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Re: Windows XP to Windows 7
-----Original Message-----AA6YQ comments below From: dxlab@... [mailto:dxlab@...]On Behalf Of Iain MacDonnell - N6ML Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 1:14 AM To: dxlab@... Subject: Re: [dxlab] Windows XP to Windows 7 I've never logged in as the special administrator account on my Vista system - I've yet to find a problem that can't be solved otherwise. have them run correctly unless you have logged into the hidden account namedYou can't install DXLab apps into one of Vista's protected folders and Administrator. They don't fail immediately, but the virtualization of files and registry settings causes problems. To see hidden files, I believe I did: * Control Panel -> Classic View -> Folder Options -> View * Check "Show hidden files and folders" * Uncheck "Hide protected operating system files". Not sure which one is pertinent in this case. Explorer to "Show hidden files and folders". This is accomplished viaYou're right, Iain. All that's required on Vista is to configure Windows Windows Explorer's Organize tab, from which you can select "Folder and Search Option", which displays a "Folder Options" window whose View tab's "Advanced Settings" panel provides the option. 73, Dave, AA6YQ |
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Re: Windows XP to Windows 7
I've never logged in as the special administrator account on my Vista
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system - I've yet to find a problem that can't be solved otherwise. To see hidden files, I believe I did: * Control Panel -> Classic View -> Folder Options -> View * Check "Show hidden files and folders" * Uncheck "Hide protected operating system files". Not sure which one is pertinent in this case. ~Iain 2009/11/29 Dave AA6YQ <aa6yq@...>: John, on Windows Vista, the file system_data lives in a folder accessible |
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Re: Windows XP to Windows 7
John, on Windows Vista, the file system_data lives in a folder accessible
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via the pathname C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\TrustedQSL where <username> is the username used to log into Windows. I suspect that the pathname is identical on Windows 7. I had to log into the hidden account named Administrator to gain access to this folder on Vista, so you'll almost certainly need to be logged in to an account with Administrator privileges on Windows 7. Please let me know how it goes. <> has been updated to show the correct pathname on Vista. 73, Dave, AA6YQ -----Original Message-----
From: dxlab@... [mailto:dxlab@...]On Behalf Of Dave AA6YQ Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 3:53 PM To: dxlab@... Subject: RE: [dxlab] Windows XP to Windows 7 -----Original Message-----AA6YQ comments below From: dxlab@... [mailto:dxlab@...]On Behalf Of John Cadick Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 3:43 PM To: dxlab@... Subject: RE: [dxlab] Windows XP to Windows 7 snip<I got the directions for moving dxlabsuite between PCs at . I got the directions for mvoing lotw between PCs at . The first directions seemed to work flawlessly - the second not so good. In all the discussion about Win 7 pros and cons the real problem that I have seems to have been lost. I have my certificates. When I run tsqlcert - my certificates all show up just fine. <> should beThe instructions in extended to take into account the changes Microsoft has made in Vista and Windows 7. I will install TQSL on my Vista system and track down the new location of the station_data file. Can someone with TQSL installed on WIndows 7 report the location of the station_data file on their system? This will answer John's question, and enable me to update the "Getting Started" wiki entry. Thanks... 73, Dave, AA6YQ ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.14.74/2515 - Release Date: 11/29/09 07:49:00 |
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Re: LoTW user list 29/11/2009
Updated LotW and eQSL AG databases are available via the Databases tab of
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DXView's Config window. Thanks, Renzo! 73, Dave, AA6YQ -----Original Message-----
From: dxlab@... [mailto:dxlab@...]On Behalf Of i6kzr Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 6:03 PM To: dxlab@... Subject: [dxlab] LoTW user list 29/11/2009 Hi Dave, I have just uploaded an updated LoTW user list database, now it is at 29/11/2009. 73, Renzo I6KZR MITTO TIBI NAVEM PRORA PUPPIQUE CARENTEM ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.14.74/2515 - Release Date: 11/29/09 07:49:00 |
