Re: [Dx4win] DXCC Deletion of Kingman Reef.

2016-03-28 Thread Garry Shapiro
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Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN UPDATE

2014-09-06 Thread Garry Shapiro
On 9/6/2014 12:22 PM, Barry wrote: P.S. I'll use whichever software AD1C uses and selflessly supports :-) Amen to that! Garry NI6T --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com _

Re: [Dx4win] Notes for this QSO

2014-01-28 Thread Garry Shapiro
ee it again. Thanks, Paul. Garry, NI6T On 1/28/2014 6:33 AM, Paul van der Eijk wrote: Gary, QSO Window: QSO | Contest mode I'm guessing contest mode is still enabled --Paul, KK4HD On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Garry Shapiro <mailto:ga...@ni6t.com>> wrote: After the con

[Dx4win] Notes for this QSO

2014-01-27 Thread Garry Shapiro
After the contest, I imported my contest log from CQWW CW into DX4WIN and annotated the QSO's with that identification in the Notes for this QSO field. Since then that phrase keeps popping up in that field---long after CQWW ended in November. It comes back like a bad penny, seemingly random, on

[Dx4win] multiple spots of same station

2013-12-05 Thread Garry Shapiro
For receiving packet cluster spots, I use VE7CC, the packet window and Telnet. I note that as presently configured, the newest spot of a station replaces the prior spot. This reduces screen clutter but loses the spotting history, which can be called up by SH/DX typed in the packet window. How c

Re: [Dx4win] 3B9FR as an example...

2013-10-29 Thread Garry Shapiro
I know Robert personally--I was part of 3B9R in 1999. He had been QRT for years due to having been wiped out by a cyclone. He also had a special needs child that consumed all of his time. We took him into our DXpedition as a team member, and left him a radio. Soon he was back on the air. I s

Re: [Dx4win] Wrong Mode Displayed

2013-10-16 Thread Garry Shapiro
Why would you set the CW cutoff to 10100? It seems the opposite to me. Mine is set to10500. Garry, NI6T On 10/16/2013 9:46 PM, Kostas SV1DPI wrote: file>preferences>qso tab>cutoff frequency and set the freq cut off for 30m to 10.100. Please report if this correct your problem. I have found on

[Dx4win] Dx4Win, please add me to your LinkedIn network

2013-08-16 Thread Garry Shapiro via LinkedIn
LinkedIn Garry Shapiro requested to add you as a connection on LinkedIn: -- Dx4Win, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Garry Accept invitation from Garry Shapiro http://www.linkedin.com/e/c

Re: [Dx4win] qsl managers

2013-04-09 Thread Garry Shapiro
The simplest way to deal with addresses --whether "built-in" or added--- that "spill over" the label boundaries is to execute a dummy print run. Choose Print but make the destination "Preview" instead of "Printer". That brings up the page(s) of labels to be printed. Note the labels that have a

Re: [Dx4win] LOTW Delays (DXCC Delay)

2013-01-14 Thread Garry Shapiro
Waitaminnit! Yes, the log upload delay appears to have been eliminated. But the processing delay is a month. Hold the applause. Garry, NI6T On 1/14/2013 12:40 PM, R.T.Liddy wrote: Wayne, Thanks for the info. I guess I'll wait to make a submission for a few weeks in case some additional Q

Re: [Dx4win] Please help with this problem if you can!!!!

2012-08-07 Thread Garry Shapiro
For some time, I have noticed that my cluster configuration (CC USER and DX4WIN 8.05) only lists some--not all--spots. I chose "minutes ago" rather than absolute times, and I don't know if that is a factor. When I have had a populated spot screen for some time and do a sh/dx in the packet wind

Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN 8.05 no longer starts

2012-08-04 Thread Garry Shapiro
: > Gary, > Check if you still have a previous dx4win.cty or one with tilde in save > directory > Replace or rename to dx4win.cty and restart dx4win > > Guy ON4AOI > > -Oorspronkelijk bericht- > Van: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mail

[Dx4win] DX4WIN 8.05 no longer starts

2012-08-04 Thread Garry Shapiro
Jim: While DX4WIN, Firefox, Tbird and other apps were open, some glitch occurred that obliged me to reboot the computer. Now DX4WIN no longer opens. When I attempt to open the app, I get a box saying "Failed to read .CTY file" and the sequence dies right there. What happened? DX4WIN updater sa

[Dx4win] dx4wlotw.exe

2012-03-14 Thread Garry Shapiro
When I got back my end-of-year submission to LOTW and DXCC (in record time, by the way), I was able to justify the country and Challenge totals in a short time. So, when I saw AD1C's new program for comparing LOTW and DX4WIN DXCC totals, I performed the steps to see if the program would show me

Re: [Dx4win] Idiom Press Controller compatibility?

