I would like that option! Thanks Dave.
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Re: Frequency Dependent Device output to Serial Port
Dave,
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I am trying to set the antenna switch on the amp to overcome the auto-band select limitation.? The problem is that amp has band definitions of 20-15 and 12-10.? If the amp selects the antenna based on its frequency detection, only 1 antenna is assigned to a band.? So, you cannot auto select a 17 or 12 m antenna seperate from 20 or 15.? My case is,
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Ant 1? ?6 m beam
Ant 2? ?Tribander (10/15/20 m)
Ant 3? ?Multiband Dipole (40/17/12 m)
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The frequency detect/band definition select works, but here is what happens since they did not provide seperate bands for 12 and 17 m.
If I assign 10 m to Ant 2, frequency detect of 12 m goes to Ant2. ?
If assign 15 and 20 m to Ant2,? frequency detect of 17 m goes to Ant2.
If I assign 40 m to Ant3,? frequency detect of 40 m goes to Ant3.? And only can get 12 and 17 m on Ant3 with manual front panel select or remote command (I have check that out with my terminal program).
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Hope this helps.? Also, thanks for working with you in the past on the JST-245 capability.? I use every day.
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Brian, KC4KK
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Re: Frequency Dependent Device output to Serial Port
Dave.
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I talked to Palstar for same information and received the following info below. I can see the data and figured out how to send the command to turn the Remote Status Info on with my serial terminal.? I am connected to the RS-232/Kenwood Band Data Port.
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Brian, KC4KK
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//Palstar LA-1K RS232 Serial Port
// 9600 baud 8N1
// Send AR1; to get Remote Status Data
// There is an additional value (SW version; ex. 1.09E) in the Remote Status String.
// 2 May 2025, KC4KK
// UART_Receive_Unload_Test
// Remote Computer Commands :
// AAx; ?AMP Antenna ?x = 1,2 or 3
// AMx; ?AMP Mode ? ? x=1 Operate , x=2 Standby
// IFXXXXXXXX; X= 8 Digits of frequency in kHz blank digits are "0" (ie 21 MHz = IF00021000; )
// ALxxxx; ?x= 0000 to 4095
// ARx; ?AMP RS232 ? ?x=0 Kenwood interface (power on default) , x=1 automatic status mode
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// UART_Transmit_Setup_Test
// Remote Status Data :
// ADfffff;m;ppp;ss;a;b;vv;iii;ttt;llll;k;u;x;<CR>
// ? ?fffff = frequency in kHz, five spaces indicates not a valid frequency detect
// ? ?m = mode, 1 = operate , 2 = standby
// ? ?ppp = power, if in standby, power in watts, if if operate power value in watts times 10
// ? ?ss = SWR value times .1
// ? ?a = antenna 1 2 or 3
// ? ?b = band, 1 = 160M, 2 = 80M, 3 = 40M, 4 = 20-15M, 5 = 12-10M, 6 = 6M
// ? ?vv = Vd in volts
// ? ?iii = Id amps times .1
// ? ?ttt = temp in degrees C '___' indicates no reading
// ? ?llll = ALC value 0000 to 1023
// ? ?k = keying status, 0=no keying, 1= Tx Wait, 2= Tx Amp, 4= Tx Bypass,
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? // ? ? 6= Fault Fq 7=Fault SWR, 8=Fault Temp
// ? ?u ? ?= Power up mode, 0 = last used , 1 = standby
// ? ?x = activity indicator sequence of /,-,\,|
// ? ?<CR>
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// ALC Reference values reading on 12 - 2017
//
// ?voltage ? ? set value
// ? ? 0 ? ? ? ? ?35
// ? ?-1 ? ? ? ? 125
// ? ?-2 ? ? ? ? 214
// ? ?-3 ? ? ? ? 303
// ? ?-4 ? ? ? ? 396
// ? ?-5 ? ? ? ? 484
// ? ?-6 ? ? ? ? 569
// ? ?-7 ? ? ? ? 654
// ? ?-8 ? ? ? ? 742
// ? ?-9 ? ? ? ? 830
// ? -10 ? ? ? ? 922
// ? -11 ? ? ? ?1023AA
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How do I log QO100 QSOs in DXKeeper correctly using Flex 6600
How do I log Satellite QO100 QSOs in DXKeeper correctly using Flex 6600?