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Re: OT desktop computer advise
Missed a word; I meant to say
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"The relative performance of two systems identical except for their processor depends on the amount and speed of RAM, the motherboard, and the seek time and rotational latency of the mass storage system. The only way to know for sure is to build both systems, and then measure their performance while running a representative benchmark." 73, Dave, AA6YQ -----Original Message-----
From: dxlab@... [mailto:dxlab@...]On Behalf Of Dave AA6YQ Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 10:52 PM To: dxlab@... Subject: RE: [dxlab] OT desktop computer advise -----Original Message-----AA6YQ comments below From: dxlab@... [mailto:dxlab@...]On Behalf Of lratcliff lratcliff Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 8:45 PM To: dxlab@...; N1MMLogger@... Subject: [dxlab] OT desktop computer advise I an thinking about getting a new desktop, as well as the netbook. I will be running mostly ham radio programs (dxlabs, N1MM logger, Multipsk, Airmail) but will also be the general all around house computer. I do some picture editing (nothing intense), music, and of course the internet. Not much into games, other than the older command and conquor games. How much performance gain will I see with the Intel??? Core??? 2 Duo E7500 (3MB L2, 2.93GHz, 1066FSB, over the Intel??? Pentium??? dual-core E5300 (2MB L2, 2.6GHz, 800FSB)? Everything else being equal. be slower than the E5300". The relative performance of two systems exceptFrom the data you've provided, about all we can say is "the E7500 won't for their processor depends on the amount and speed of RAM, the motherboard, and the seek time and rotational latency of the mass storage system. The only way to know for sure is to build both systems, and then measure their performance while running a representative benchmark. difference will likely be more signficant than the ~10% faster clock rate.The E7500's 3MB level 2 cache is 50% larger than the E5300's; this Its important to balance the CPU with sufficient RAM. My impression is that some users are beginning to bump against the 3GB RAM limit imposed by 32-bit versions of Windows. If you're planning to use this system for awhile, you might consider installing Windows 64, even if you start with 2GB of RAM; if you go this route, be sure that -- all of the applications you care about will run in this environment (DXLab applications all run well in both the 32-bit and 64-bit flavors of Windows 7) -- 64-bit drivers are available for all of the hardware you care about (e.g. serial port interfaces and usb-to-serial-port adaptors for transceiver control, rotor control, and FSK) -- the motherboard in the system you choose is expandable to at least 8 GB of RAM Will the Integrated Intel??? GMA x4500 Graphics do 2 monitors, with the desktop expanded across both monitors? Would I really gain anything with the ATI Radeon HD 4350 512MB? Unless I get new monitors also, I would be useing VGA CRT monitors that I already have. your existing monitors are truly VGA resolution (640x480), you will not beI have no experience with iether of these graphics adaptors. However, if able to run DXLab applications, as the minimum resolution required is SVGA (800x600). I don't know where the "sweet spot" stands in LCD displays these days, but MicroCenter is advertising an Acer 20" LCD with 1600x900 resolution for $120. Viewsonic and Samsung offer similar units for $10 or $20 more. 73, Dave, AA6YQ ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.14.74/2515 - Release Date: 11/29/09 07:49:00 |
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Re: Commander 8.0.5 No Freq - Up Date
Tom Roberts
THANK YOU DAVE ..That did the trick, sorry I missed that,, not certain how
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it became switched.. ? Once again Thank You Dave.. Happy Holidays.. 73s --- On Sun, 11/29/09, Dave AA6YQ <aa6yq@...> wrote:
