[Dx4win] Spot announcements

[W9RPM]

Jim, thanks. that was it. Changed to sort by Arrival. 73 John
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
To: "W9RPM" <john at w9rpm.com>
Cc: "DX4WIN" <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Spot announcements


> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 8:09 AM, W9RPM <john at w9rpm.com> wrote:
>
>> I have noticed that sometimes a Dx spot that comes through on any band 
>> that
>> is a band country I need doesn't Voice Announce. Any ideas? Audio Voice 
>> is
>> listed as Band/Call, and Award is listed as Award Band Not confirmed.
>> Thanks- John
>
> Hi John,
>
> I may know what is happening, but am not 100% sure.  I think this only
> happens if DX Spots are sorted by time (not by arrival).  The first
> time a needed call is spotted, you'll get an announcement.  If the
> same call/band/mode is reposted within <#> minutes, then you will NOT
> get a new voice announcement.  Or maybe if it was already in the DX
> Spots window, and gets reposted, you won't get a new announcement.
> I'm not exactly sure what the mechanism is that blocks the subsequent
> announcements, but it's something like that.
>
> You can experiment yourself.  In DX4WIN, connect to the VE7CC which
> supports the DXTEST command (you can make test spots that only go to
> you).  Right-click on the DX Spots window and erase all spots.  Now in
> the Packet window, do a DXTEST spot for something you need, like:
>
>    DXTEST P5ABC 14025
>
> You should get the voice announcement.
>
> Now respot on a different frequency or with a comment, like:
>
>    DXTEST P5ABC 14020 test spot
>
> See if you get the announcement.  You probably won't.
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
>
> -- 
> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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