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Re: LOTW: New ones ... you never know

 

I uploaded all FJ/AA6YQ QSOs right after LotW came online. It would be
interesting to ask the LotW folks why your confirmation is just now
appearing...

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

-----Original Message-----
From: dxlab@... [mailto:dxlab@...]On Behalf Of
Andrew O'Brien
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 8:50 AM
To: dxlab@...
Subject: [dxlab] LOTW: New ones ... you never know


A nice surprise when I sync'd today , two from 19 years ago. One from Dave
! Did you just upload that Dave?


Date Time Call Band Mode Station Call
Result

2006-08-07 00:59:36 FO/KM9D 15M CW
K3UK new confirmation for Austral Is: entity, CW, 15M
1990-04-17 01:25:00 AH3C/KH5J 10M SSB
KB2EOQ new confirmation for Palmyra & Jarvis Is: entity, SSB, 10M
1990-11-10 14:40:00 OK2PZW 10M SSB
KB2EOQ new confirmation for Czechoslovakia: entity, SSB, 10M
2000-10-10 22:41:00 FJ/AA6YQ 20M RTTY
KB2EOQ new confirmation for Saint Martin: entity, RTTY, 20M

Andy K3UK






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A query about the WPX report

Phil Cooper
 

Hi again!

After checking my WAC tally, I also decided to check my WPX progress.
After running the report, it produces a nice list of prefixes.

My query is that it shows I have worked prefixes that I cannot find in my
log!
For example, it shows I have worked 1B0 and 1K0, but no such calls exist.
I know I have the right SQL expression, as filtering for a known good call
works OK - I used CY9.
So, how come I end up with prefixes like 1B0 and 1K0 that are clearly not
valid, and do not appear to be in my log?

And one final thought...........
Would it be useful to have a call (or calls??) listed for these prefixes in
the WPX list?
The WPX application form has to show call, date, time, band, mode etc, but
the WPX report doesn't really provide this info.
As I have over 1000 WPX's, it does get a little tiresome having to filter
the log for each WPX, QSL received etc.

73 for now

Phil GU0SUP




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Re: WAC report

Phil Cooper
 

Hi all,

Larry W6NWS quoted the ARRL site................
"... At the present time credits in the ARRL LogBook of The World (LoTW)
system cannot be claimed for WAC credit. Applicants who have a current DXCC
award in the DXCC computer system can apply for WAC by completing the WAC
application form and sending it to the address noted above, listing credits
to be claimed on the application form. In this case QSL cards are not
required. ...."

I did find the above statement a little confusing at first, but it implies
that LoTW credits that are now part of your DXCC claim CAN indeed be used.

So, I thought I would do a search and see what I came up with. It took a
while to get the proper SQL function, but I got there in the end.
The confusing bit was having to remember to use both the LoTW QSL Received
and also the QSL Received functions for all of S and V.
But, after a few goes, I got it right, and found that I do indeed have
enough DXCC credits to claim 5BWAC - all on RTTY.

Another point for those wishing to check whether they have 5BWAC, you must
also filter the log for each band as well as filtering for QSL's verified.
I just entered the SQL expression in the ADV boxes, and then changed the
band after each click of the WAC progress button. Save the resulting file as
something like WAC-80m and you are away!

73 all,

Phil GU0SUP


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Re: 'lock DXV' during card checking

aburkefl
 

In DXView, look down toward the lower right-hand corner of the window, just above "DXCC" where it says "SC Lock." Click in the window to set "focus" on the DXView window and hover your mouse cursor over the button that says "SC Lock."

Just in case your "mouse cursor messages" are turned off, that button will "lock" DXView and temporarily ignore any incoming spots from SpotCollector - until you turn it off (actually, I guess you'll be turning it back on!) when you so choose - then SC will again change as spots arrive.

Art - N4PJ

--- In dxlab@..., "FireBrick" <w9ol@...> wrote:

Reading the Daily DX, I saw a mention about some qsl manager change.
I entered the callsign in the filter box in DXK and selected DXCC so that
DXV would tell me if that band/mode qso was confirmed.

But before I could read all the W' C' V's a cluster spot came in and changed
DXV to a different entity.

Is there a way to click a 'Hold' button or stop DXV from changing it's
entity/callsign display?

Say a X minute timer that will return DXV to normal?


