[Dx4win] DX4WIN and IOTA

[Kostas SV1DPI]

Sorry, I was occupied with the wpx rtty. Only IOTA name (not the IOTA 
number) must be printed (not written) on the QSL card.
So if we have a qsl card which is not valid for IOTA but valid for DXCC 
for example, then we must mark it as invalid for IOTA award and leave as 
are the other boxes (expand QSO window pressing F5 to see the status for 
every award. Then the DX4win will not submit that card. With this 
chance, I remind that if we want to make a QSO invalid for all awards we 
will write a 0 (zero) in rstR box (instead of 599 for example).

73 Kostas SV1DPI

Στις 10/2/2013 6:02 πμ, ο/η ALAN ZACK έγραψε:
> Thanks Jim.
>
> I am aware of this method of matching LOTW records to DX4WIN. I did mention
> in one of my emails that DX4WIN makes LOTW record tracking very easy and
> wished there was an easy way to do the same for IOTA.
>
> I did not realize that I might be able to use your APP and DX4WLOTW pgm for
> IOTA. I will print out the instructions and follow them just substituting
> IOTA where LOTW is mentioned.
>
> I have so many IOTA marked as S Submitted because I went thru my log and
> selected QSL's that clearly show the name of the island and the IOTA number.
> For example when I do a F8 search for NA-002, 224 QSO's show up so I chose
> one where the QSL card clearly shows all the info the IOTA card checker
> needs. The IOTA checkers are pretty strict that all the info is shown. The
> QSL's I intended to submit I marked with an S (to be submitted) for a grand
> total of 517 ready to be checked by an IOTA card checker. I had 250 cards
> (the limit I was given) checked at Visalia and 249 were approved. But I have
> not yet gone back into DX4WIN and changed those 249 IOTA approved cards from
> an S to C. That is what I was hoping to do with a program rather than having
> to do a F8 for each RSGB approved call/IOTA and manually change it from S to
> C. For example I have BS7H, AS-116, confirmed on DX4WIN on 5 modes/bands.
> But IOTA only needs for you to work AS-116 once for credit. The .csv
> download file from the IOTA website does not show what band/mode I have
> credit for but does show the date and time so I have to a F8 search by
> call/date/time (BS7H, 04/30/2007, 1552Z) and mark that QSO as a C. To do
> that with all the 249 IOTA's approved on the RSGB .csv list is going to be
> very time consuming and I will have to do the same after each future
> submission. If it would help I could send you the RSGB IOTA accepted .csv
> file.
>
> I will save my k7acz.dxl file to a separate back up HD before I start
> experimenting with the DX4WLOTW pgm in case I really mess things up. Is
> there anything else I should also back up?
>
> Thanks again for your help. Hope to see you at Visalia again this year.
>
> 73
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jjreisert at gmail.com [mailto:jjreisert at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Jim
> Reisert AD1C
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 7:44 AM
> To: k7acz at cox.net
> Cc: Kostas SV1DPI; DX4WIN Reflector
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN and IOTA
>
> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 4:53 PM, ALAN ZACK <k7acz at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> I cannot just click on the Award flags button in the Award field select
> IOTA mixed and in the Action field select Submitted -> Checked. This will
> change ALL the S to C. But not all my IOTA's have been processed or approved
> so some will have to remain as S until they are approved. Right now I have a
> total of 517 IOTA's confirmed in my DX4WIN log. I have 249 credited or
> approved in the RSGB IOTA website database with 6 pending from 2012 IOTA
> Contest. In DX4WIN all 517 IOTA's still show S because I have not gone thru
> and manually changed them. I can't change them ALL from S to C because I
> still have 262 IOTA's outstanding that I have not as yet submitted for
> credit to RSGB.
>> I was just hoping there was a better way of doing this similar to how
> DX4WIN processes LOTW uploads and credits.
>
> Hi Alan,
>
> Sorry, I've been too busy to follow all of this thread.  I'm sure you have
> read this:
>
> http://dx4win.ad1c.us/appnotes/dxcc.html
>
> The IOTA award flags should work exactly the same.  Is there some reason you
> can not follow this same methodology with IOTA?  When you generate the
> submission, you can then filter on the IOTA award flags
> (F8) then output the submitted credits in whatever format you need, either
> by exporting ADIF, or using the Logbook window with the desired fields.
>
> I don't understand why you have so many IOTA marked as Submitted, when, as
> you claim, you "have not as yet submitted for credit to RSGB."  Maybe you'd
> be better off clearing out all the IOTA award flags, then only setting the
> ones for which you have received credit to "C".  249 is less than (517-249)
> which you'd now have to "unsubmit".
>
> - Jim
>
> --
> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
>
>