[Dx4win] Custom Awards

[Kent Henneuse]

A couple of days back I had asked about setting up a
way to track things like 10-10 numbers and the like.
Easiest way is to just do searches on the Note for 
call field and find what you want.

Well, last night I discovered another great way to 
track awards.  Not sure if it is a neat feature that
only a few people use or if it is common, but hear
goes. 

If you look in the online help under custom awards you
will find that there is a file that you can put your
own awards into.  This file is located in the save
directory under you dx4win directory.  The file is
named dx4win.awd  It is a simple text file that you
can edit with a text editor like Notepad.  Each entry
gives the layout for awards that you want to track.
For me I wanted to find a way to track FIST numbers.
I added the following entry to the bottome of the
file:

[FIST]
awdname=Fists CC
modes=NYN
pictmsk=999999

I won't describe each of the fields because the user
guide does a much better job then I can.  I will say 
that the modes are listed as SSB CW FSK so if you have
NYN the only mode valid is CW if you put YNY the award
is valid for SSB and FSK.

The only bummer is you can't input a 10-10 number 
when 10-10 is selected and then input a FIST number
when Fists CC is selected. (Potential feature).

   -Kent



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