2012-02-23 Thread Garry Shapiro
Works fine with DX4WIN. Use the Hygain DCV1 position (Preferences/Control). Garry, NI6T On 2/22/2012 6:11 AM, Sam Leslie -- W4PK wrote: > Hello all, Jim K9JM was wondering if his Idiom Press controller can be > programmed for control by DX4WIN? I looked at the pull-down list for > antenna contro

[Dx4win] Reports/Award questions

2012-02-09 Thread Garry Shapiro
1. I recently made my first submission--all QSL cards--to IOTA, and the IOTA report has been most helpful. However, there is a second way to obtain IOTA credits from RSGB--if the QSO was made during the annual IOTA contest in July, and the island station submitted a log to RSGB, credit for the

[Dx4win] IOTA listing question

2012-01-29 Thread Garry Shapiro
I am currently preparing my first submission for IOTA. In attempting to justify the RSGB online listing of my qualifying QSO's against DX4WIN's listing, I observe that AF055, Penguin Islands, which has been long deleted and is annotated as such in the DX4WIN IOTA Report, is nonetheless counted

[Dx4win] Clublog

2011-12-27 Thread Garry Shapiro
In a moment of weakness some time ago, I decided to investigate Clublog, and uploaded some 57000 QSO's. I received back a report detailing errors in hundreds of them. I dutifully plodded through the list, checking against QSL's in the box. The errors ranged from wrong QTH (e,g, North/South Cook

[Dx4win] Updated databases not updated

2011-12-19 Thread Garry Shapiro
Yesteday, I upload 57000 QSO's to Clublog and received back a report that included several hundred QSO's deemed invalid, wrong counter (e.g. N. Cook instead of S. Cook or vice versa, ST0R listed as Sudan). It took all evening to correct them. Today I again uploaded the 57000 QSO's, expecting to

[Dx4win] IOTA

2011-12-19 Thread Garry Shapiro
I just noticed that on my computer the IOTA Award pulldown in the log entry window no longer offers an island selection--just the default "--". My IOTA database appears to be intact and the IOTA report is current and correct. I am as of recent weeks using ver. 8.05 and I don't know exac

Re: [Dx4win] Correct Bill Horner /VK4FW Address???

2011-10-04 Thread Garry Shapiro
The IK3QAR.it manager list has a direct address of: Bill Horner, 13 McConnell Rd., Maidenwell, QLD 4615, Australia That is the same as on qrz.com. Garry, NI6T On 10/4/2011 3:56 PM, WO2N wrote: > Dx4 has a PO Box, and QRZ has Street address, actually RD. > Anyone know which is correct? Or are th

Re: [Dx4win] Thoughts on Recording A, K with Logs

2011-08-06 Thread Garry Shapiro
There is not a 1 to 1 relationship between A, K and what you work. Where the path traverses is equally important. When the ionosphere and the geomagnetic field are disturbed by solar events, generally the first paths to be affected are polar and the last are trans-equatorial or low-latitude. An

Re: [Dx4win] Lost Stay-Alive--resolved

2011-07-08 Thread Garry Shapiro
s > buggy. > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Garry Shapiro wrote: > >> I very recently installed the updates to the DX4WIN.xx files, such as >> .awd, .mas2, etc and noted that dx4win.tcp had been updated--my >> preferred telnet selectio (ve7cc-1) was no longer at the

[Dx4win] Lost Stay-Alive

2011-07-07 Thread Garry Shapiro
I very recently installed the updates to the DX4WIN.xx files, such as .awd, .mas2, etc and noted that dx4win.tcp had been updated--my preferred telnet selectio (ve7cc-1) was no longer at the top of the list, until I logged in with it. I then noticed, after logging in to VE7CC-1 with CCUser, Sta

Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN version 8.05

2011-01-30 Thread Garry Shapiro
Change the icon on your desktop to one from the 8.05 package. Some of these are version-specific. Move your license file from 8.04 to 8.05. The file is (your callsign)_lic.dx4w8 and is currently in your main DX4WIN directory in 8.04. No tickee, no shirtee. On 1/30/2011 5:10 PM, A737Driver wrot

Re: [Dx4win] Zone anomaly

2010-11-02 Thread Garry Shapiro
FWIW, EI8IC's Russian prefixes map (http://www.qsl.net/ei8ic/maps/russia-j.html) shows UA9S,T,W as zone 16. Garry, NI6T On 11/2/2010 12:36 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 11:31 AM, David Gould wrote: > >> I have just one zone anomaly left to resolve. >> >> RN8S >> >> I logg

Re: [Dx4win] PJ's and DX4WIN

2010-10-17 Thread Garry Shapiro
HEAR, HEAR! I don't know how Jim manages his work, his personal life and all the time he contributes to the rest of us on DX4WIN (and Writelog) with just one life. Much appreciated here, Jim! Garry, NI6T On 10/16/2010 5:47 AM, Lou Dietrich wrote: > All, > > We owe Jim, AD1C, a hearty "Thank

[Dx4win] PSK31

2010-09-28 Thread Garry Shapiro
I very occasionally want to use PSK31, but each time I need to be retrained. No problem receiving signals, but transmit mode always seems to elude me. Last time, I wrote down the specifics---and misplaced them. Please aid this aging hippie. If you have a K3 (I know to set the Mic input to Lin

Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN F2 Key

2010-09-20 Thread Garry Shapiro
F2 confirms the QSO on 8.04 here. But it should work on 8.03 as well. Check File/Preferences/F2 Key to see if you are set to what you want. Garry, NI6T On 9/20/2010 7:49 AM, n...@aol.com wrote: > > > Just a quick question > > Running version 5.xx for years it sure was nice to hit the F2

Re: [Dx4win] "Bad" QSO's

2010-08-02 Thread Garry Shapiro
thin the distance limitations for that > award. > > 73, > > David, K2DBK > > On 8/2/2010 4:33 PM, Garry Shapiro wrote: >> As I recall, earlier versions of DX4WIN had a box in the QSO window for >> denoting "bad" QSO's--i.e. not in the other guy's

[Dx4win] "Bad" QSO's

2010-08-02 Thread Garry Shapiro
As I recall, earlier versions of DX4WIN had a box in the QSO window for denoting "bad" QSO's--i.e. not in the other guy's log, not a ham callsign (viz. Armed Forces Day), Q's that did not count for DXCC (e.g. M/M). That box is gone in ver. 8 How does one replace that function--notes for the QSO

Re: [Dx4win] WPX, WAZ, County Windows Not Showing LOTW QSO's as Confirmed

2010-04-21 Thread Garry Shapiro
I seem to have the opposite problem. My WAZ list shows confirmations from both LOTW and cards, which renders the WAZ report sort of useless. I just noticed this when I started to gather the cards for RTTY WAZ. Garry, NI6T On 4/21/2010 3:28 PM, Thomas Schwinn wrote: > All, > > Problem explained:

[Dx4win] Wanted To Become A Great Writer

2010-03-21 Thread Garry Shapiro
From a non-ham friend: There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire to become a great writer. When asked to define "great" he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make the

Re: [Dx4win] CW and Esc

2009-12-25 Thread Garry Shapiro
FWIW, I purchased ver. 8 months ago, but held off installing it until bugs were resolved. The bugs have obviously not been resolved, and I have not installed it. I am using 7.03.16 and will continue to do so until ver. 8 is stable; I do not appreciate buggy "improvements." Garry, NI6T ___

Re: [Dx4win] APC Battery back-up UPS on sale

2009-12-19 Thread Garry Shapiro
I bought a couple of those in years past. They are good deals for the purpose you intend, but small for tower PC's. I traded them up for much bigger units for my duo-core PC and Mac Pro. The APC web page has a good selector chart. I would not be without them. Garry, NI6T Jim Reisert AD1C wrote

