On 2025-04-30 5:44 PM, Chuck, WS1L via groups.io wrote:

My feelings are that although these e-cards are not valid for any
awards, they are still "the final courtesy" being sent by the other
operator.

I do not view unsolicited commercial e-mail (yes, these e-mail QSL
operations are commercial) as a courtesy. It is an invasion of my
privacy just like any other unsolicited commercial e-mail (SPAM).

so I would be in favor of a quick way to reply to those that I do
receive.

I am strongly opposed to anything that would encourage this liddish
behavior.

73,

... Joe, W4TV


On 2025-04-30 5:44 PM, Chuck, WS1L via groups.io wrote:

My feelings are that although these e-cards are not valid for any awards,
they are still "the final courtesy" being sent by the other operator. I
have started to get a few, so I would be in favor of a quick way to reply
to those that I do receive.
73 de Chuck, WS1L
chandlerusm@...
On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 5:01?PM Dave AA6YQ via groups.io <aa6yq=
[email protected]> wrote:

+ AA6YQ comments below

I have also gotten many of these. Some are nice cards, other's very
generic with a "typewriter" font that's hard to read. I should just dump
them but I have been answering since old habits die hard. I also send to
eQSL, LOTW and CLublog automatically when the QSO is terminated.
I made up a card with Paint Shop Pro (any paint/art program will work)
with everything, address, grid square, county etc but the QSO info. When I
get a card, I look in DXK for the particular entry and highlight it and
copy to clipboard in the popup. This goes to wordpad which I copy and in
Paint Shop Pro, add it to the card I made which now has the needed info
added in text. Save it and send it off.
Odd that when I copy to clipboard, I do not get all the info...i.e. the
signal report is missing although it is in the log entry and was
highlighted and maybe copied. No big deal...I just add the sig report. Is
there a limit to what can be copied to the clipboard in DXK?

+ Rather than generate a QSL card image populated with QSO information and
place it in the Windows Clipboard, perhaps a new "Generate text QSL"
right-mouse menu command could be an augmented version of the current "Copy
to Windows Clipboard" command that include signal reports and the "QSL
Message" item (if logged). This could be generated in multi-line format,
e.g.

Callsign: ZS8W
Frequency: 14.087
Mode: FT8
Date: 2025-04-28
Time: 07:58:45Z
Notes: Tnx QSL!

73 de AA6YQ

+ and quickly pasted into a return email message.

+Comments, suggestions, better ideas?

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

On 2025-04-30 5:04 PM, Ben Coleman NJ8J via groups.io wrote:

Having not tried to use labels before, I didn't realize that the QSL
page will handle 2-column or 3-column, but not 1-column labels.
Suggestions on how to handle this?

I don't have labels like you suggest but doing some experimentation
with the QSL Labels configuration and "Print Preview" yields:

2-column QSL Labels:

Labels per column: 6
Row 1 Offset: 0.625
Row height: 1.625
Column 2 offset: *0*
Label width: 5.375

You will need to tweak the settings for your labels/printer.
*Row 1 Offset* adjusts the printer to start *inside* (below)
the top edge of the label.
*Row height* is the distance from the top of the first label
to the top of the next label and may be larger than the
label height due to any "gutter" between labels.
*Column 1 offset* adjust the printer to start *inside* (to the
right of) the left edge of the label
*Label width* should be the actual width of the label (5.5")
minus any margin you might define by making Column 1 offset
larger than the minimum.
Setting *Column 2 offset* to zero appears to tell the print
routine that there is no second column.

Generally when I'm experimenting with new labels I will print
some test labels on plain paper and hold it up against a blank
sheet to check for rough alignment before wasting sheets of
label stock until I am satisfied that the offsets are very close
to correct.

73,

... Joe, W4TV

On 2025-04-30 5:04 PM, Ben Coleman NJ8J via groups.io wrote:

My current QSL cards have enough space that a 5 1/2 inch (width) label will fit, so I ordered labels of that size.? At that size on 8/2 x 11 pages, you essentially have 1-column labels.? Having not tried to use labels before, I didn't realize that the QSL page will handle 2-column or 3-column, but not 1-column labels.? Suggestions on how to handle this?
Ben

My current QSL cards have enough space that a 5 1/2 inch (width) label will fit, so I ordered labels of that size. At that size on 8/2 x 11 pages, you essentially have 1-column labels. Having not tried to use labels before, I didn't realize that the QSL page will handle 2-column or 3-column, but not 1-column labels. Suggestions on how to handle this?

Ben
--
Ben Coleman nj8j@...
Radiating from Bedsprings Brigade Manor

+ AA6YQ comments below

I have also gotten many of these. Some are nice cards, other's very generic with a "typewriter" font that's hard to read. I should just dump them but I have been answering since old habits die hard. I also send to eQSL, LOTW and CLublog automatically when the QSO is terminated.
I made up a card with Paint Shop Pro (any paint/art program will work) with everything, address, grid square, county etc but the QSO info. When I get a card, I look in DXK for the particular entry and highlight it and copy to clipboard in the popup. This goes to wordpad which I copy and in Paint Shop Pro, add it to the card I made which now has the needed info added in text. Save it and send it off.
Odd that when I copy to clipboard, I do not get all the info...i.e. the signal report is missing although it is in the log entry and was highlighted and maybe copied. No big deal...I just add the sig report. Is there a limit to what can be copied to the clipboard in DXK?

