[Dx4win] Version 9 of DX4WIN available

Thu Oct 19 16:11:13 EDT 2017

I assume that Jim's upgrade notes will apply:

http://dx4win.ad1c.us/appnotes/upgrade.html

Dave, N4QS

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From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of n4qs at vci.net
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 2:47 PM
To: 'Ricardo Navarrete' <ricardoea4zk at gmail.com>; 'Paul Van Der Eijk' <pvandereijk at gmail.com>
Cc: 'DX4WIN Reflector' <Dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Version 9 of DX4WIN available

This is good news!

I placed my order and downloaded version 9.0.  How do I upgrade from version 8.05 to 9.0?  It has been so long, I can't remember.

73,

Dave, N4QS

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From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ricardo Navarrete
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 1:33 PM
To: Paul Van Der Eijk <pvandereijk at gmail.com>
Cc: DX4WIN Reflector <Dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Version 9 of DX4WIN available

Thanks a lot!!!! I will test it today!!!!!

Rick EA4ZK

El 19 oct. 2017 8:31 p. m., "Paul van der Eijk" <pvandereijk at gmail.com>
escribió:

> Happy to announce that version 9 is available!
>
> The website still needs work and I plan to do that in the coming days 
> but the order form is current (you may have to reload the form if you 
> still see version 8)
>
> You can download the installer here: www.dx4win.com/files/dx4w901.exe
>
> The improvements in this release would not have been possible without 
> the suggestions and bug reports from the beta testers:
>
> Jim,  AD1C
> Paul, F6EXV
> David, K2DBK
> Bud, N7CW
> Lee, N7NU
> Guy, ON4AOI
> Kostas, SV1DPI
> Mike, W0VTT
>
> With a very special thank you to Jim for his tireless efforts to get 
> the new data in shape to feed the country database and related files.
>
> Important Note:
> This version does not implement the editors for the various databases; 
> this is planned for the next update.
>
> Callsigns
> Support for on-line callsign lookups for QRZ and Buckmaster (HamCall) 
> Separate menu option to lookup a callsign using a web browser 
> Callsigns can be up to 16 characters long (up from 12)
>
> Country Database
> The country database is now split in two files; country.dat contains 
> the callsign mappings, country information etc. A second file, 
> usrexcpt.dat contains the exceptions (overrides) entered by the user.
> This applies to prefix/zones/date exceptions for a callsign, QSL 
> manager information and QSL manager address.
> Callsign exceptions and mappings in the country database have now a
> start- and end-date allowing multiple date ranges to be specified.
> Counties have now coordinates
>
> Custom Awards
> Custom awards have been updated to allow for more flexibility in 
> naming awards and better error checking.
> Awards 'codes' can be 6 characters in length (up from 4). The longer 
> values allow for a more logical organization of the awards avoiding 
> splitting a single award into multiple awards.
> Award 'values' can be 12 characters in length (up from 8) The 
> abbreviation for an award is shown in the QSO Window; pressing F1 will 
> show the list of valid entries and their description. The list shown 
> takes the restrictions for Prefix, Date, Band and Mode into account 
> When selecting a custom award, an information page can be displayed 
> which may have an URL for the home page for the award A new menu 
> option is available to verify and convert the custom award setting for 
> each QSO; see QSO Window | Multiple QSO operations | Check Custom 
> Awards.
> A new file, awdmap.txt, has been introduced to convert awards and 
> award values to the new custom awards.
>
> IOTAs
> For a new QSO, the IOTA field is set when the IOTA for the entity is 
> unique. Similarly, the Island field is set for an IOTA when the Island 
> is unique for the IOTA.
> A new menu option is available to check existing QSOs for a valid IOTA 
> and set the IOTA and Island fields when they are unique; see QSO 
> Window | Multiple QSO operations | Check IOTAs.
> The relation between Prefix and IOTA is stored in a new file: 
> prf2iota.txt The PopUp menu for selecting an IOTA can be limited to 
> IOTAs by continent or by Prefix in addition to the full list of IOTAs.
> An option has been added to confirm IOTA QSOs using the .CSV file 
> downloaded from the RSGB; see QSO Window | QSLs | Confirm QSOs using 
> IOTA file.
>
> Modes
> Added many more modes, and a new QSO field to enter a sub-mode. See 
> Modes for a table of modes and sub modes.
> The option to modify the modes for the selected QSOs can also modify 
> the sub-mode. See QSO | Multiple QSOs Operations | Set Mode.
> Added an option, (Alt+F8), to search for generic modes like Phone and 
> Digital.
> A double-click in a summary window uses the generic mode search and 
> searching using the previous filter will show how that was done.
>
> Packet Cluster
> Ability to auto connect to a cluster node. The node is shown in the 
> preferences and will not change when the clusters.txt is updated.
> The redesigned Announce DX Window can automatically include state, 
> county, IOTA and VUCC grid in a DX spot if specified in the QSO Window.
> The clusters.txt is no longer modified after selecting a node and is 
> now a single file. Previously, two files were used specify a keep 
> alive parameter or not. The keep alive value is now part of the cluster node configuration.
>
> Radios
> A number of new radios were added.
>
> Reports
> Progress reports use now three dates for reporting.
> Submission report honors the exclusion of deleted countries Added 
> columns to WPX submission report so it can be used for submissions by 
> saving the report as a csv file.
>
> RST
> rstR and rstS fields can have 5 characters; numerical formatting is no 
> longer enforced to allow for EME reports etc
>
> System
> On-line updating for program and data files. See Main Form | Help | 
> Check for Updates Many files have been renamed to better reflect their 
> use; binary files have the *.dat file extension and text files the 
> *.txt file extension. See Appendix B for more details.
> Cosmetic changes and fixes; most importantly that when using skins, 
> windows no longer change position and size when restarting the program.
> Many small bug fixes; many of them never reported previously!
> Reading of ADIF files is substantially faster Expanded the memory 
> available to the program; log files with a million QSOs are possible.
>
> --Paul, KK4HD
>
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