From: Dave AA6YQ <aa6yq@...> Subject: RE: [dxlab] Commander 8.0.5 No Freq - Up Date To: dxlab@... Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 8:55 PM ? -----Original Message-----AA6YQ comments below From: dxlab@yahoogroups. com [mailto:dxlab@yahoogroups. com]On Behalf Of Tom Roberts Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 10:39 PM To: dxlab@yahoogroups. com Subject: Re: [dxlab] Commander 8.0.5 No Freq - Up Date Thank you again for your help Dave. I verified the Comm Conn. they are all up dated to 32Bit. The Rig is a TS-2000 kenwood. Turned on HRD - it operated the Rig correctly with out issue. I would have to surmise I must have an internal switch turned off within DXKeeper. Have a suggestion? Yes; Kenwood transceivers require the serial port's RTS signal to be enabled; if this signal is not enabled, Commander can control the transceiver, but the transceiver will not send information to Commander. Please open the Config window's Ports tab, and in the "Serial Port" panel set RTS to "always on". 73,Better? Dave, AA6YQ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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Re: Commander 8.0.5 No Freq - Up Date
-----Original Message-----AA6YQ comments below From: dxlab@... [mailto:dxlab@...]On Behalf Of Tom Roberts Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 10:39 PM To: dxlab@... Subject: Re: [dxlab] Commander 8.0.5 No Freq - Up Date Thank you again for your help Dave. I verified the Comm Conn. they are all up dated to 32Bit. The Rig is a TS-2000 kenwood. Turned on HRD - it operated the Rig correctly with out issue. I would have to surmise I must have an internal switch turned off within DXKeeper. Have a suggestion? Yes; Kenwood transceivers require the serial port's RTS signal to be enabled; if this signal is not enabled, Commander can control the transceiver, but the transceiver will not send information to Commander. Please open the Config window's Ports tab, and in the "Serial Port" panel set RTS to "always on". 73,Better? Dave, AA6YQ |
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Re: OT desktop computer advise
-----Original Message-----AA6YQ comments below From: dxlab@... [mailto:dxlab@...]On Behalf Of lratcliff lratcliff Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 8:45 PM To: dxlab@...; N1MMLogger@... Subject: [dxlab] OT desktop computer advise I an thinking about getting a new desktop, as well as the netbook. I will be running mostly ham radio programs (dxlabs, N1MM logger, Multipsk, Airmail) but will also be the general all around house computer. I do some picture editing (nothing intense), music, and of course the internet. Not much into games, other than the older command and conquor games. How much performance gain will I see with the Intel??? Core??? 2 Duo E7500 (3MB L2, 2.93GHz, 1066FSB, over the Intel??? Pentium??? dual-core E5300 (2MB L2, 2.6GHz, 800FSB)? Everything else being equal. be slower than the E5300". The relative performance of two systems exceptFrom the data you've provided, about all we can say is "the E7500 won't for their processor depends on the amount and speed of RAM, the motherboard, and the seek time and rotational latency of the mass storage system. The only way to know for sure is to build both systems, and then measure their performance while running a representative benchmark. difference will likely be more signficant than the ~10% faster clock rate.The E7500's 3MB level 2 cache is 50% larger than the E5300's; this Its important to balance the CPU with sufficient RAM. My impression is that some users are beginning to bump against the 3GB RAM limit imposed by 32-bit versions of Windows. If you're planning to use this system for awhile, you might consider installing Windows 64, even if you start with 2GB of RAM; if you go this route, be sure that -- all of the applications you care about will run in this environment (DXLab applications all run well in both the 32-bit and 64-bit flavors of Windows 7) -- 64-bit drivers are available for all of the hardware you care about (e.g. serial port interfaces and usb-to-serial-port adaptors for transceiver control, rotor control, and FSK) -- the motherboard in the system you choose is expandable to at least 8 GB of RAM Will the Integrated Intel??? GMA x4500 Graphics do 2 monitors, with the desktop expanded across both monitors? Would I really gain anything with the ATI Radeon HD 4350 512MB? Unless I get new monitors also, I would be useing VGA CRT monitors that I already have. your existing monitors are truly VGA resolution (640x480), you will not beI have no experience with iether of these graphics adaptors. However, if able to run DXLab applications, as the minimum resolution required is SVGA (800x600). I don't know where the "sweet spot" stands in LCD displays these days, but MicroCenter is advertising an Acer 20" LCD with 1600x900 resolution for $120. Viewsonic and Samsung offer similar units for $10 or $20 more. 73, Dave, AA6YQ |
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Re: Commander 8.0.5 No Freq - Up Date
Tom Roberts
Thank you again for your help Dave.