Re: [Dx4win] Printers

2009-11-17 Thread Garry Shapiro
Let me add a caution to all considering a printer purchase, either to print QSL's or for the more usual purposes. While a well-designed modern printer can last for many years, the manufacturer may support it (i.e. provide specific drivers for current operating system versions) for only a few, e

[Dx4win] DX4WIN vs. K3

2009-10-28 Thread Garry Shapiro
The responses to my request for a rig file for a K3 have been immediate and multiple. Problem solved. Thank you all for your help. Garry, NI6T __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailm

Re: [Dx4win] ADIF output

2009-10-26 Thread Garry Shapiro
David Kozinn, K2DBK wrote: > > I went back and looked at the spec after I sent the email, and I see > what you mean, plus the fact that the "I" in D4W is only good, as you > said, on a per-award basis. I'll talk with the Club Log guys about this, > but it looks like what I'll need to do is to

[Dx4win] DX4WIN and K3

2009-10-26 Thread Garry Shapiro
Colleagues, I think I am late to the party here and need directions. I am just switching my station transceiver from an FT1KMP to an Elecraft K3. I have the computer talking to the K3 FB using Writelog. I also have DX4WIN ver. 8.02 but have not yet installed it---I am still using ver. 7.03, wh

Re: [Dx4win] RTTY control panel opens each time I start v8.02

2009-10-18 Thread Garry Shapiro
I LIKE having the MTTY window open. Then, if a target of opportunity presents on RTTY, it is that much faster to engage. Garry, NI6T Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Paul B. Peters wrote: > > >> Each time I start v8.02, the RTTY Control Panel opens with the rest of

Re: [Dx4win] A peculiar situation

2009-10-16 Thread Garry Shapiro
: > Go File menu then Contest mode, and see what is in the "Text to add to QSO > note" box > > -Original Message- > From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] > On Behalf Of Garry Shapiro > Sent: Friday, 16 October 2009 8:21 p.m. &

[Dx4win] A peculiar situation

2009-10-16 Thread Garry Shapiro
Earlier in the year, I worked a few stations in the ARRL DX Phone contest. Rather than set up a contest logger for a minor effort, but to ID these QSO's, I entered "ARRL PH" in the Notes for this QSO box. Months later, I was surprised to notice that "ARRL PH" had replicated itself in a whole bu

Re: [Dx4win] Another log program bites the dust...

2009-08-02 Thread Garry Shapiro
or Hewlett Packard. They build printers that last 20 years--and support them for less than five. But they will happily keep selling you inkjet cartridges at absurd rates. Garry, NI6T Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Mel, VE2DC wrote: > > >> Maturity is no excuse to s

Re: [Dx4win] QSL LABEL

2009-04-25 Thread Garry Shapiro
File/Setup Parameters/Rep Lab--Labels box at the bottom of the window. GL Garry, NI6T Bob Garceau wrote: > How do I change Tnx QSL 73 de W1EQ to Tnx QSL 73 de K1MUJ > > > > I looked and looked and can't find LABEL|PRINT OPTIONS > > > > I'm sure the answer is in help somewhere, just can't fin

[Dx4win] Confirmations

2009-04-16 Thread Garry Shapiro
After years of procrastination, I recently pretty much caught up with DXCC QSLing and turned my attention to WAZ. I earned 5BWAZ several years ago and have the certificate, and was planning to bring cards for several single-band/single-mode WAZ applications to Visalia tomorrow. Rumor has it tha

Re: [Dx4win] xu8dx

2009-03-19 Thread Garry Shapiro
If F2YS does not work, try JA1NUT--he confirmed my QSO's in September 1990. Garry, NI6T Mel Martin wrote: > I don't suppose anyone has the QSL route for XU8DX in the summer of 1990? > __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.ne

[Dx4win] Keeping track...

