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new article: Pursuing DX Marathon Awards with DXLab

Dave AA6YQ All Messages By This Member #228673 ? ? ? ?73, ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dave, AA6YQ
Jim K2JL All Messages By This Member #228675 Excellent article, Dave! I've been fortunate enough to win Formula and Limited multiple times, and I have been unaware of most of these tools, relying on brute force, manual labor and pure luck. These available tools within the DXLab Suite can definitely up anyone's Marathon game. Well done, good stuff! Jim K2JL
Art - VE3UTT / W1AJT All Messages By This Member #228677 Dave, we all recognize the brilliance of your software.? However, after two years working with it, the DX Marathon function has never been correct.? The simple test today was seeing a VE3 on 20m CW highlighted by SpotCollector as "marathon country unworked" when DXKeeper shows multiple VE's not only worked but confirmed for every mode for 2025. ? The DX Marathon progress reports are never accurate.? Set DXKeeper for "since 1/1/2025" do a DXCC Progress report then do DX Marathon progress report and it shows much fewer countries worked.? Yes, DX Marathon settings are unlimited, mixed, 2025.? Therefore, I never use the DX Marathon function and just use the DXCC progress and DX Marathon tools to generate a view of my progress.? For 2024 this difference was > 10% as confirmed by the 2024 DX Marathon official results. ? Otherwise, DXLab is the best general logging SW I have used in 20 years. ? Art
Greg.VK3VT - gmail All Messages By This Member #228678 开云体育 Art Do you have ""Include no prop" ticked in the DXkeeper - Config Awards tab for Marathon Bands & Modes? If not tick it and then "Recompute" and your award tracking should be fine. I have never had any issues with Marathon real time awards tracking. 73 Greg VK3VT On 8/04/2025 10:38 pm, Art - VE3UTT / W1AJT via groups.io wrote: toggle quoted message Show quoted text Dave, we all recognize the brilliance of your software.? However, after two years working with it, the DX Marathon function has never been correct.? The simple test today was seeing a VE3 on 20m CW highlighted by SpotCollector as "marathon country unworked" when DXKeeper shows multiple VE's not only worked but confirmed for every mode for 2025. ? The DX Marathon progress reports are never accurate.? Set DXKeeper for "since 1/1/2025" do a DXCC Progress report then do DX Marathon progress report and it shows much fewer countries worked.? Yes, DX Marathon settings are unlimited, mixed, 2025.? Therefore, I never use the DX Marathon function and just use the DXCC progress and DX Marathon tools to generate a view of my progress.? For 2024 this difference was > 10% as confirmed by the 2024 DX Marathon official results. ? Otherwise, DXLab is the best general logging SW I have used in 20 years. ? Art
Art - VE3UTT / W1AJT All Messages By This Member #228679 Hi Greg, ? Thanks for the quick reply.? That actually fixed the problem.? I have no idea why "no prop" should be checked since there is no award dependency on propagation mode.?? ? Again, many thanks and 73, Art ? ?
Ted Bauer All Messages By This Member #228680 Would it be possible to share Greg's response to you, Art? Thanks! 73? --- Ted ? WA3AER toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 11:04?AM Art - VE3UTT / W1AJT via <W1AJT=[email protected]> wrote: Hi Greg, ? Thanks for the quick reply.? That actually fixed the problem.? I have no idea why "no prop" should be checked since there is no award dependency on propagation mode.?? ? Again, many thanks and 73, Art ? ? -- --- Ted? ?WA3AER
Joe Subich, W4TV All Messages By This Member #228681 On 2025-04-08 11:04 AM, Art - VE3UTT / W1AJT wrote: I have no idea why "no prop" should be checked since there is no award dependency on propagation mode. Internet and repeater assisted QSOs are not permitted. Prop Modes INTERNET, IRL, ECH, RPT and SAT would specifically be excluded for Marathon. If Prop Mode is blank, DXK can not be sure the QSO was not made with one of those modes. Another way to avoid the need to check "No Prop" is to set a default Prop Mode. Config -> Defaults -> Default Propagation by band ... I set HF to F2 and VHF to ES. For Marathon that should be done before the year starts. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2025-04-08 11:04 AM, Art - VE3UTT / W1AJT wrote: Hi Greg, Thanks for the quick reply.? That actually fixed the problem.? I have no idea why "no prop" should be checked since there is no award dependency on propagation mode. Again, many thanks and 73, Art
Joe Subich, W4TV All Messages By This Member #228682 See: </g/DXLab/message/228678> 73, ... Joe, W4TV toggle quoted message Show quoted text On 2025-04-08 11:12 AM, Ted Bauer via groups.io wrote: Would it be possible to share Greg's response to you, Art? Thanks! 73 --- Ted WA3AER On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 11:04?AM Art - VE3UTT / W1AJT via groups.io <W1AJT= [email protected]> wrote: Hi Greg, Thanks for the quick reply. That actually fixed the problem. I have no idea why "no prop" should be checked since there is no award dependency on propagation mode. Again, many thanks and 73, Art
Art - VE3UTT / W1AJT All Messages By This Member #228684 Thanks Joe, as always. ? Art
Dave AA6YQ All Messages By This Member #228689 + AA6YQ comments below Dave, we all recognize the brilliance of your software. However, after two years working with it, the DX Marathon function has never been correct. + Why have you not reported this issue here? The simple test today was seeing a VE3 on 20m CW highlighted by SpotCollector as "marathon country unworked" when DXKeeper shows multiple VE's not only worked but confirmed for every mode for 2025. The DX Marathon progress reports are never accurate. Set DXKeeper for "since 1/1/2025" do a DXCC Progress report then do DX Marathon progress report and it shows much fewer countries worked. Yes, DX Marathon settings are unlimited, mixed, 2025. Therefore, I never use the DX Marathon function and just use the DXCC progress and DX Marathon tools to generate a view of my progress. For 2024 this difference was > 10% as confirmed by the 2024 DX Marathon official results. + I suggest that you review this article: + If you still find the DX Marathon progress reports to be inaccurate, please post here! 73, Dave, AA6YQ
Dave AA6YQ All Messages By This Member #228690 + AA6YQ comments below Thanks for the quick reply. That actually fixed the problem. I have no idea why "no prop" should be checked since there is no award dependency on propagation mode. + That's not correct: "Contacts through repeaters or satellites are not allowed nor are contacts with maritime or aeronautical mobile stations. All contacts must be made entirely over amateur radio frequencies – i.e., Echolink-type, DMR, All-Star, etc. contacts do not count." - from "Frequencies and Disallowed Entries" in 73, Dave, AA6YQ

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