[Dx4win] Re: [Fwd: New DX4WIN ver 6.03 install]

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

Hi Alan, sorry for taking so long to get back to you, have been very behind on
E-mail as of late.

> I have ver 6.02 on a CD from Paul, installed it on my PC using WIN XP.
> Then went to the DX4WIN web site and immediately downloaded and
> installed ver 6.03.  I went to Jim, AD1C's web site and updated the
> CTY files.
> 
> I now have 2 DX4WIN folders:
> C:\Program files\dx4win602 and C:\Program files\dx4win603
> Do I need to keep both or can I now delete the ver 6.02 folder?

Save your <call>.KEY file.  Uninstall both 6.03 and 6.02 (in that order).  Then
install 6.03 *only* and update the country file per my web page.  The reason I
say to do this is if you try to uninstall 6.02 after having installed 6.03,
it's possible to remove a shared file that 6.03 needs (something written to the
Windows directory that has to do with CW keying).  My steps avoid this problem.

> I have over 14,000 contacts on my WJ2O logging program starting in
> 1983 when I retired from the Coast Guard, moved to CA, and was issued
> KE6UP.  When the vanity call program was restarted I changed my call
> to K6ACZ.  I moved to Nevada almost a year ago and changed my call to
> K7ACZ.  I have paper logs for calls from various QTH's before 1983 but
> I am not concerned about them.  I just want to transfer my WJ2O logs
> over to DX4WIN.
> 
> Besides the 3 stateside calls mentioned above I also have DXCC with
> over 2000 contacts made from the Philippines.  I am thinking I need a
> separate DX4WIN log for my portable DU logs or else my awards
> tracking, counties needed, etc, will be screwed up.  Would you agree?

Yes, you need a separate log file for your DU contacts.  Otherwise, as you
surmised, your DXCC totals will be messed up.  However, you CAN keep all your
stateside QSOs in the same log file (see below).

> WJ2O uses a system of 3 digit Code Descriptions to track contacts, or
> groups of contacts.  For example, all my portable DU contacts have
> code numbers from 001 to 049.  These are broken down by various
> contests I entered from there.  My stateside KE6UP calls are coded 050
> to 099, also broken down into individual contests using that call.
> Finally, my K6ACZ call contacts are coded 100 and above.  I coded them
> like that so I could filter them by calls I used for printing QSL
> labels or DXCC submissions.  WJ2O did make it easy to use filters to
> print only certain QSL's or DXCC, WAZ, etc, reports.

DX4WIN also has a set of 3-digit group numbers.  Note that the only valid
user-defined groups are 1-253.  0 is reserved for ALL QSOs, 254 for YL and 255
for QRP.

> When I first installed DX4WIN I went to preferences and set up my
> Setup Parameters.  But I cannot change my call from K6ACZ to K7ACZ in
> the callsign box.  I suppose that is because it was registered to me
> as K6ACZ.

You will have to talk to Steve about getting you a new .KEY file.

> Can I then import just those contacts into DX4WIN using a DX4WIN
> GROUP number?  Then do the same over and over until all my stateside
> calls have been transferred under different GROUP Numbers?  If not,
> how will I be able to determine what contacts were made under which
> callsign?  (Bill Moore at the DXCC desk has merged my KE6UP and K6ACZ
> contacts into one DXCC record if that makes any difference).

Yes, export one group at a time (to ADIF), and import one group at a time (from
ADIF).  The trouble may come at import time.  I think if you go into
"Preferences -> QSO" you can set the "Group for new QSO" to be the matching
group number from WJ2O.  You must do this BEFORE you import, and you'll have to
do it EVERY TIME you import.

Then you will need to edit the group names to give them meaningful names.  Just
time consuming.

It *is* theoretically possible that WJ2O exports the group number into the ADIF
file, and that DX4WIN could import that number.  I would need to see a little
bit of the ADIF output from WJ2O to be sure, then play around with trying to
get DX4WIN to recognize the group number field, whatever it's called.  Feel
free to send me a sample.

Hope this helps!

73 - Jim AD1C


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