TOWER/WEBCAMS and Weather Page
@


Re: 'lock DXV' during card checking

 

How about along with the timer a "Normal" button so in case you zone out and
forget to change back to normal it will do it automatically? That way if
you are finished after a minute or two you don't have to wait another 5
minutes before it switches back.



Bob

KB4Cl



_____

From: dxlab@... [mailto:dxlab@...] On Behalf Of
FireBrick
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 10:31 AM
To: DXLabs List
Subject: [dxlab] 'lock DXV' during card checking





Reading the Daily DX, I saw a mention about some qsl manager change.
I entered the callsign in the filter box in DXK and selected DXCC so that
DXV would tell me if that band/mode qso was confirmed.

But before I could read all the W' C' V's a cluster spot came in and changed

DXV to a different entity.

Is there a way to click a 'Hold' button or stop DXV from changing it's
entity/callsign display?

Say a X minute timer that will return DXV to normal?

TOWER/WEBCAMS and Weather Page
@ . <> webhop.org


'lock DXV' during card checking

FireBrick
 

Reading the Daily DX, I saw a mention about some qsl manager change.
I entered the callsign in the filter box in DXK and selected DXCC so that DXV would tell me if that band/mode qso was confirmed.

But before I could read all the W' C' V's a cluster spot came in and changed DXV to a different entity.

Is there a way to click a 'Hold' button or stop DXV from changing it's entity/callsign display?

Say a X minute timer that will return DXV to normal?


TOWER/WEBCAMS and Weather Page
@


Re: Subject: Save Stations Heard to txt file?

Andrew O'Brien
 

That did it Dave.... Thanks

e.g
OE6JFG Austria 14,077.3 PSK 2009-06-09
18:59 K3UK PSK31 36
F4EZD France 14,075.8 PSK 2009-06-09
19:10 K3UK PSK31 30
EA5UB Spain 10,141.4 PSK 2009-06-09
19:15 K3UK PSK31 35
OE4EP Austria 10,140.1 PSK 2009-06-09
19:36 K3UK PSK31 45
F4ESO France 10,141.6 PSK 2009-06-09
19:24 K3UK PSK31 46
GM0VRP Scotland 10,141.4 PSK 2009-06-09
19:58 K3UK PSK31 21
DL8RBL Fed Rep of Germany 10,141.4 PSK 2009-06-09
20:02 K3UK PSK31 47
OE4EPW Austria 10,138.8 PSK 2009-06-09
19:42 K3UK PSK31 79
HK4SAN Colombia 10,139.0 PSK 2009-06-09
20:37 K3UK PSK31 70
G0UZP England 10,142.4 PSK 2009-06-09
21:12 K3UK PSK31 71
EW6FW Belarus 10,141.5 PSK 2009-06-09
21:04 K3UK PSK31 48


LOTW: New ones ... you never know

Andrew O'Brien
 

A nice surprise when I sync'd today , two from 19 years ago. One from Dave
! Did you just upload that Dave?


Date Time Call Band Mode Station Call
Result

2006-08-07 00:59:36 FO/KM9D 15M CW
K3UK new confirmation for Austral Is: entity, CW, 15M
1990-04-17 01:25:00 AH3C/KH5J 10M SSB
KB2EOQ new confirmation for Palmyra & Jarvis Is: entity, SSB, 10M
1990-11-10 14:40:00 OK2PZW 10M SSB
KB2EOQ new confirmation for Czechoslovakia: entity, SSB, 10M
2000-10-10 22:41:00 FJ/AA6YQ 20M RTTY
KB2EOQ new confirmation for Saint Martin: entity, RTTY, 20M

Andy K3UK


Re: Erratic function of Commander 5.8.7

 

As you have discovered, you can't do that and have it work properly. If you uninstall Comander 5.8.7 (there is not normally any reason to do that), then you must reinstall Commander 5.8.7 before attempting to do any updates. You can't update something that isn't there. DXLab updates are not installs, they are just self extracting Zip files that do nothing but copy in new files to replace "existing" old ones.

73, Rich - W3ZJ

ben frantzac wrote:

When I installed version 5.8.7 first, it accordingly made an entry to Control Panels Add/Remove. When version 5.8.7 started creating problems I removed it using the same
"Add/Remove Programs" and the program was removed correctly.

