[Dx4win] Voice Announcements

[Dave Hawes]

Are voice announcements only made if DX4WIN has focus?

On 12 Dec 2010 at 7:49, Bud Semon N7CW wrote:

> Hi Dave,
> 
> I believe D4W only announces a new band/mode/country the first time it is
> spotted.  So you can get many, many additional spots for new whatevers and
> the program doesn't announce them.  Maybe that is what you are seeing?
> 
> 73, Bud  N7CW
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Dave Hawes
> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:55 AM
> To: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Dx4win] Voice Announcements
> 
> I have been and continue to be perplexed by the fact that voice 
> announcements of packet spots are intermittent.
> 
> I have Preferences | Packet 1 set as follows:
> 
> Warning messages	Ignore
> Audio/Voice			Band/Call
> DX Alerts			New Award Band
> Callsign Alert		<blank>
> 
> This should give me a voice announcement for any Priority 1/2/3 spot.
> 
> I get very few Priority 1/2 spots, but lots of Priority 3 (New Band) spots,
> and 
> they do show up as red background/white letters.  However, not in all cases 
> do I get a voice announcement.  The audio part is intermittent.
> 
> Is there some other setting I can look into, or perhaps there are some
> "rules 
> in the code" running that block certain voice announcements.  I'd like to
> get 
> this working 100%.
> 
> 73 - Dave N3RD
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