[Dx4win] Spot coloring bug when over-riding DXCC prefix

Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:38:38 -0400

One way that I've handled this potential for missing needed ones is to read
all the latest DX bulletins. When you come across an announcement that
interests you with a callsign that could be an entity of various defaults,
put that callsign in the log window, go to the Prefix box and hit F1 to
change the prefix to the proper entity as announced, insert the QSL
information/manager in the appropriate boxes as well as IOTA if you track
them, then log the QSO. Recall the QSO you just logged and select QSO and
Delete QSO. What you have created is an exception for this upcoming callsign
as of today's date. When the callsign is spotted anytime afterwards, the
right information is already in the exception data for that callsign, even
though the bogus QSO you created earlier had been deleted, the exception
information was recorded. 73, -=Rog-K9RB=-

PS; Still hoping and waiting for ver 6.03 fix that the PSK31 PTT and CW
keyboard comport selection will be changed back to the way it was (separate
com port selections for each) in ver. 5.x to allow for not having to go
through preferences and saving every time to change between these modes!
What a pain that is for those of us that use both the CW keyboard/memories
and also PSK31 PTT which require different Com Ports. Control now only
allows for one OR the other without going into preferences and changing,
then saving, then reversing when switching back to the other mode. I don't
imagine I'm the only one who works both CW using the keyboard memories and
PSK31 PTT? Another thing I haven't figured out is in ver 5.02 how to make
the day/night gremlin on the world map change with daylight savings time but
don't recall if the previous version did or not?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "wo2n" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; "Jim Reisert AD1C" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Paul van der Eijk" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Spot coloring bug when over-riding DXCC prefix

> This to me is a primary logging problem....Prefixes that is......,
> I think the default should be to any FO, NOT worked on the band called
out.
> Example, you have French poly wkd on 20, but you need the Austrails,
DX4win
> should treat it as a possible Austrial call, and not blow it off (black)
> Then you can make the decision what country it should be.!
> A buffer of 10 should be in a window of needed spots called out that you
> need or POSSIBLY need a HOT key opens a popup.. Especially when the pace
of
> call out is intense, and spots are passing past the screen.
> Assuming to a SINGLE default country leads to missing a  needed country,
> because of the way it is now there is no alert .
> I think we have to deal with the possibilities rather than assume?
> IMHP... Bernie/WO2N.>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Paul van der Eijk" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 7:17 AM
> Subject: [Dx4win] Spot coloring bug when over-riding DXCC prefix
>
>
> > I found a bug with spot coloring last night.
> >
> > The bug occurs when you log a QSO but over-ride the prefix.
> >
> > The particular example is FO/DF6IC (or any of the other active FO/A
> > stations on right now).
> >
> > DX4WIN assumes these are French Polynesia by default, because there is
no
> > other mapping in the country file.
> >
> > I had a black spot last night on 12m SSB -- I need FO/A but do not need
FO
> > on 12m SSB (DX4WIN thought it was FO as expected).
> >
> > I had a green spot this morning on 75m SSB -- I need both FO and FO/A on
> > 75m SSB.
> >
> > In each case, I logged the station, overriding the prefix to be FO/A.
In
> > the DX spots window, the spot did NOT turn light gray (already worked).
> The
> > spotting window still thought these counted as FO, not FO/A.
> >
> > When I closed my log and opened it again, the spot went to light gray as
> > expected. It's as if the country file that the DX Spots window
referenced
> > did not get updated until I saved the log.
> >
> > 73 - Jim AD1C
> >
> > -- 
> > Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
> > USA +978-251-9933, <[email protected]>, http://www.ad1c.com
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