After that I installed just 792Update (Zip file755kt) as such. When I unzipped that file, it created the same files as 5.8.7 without the actual set up. In other words it was ready after unzipping. But it behaved erratically.

So I cleaned the registry from everything found with names "Commander" and "DXLab"
After that unzipping 792Update I got a working Commander. But no entry of it in "Add/remove".

I did not install DXLab Launcher at all so I cannot say anything about its main window.
Maybe that was the reason to problems?

Thanks for the link to the uninstallation program.
Ben



--- On Sat, 9/5/09, Dave AA6YQ <aa6yq@...> wrote:

From: Dave AA6YQ <aa6yq@...>
Subject: RE: [dxlab] Re: Erratic function of Commander 5.8.7
To: dxlab@...
Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009, 9:45 AM



Re: Erratic function of Commander 5.8.7

 

Are you saying thaI the Windows Control Panels' "Add/Remove Programs"applet >>>>doesn't show Commander in its list of installed programs? On the
Launcher's Main window, what color is the LED-like display above the CMD
button?

When I installed version 5.8.7 first, it accordingly made an entry to Control Panels Add/Remove. When version 5.8.7 started creating problems I removed it using the same
"Add/Remove Programs" and the program was removed correctly.

After that I installed just 792Update (Zip file755kt) as such. When I unzipped that file, it created the same files as 5.8.7 without the actual set up. In other words it was ready after unzipping. But it behaved erratically.

So I cleaned the registry from everything found with names "Commander" and "DXLab"
After that unzipping 792Update I got a working Commander. But no entry of it in "Add/remove".

I did not install DXLab Launcher at all so I cannot say anything about its main window.
Maybe that was the reason to problems?

Thanks for the link to the uninstallation program.
Ben



--- On Sat, 9/5/09, Dave AA6YQ <aa6yq@...> wrote:

From: Dave AA6YQ <aa6yq@...>
Subject: RE: [dxlab] Re: Erratic function of Commander 5.8.7
To: dxlab@...
Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009, 9:45 AM













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>>>AA6YQ comments below



-----Original Message-----

From: dxlab@yahoogroups. com [mailto:dxlab@yahoogroups. com]On Behalf Of

cergender

Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 7:07 AM

To: dxlab@yahoogroups. com

Subject: [dxlab] Re: Erratic function of Commander 5.8.7



Had to clean everything regarding Commander from the registry before v.7.9.2

started performing OK. Seems to be fine now.



New version 7.9.2 however did not make any entry to the control

panel/add/remove programs.



Are you saying that the Windows Control Panels' "Add/Remove Programs"
applet doesn't show Commander in its list of installed programs? On the

Launcher's Main window, what color is the LED-like display above the CMD

button?



Question: I how to remove it safely one day again.



If an application is improperly registered with Windows, see


< te.com/dxlabwiki /RecoverUninstal l>



73,



Dave, AA6YQ


Re: Losing Contact With Commander

aburkefl
 

Not exactly certain how to engage this scenario. If I turn on "log debugging" and don't lose control, you'll learn nothing. If I work for a while and then discover I've lost contact with Commander, that won't help either, will it?

How large can the file get before it will give you problems? I could turn debugging on first thing and then run as normal as possible (at least as normally as I've been running!), but the debugging file might get kind of large.

Art - N4PJ

--- In dxlab@..., "aa6yq" <aa6yq@...> wrote:

AA6YQ comments below
--- In dxlab@..., "aburkefl" <aburkefl@> wrote:

At times, I've changed bands on my K3 and then discovered that Commander did not "follow" the radio. Terminating and restarting Commander generally "cures" the problem - for a while. I'm using a microHAM USB interface and when Commander loses contact with the K3, I can see that the Router still maintains contact with the K3 (patched).

At this point, I can only assume that some other program running in the background is creating some kind of conflict.

Windows won't let more than one application open the same serial port.
The next time this happens, please enable "log debugging info" on the Config window's General tab, wait a minute, disable "log debugging info", and then attach the errorlog.txt file from your Commander folder to an email message to me at aa6yq@... . The errorlog will include Commander's directives to your K3 and the K3's responses, so I'll be able to see what's going on.

I can't remember the name or source of one of those programs that will stop all unnecessary applications and let only the minimum of programs.