2009-01-07 Thread Garry Shapiro
How do I change all my S's back to C's? Garry, NI6T ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win

Re: [Dx4win] QSL mgr anomaly

2008-12-05 Thread Garry Shapiro
ostas sv1dpi - Original Message - From: "Garry Shapiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kostas SV1DPI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "REFLECTOR dx4win" Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 12:24 AM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] QSL mgr anomaly Kostas, Unfortunately, that

Re: [Dx4win] QSL mgr anomaly

2008-12-05 Thread Garry Shapiro
sage ----- From: "Garry Shapiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DX4WIN Reflector" Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 3:40 AM Subject: [Dx4win] QSL mgr anomaly Occasionally, the listed manager for a station is no longer correct. Usually, merely replacing the callsign in the QSL Mg

[Dx4win] QSL mgr anomaly

2008-12-04 Thread Garry Shapiro
Occasionally, the listed manager for a station is no longer correct. Usually, merely replacing the callsign in the QSL Mgr. box in the QSO window suffices. But I have had several instances where the QSL manager entry will not "take"--when saving changes, the old callsign reappears. This seems p

Re: SV: [Dx4win] Sorting of QSL labels

2008-09-07 Thread Garry Shapiro
de- Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Garry Shapiro Skickat: den 7 september 2008 20:40 Till: Stefano Cipriani Kopia: ":PAUL"@kbcomms.demon.co.uk; dx4win@mailman.qth.net Ämne: Re: [Dx4win] Sorting of QSL labels As Microsoft is fond of saying, I think that

Re: [Dx4win] Sorting of QSL labels

2008-09-07 Thread Garry Shapiro
As Microsoft is fond of saying, I think that might be a "feature". I have not got the manual in front of me, but is it not true that if one prints labels with Buro selected, the labels are sorted by manager's country, if a manager is entered? This makes it easier for the sorters at ARRL when y

[Dx4win] Fixes in new release

2008-05-19 Thread Garry Shapiro
Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: Labels · Added option to print VIA mgrcall without printing manager labels I have used DX4WIN for years, but only recently I have been playing QSL catchup. When I print labels with the "Print QSL Manager" box checked in 7.03, all I get is of the form "7O1DX via AD1C"

[Dx4win] Label-printing question

2008-05-10 Thread Garry Shapiro
Problem and question: Because I have been cavalier about checking the LABELS box, Q's I need confirmed and TNX for all the JA's and others all have the LABELS box checked. Is there a way to pick a subset for printing (e.g. needed topband counters) without erasing all other LABELS checks first?

[Dx4win] DX4WIN User Guide

2008-05-06 Thread Garry Shapiro
I note that, although I have been using ver. 7.03 since last fall, the latest User Guide on my computer is for ver. 7.01. Is there a more current version of the User Guide? If so, how do I find it? Garry, NI6T ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.q

[Dx4win] DX4WIN for Mac..?

2008-03-22 Thread Garry Shapiro
Or under VMWARE Fusion... Rick Murphy wrote: > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 4:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> is there any DX4WIN version for Mac..? >> Please replay to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > No, but you could run it under Parallels Desktop on an Intel-b

[Dx4win] test;do not respond

2008-03-11 Thread Garry Shapiro
test; do not respond

[Dx4win] test

2008-03-11 Thread Garry Shapiro
This is a test of whether this will reflect back to me. Others please disregard. Garry, NI6T From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 11 18:51:10 2008 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Perry N4QS) Date: Tue Mar 11 18:56:22 2008 Subject: [Dx4win] RE: Program Lock ups References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID:

[Dx4win] Multiple MMTTY windows

2008-01-22 Thread Garry Shapiro
Since my query re setting up a second MMTTY window, I have received no replies with the requested information. I must therefore presume that either it cannot be done, or no one with that knowledge read the message. I have been using MMTTY in one window, with a second RTTY window using a hardwar

[Dx4win] LATEST COUNTRY FILE PROBLEM?

2008-01-11 Thread Garry Shapiro
so the spot colours > don't affected. > Kostas sv1dpi > - Original Message - From: "Garry Shapiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Kostas SV1DPI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "REFLECTOR dx4win" > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 4:53 AM > Subjec

[Dx4win] More...

