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This is the latest completed program in my series of rewrites, converting all my software from VB6 to C#.NET. It has all the enhancements that you've come to enjoy in the new rewrites.

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I've had several reports?of folks starting AC Log and being unable to access their log file today after everything was?working fine yesterday.? The error message they are receiving states:

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After much research by many of us, Steve, WA6DUN discovered the answer.? It is actually being caused by Kaspersky?System Watcher?software.? Steve writes:

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With all the?Amateur Contact Log users volunteering to put W1AW on the air during ARRL's Centennial celebration this year, I'm?constantly receiving these questions, so I thought I would provide the answers here:

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-? From AC Log 4.6's menu options click File > New > Start a New Log with a New Database File.

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-? Don't use the same name as your current log file.? Enter a new, valid file name such as W1AW.mdb.? Do not attempt to include a / or other invalid file name characters.

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You should now be all set with your new log file to use for your W1AW contacts.? After you have finished operating as W1AW, to open your regular log file, click File > Open, navigate to your file and select it.? The default file name is LogData.mdb.

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From AC Log 4.6's menu options click Settings > Fill Fields When Tabbing from Call, so that there is a check mark beside it.? As long as your band and mode remain the same, all you have to do is type the station's call, press space bar to tab to the next field and then?press the enter key.? All the pertinent fields will fill from values of the previous contact when you tab, so if the values haven't changed, all you have to do is press enter.? In short, the sequence is type the call, press space bar, press enter.

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Yes, just use the $ character anywhere in the string such as "$?599".? If you have KA3SEQ typed in the Call field, when you press the associated F key, KA3SEQ 599 will be sent.

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From AC Log 4.6's menu options click File > Export ADIF > Whole Log and then follow the prompts.

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That's all there is to it.?

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Enjoy your time operating as W1AW!

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I have two quick announcements to share...

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More State QSO Party Rewrites Complete!?

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I'm making?good progress on the C#.NET rewrites of the state QSO party programs.? In addition to the state QSO party programs I've already announced previously, these additional rewrites are now complete:

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As always, these?upgrades are free to registered users.? You'll find the programs here:

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I am continuing the C#.NET rewrite process and I will let you know as more are complete. It's my intention to keep ahead of this year's contest calendar schedule with the rewrites. As soon as the remaining state QSO party programs and other remaining contesting program rewrites are complete, Lord willing, I plan to add additional state QSO parties to my software package, beginning with where I am in the calendar at that time.?

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We are brainstorming the possibility of setting up a Slow CW net (around 13 WPM) that would be general rag chew and encourage Worked All States CW.? If you have an interest in developing this idea (described here: )?and you are willing to serve as a net control station, please e-mail me direct.

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N3FJP's Software Package includes approximately 50 programs for contesting, net management, general logging and other Amateur Radio related applications. In addition to full use of all these programs, registered package customers are also entitled to receive free passwords for any new software that is added to the package and free upgrades to existing programs. You'll find all the details on the Register Now page at

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Just a quick note to let you know that...

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Like the rest of my C#.NET rewrites, these new versions are brand new, better, networkable, and have additional features not present in the older versions.? As always, these upgrades are free to registered users.? You'll find these programs here:

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I am continuing the C#.NET rewrite process and I will let you know as more are complete. It's my intention to keep ahead of this year's contest calendar schedule with the rewrites. As soon as the rewrites are complete, Lord willing, I plan to add additional state QSO parties to my software package, beginning with where I am in the calendar at that time.

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My Nested Loop Antenna Article in March 2014 QST!

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I've mentioned from time to time how happy I am with the nested wire loop antenna that my son Brad, KB3MNE?and I?came up with.? It's a very good performing, neighborhood friendly (stealthy), inexpensive antenna, so I wrote an article about it and sent it to QST a while back.? Brad and I were thrilled to see it in print on page 40 in the March 2014 edition!? If you are an ARRL member, you can also read it on line here:

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I have two quick updates for you:

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Earlier this week, I was contacted by the eQSL folks, who reviewed my software for compatibility with their system.? They confirmed all is well when uploading via ADIF export from AC Log, but that when uploading directly from ACLog, the Prop_Mode field was not included when necessary.? I have remedied that with 4.6.

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Two other small modifications include:

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- The addition of rig interface support for the Yaesu 100D.

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-?A check box option on the Rig Interface form to override the delay that waits for your rig's buffer to clear (up to two seconds)?before sending the change frequency and mode commands.