Dave, right off the top of your head, is the OCX a potential problem?
Once I tried to start something running involving the MARAC Logger while DXLabs was also running. Could there be a potential conflict if the two are battling for the OCX?

There are many .ocx modules; to which one(s) are you referring?
73,

Dave, AA6YQ


Stopping Programs

aburkefl
 

What are the names of some of the popular (and successful!) programs that will disable anything running in the background that doesn't need to be running when running amateur applications (like DXKeeper or other parts of the DXLab suite)?

Thanks.

Art - N4PJ


Re: cba and qrz

 

Is this happening on every callsign or is it possible that the callsign you are trying to lookup really isn't in the QRZ.com database? All US and Canadian calls are in the QRZ.com database because they are copied from the FCC and RAC databases. However, calls for the rest of the world are entered by the callsign holders themselves so obviously they are not all there.

73, Rich - W3ZJ

hambeamtower wrote:

Hello
I just started getting an error message "callsign was not found" when pressing the cba button. I use pathfinder and qrz to normally look it up and it has worked fine before. Anyone have any ideas?
Bruce VE7BSM


Re: The IC-9100 at Tokyo HamFair 2009

 

On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 21:17, aa6yq<aa6yq@...> wrote:
Thanks to Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ and Oba-san JA7UDE:

<>

This is Icom's third transceiver with a direct USB interface for transceiver control and audio.

I've not seen a manual, but I suspect this transceiver's CI-V instruction set is identical to that of the IC-7600. So if one appears on your doorstep, use Notepad to open the radios.txt file in your Commander folder, insert this line:

radio=IIC-9100, Address=XX, DualWatch=T, VFOSel=F, VFOEqual=F, VFOExchange=F, MainSubSel=T, MainSubEqual=T, MainSubExchange=T, Filter0=T, PTT=T, CW-R=T, RTTY-R=T, Smeter=T, PBT=T

How do we do that, Dave? I mean, get one to show up on our doorstep. :-)

Two receivers, it seems. Hmmm. And 70 cm. Might make a nice
replacement for my IC746Pro ... or maybe an addition .. :-)



--
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The IC-9100 at Tokyo HamFair 2009

 

Thanks to Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ and Oba-san JA7UDE:

<>

This is Icom's third transceiver with a direct USB interface for transceiver control and audio.

I've not seen a manual, but I suspect this transceiver's CI-V instruction set is identical to that of the IC-7600. So if one appears on your doorstep, use Notepad to open the radios.txt file in your Commander folder, insert this line:

radio=IIC-9100, Address=XX, DualWatch=T, VFOSel=F, VFOEqual=F, VFOExchange=F, MainSubSel=T, MainSubEqual=T, MainSubExchange=T, Filter0=T, PTT=T, CW-R=T, RTTY-R=T, Smeter=T, PBT=T

(where XX is the IC-9100's default CI-V address)

save your changes, fire up Commander, set the Radio selector on the Config window's General tab to IC-9100, and you should be good to go.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ


Re: printing mailing labels

 

+++ More AA6YQ comments below

-----Original Message-----
From: dxlab@... [mailto:dxlab@...]On Behalf Of
Tad Danley
Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 7:01 PM
To: dxlab@...
Subject: Re: [dxlab] printing mailing labels


Dave AA6YQ wrote:

Tad Danley wrote:

What is the procedure to print mailing labels - specifically, labels for
all of the QSOs on my VUCC progress report. Since the ARRL does not
_yet_ offer VUCC via LotW, I need to print them all regardless of
whether they have been confirmed via LotW.

Do you only need address labels, or do you also need QSL labels that
can
be affixed to an outgoing QSL card?
Thanks Dave - I need both!