2007-12-20 Thread Garry Shapiro
Kelly" One critical point mentioned in the .pdf but not by Kostas or Guy: FJ is not a "new" prefix, so you should "end" it as part of Saint Martin after you "begin" it as Saint Barthelmy. The User Manual .pdf tells you explicitly how to do it. End date is the day before the St. Barts start dat

[Dx4win] 7.03 time problem

2007-12-18 Thread Garry Shapiro
: > Gary, > > Are you editing the time field with seconds enabled? > > --Paul > > Garry Shapiro wrote: >> This afternoon, while battling a computer problem, I arrived at the >> FJ/OH2AM pileup on 20 SSB and managed to snare Martti. I opened >> DX4WIN 7.03.16 after t

[Dx4win] Re: Programatically inserting County into DX4WIN files(Alan Zack)

2006-11-23 Thread Garry Shapiro
I believe the nominal zip is based upon the location of the post office corresponding to the zip code. So, if your zip code area is bigger than a postage stamp, there can be quite a discrepancy between the stated location and the actual location. Garry, NI6T -Original Message- From: [EMAI

[Dx4win] Calif CQP Counties

2006-10-05 Thread Garry Shapiro
Go to the Writelog site and download namedmul.ini , dated June 2006. Replace the existing namedmul.ini with it. Garry, NI6T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lee, N5PO Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 1:07 PM To: Art - W6KY; dx4win@mailman.qth.

[Dx4win] (no subject)

2006-09-27 Thread Garry Shapiro
In asking the question about use of both a TNC and MMTTY in my previous email, I was acting on two pieces of information. This is from the MMTTY v1.65 help file: When you begin to set things up, remember that you need to consider how to control PTT while you consider how to generate the AFSK/FSK s

[Dx4win] USing both a TNC and MMTTY in DX4WIN

2006-09-27 Thread Garry Shapiro
I have been using a PK232 TNC with DX4WIN for RTTY for years. A year or two ago, I also installed MMTTY, but only for listening, as I wanted to use FSK rather than AFSK, and the PK232 was using the FSK jack on the FT1000MP. Recently, I built a small box to OR the FSK outputs of the PK232 and MMTTY

[Dx4win] Country names and states

2006-08-05 Thread Garry Shapiro
What is there to understand? A US State is a US State--they are not further subdivided as States, only as counties. North and South Dakota, North and South Carolina are all separate States. The subdivisions are counties, parishes (Louisiana only ) or judicial districts (Alaska)--consider them all c

[Dx4win] QRZ Error: Database not found

2006-06-13 Thread Garry Shapiro
Jim et al: FWIW, I noted problems with QSL/MGR info when I updated to 7.02--with the QRZ website. I put aside then, not having the time to deal with it. But, since you raise the issue... Here, I use the RAC CDROM (with database on the H/D) in the Address Search box, the GOWIN DLL in the QSL Manag

[Dx4win] version 7.02 build 13

2006-05-16 Thread Garry Shapiro
For those of us who have installed build 12 and wish not to re-import, re-merge and/or rebuild the support files, should we install build 13 to a new folder and then copy dx4win.exe to the current folder? Garry, NI6T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Beh

[Dx4win] Resolution of F8 issue

2006-02-17 Thread Garry Shapiro
Here is what appears to have "cured" the problem: I re-opened the current log file that was exhibiting the problem and found that the problem was still present. I closed and reopened DX4WIN. The file now sorts normally! There appears to have been a partial corruption that did not disturb most no

[Dx4win] Additional info on F8 problem

2006-02-17 Thread Garry Shapiro
Here is some additional information that may help shed some light on the F8 omission problem just reported. I loaded a prior backup dated 6 Feb 2006 which sorts normally. After that backup was created on that date as a precaution, I converted my Writelog contest log from the CQ160 contest from 28

[Dx4win] Sort omissions

2006-02-17 Thread Garry Shapiro
This is a new one on me... I decided to use F8 to sort 160m QSO's from 1Sep05 for the Lowband Monitor's 160 WAC award for this season. In examining the resultant listing I was startled not to see listed three New Ones worked on 27Jan2006. In fact, the listing showed none of the five topband QSO's

[Dx4win] multiple installs

2005-12-11 Thread Garry Shapiro
I noticed while doing other housekeeping tasks on my computer that both Ver. 6.03 and 7.01 are listed as installed. Whe 7.01 was installed, it was to have replaced 6.03. Was this the intent of the upgrade? Is it safe/advisable to uninstall 6.03 or should I leave it alone? Garry, NI6T

