updated eQSL AG, LoTW, and RDA databases are available ...
... via the Databases tab of DXView's Configuration window. Terminate DXKeeper, WinWarbler, and SpotCollector before directing DXView to update these databases. ? ??? 73, ? ??????????? Dave, AA6YQ
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+ AA6YQ comments below
POTA and SOTA seem to be polarizing to some parts of the ham community. Live and let live. If Dave is gracious enough to put fields in Spotcollector to support these public-facing parts of the hobby, good on him. I will strain my few remaining brain cells to make use of the new tools. (Mainly PoTA. I'm too out of shape for summits, even in Va.)
+ POTA, SOTA, and WWFF fields were added to SpotCollector in version 8.7.2 back in August 2020. SpotCollector inspects the notes fields of incoming spots, recognizes POTA, SOTA, and WWFF tabs, and inserts them into Spot Database Entries.
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+ AA6YQ comments below
Here is the file for all the SOTA Summits.
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+ Thanks, Kent! Nearly 178K summits are defined in that file.
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POTA and SOTA seem to be polarizing to some parts of the ham community. Live and let live. If Dave is gracious enough to put fields in Spotcollector to support these public-facing parts of the hobby, good on him. I will strain my few remaining brain cells to make use of the new tools. (Mainly PoTA. I'm too out of shape for summits, even in Va.)
Tom ai4th
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Dave?
Here is the file for all the SOTA Summits.
+ AA6YQ comments below
I am fairly sure there is a file for SOTA summits. I don't know about POTA.?
+ This file contains the names and locations of 74K Parks around the world:
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+ AA6YQ comments below
I am fairly sure there is a file for SOTA summits. I don't know about POTA.?
+ This file contains the names and locations of 74K Parks around the world:
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Re: DXKeeper 18.1.4's new ability to QSL via the Windows Clipboard...
+ AA6YQ comments below
I just tried this and got:
A61BG on 18.102 in FT8 at 2025-05-17 21:26:45Z (A6: United Arab Emirates)
Your example shows:
Callsign: FK8HM
Frequency: 28.076
Mode: FT8
Date: 2025-04-20
Time: 23:58:45Z
SNR: -09
Not only is the formatting different, but mine did not give me the SNR: for an FT8 contact. I pasted this into Windows Notepad.
+ You selected the "Copy to Windows Clipboard" command at the bottom of the right-mouse menu.
+ Try the new "QSL to Windows Clipboard" command; it's in the middle of the right-mouse menu.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
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Re: DXKeeper 18.1.4's new ability to QSL via the Windows Clipboard...
I just tried this and got:
A61BG on 18.102 in FT8 at 2025-05-17 21:26:45Z (A6: United Arab Emirates)
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Your example shows:
Callsign:? FK8HM
Frequency: 28.076
Mode:????? FT8
Date:????? 2025-04-20
Time:????? 23:58:45Z
SNR:?????? -09
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Not only is the formatting different, but mine did not give me the SNR: for an FT8 contact. ?I pasted this into Windows Notepad.
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Tom-KQ5S
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I am fairly sure there is a file for SOTA summits. I don't know about POTA.?
I have heard that portable operations are the fastest growing part of ham radio.
Thanks
73
Kent
N6WT
+ AA6YQ comments below
Yes, I use it to see POTA stations also. However, if I double click on a POTA/SOTA spot the beam heading is for the operators home QTH. It would be great to have a way to show the correct beam heading to the park or summit in DXView.
+ If someone can point me at a file or online resource that contains grid locations or latitudes and longitudes for POTA parks, I'll be happy to enable DXLab to exploit it.
My question is, what are you proposing for DXLabs as far as POTA/SOTA?
+ I haven't proposed anything; I am assessing interest levels.
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+ AA6YQ comments below
Unworked parks is not the only thing sought after. There are also awards for working parks and activators multiple times. Each award has multiple tiers. That's not even considering the various activator awards.
+ There are fewer activators than chasers.
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Re: help with commander + WSJTX+JTALert for flex 8600
+ AA6YQ comments below
I would love to but the link you sent said instance 1 should use dxcommander and no rig name extension .
Instance 2 should connect directly to the radio and use a rig name extension. Did I read it wrong? ?
+ Yes, that's what the first two steps say in
+ According to this article
you can specify a slice as the rig-name parameter.
+ You might ask Joe WQ6Q, as I believe he employs this technique.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
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Unworked parks is not the only thing sought after. There are also awards for working parks and activators multiple times. Each award has multiple tiers. That's not even considering the various activator awards. On Sun, 18 May 2025 18:00:48 -0700 "Dave AA6YQ via groups.io" <aa6yq@...> wrote: + There are awards for working stations in parks:
+ DXLab could identify active stations in unworked parks. -- 73 -Jim NU0C
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+ AA6YQ comments below
Yes, I use it to see POTA stations also. However, if I double click on a POTA/SOTA spot the beam heading is for the operators home QTH. It would be great to have a way to show the correct beam heading to the park or summit in DXView.