All my QSOs on QO100 Satellite are showing the wrong Tx frequency (10Ghz instead of 2.4Ghz). ?When I look at the Logged QSO in DXKeeper it shows as 10Ghz (3cm) for both TX & RX frequency?
?I am using WSJTX v2.80 improved and DXCommander to control the Flex 6600. I have it configured for Slice A as my RX on 10Ghz (3cm) ?and Slice B as TX on 2.4Ghz ?(13cm) using the Transverter settings.
All works as it should except TX frequencies are recorded incorrectly.
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Steve G4OWT
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Dave
Ok. 73
F5PHW Phil
Envoy¨¦ de mon t¨¦l¨¦phone
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Le 2 mai 2025 ¨¤ 10:02, F5PHW BERGER Phil via groups.io <f5phw@...> a ¨¦crit?:
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Dave Many thanks for quick answer. (As usual ...) It works, but no 60m in the stats. Another question : Should it be possible to have a 60m column in DxView ? It should be great. Many thanks 73 de F5PHW Phil envoy¨¦ : 2 mai 2025 ¨¤ 09:26 de : Dave AA6YQ <aa6yq@...>
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objet : Re: [DXLab] Statistics
+ AA6YQ comments below We are on the air with TM56REF. We are few operators using differents software for logging. Each evening, they send me their adif logs. I merge them into a general log with all operators's log. I would like to know if there is a way to have statistics with DxLabs ? How many QSO per bands, per modes ... ?
+ Click the "QSL Stats" button along the bottom of the Main window's "Check Progress" tab. The first two columns of the resulting report analyze your logged QSOs by band and mode with absolute counts and percentages, e.g.
+ The remaining the columns in this report analyze QSLing performance via Club Log, eQSL, LoTW, and QRZ.
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+ AA6YQ comments below
Many thanks for quick answer. (As usual ...)
It works, but no 60m in the stats.
+ QSOs on 60m are not valid for ARRL DXCC or WAS awards - to discourage the use of this very narrow band for DXing.
Another question :
Should it be possible to have a 60m column in DxView ?
+ No, for the same reason.
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Dave Many thanks for quick answer. (As usual ...) It works, but no 60m in the stats. Another question : Should it be possible to have a 60m column in DxView ? It should be great. Many thanks 73 de F5PHW Phil envoy¨¦ : 2 mai 2025 ¨¤ 09:26
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objet : Re: [DXLab] Statistics
+ AA6YQ comments below We are on the air with TM56REF. We are few operators using differents software for logging. Each evening, they send me their adif logs. I merge them into a general log with all operators's log. I would like to know if there is a way to have statistics with DxLabs ? How many QSO per bands, per modes ... ?
+ Click the "QSL Stats" button along the bottom of the Main window's "Check Progress" tab. The first two columns of the resulting report analyze your logged QSOs by band and mode with absolute counts and percentages, e.g.
+ The remaining the columns in this report analyze QSLing performance via Club Log, eQSL, LoTW, and QRZ.
? ? ? ?73,
? ? ? ? ? ? Dave, AA6YQ
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+ AA6YQ comments below
We are on the air with TM56REF.
We are few operators using differents software for logging.
Each evening, they send me their adif logs. I merge them into a general log with all operators's log.
I would like to know if there is a way to have statistics with DxLabs ?
How many QSO per bands, per modes ... ?
+ Click the "QSL Stats" button along the bottom of the Main window's "Check Progress" tab. The first two columns of the resulting report analyze your logged QSOs by band and mode with absolute counts and percentages, e.g.