[Dx4win] Time problem--more

2005-06-16 Thread Garry Shapiro
QSO's offline, but it appears that the hours and minutes digits are reversed in a weird way. Is this unique to my installation? Any suggestions? Garry, NI6T -Original Message----- From: Garry Shapiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 12:03 PM To: DX4WIN Reflector Sub

[Dx4win] Time problem

2005-06-16 Thread Garry Shapiro
Has anyone else seen this? Using ver. 7.01, I have a problem entering a QSO offline. I cannot enter the time! If I tab from the Date box to the Time box and enter the time, upon entering the fourth digit another colon appears and the first digit disappears left. A similar thing occurs if I mouse t

[Dx4win] MMTTY questions

2005-06-09 Thread Garry Shapiro
OK, MMTTY fans: I finally received my key, installed 7.01 and set all prior functionality as it had been with ver. 6, including RTTY with a TNC using the RTTY window. I read sec. 7.5 of the User Manual (MMTTY) and tried to use MMTTY. But there are questions. a.. How does one keep the MMTTY RTTY

[Dx4win] Cook Islands and E5 prefix

2005-04-04 Thread Garry Shapiro
So why didn't our Kiwi friends resolve the ambiguity in differentiating North Cooks from South Cooks? Or does this do that? It's characteristically unclear from the announcement! Garry, NI6T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C Se

[Dx4win] Weird rotor happenings.

2005-03-23 Thread Garry Shapiro
Sounds like you may have configured the Rotator control in DX4WIN for a 30m antenna to have a 90 degree offset, as you would for a rotary dipole mounted along the boom of another yagi in the stack. Garry, NI6T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of

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

2005-02-16 Thread Garry Shapiro
Jim: Don't you just love the way one is attacked for offering experience-based advice? In fact, having generally used card-checkers at conventions, I was blind-sided when I sent my cards direct to ARRL and had some 700 Q's entered, when I only intended to submit fewer than 300. And I do not have

[Dx4win] map

2005-01-10 Thread Garry Shapiro
I have never paid much attention to the Map in DX4WIN, but this morning, insomniac and hearing little, I have been playing with it. The first two things I notice are: 1. The following does not appear to work here. "Holding down the Control Key and the left mouse button will draw a great circle li

[Dx4win] Multiple Manager Question

2004-10-19 Thread Garry Shapiro
-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 mana

FW: [Dx4win] Elecraft K2 CW keyer support

2004-09-29 Thread Garry Shapiro
> >-Original Message- >From: Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 12:12 PM >To: Garry Shapiro >Subject: Re: FW: [Dx4win] Elecraft K2 CW keyer support > > >We use the same 'KY' serial command as

[Dx4win] QSL printing

2004-09-18 Thread Garry Shapiro
urday, September 18, 2004 12:08 AM To: Garry Shapiro Cc: JohnD; DX4WIN Reflector Subject: Re: [Dx4win] QSL printing If I remember correctly, years ago the RAC only had one method of printing address labels. You did a Control P and out came your label. I see now the latest version of the RA

[Dx4win] QSL printing

2004-09-17 Thread Garry Shapiro
John et al: Rod, WC7N points out that if one right-clicks in the Callsign/Mgr Lookup window, or presses Alt-M while that window is active, the contents of the window are copied to the QSL Mgr window and the callsign is displayed in the entry box. It may still be necessary to edit out non-address i

[Dx4win] UA9S ans UA9W

2004-05-27 Thread Garry Shapiro
So what does this mean? Did those oblasts change from zone 16 to zone 17 a dozen years ago? Garry, NI6T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dick White Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 7:03 PM To: Reflector post DX4WIN Subject: [Dx4win] UA9S ans UA9W

[Dx4win] DX4WIN New Version

2004-04-13 Thread Garry Shapiro
I'd have to agree--MMTTY has become an application of choice for a large number of RTTY aficionados. Garry, NI6T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Joe Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 8:30 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN