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? I verified the Comm Conn. they are all up dated to 32Bit. ? The Rig is a TS-2000 kenwood. ? Turned on HRD - it operated the Rig correctly with out issue. ? I would have to surmise I must have an internal switch turned off within DXKeeper. ? Have a suggestion? ? Thank You.. --- On Sun, 11/29/09, Tom Roberts <ac5rd@...> wrote:
From: Tom Roberts <ac5rd@...> Subject: [dxlab] Commander 8.0.5 No Freq - Up Date To: dxlab@... Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 3:06 PM ? Hello to all: ? My Commander 8.0.5.? LATEST UP GRADES..Stopped updating and passing FREQ info to DXKeeper ?automatically .. ? Have not operated since last up-grade until this weekend.. ? Commander will update freq from the XCVR ?Manually VIA the Arrow Buttons on Commander?or Band Spread Pre Sets?Buttons - However?will not update when the freq are changed via the XCVR VFO... ? XCVR is TS-2000 Kenwood..PC Spot on Kenwood screen OK.. ? ? It?has worked flawless for years - - wonderful program ? ? I have Reset Computer, Reset Commander Con-fig - verified my Comm settings - no change in operation status.. ? Any one have an idea? ? ? 73, to all.. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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Re: Drinking from a fire hose with SpotCollector
Very interesting, Wes. I'm happy to hear that SpotCollector proved useful in
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an environment so far beyond its design envelope. To evaluate the performance improvements added over the past few months, I added instrumentation to SpotCollector, deleted its spot database, and then started it up as the contest began. The performance improvements were effective, but I discovered a couple of new avenues worth exploring. Assuming they bear fruit, your next attempt should not consume as much CPU time... 73, Dave, AA6YQ -----Original Message-----
From: dxlab@... [mailto:dxlab@...]On Behalf Of Wes Cosand Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 8:15 PM To: DXLab Yahoo Group Subject: [dxlab] Drinking from a fire hose with SpotCollector This weekend I ran the QS1R SDR receiver with Skimmer Server software from VE3NEA. This infrastructure can monitor CW QSOs on seven bands at once, 192khz on each band. Using the most rigorous filter settings, this generated more than 187K spots, or more than one each second. Of course, at certain periods the throughput was much higher than this average. I am not a contester but I thought I might do some DXing using these spots. But they came so fast and had so many spots for the big US and European contest stations, it was a real challenge to find the few spots that were of interest. SpotCollector, using the "Need" filter was the best tool I found to deal with this. I need a faster computer for DXLab if I am going to do this. My AMD Athlon 64 3200 box was running 100% CPU utilization even when I frequently cleared the spot database. However none of my other DX Cluster tools was able to reduce the torrent of spots to something useful. (The QS1R is on its own machine.) It was fun. If you live in the Middle Atlantic states where your propagation would be similar to mine, you are welcome to telnet into the CQ spot stream at anytime at cw.wz7i.com, port 7300. Wes, WZ7I Pipersville, PA FN20kj ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.14.74/2515 - Release Date: 11/29/09 07:49:00 |
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Re: CBA Lookup for AD1L
Bruce, many thanks for reporting this behavior, as it exposed a
vulnerability in the way Pathfinder was searching the information on the web page displayed by QRZ.com. I created a new version of Pathfinder in which this vulnerability has been eliminated, and sent it to you via email; please let me know how it goes. This new version also captures CQ zone, ITU zone, and Web Page URL information if QRZ.com returns it -- which isn't the case with every callsign. I have updated the next version of DXKeeper to capture this additional information when its provided. 73, Dave, AA6YQ |
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Re: OT desktop computer advise
MMVARI AND NEWEST MMTTY work fine on not default sound so why SSBBecause N1MM Logger has to switch the output from left to right in playback (for SO2R) and it switches the input from mic (for SSB transmit) to Line (for recording QSOs) between TX and RX but MMTTY/MMVARI only need the Line In for decoding. The audio interfaces are completely different between XP and earlier (which was current when N1MM Logger was first written) and Vista/Win 7. Windows XP and earlier was hardware oriented and allowed any application to access the select/mute switches and hardware mixer on the soundcard. Vista/Win 7 is "endpoint" oriented and does not allow the application to access hardware at all. Instead, Vista/Win 7 creates a separate virtual mixer for each input and each output. Vista/Win 7 maintains control of the "master" level for each input/output and only allows each application to control the level as a percentage of the system set maximum. In addition to everything else, Vista and Win 7 allow only one input and one output on a card to be active at a time. Thus if one application is using the mic input the line input on that card will not be available until the mic input is closed. 73, ... Joe, W4TV -----Original Message----- |
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Re: OT desktop computer advise
Rojomn
Any computer you can buy today new will have more than enough power
and even without dual core. N1MM works fine for CW on W7 but if you want to send SSB sounds you MUST use the default sound card. I consider that a deal breaker for some. I do not know that graphics but if it is dual head then it will do dual monitor. MMVARI AND NEWEST MMTTY work fine on not default sound so why SSB macros do not I fail to understand? Sent from iTouch Twitter @WzeroMN ICC WzeroMN On Nov 29, 2009, at 19:45, lratcliff lratcliff <lratcliff@...> wrote: in will I see with the Intel? Core? 2 Duo E7500 |
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OT desktop computer advise
I an thinking about getting a new desktop, as well as the netbook.
