[Dx4win] Group Names was changing my call sign: dx4win questions...

Mon, 16 Sep 2002 11:32:39 -0500

There is an easier way.  If you go to preferences where I have set the
labels tab to print the greeting as    @@ 73 de %%   email [email protected]

This will automatically print PSE or TNX QSL, 73 de Group Name Call and then
my email address.  If you have a vanity call then the correct call will be
printed on the label if you name the group name correctly.  My group names
include the location, so mine will print W5FL Weatherford, Texas for all
calls from my present qth and W5FL Jamul, CA for all calls from my
California QTH, and all other qths and calls that I have previously used.
Do the same thing for swl greeting  Thanks SWL report de %%

The group names is a wonderful feature and not used by enough people.  It is
also very powerful since the same calls window shows the group names and
then you can always print the qsl card correctly for more than one call or
location.  It helps if you have more than one call to stick the label on a
QSL card with the correct call in case the receiving ham did not read the
label carefully enough.

I have never tried sending a card from more than one group name, but for PSE
and TNX being different, the program is smart enough to print the
information on two qsl cards.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Larry Gauthier
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 5:57 AM
To: Ken Brookner; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] changing my call sign: dx4win questions...

Ken,

I did three things when my vanity call arrived:

1. Set a group with the previous callsign - so the group name said "as
WB8BGO". This is very helpful when entering a QSO-in-progress. You can look
in the "same call" window and you can see whether you worked him/her before,
and under which callsign. During the QSO, you can immediately say (or type
or send... ;-) "we've worked 3 times before, twice under my previous
callsign and once under my new vanity call..." or whatever. Don't rely upon
your memory or math skills to figure that out during a QSO... gets worse as
time passes ;-)

2. Modified my QSL label printing comments to say "previously WB8BGO" - so
when I print a card for any QSO, it has this little comment on it. _IF_ this
card  involves multiple QSOs, split between the new and old callsigns, I
will use a highlighter, and highlight the "previous callsign" comments, then
highlight the QSO that involved the previous call.

3. This might sound a little corny, but I entered a new QSO with myself and
my new vanity callsign. I created a log entry on the date I started using my
new callsign. Whenever I'm trying to remember when I switched callsigns, I
press <F8>, enter my callsign, and see the date of the "QSO". (ummm... to
avoid any award confusion, you can press <F5> a few times and enter this QSO
as an "invalid" contact in the "ValidDX" field.]

-larry
K8UT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Brookner" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 12:52 AM
Subject: [Dx4win] changing my call sign: dx4win questions...

> I'm making the switch to a vanity call and I've been thinking about how
> to handle this with my log.  I assume that one thing I can do is to just
> partition the  log into a group of the old call and a group of the new
> one.  how about sending qsl card requests--like old ones that I need at
> some point, or answering a qsl request?  I guess the only thing I'll
> need to do is make sure that I don't batch print requests to both calls
> at the same time and then manually change the info printed on my labels.
>
> anyone have any experience with running dx4win and then either changing
> to a vanity call or upgrading and getting a new call assigned?  I'm
> interested to hear how you handled this.
>
> tnx & 73
> kenb, n5lpi
>
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