[Dx4win] ADIF Conversions resolved

2004-02-25 Thread Garry Shapiro
Of course, as soon as I sent the request for help, I realized the solution: I had substituted for as a column header. In fact, the :2 is necessary so I substituted for for each QSO in the ADIF file, and that came over to DX4WIN correctly. Canadian provinces also come over as States, so those n

[Dx4win] ADIF Conversions

2004-02-25 Thread Garry Shapiro
I have been converting Writelog contest logs to ADIF within Writelog, and then importing them into DX4WIN. A current thread on the WL reflector discloses that State info is listed in the WL ADIF under and that DX4WIN does not import that information. DX4WIN's HELP file states: ADIF is a specific

[Dx4win] EXT DATA -- from QRZ.com on line

2004-02-16 Thread Garry Shapiro
That is not working for me in 6.02. When I hit [ENTER}, it tries to open the QRZ.com site, but flashes through it to a "Cannot display" screen. The reason for this becomes apparent---the URL entered in the IE address bar is www.qrz.com, but with the DX callsign appended to the ".com"! Would someo

[Dx4win] LOTW tq8 file

2003-10-15 Thread Garry Shapiro
-Original Message- From: Rick Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 4:22 PM To: Garry Shapiro; DX4WIN Reflector Subject: Re: [Dx4win] LOTW tq8 file At 06:23 PM 10/14/2003, Garry Shapiro wrote: >I have just been through two cycles of trying to creat

[Dx4win] LOTW tq8 file

2003-10-14 Thread Garry Shapiro
I have just been through two cycles of trying to create a complete.tq8 file from my DX4WIN log to upload to LOTW. There is a small problem. In the first attempt, I specified a start date but not a stop date, having read that the default is the current date. All QSO's were included--up until 29Sept

[Dx4win] Got it!

2003-06-11 Thread Garry Shapiro
I have created my 1998-onwards .ADI file to start the LOTW process. Thanks all--no further input required at this point. Garry, NI6T __ 160 meters---not a band but an obsession

[Dx4win] Customizing the log

2003-06-11 Thread Garry Shapiro
DX4WINners: I have been using this fine program for several years, but have yet to exploit many of its features. For example, I have yet to print a QSL label! I'll get to that this summer, but, meanwhile, I would like to contribute to the Logbook of the World (LOTW) Beta test. I believe that LO

[Dx4win] ST0X

2003-01-24 Thread Garry Shapiro
Rod: The "ST2X" ---not ST0X--signal was huge, and from the direction of JA---90 degrees from short OR long path from here. I worked him barefoot with an R5 vertical in about 30 seconds. I think any reasonable person can figure this one out. I would have been stunned if those QSO's were in the log.

[Dx4win] Impoprting SD ARRL-10 Logs

2002-12-16 Thread Garry Shapiro
But DX4WIN does import Writelog files...and that is what he started with. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C > Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 00:41 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dx4win@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Im

[Dx4win] Clock error

2002-10-26 Thread Garry Shapiro
Barry et al: I should have mentioned in my response that the first thing I did in my case was to replace the battery---and that changed nothing, which led to motherboard replacement, and, finally, registry cleaning. I used and use AtomTime, which correctly updated the clock---which then invariably

[Dx4win] Clock error

2002-10-26 Thread Garry Shapiro
Pete: I had a similar problem and it was driving me nuts. I thought it was a defect on my ABIT motherboard. At the same time, I could not understand why I was losing minutes per day when the timing is crystal-controlled. The clue is that you only LOSE time. In my case, I replaced the motherboard

[Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout

2002-07-20 Thread Garry Shapiro
N2TK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 14:58 > To: 'Garry Shapiro'; 'KC9JS, John'; dx4win@mailman.qth.net > Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout > > > Gary, I'm at an airport getting ready to board a plane. Won'

[Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout

2002-07-19 Thread Garry Shapiro
9, 2002 01:54 > To: Garry Shapiro; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'KC9JS, John'; dx4win@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout > > > The best way to keep you network connection up and if you isp > provides your > email, is to set the auto check f

[Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout

2002-07-19 Thread Garry Shapiro
Tony: I have the same LinkSys router and connect via ADSL. I experience unwanted and annoying Telnet timeouts, so I have observed this thread with keen interest. I use the most basic settings and am using an older firmware version--1.34. A year or so ago, I upgraded for no particular reason, and

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