+ The remaining the columns in this report analyze QSLing performance via Club Log, eQSL, LoTW, and QRZ.
? ? ? ?73,
? ? ? ? ? ? Dave, AA6YQ
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Hello DxLabs's users
We are on the air with TM56REF. We are few operators using differents software for logging. Each evening, they send me their adif logs. I merge them into a general log with all operators's log. I would like to know if there is a way to have statistics with DxLabs ? How many QSO per bands, per modes ... ? Many thanks Best 73 de F5PHW Phil
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Re: Frequency Dependent Device output to Serial Port
+ AA6YQ comments below
Its the antenna switch in my Palstar 1k-la RF Amp.
+ The user manual for that amp
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+ is confusing, as it describes different External Data Connectors on page 10 and page 11.
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+ I don't see any mention of an "antenna switch".
+ Likely, you can enable the amp to follow your transceiver's frequency by using Commander's Secondary CAT Port configured to use the Kenwood protocol. I'm basing this on the "RS-232 Band Control (Kenwood) pinout" table shown on page 10 of the user manual.
https://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/ControlDeviceViaSecondaryCATPort
+ I once asked the owner of Palstar for documentation describing his automatic tuner's control protocol so that I could extend Commander to support it, and was told to pound sand. Not my favorite company...
? ? ? ? ?73,
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dave, AA6YQ
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Re: Responding to Emailed QSLs
Unsubscribing worked for me.
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Jim N7US
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On Behalf Of Dave AA6YQ via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, May 1, 2025 19:22
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [DXLab] Responding to Emailed QSLs
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The only emailed QSLs I receive are from qslworld.com .
If I scroll to the bottom of an email message bearing one of these QSLs, the next-to-last line contains an "unsubscribe here" link.
Has anyone who has unsubscribed subsequently received another QSL from qslworld.com ?
? ? ? 73,
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Re: Responding to Emailed QSLs
The only emailed QSLs I receive are from qslworld.com .
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If I scroll to the bottom of an email message bearing one of these QSLs, the next-to-last line contains an "unsubscribe here" link.
Has anyone who has unsubscribed subsequently received another QSL from qslworld.com ?
? ? ? 73,
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Re: Frequency Dependent Device output to Serial Port
Its the antenna switch in my Palstar 1k-la RF Amp.
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Greetings to all!
The number of Spot Database Entries as shown in configuration spot database tab, does it count unique callsigns of spots or not?
+ The "Size Control" panel on that tab displays the number of Entries in your Spot Database. Since there can be multiple Spot Database Entries with the same callsign - because a station has been active on different bands, or in different modes, or at different times of the day - the answer to your questions is "not".
+ To better understand how the Spot Database works, review the first paragraph of
Is there a way to prune DB by keeping a specific amount of unique callsigns?
+ No. Why would that be useful?
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
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Re: Responding to Emailed QSLs
On 5/1/2025 11:05 AM, dl8le wrote: If you take out your email information in qrz.com it should be very likely that you will not receive any electronic qsl. This should work in addition to clicking on the unsubscribe links. This is a VERY bad idea. Several times a year I use qrz.com to get email addresses to alert hams who are having some kind of on-the-air problem when on-the-air contact is not possible. It's one of things that hams have traditionally done for each other. 73, Jim K9YC
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Tnx to you and all the buro sorters. Your tireless efforts are much appreciated.
73 Ron K3LUE
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Re: Responding to Emailed QSLs
On 2025-05-01 6:07 PM, TOM-KQ5S via groups.io wrote: Do you know a way to set the bmp image to a certain size and
location on the QSL card? The only thing I know abut designing cards is contained in the DXKeeper Help file and the DXLab WiKi - particularly: <> You could use Paint (or other image manipulation program) to overlay a transparent white box in your background image where DXKeeper will print the confirmation and QSO details. Similarly, careful choice of type face, size, weight and color all contribute to legibility. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2025-05-01 6:07 PM, TOM-KQ5S via groups.io wrote: This is good info Joe. ?Do you know?a way to set the bmp image?to a certain size and location on the QSL card? ?If I use this method to reply to e-mail QSL cards then more than likely I will only have one contact with them. ?This leaves a lot of white space on the card. ?I would like to put an image below the QSO information. ?Currently. the image fills the entire card which makes reading the card difficult.
