From w4dxx at hotmail.com Thu Mar 26 10:04:56 2020 From: w4dxx at hotmail.com (Eric W4DXX) Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 14:04:56 +0000 Subject: [Dxbase] RTTY/DIGITAL Alerts Message-ID: My goal is have rtty/digital alerts combined like ARRL rules when looking up needed MODE slots by band, while accurately sorting in the DxBase Summary window whether it is a RTTY or DIGITAL source. Using the DXTEST feature in VE7CC ArUser to send test spots to myself, I tried all sorts of combinations of the alerts filters and it still doesn?t see the confirmed RTTY qsos when a digital spot comes in on the same band and vice versa. I have concluded the ?MERGE RTTY/DIGITAL? option in Alerts does not work. It changes the ?MERGERTTY? parameter in dxb2007.ini but it still treats DIGITAL and RTTY separately regardless of the setting for alerts. As a workaround, I set the DIGITAL band segments in the band plan as RTTY, only because there are no digital countries that I have not worked on rtty already, so any new ?"RTTY? countries (aka digital/rtty) will alert based on RTTY statistics. The downside, if any, is it thinks all spots in the actual digital segments are rtty, but I guess that is a minor thing. Does anyone have a solution, suggestion, or different observation? Eric, W4DXX From cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net Sun Mar 29 16:46:59 2020 From: cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net (Kim Elmore) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 15:46:59 -0500 Subject: [Dxbase] DXBase Loses Access to Rotator Control References: <8743879c-741a-a62d-da67-948145c6424d.ref@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <8743879c-741a-a62d-da67-948145c6424d@sbcglobal.net> Running Win 10 here. I've been working from home A LOT these past two weeks. I've been keeping DXBase running in case interesting DX is spotted. I usually only have it on when I'm actively operating, which doesn't last for hours on end unless its a contest. I contest using N1MM+ and import the resulting log into DXBase. I've been using my lovely old TS-930S as Radio 2 during this time. Since I've been doing this, I've noticed that after a while of inactivity (I don't yet know how long) DXBase loses the ability to adjust the rotor control (a Green Heron). I see no popups that say it's unresponsive and will be disconnected and it shows that Rotor 1 is connected in Tools>Options>User Options. When this happens, if I close DXBase I can't reopen it: choosing it either in the Start menu or via the desktop shortcut results in nothing. I have to restart Windows to be able to run it again. However, if I can still address the antenna positions, I can close and reopen DXBase without problems. I haven't tried this with only Radio 1 and not activating Radio 2: that's my next experiment. Has anyone experienced this and, if you have, what's the solution to the problem? 73, Kim Elmore N5OP -- Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL) /"A great second violinist plays second fiddle to no one." //? Robert C. Marsh, Chicago Sun-Times./