[Dx4win] Version 9 of DX4WIN available

Fri Oct 20 15:06:04 EDT 2017

Still waiting on min, after 24 hours!

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> On Oct 19, 2017, at 4:15 PM, John, K9EL <k9el at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> I already received my V9 license.
> 
> 
> 73,
> John K9EL
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 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 3:11 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
> 
> 
> I assume that Jim's upgrade notes will apply:
> 
> http://dx4win.ad1c.us/appnotes/upgrade.html
> 
> Dave, N4QS
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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>> Paul van der Eijk, KK4HD
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>> http://www.dx4win.com
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