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As always, these upgrades are free to registered users!? You'll find AC Log 4.6 here:

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And you'll find the upgrade steps here:

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I now have the C#.NET rewrites complete for the following states:? CA, MN, NC, OK, VA, WI.? You'll find them here.?

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I am continuing the rewrite process and I will?let you know as more are complete.? It's my intention to keep ahead of this year's contest calendar schedule with the rewrites.? As soon as the rewrites are complete, Lord willing, I plan to add additional state QSO parties to my software package, beginning with where I am in the calendar at that time.

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I hope that everyone is having a very merry Christmas and wonderful Holiday Season!?

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I've been receiving lots of questions on the?really neat event that ARRL has coming up for 2014 - The Centennial QSO Party!?

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Working all 50 states (WAS) is a great goal of many hams.? It's challenging, but with some patience, it is well within the realm of even quite modest stations.?

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Once hams get WAS, then many set goals of attaining WAS on each individual HF band and / or doing it again QRP (low power).? That's a lot harder, but still possible for most over a lifetime of hamming.? But, how about this....?

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How many hams can say that they have worked the same station call sign in all 50 states in one year for their WAS award?? By the end of 2014, you might be one of them!?

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The ARRL is having a Centennial QSO Party in 2014.? Part of that event includes W1AW operating from all 50 states (and most territories) over the course of the year.? Keep up with their moves and by the end of 2014, you will be in a very select group!?

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There appears to be quite a bit of interest for this event!??I've been receiving a number?requests from folks, wondering if I am going to create a specific application to track progress, not only in working W1AW, but for points from other stations that you work throughout the year during the Centennial QSO Party.?

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Since "QSOs do not have to be contest style and it isn’t necessary to exchange the ARRL organizational information", Amateur Contact Log?will be best to use for this event.? In addition, point values are based on criteria that may not be part of the exchange.? According to the rules, by uploading your contacts to LoTW, your scoring will be updated for you automatically throughout this year long event, so you can track your score simply by uploading to LoTW from AC Log!

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All the details, including scoring and?the W1AW operating schedule for each state,?are here:?

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Remember, you can always customize AC Log to suite your contest style exchange by clicking Settings > Edit Fields Displayed for just the fields you want to use.? Click Settings > Fill Fields on Call tab to instantly populate the exchange fields when you tab from the Call field.

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Enjoy the Centennial QSO Party!?

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A minor glitch just came to light with the DX list display in the 10 Meter Contest Log.? If you click Setup and then Done, the DX list clears and doesn't repopulate until you change modes.? It's probably easiest to continue with your current version and just temporarily change modes to repopulate the list, rather than installing a new version, but I've already corrected the glitch and republished the software as version 4.3:

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As always, upgrades are free to?registered users.

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I hope you all are enjoying these really good conditions on 10 Meters!

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If you enter your frequency in MHz, live outside of Australia and don't own a Yaesu 847, the following probably won't be of interest to you.? Continue enjoying this weekend's ARRL 10 Meter Contest!? For those of you remaining....

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Amateur Contact Log 4.5 includes the following enhancements:

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-? Version 2.0 of the LoTW?TQSL software introduced a new upload?problem.??TQSL 2.0?now also checks your?frequency (only if you have entered one, you don't have to)?to verify it is within the band?you entered.? If the frequency is outside the band, TQSL will not upload your record, even though it will still upload a record without a frequency at all.? The most common?reason for TQSL rejecting the records is that some folks are entering their frequency in KHz instead of MHz.? To correct this problem, with?AC Log version 4.5, your frequency?is now converted to MHz if that value / 1,000 falls within the band limits.? This check occurs on entry of new records and ADIF export, so your existing data should now upload to LoTW okay as well.

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-? VK hams use the Wireless Institute of Australia's awards program (), which requires these tags in their ADIF export for upload: LOTW_QSL_SENT, LOTW_QSL_RCVD, EQSL_QSL_SENT and EQSL_QSL_RCVD. These tags are now added if there?is a L or E in the Confirmed By Sent and Confirmed By Received fields as appropriate to their ADIF export.

-? Some, but not all Yaesu 847 users where having trouble interfacing with the new, C#.NET?versions of my software.? This problem has been corrected by sending a command to start cat control when the port is opened if Yaesu - Older is selected.? This fix will also be rolled out into future versions of the contesting software in the coming months.? You'll be able to tell that you have the update for Yaesu 847s if the version on the rig interface form reads?1.3.

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As always, upgrades are free to registered users.? You'll find AC Log 4.5 here:

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Enjoy!

