is the issue. This same thing happens regardless of which node I connect to. I have removed and reinstalled the macros two or three times without any affect. I have uninstalled and then reinstalled DX4WIN once, again without affect. I have run to ground everything I can think of which may be causing these problems and so far, as Dizzy Dean said, I should have stood in bed. Please help. Any ideas will be gratefully accepted and acted on. This has reached the point that I am significantly frustrated and close to being angry, which means it's REALLY getting in the way of having fun chasing DX; that is, to me at least it's a VERY SERIOUS problem that is driving me nuts (however short a trip that drive may be!!). Thanks, in advance for your assistance (and just for reading my ranting...if you've gotten this far, that is!). 73, Karl, K1KO