I will be running mostly ham radio programs (dxlabs, N1MM logger, Multipsk, Airmail) but will also be the general all around house computer. I do some picture editing (nothing intense), music, and of course the internet. Not much into games, other than the older command and conquor games. How much performance gain will I see with the Intel? Core? 2 Duo E7500 (3MB L2, 2.93GHz, 1066FSB, over the Intel? Pentium? dual-core E5300 (2MB L2, 2.6GHz, 800FSB)? Everything else being equal. Will the Integrated Intel? GMA x4500 Graphics do 2 monitors, with the desktop expanded across both monitors? Would I really gain anything with the ATI Radeon HD 4350 512MB? Unless I get new monitors also, I would be useing VGA CRT monitors that I already have. Do the programs I listed work well on Windows 7? Thanks for the help. Lee KC4ART |
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Drinking from a fire hose with SpotCollector
This weekend I ran the QS1R SDR receiver with Skimmer Server software from
VE3NEA. This infrastructure can monitor CW QSOs on seven bands at once, 192khz on each band. Using the most rigorous filter settings, this generated more than 187K spots, or more than one each second. Of course, at certain periods the throughput was much higher than this average. I am not a contester but I thought I might do some DXing using these spots. But they came so fast and had so many spots for the big US and European contest stations, it was a real challenge to find the few spots that were of interest. SpotCollector, using the "Need" filter was the best tool I found to deal with this. I need a faster computer for DXLab if I am going to do this. My AMD Athlon 64 3200 box was running 100% CPU utilization even when I frequently cleared the spot database. However none of my other DX Cluster tools was able to reduce the torrent of spots to something useful. (The QS1R is on its own machine.) It was fun. If you live in the Middle Atlantic states where your propagation would be similar to mine, you are welcome to telnet into the CQ spot stream at anytime at cw.wz7i.com, port 7300. Wes, WZ7I Pipersville, PA FN20kj |
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Re: Memory Problems
Page 147 of the IC-7000 manual shows a 1B command that can set and read the
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repeater tone frequency, so it may be possible to configure one or more of Commander's user-defined command buttons as memories that activate repeater tones. 73, Dave, AA6YQ -----Original Message-----
From: dxlab@... [mailto:dxlab@...]On Behalf Of Art W2NRA Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 6:26 PM To: dxlab@... Subject: Re: [dxlab] Memory Problems Can Stan use the CAT commands for that rig with Commander's User Defined buttons to select the rig's memories? If so and there are multiple repeaters then he could do branched commands to cycle through them. 73 Art W2NRA "Keep to the Code!" w2nra.com On Nov 29, 2009, at 2:58 PM, "Dave AA6YQ" <aa6yq@...> wrote: AA6YQ comments below -----Original Message----- From: dxlab@... [mailto:dxlab@...]On Behalf Of StanleyF Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 11:00 AM To: dxlab@... Subject: [dxlab] Memory Problems When I store FM repeater information in one of the Commander memory locations, for my IC-7000, and then select it, it does not turn on the TONE for the PL. Selecting the memory loction on the IC-7000 does. Any help? Commander does not record PL tones with its memories. 73, Dave, AA6YQ ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.14.74/2515 - Release Date: 11/29/09 07:49:00 |
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Re: Memory Problems
Art W2NRA
Can Stan use the CAT commands for that rig with Commander's User Defined buttons to select the rig's memories? If so and there are multiple repeaters then he could do branched commands to cycle through them.
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73 Art W2NRA "Keep to the Code!" w2nra.com On Nov 29, 2009, at 2:58 PM, "Dave AA6YQ" <aa6yq@...> wrote:
AA6YQ comments below -----Original Message----- From: dxlab@... [mailto:dxlab@...]On Behalf Of StanleyF Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 11:00 AM To: dxlab@... Subject: [dxlab] Memory Problems When I store FM repeater information in one of the Commander memory locations, for my IC-7000, and then select it, it does not turn on the TONE for the PL. Selecting the memory loction on the IC-7000 does. Any help? Commander does not record PL tones with its memories. 73, Dave, AA6YQ ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links |
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