Thanks,
Tom-KQ5S
On May 1, 2025, at 15:52, Joe Subich, W4TV via groups.io <lists@...> wrote:
Of course, *ALL OF THIS* is moot. ?DXKeeper already allows one to
create and respond to e-mailed QSLs.
All that one needs to do is design a QSL card in QSL Config -> Cards. Set the Printer to "Microsoft Print to PDF" and set the size to "North
America 4x6". ?Place the QSOs for which QSLs are to be sent in the
QSL Queue. ?The "cards" can be "printed" and saved individually and
the resulting (pdf) file(s) attached to the e-mail reply.
One can select QSOs for e-mail QSLing in mass by tagging each QSO
intended to electronic QSL by setting QSL Sent Via = E, then filtering
the log page display with QSL_Sent_Via = 'E' (and any other limit like
Station_Callsign = 'XX1ZZZ') before clicking "Add Needed" or "Add
Requested".
Card definition for use with "Microsoft Print to PDF":
Page Layout:
????1 card (right feed)
Card Dimensions:
????Width: ?6 ???Side borders 0.5
????Height: 4 ???Top border ??0.375
If the recipient wants to print a 3.5" x 5.5" hard copy instead of
a 4" x 6" "card" it is only necessary to scale the PDF to 85% when
printing.
Note: Using DXKeeper's *EXISTING* Print Card capability also allows
QSO Specific QSL Messages.
73,
??... Joe, W4TV
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Re: Responding to Emailed QSLs
This is good info Joe. ?Do you know?a way to set the bmp image?to a certain size and location on the QSL card? ?If I use this method to reply to e-mail QSL cards then more than likely I will only have one contact with them. ?This leaves a lot of white space on the card. ?I would like to put an image below the QSO information. ?Currently. the image fills the entire card which makes reading the card difficult.
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On May 1, 2025, at 15:52, Joe Subich, W4TV via groups.io <lists@...> wrote:
Of course, *ALL OF THIS* is moot. ?DXKeeper already allows one to
create and respond to e-mailed QSLs.
All that one needs to do is design a QSL card in QSL Config -> Cards. Set the Printer to "Microsoft Print to PDF" and set the size to "North
America 4x6". ?Place the QSOs for which QSLs are to be sent in the
QSL Queue. ?The "cards" can be "printed" and saved individually and
the resulting (pdf) file(s) attached to the e-mail reply.
One can select QSOs for e-mail QSLing in mass by tagging each QSO
intended to electronic QSL by setting QSL Sent Via = E, then filtering
the log page display with QSL_Sent_Via = 'E' (and any other limit like
Station_Callsign = 'XX1ZZZ') before clicking "Add Needed" or "Add
Requested".
Card definition for use with "Microsoft Print to PDF":
Page Layout:
????1 card (right feed)
Card Dimensions:
????Width: ?6 ???Side borders 0.5
????Height: 4 ???Top border ??0.375
If the recipient wants to print a 3.5" x 5.5" hard copy instead of
a 4" x 6" "card" it is only necessary to scale the PDF to 85% when
printing.
Note: Using DXKeeper's *EXISTING* Print Card capability also allows
QSO Specific QSL Messages.
73,
??... Joe, W4TV
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Hi all,
Until recently, I was getting 5 or more electronic QSL's from numerous sources, until I took my email address out of QRZ and put it in my bio with an (at) instead of the @ sign.
I did try unsubscribing from two sites, but that did not stop emailed QSL's from arriving here. I also noticed that all were already confirmed via LoTW, so I really did not see the point of this spam. If they were from folk that do not use LoTW, I would have responded (via email) to suggest that if they want a card, then use the bureau, as an electronic card is not valid for anything.
