[Dx4win] JT alert and DX4win Version 9.04

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

JTAlert can be used with DX4WIN.  It's just not as integrated as with
the other platforms.  It requires you to use an ADIF log instead of
one of the other logging programs.

You can find JTAlert here:    https://hamapps.com/

Make sure you have configured JTAlert first, especially your callsign
("Station Callsign").

You will need to export part or all of your DX4WIN log to an ADIF
file.  In my case, I export only the FT8 QSOs by using F8 and
searching for Mode=FT8.   You can alternatively extract all
digital-mode QSOs using ALT-F8, then choosing "Digital" from the Mode
drop-down list.

File | Import/Export => File | Export to save the exported log in ADIF
format.  You will need to save the ADIF file in the exact place that
JTAlert expects to find it.  In my case, that path is as follows (also
see the link to the PNG image below).

    C:\Users\jjrei\AppData\Local\HamApps\AD1C\logs\JTAlertX\AD1C_log.adi

If you set up filtering using F8, DX4WIN will ask if you want to use
the filter during export.  Answer Yes.

You will then need to configure JTAlert to use ADIF file logging.  See
the image here.  Note path to the ADIF file at the bottom:

    http://dx4win.ad1c.us/JTAlertSettings.plugin_2018-09-11_06-38-47.png

Finally, request that JTAlert scan the ADIF log to populate your
"Needs Lists" using the "Scan Log and Rebuild" function.  New QSOs
logged by JTAlert will be added to the existing ADIF log file shown
above.

Two things to keep in mind:

1.  I do not import the JTAlert ADIF file (AD1C_log.adi above) into
DX4WIN after I have made new digital QSOs.  Instead, I import the ADIF
log from WSJT-X.  The ADIF file from JTAlert has more stuff in it that
I don't necessarily want to import, like perhaps state, grid, city
and/or name.  You can decide for yourself.

2.  As you accumulate QSO confirmations in DX4WIN (LoTW, eQSL and/or
paper), you may want to refresh the JTAlert ADIF file occasionally.
Simply export a new ADIF file from DX4WIN, save it to the same place
as shown above, then "Scan Log and Rebuild" again.

This is a rough draft of an application note I intend to write
someday.  Please post corrections to the DX4WIN reflector.

73 - Jim AD1C

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