+ If someone can point me at a file or online resource that contains grid locations or latitudes and longitudes for POTA parks, I'll be happy to enable DXLab to exploit it.
My question is, what are you proposing for DXLabs as far as POTA/SOTA?
+ I haven't proposed anything; I am assessing interest levels.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
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Re: help with commander + WSJTX+JTALert for flex 8600
I would love to but the link you sent said instance 1 should use dxcommander and no rig name extension .
Instance 2 should connect directly to the radio and use a rig name extension.?? Did I read it wrong? ?
Greg
AB7R
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-------- Original Message -------- On 5/18/25 7:03 PM, Dave AA6YQ wrote: + AA6YQ comments below
I'll worry about it alert later. For know I want the rest working correctly.
+ If you're not using the direct interoperation between DXLab and WSJT-X to handle multiple instances of WSJT-X, then I can't help you. ? ? ? ?73, ? ? ? ? ? ? Dave, AA6YQ
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73,
Greg - AB7R
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Flex 8600
PGXL & TGXL
AG
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Dave
Yes, I use it to see POTA stations also. However, if I double click on a POTA/SOTA spot the beam heading is for the operators home QTH. It would be great to have a way to show the correct beam heading to the park or summit in DXView.
My question is, what are you proposing for DXLabs as far as POTA/SOTA?
Thanks
73
Kent
N6WT
+ AA6YQ comments below
The current way SpotCollector displays SOTA info is great, you click on the spot and the summit reference?is entered into the DXK capture window and logged. I think DXLabs is the easiest?way to chase SOTA.
+ A similar capability is provided for POTA; see ? ? 73,
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+ AA6YQ comments below
The current way SpotCollector displays SOTA info is great, you click on the spot and the summit reference?is entered into the DXK capture window and logged. I think DXLabs is the easiest?way to chase SOTA.
+ A similar capability is provided for POTA; see ? ? 73,
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Re: help with commander + WSJTX+JTALert for flex 8600
+ AA6YQ comments below
I'll worry about it alert later. For know I want the rest working correctly.
+ If you're not using the direct interoperation between DXLab and WSJT-X to handle multiple instances of WSJT-X, then I can't help you. ? ? ? ?73, ? ? ? ? ? ? Dave, AA6YQ
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+ AA6YQ comments below
I dont understand why you would even think about extending support for pota
The pota folks contacts are all tracked on the pota data system
activators have to submit logs, those chasing them dont have to do anything...
+ There are awards for working stations in parks: + DXLab could identify active stations in unworked parks. + Similarly, there are awards for working SOTA activations. ? ? ? 73, ? ? ? ? ? ?Dave, AA6YQ
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I have to agree with Bob. The thing that people might want to track for POTA is the park from which they operated?from. You can do that currently with "my QTH's". If people did it correctly, their uploads to LotW would show the correct location. I use "my QTH's" to track my SOTA activations.
The other thing you might want as a chaser of POTA or SOTA is a beam heading of the park or summit. I currently do this for chasing SOTA by opening the ?(you have to be?logged?in to get the correct heading) and then click on the summit to get the heading. I then enter the heading manually?into DXView. I don't know how to find?the heading for a park. Is there a way to find a Maidenhead grid or beam heading for a park easily? The POTA app does not provide that info.
The current way SpotCollector displays SOTA info is great, you click on the spot and the summit reference?is entered into the DXK capture window and logged. I think DXLabs is the easiest?way to chase SOTA.
I dont understand why you would even think about extending support
for pota
The pota folks contacts are all tracked on the pota data system
activators have to submit logs, those chasing them dont have to do
anything...
73
Bob, KA9JAC
PS way to dang many of them upload garbage to lotw...
On 5/18/2025 2:55 AM, Dave AA6YQ wrote:
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Re: help with commander + WSJTX+JTALert for flex 8600
Thanks. I think I see what I need to do. Second wsjtx needs to be set to flex6xxx vice dxcommander.
Greg
AB7R
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-------- Original Message -------- On 5/18/25 4:16 PM, Dave AA6YQ <aa6yq@...> wrote: + AA6YQ comments below
I have commander, and wsjtx working with flex but changing freq on one wsjtx ends up changing both instances. I unchecked SPLIT before starting wsjtx but trying to change freq activates split in commander which is probably why both slices change to the same band.
+ The "Installing and Configuring Additional WSJT-X Instances" section of
+ explains how to configure multiple instances of WJST-X when using the direct form of interoperation between DXLab and WSJT-X. I don't know how that's done with JTAlert, which is why I referred you to the JTAlert support group.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
-- 73, Greg - AB7R Flex 8600 PGXL & TGXL AG
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Tom ai4th
Kent N6WT
Jim Shorney