Re: "The Windows January updates are a mess; here's why you should wait to install"
+ AA6YQ comments below
One good way to control/prevent Windows updates is the free utility from Gibson - InControl:
<https://www.grc.com/incontrol.htm>
+ Nice! I've added a reference to this
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Dave AA6YQ
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#227517
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Re: Filtering DXLab
+ AA6YQ comments below
+ With one exception, DXLab's Realtime Award Tracking refers to all of the QSOs in your log; there is not way to limit it to just one year.
+ The exception is DX Marathon,
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Dave AA6YQ
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#227516
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Re: Filtering DXLab
Hi Joe, sorry about my (bad) explanation, let me try it again.
What I want to do is this: I try to work as many DXCC entities as possible in 2025, no matter in what mode or band.
So, I would like to
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Will Angenent
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#227515
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Re: Marker size on google mymaps?
+ AA6YQ comments below
I, not infrequently, use the dxview capability to generate a .kml file over a filtered period of time in dxkeeper and then view the results in both google earth and google
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Dave AA6YQ
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#227514
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Re: Filtering DXLab
Describe what you mean by the "Ctrl/Need" not working.
What are your award selections in DXKeeper's Config -> Awards?
Have you enabled Realtime Award Tracking for the desired awards
and performed a
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Joe Subich, W4TV
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#227513
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Filtering DXLab
I just finished installing DXLab on a new Windows 11 computer.
Last year I had my DXLab filtering my log for the current year, than in spot collector do a "ctrl/need" and that filtered the DXCC spots
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Will Angenent
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#227512
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Re: Editing DXKeeper Contacts
Thanks Dave. I have been using your software for 20+ years. You have always made me comfortable with asking questions no matter how simple or obvious the answer is. Thank you.73 AB2UL? TomzSent from
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ab2ul
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#227511
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Re: Editing DXKeeper Contacts
+ AA6YQ comments below
"All questions are welcome here, no matter how many times they've already been asked and answered, or how obvious the answers might be in the documentation".
73,
Dave,
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Dave AA6YQ
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#227510
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Re: Editing DXKeeper Contacts
Thanks Dave. Clearly my due diligence has fallen short.?73. AB2UL? TomSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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ab2ul
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Re: Editing DXKeeper Contacts
+ Yes.
+ Reference documentation for selecting a group of logged QSOs is here:
https://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxkeeper/Help/FilterLog.htm
+ Reference documentation for making changes to selected logged
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Dave AA6YQ
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#227508
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Re: "The Windows January updates are a mess; here's why you should wait to install"
One good way to control/prevent Windows updates is the free
utility from Gibson - InControl:
<https://www.grc.com/incontrol.htm>
73,
... Joe, W4TV
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Joe Subich, W4TV
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#227507
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Editing DXKeeper Contacts
Hello,
I am interested in changing the value of some fields in DXKeeper logged contacts. There are approximately 300 contacts I would like to correct. Is it possible to select a group of contacts and
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ab2ul
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#227506
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Controlling Windows Update
Given that some Windows updates may be destructive, it is prudent to check to see what other users are saying before authorizing their installation; I use the free Perplexity AI search tool to obtain
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Dave AA6YQ
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#227505
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Re: Strange behavior in DXLab database storage after January 14 on Windows10
+ AA6YQ comments below
+ Yes.
+ Invoke the Recompute function; it examines every QSO in your log, and would complain or fail if your log were damaged.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
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Dave AA6YQ
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#227504
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Strange behavior in DXLab database storage after January 14 on Windows10
After reading online issues with the January 14, 2025 update, I am wondering if the following problem is related.
On January 14, prior to the Windows update, , the storage space at 17:42 EST indicated
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Guy Lemieux
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#227503
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Re: "The Windows January updates are a mess; here's why you should wait to install"
Dave, than you for sharing this info. Since this update, my computer was unable to do a number of things and I was chasing problems that were caused by that update. I uninstalled it and now my
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Pete W1RM
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#227502
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Re: Installing DXLab on Win11 machine
I did this exact same transfer 2 weeks ago; old Win 10 PC to new Win 11 PC. Of the several Ham radio related programs I moved, DXLabs was actually the easiest! I printed out Dave's instructions (5
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wb4ydy2
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#227501
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Re: Installing DXLab on Win11 machine
I have done the "moving between PCs" process several times over the years.
Print out the web page on Moving Between PCs, and check off each step as
you perform it. Read each step very carefully, as
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Chuck, WS1L
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#227500
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Marker size on google mymaps?
Dave,
I, not infrequently, use the dxview capability to generate a .kml file over a filtered period of time in dxkeeper and then view the results in both google earth and google maps.? This is a
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Mike KM2B
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#227499
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Re: Installing DXLab on Win11 machine
I just moved from my old shack PC to a new Win11 PC yesterday. I followed
Dave’s excellent documentation for the process and it went flawlessly.
It might look like a lot of steps, but it’s pretty
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Dave Fugleberg
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#227498
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