+ Rather than generate a QSL card image populated with QSO information and place it in the Windows Clipboard, perhaps a new "Generate text QSL" right-mouse menu command could be an augmented version of the current "Copy to Windows Clipboard" command that include signal reports and the "QSL Message" item (if logged). This could be generated in multi-line format, e.g.

Callsign: ZS8W
Frequency: 14.087
Mode: FT8
Date: 2025-04-28
Time: 07:58:45Z
Notes: Tnx QSL!

73 de AA6YQ

+ and quickly pasted into a return email message.

+Comments, suggestions, better ideas?

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

+ AA6YQ comments below

I have also gotten many of these. Some are nice cards, other's very generic with a "typewriter" font that's hard to read. I should just dump them but I have been answering since old habits die hard. I also send to eQSL, LOTW and CLublog automatically when the QSO is terminated.
I made up a card with Paint Shop Pro (any paint/art program will work) with everything, address, grid square, county etc but the QSO info. When I get a card, I look in DXK for the particular entry and highlight it and copy to clipboard in the popup. This goes to wordpad which I copy and in Paint Shop Pro, add it to the card I made which now has the needed info added in text. Save it and send it off.

Odd that when I copy to clipboard, I do not get all the info...i.e. the signal report is missing although it is in the log entry and was highlighted and maybe copied. No big deal...I just add the sig report. Is there a limit to what can be copied to the clipboard in DXK?

+ As documented in



+ the "Copy to Windows Clipboard" right-mouse menu command copies the logged QSO's callsign, frequency (or frequencies), mode, date, time, DXCC prefix, and DXCC country to the Windows clipboard.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

+ AA6YQ comments below

I've been playing with SpotCollector's Web Server, which I had working before I got my current home router, a TP-Link.

I see the spots both on my computer and phone, but the font is in red on a black background when I select the Need button. When
clicking on the X, I'm assuming the font is in black but the background is still black, so I see only a black display in the window.

+ SpotCollector's built-in web server uses the Font and Background colors specified on the left side of the "Spot Database Display"
tab of its Configuration window. Direct your web browser to refresh after making a change in these settings.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

+ AA6YQ comments below

yes its checked

+ If that's the case, then those 5 QSOs that were imported weren't identical to QSOs already present in your log.

+ Pick one of them, and compare it to the logged QSO. If you don't see the difference, please export the logged QSO to an ADIF file, and attach that file and the ADIF file from WSJT-X that you imported to an email message, and send the message to me via

aa6yq (at) ambersoft.com

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

+ AA6YQ comments below

There is no Errorlog.txt anywhere in the DXLab folder. I can’t see how to create one, so assume it shows up when an error occurs.

+ Correct.

I’ve also rebooted the computer.

There are 0 Spot Database Entries, with 35200 deleted database entries (I deleted them as I thought the database was full). My spots per minute is currently running at 248.4. I’m on default port 52000.

+ So that I can see what's going, please do the following:

1. on SpotCollector's Configuration window's General tab, check the "Log debugging info" box

2. terminate SpotCollector

3. start SpotCollector

4. wait 15 minutes

5. on SpotCollector's Configuration window's General tab, uncheck the "Log debugging info" box

6. attach the errorlog.txt file from your SpotCollector folder to an email message, and send the message to me via

aa6yq (at) ambersoft.com

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

+ AA6YQ comments below

This error just came up when starting DXK. Something must of changed but don't know what. Under Network Service I changed the Base Port to 52005 and that error went away. Any thoughts?

+ Applications grab ports on a first-come, first-served basis. Evidently, you started an application that grabbed 52001 before DXKeeper could do so. Changing the base port is fine if you aren't running an application liked JTAlert that sends messages to DXKeeper, in which case you'd have to reconfigure that application to use the new port.

+ The easier "solution" is to start all of your DXLab applications immediately after booting Windows, so that they can each grab their default port.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

+ AA6YQ comments below

Is there a way to enlargen size the font size (or use bold font) in the antenna presets buttons on DX View?

+ There is no font size control specific to DXView's antenna presets buttons. You can configure Windows to "make everything bigger":



73,

Dave, AA6YQ

+ AA6YQ comments below

Ah, I found the 'Permit uploading of QSOs already uploaded to LOTW'
checkbox. Also noticed that once you do an upload with this checked, it apparently automatically resets the checkbox after the upload is completed.

+ Yes, that's intentional. The "Permit uploading of QSOs already uploaded to LOTW" option is provided only for unusual circumstances - like yours!

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

There is an “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the QSL World emails. Seems to work so far for QSLs I have received for 3 different callsigns I hold.
Lee, KY7M

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