From what I can see, these electronic cards are simply an ADIF dump to one of these services, and not personalised at all, which is pointless.
I therefore totally agree with Joe on this.
73 de Phil GU0SUP
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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV Sent: 30 April 2025 22:59 To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [DXLab] Electronic QSL On 2025-04-30 5:44 PM, Chuck, WS1L via groups.io wrote: My feelings are that although these e-cards are not valid for any
awards, they are still "the final courtesy" being sent by the other
operator. I do not view unsolicited commercial e-mail (yes, these e-mail QSL operations are commercial) as a courtesy. It is an invasion of my privacy just like any other unsolicited commercial e-mail (SPAM). so I would be in favor of a quick way to reply to those that I do
receive. I am strongly opposed to anything that would encourage this liddish behavior. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2025-04-30 5:44 PM, Chuck, WS1L via groups.io wrote: My feelings are that although these e-cards are not valid for any awards,
they are still "the final courtesy" being sent by the other operator. I
have started to get a few, so I would be in favor of a quick way to reply
to those that I do receive.
73 de Chuck, WS1L
chandlerusm@...
On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 5:01?PM Dave AA6YQ via groups.io <aa6yq=
[email protected]> wrote:
+ AA6YQ comments below
I have also gotten many of these. Some are nice cards, other's very
generic with a "typewriter" font that's hard to read. I should just dump
them but I have been answering since old habits die hard. I also send to
eQSL, LOTW and CLublog automatically when the QSO is terminated.
I made up a card with Paint Shop Pro (any paint/art program will work)
with everything, address, grid square, county etc but the QSO info. When I
get a card, I look in DXK for the particular entry and highlight it and
copy to clipboard in the popup. This goes to wordpad which I copy and in
Paint Shop Pro, add it to the card I made which now has the needed info
added in text. Save it and send it off.
Odd that when I copy to clipboard, I do not get all the info...i.e. the
signal report is missing although it is in the log entry and was
highlighted and maybe copied. No big deal...I just add the sig report. Is
there a limit to what can be copied to the clipboard in DXK?
+ Rather than generate a QSL card image populated with QSO information and
place it in the Windows Clipboard, perhaps a new "Generate text QSL"
right-mouse menu command could be an augmented version of the current "Copy
to Windows Clipboard" command that include signal reports and the "QSL
Message" item (if logged). This could be generated in multi-line format,
e.g.
Callsign: ZS8W
Frequency: 14.087
Mode: FT8
Date: 2025-04-28
Time: 07:58:45Z
Notes: Tnx QSL!
73 de AA6YQ
+ and quickly pasted into a return email message.
+Comments, suggestions, better ideas?
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
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Re: Responding to Emailed QSLs
Of course, *ALL OF THIS* is moot. DXKeeper already allows one to
create and respond to e-mailed QSLs.
All that one needs to do is design a QSL card in QSL Config -> Cards. Set the Printer to "Microsoft Print to PDF" and set the size to "North
America 4x6". Place the QSOs for which QSLs are to be sent in the
QSL Queue. The "cards" can be "printed" and saved individually and
the resulting (pdf) file(s) attached to the e-mail reply.
One can select QSOs for e-mail QSLing in mass by tagging each QSO
intended to electronic QSL by setting QSL Sent Via = E, then filtering
the log page display with QSL_Sent_Via = 'E' (and any other limit like
Station_Callsign = 'XX1ZZZ') before clicking "Add Needed" or "Add
Requested".
Card definition for use with "Microsoft Print to PDF":
Page Layout:
1 card (right feed)
Card Dimensions:
Width: 6 Side borders 0.5
Height: 4 Top border 0.375
If the recipient wants to print a 3.5" x 5.5" hard copy instead of
a 4" x 6" "card" it is only necessary to scale the PDF to 85% when
printing.
Note: Using DXKeeper's *EXISTING* Print Card capability also allows
QSO Specific QSL Messages.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
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