[Dx4win] Some questions

[Mark Lunday]

Thanks, Jim!  So, I have a follow-on question regarding spot age.

Is there a way to automatically delete all spots older than 30 minutes in
the spot window?

Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
Greensboro, NC  FM06be
wd4elg at arrl.net
http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
http://wd4elg.net


-----Original Message-----
From: jjreisert at gmail.com [mailto:jjreisert at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Jim
Reisert AD1C
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 6:19 PM
To: Mark Lunday
Cc: Dx4win at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Some questions

On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Mark Lunday <wd4elg at triad.rr.com> wrote:

> *       I selected maximum spot age as 30 minutes.  Why does the Spot
window
> continue to display spots older than 30 minutes?  I can manually delete
old
> spots by right-clicking in the spots window and select DELETE OLD SPOTS
(30
> MIN), but I want it to happen automatically

Hi Mark,

Spot age isn't what you think it is.  I'll try to explain best as I can.

Let's say 3Y0X in Bouvet is spotted, and you need it for an all-time
new one.  The first time it's spotted, you'll get an audible spot
alert ("bell" or voice announcement). Now if 3Y0X is spotted again 5
minutes later, you will NOT get another alert.  Only when the newest
spot is OLDER than the spot age will you get a new alert when there is
an incoming spot for the same call.  This prevents you from getting
alerted every minute when a "rare one" is on and everyone and their
brother (or sister) is making "I worked it!" spots.

73 - Jim AD1C

p.s. I suggest you upgrade to 8.04 (latest).

-- 
Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us