[Dx4win] Packet spotting colors etc

[K9EL]

Paul,

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on your proposal.  I have really
gotten to know and use DX4WIN, and thoroughly enjoy the software.   I find
the current packet spotting colors quite adequate, but any enhancements are
always nice.  My current goal is to work every country on every band on both
CW & SSB, so the color spots are very helpful!

A couple of comments:

1. I don't believe in the current version that the bands/modes specified in
the "Station" section of preferences have any connection to the Dx spot
window - i.e., if I choose not to operate SSB, then no SSB spots would show
up.

2. It would be nice to have an alert capability for a specific station
without losing all the regular alerts as in 4.07.  Perhaps that is what is
suggested in your mode 1.  You say "New Country or Callsign Alert"  - could
it be New Country and/or Callsign Alert?

3.  I do see a difference between 8A and 8B in your proposal.   There are
times when I would like spots to show up for DX friend that is on, even
though I may have worked him many times on the same band/mode, but still
ignore 6M or RTTY spots.

Thank you for the opportunity to comment.

John
K9EL



----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul van der Eijk" <pvander@erols.com>
To: <dx4win@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 11:52 AM
Subject: [Dx4win] Packet spotting colors etc


> Hi,
>
> I have reviewed many suggestions to change / improve the color scheme
> for the spotting window. Some of these suggestions are in conflict with
each
> other, some come from the novice DXers others from honor roll members etc.
> So I hope that the following proposal makes sense, and covers most of
> your needs.
>
> To support this, I have added 2 more categories, a column in the spotting
window
> indicating the priority (1..8) and the ability to change the font color
and the
> background color.
>
> If you have any comments, thoughts etc. please reply to the reflector
only, and
> on this topic only. There were plenty of other proposals for new features
(for
> which I keep a separate email folder), but this is now my highest
priority.
>
> Paul
> ------------------------------------
>
> All the following categories take the station
> band / mode settings and the award settings
> for bands and modes into account. Also, when you
> only allow for spots from certain countries and/or zones
> that filter will be applied as well.
>
> (Substitute country by Zone or by WPX prefix for the
>  other color schemes available)
>
> Modes refers to major modes only (Phone, CW and RTTY)
>
> 1  New country or callsign alert
>    Callsign alert is not limited by station or award band/mode
>    or spotter country/zone
>
> 2  Country not confirmed
>    (The same callsign and band/mode combination is category 8)
>
> 3  New band
>    Never worked this country on this band
>
> 4  New mode
>    Never worked this country using this mode
>
> 5  New band/mode combination
>    Never worked this country using this band/mode combination
>
> 6  Worked one or more stations using this band/mode
>    combination but none of these contacts have been confirmed.
>    (The same callsign and band/mode combination is category 8)
>
> 7  Did not work this callsign in this band/mode combination
>
> 8  The rest
>    A. Worked this callsign in this band/mode combination
>    B. The band/mode combination is not enabled in station
>       preferences or for the award
>    C. The spot came from a region (country or zone) that
>       was not enabled.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD)
> pvander@erols.com
> http://www.dx4win.com
>
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