+++ OK. The basic procedure is

1. set the "QSL Via" panel on the Main window's QSL tab to either 2-column
labels or 3-column labels, as desired

2. populate the QSL Queue with QSOs for which labels are to be generated

3. invoke the Address Editor to specify an address for each QSL Queue entry
rendered in red font (double-click the entry)

4. create an Address File and review it to ensure that all addresses are
correctly formatted

4. print QSL labels from the QSL Queue

5. print address labels from the QSL Queue

+++Regarding step 2, DXKeeper can at present automatically populate the QSL
Queue with QSOs needed for the ARRL DXCC family or awards, and for the CQ
WAZ family of awards; for other awards, you must manually add needed QSOs to
the QSL queue. I'd been thinking about providing the option to automatically
populate the QSL Queue with needed QSOs when generating a progress report
for the other awards supported by DXKeeper; each of these reports lists
"counters" for which there's a worked-but-unconfirmed QSO, so it would be
straightforward to insert each worked-but-unconfirmed QSO into the QSL Queue
rather than require the user to manually locate and add each unconfirmed QSO
to the QSL Queue. The challenge is providing a way to let the user specify
whether or not the QSL Queue should be populated with unconfirmed QSOs when
generating a progress report -- without displaying an annoying prompt each
time a progress report is generated, and without having the QSL Queue be
unintentionally populated by subsequent progress reports because the user
forgot to disable the option. Your request prompted me to think harder about
this, and I came up with the idea of adding an "Add Unconfirmed to QSL
Queue" checkbox in the lower-left corner of the Main window's "Check
Progress" tab, as shown here:

<>

+++When you start DXKeeper, this box will be unchecked. If you check this
box before initiating a progress report, then any QSOs identified as needed
but unconfirmed in this report will be added to the QSL Queue -- and the box
will automatically be unchecked after the report is generated. Thus anyone
not interested in generating outgoing QSLs when running a progress report
won't be bothered by this new capability; if you do want to generated needed
QSLs, check the box before clicking the button to generate the progress
report.

+++I have constructed a new version of DXKeeper that implements this
capability, but only for the VUCC progress report. I'll email it to you
shortly, so you can give it a try. If it works out, I'll extend this
capability to all the other progress reports that DXKeeper generates (except
DXCC and WAZ). If anyone else would like to try this new version of
DXKeeper, send email to me at aa6yq@... from an email account that
will accept a zip archive containing an executable file as an attachment
(e.g. not gmail).

+++If you haven't generated labels before, Tad, you'll need to configure
DXKeeper to correctly print the labels of your choice using the "QSL Labels"
and "Envelopes" tabs on the "QSL Config" window. I suggest loading your
printer with inexpensive paper while you do this. The procedure is described
in < with Paper>, but
don't hesitate to post any questions or concerns here.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ


Re: Commander install fail

 

AA6YQ comments below
-----Original Message-----
From: dxlab@... [mailto:dxlab@...]On Behalf Of
frank.fahrlander
Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 8:28 PM
To: dxlab@...
Subject: [dxlab] Commander install fail


Hi,

I'm posting this to help a fellow who just tried to install Commander and
got the following message:

"unable to download file from
http:www.iv3yer.com/Dxlab/Commander587Archive.exe
aborting installation"

He is using the launcher. Any ideas how this happened and howto proceed?

The DXLab distribution portion of Luigi IV3YER's site appears to be down.
On the Launcher's Config window, choose a different distribution site and
try again. If this doesn't allow your friend to install Commander, please
let me know. Thanks...

73,

Dave, AA6YQ


Commander install fail

frank.fahrlander
 

Hi,

I'm posting this to help a fellow who just tried to install Commander and got the following message:

"unable to download file from
http:www.iv3yer.com/Dxlab/Commander587Archive.exe
aborting installation"

He is using the launcher. Any ideas how this happened and howto proceed?

Frank, N7FF


Re: cba and qrz

 

--- In dxlab@..., "Dave AA6YQ" <aa6yq@...> wrote:

When was the last time the CBA button worked correctly, Bruce?
After you click the CBA button, what appears in Pathfinder's Main window?
In Pathfinder's Config window, is the QRZ.com URL set to
{TargetCallsign}

?

73,

Dave, AA6YQ
Hi Dave
Got it okay now. It was missing the {TargetCallsign).
Thanks
Bruce VE7BSM


Re: printing mailing labels

Tad Danley
 

Dave AA6YQ wrote:

Tad Danley wrote:
What is the procedure to print mailing labels - specifically, labels for
all of the QSOs on my VUCC progress report. Since the ARRL does not
_yet_ offer VUCC via LotW, I need to print them all regardless of
whether they have been confirmed via LotW.

Do you only need address labels, or do you also need QSL labels that can
be affixed to an outgoing QSL card?
Thanks Dave - I need both!

73,

--
Tad Danley, K3TD
EM10dq