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Up until now, the only reliable remedy has been a complete Windows reinstallation, but another user just reported this much less extreme, successful remedy!?

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N3FJP's Software Package includes approximately 50 programs for contesting, net management, general logging and other Amateur Radio related applications. In addition to full use of all these programs, registered package customers are also entitled to receive free passwords for any new software that is added to the package and free upgrades to existing programs. You'll find all the details on the Register Now page at ?

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I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!? I have two announcements to share:

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This is the latest completed program?in my series of rewrites, converting all my software from VB6 to C#.NET.? It has all the enhancements?that you've come to enjoy in the new rewrites.

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You'll find the new?NA Sprint Contest Log software here:?

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As always, upgrades are free to registered users. Of course, this includes our N3FJP Software Package users!

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You'll find both the new C#.NET version and the older, tried and true VB6 version on the web site. NA Sprint Contest Log 3.0 is brand new, better, has additional features not found in the VB6 version and continues the upgrades and enhancements reflected in all the programs I've rewritten in C#.NET so far. While the new, C#.NET versions already released this year have performed very well, this will be the first use as applied specifically to this contest. It's always possible that a contest specific bug or two remain to be found, so I want to give you the option of using the VB6 version if you prefer.

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This program, still in VB6, has been updated to reflect the City of Bedford multiplier change.? You'll find the upgrade here:

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Again, as always, upgrades are free to registered users.

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N3FJP's Software Package includes approximately 50 programs for contesting, net management, general logging and other Amateur Radio related applications. In addition to full use of all these programs, registered package customers are also entitled to receive free passwords for any new software that is added to the package and free upgrades to existing programs. You'll find all the details on the Register Now page at ?

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And in response to the often asked question for which Kimberly and I are very grateful...?

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p.s. If you want to unsubscribe or need to change your e-mail address for future announcements....?

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The way Yahoo groups are set up, it is much easier for subscribers to unsubscribe from the old e-mail address than for the list owner to do it for you. In addition, Yahoo now prohibits list owners from adding anyone, so it is impossible for me to add your new e-mail address..???

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Fortunately, it is very easy for subscribers to unsubscribe and resubscribe.??

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Here are the links to the announcements group:??

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10-10 Winter Phone
10-10 Spring DIG
10-10 Spring CW
10-10 Summer Phone
10-10 Sprint
10-10 Fall CW
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The 10 - 10 QSO Party Contest Log is the first contesting application I've been able to complete since I released the C#.NET?rewrite of my general logging program, Amateur Contact Log?in early August.? Since AC Log's release, I've been quite busy with e-mail?support, as folks have been getting used to the new version, but I'm hopeful that will scale back soon, so?I can continue to move forward with the rewrite of the contesting applications.? All the major contest rewrites have already been completed, but I still have approximately 25 rewrites remaining, mostly state QSO parties.? Lord willing, If I can complete a program every two weeks on average, I still have about a years work ahead on the rewrites.

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p.s.? If you want to unsubscribe or need to change your e-mail address for future announcements....

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The way Yahoo groups are set up, it is much easier for subscribers to unsubscribe from the old e-mail address than for the list owner to do it for you. In addition, Yahoo now prohibits list owners from adding anyone, so it is impossible for me to add your new e-mail address..??

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Fortunately, it is very easy for subscribers to unsubscribe and resubscribe.

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I'm usually quite excited to bring you news of new versions and features.? Today's announcement isn't typical.

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Yesterday afternoon, I was contacted by Fred Lloyd of QRZ, who wrote in part:

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I followed up with Fred, who substantiated his position by providing?fictitious call signs, which QRZ has intentionally included in their data, to detect just such an occurrence.? Sure enough, these call signs only appear on QRZ and HamQTH, but not?on other data sources.

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Obviously I can't?support any service that?participates in that sort of behavior.? To do so would be akin to QRZ linking to a web site selling pirated copiers of my software (something I know Fred would never do).? For these reasons, I have removed the HamQTH lookup feature in AC Log version 4.3.?

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Guys, I know this is disappointing news.? It is for me too.? Not only do I lose the lookup option myself,?the days I spent coding the additional feature have?been rendered worthless?and it puts my software?at a competitive disadvantage to other packages that?continue to support HamQTH.? You can be sure that should QRZ and HamQTH reach a?mutual agreement and settle this issue, I will happily and?promptly restore the HamQTH lookup feature.

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On the brighter side, Amateur Contact Log 4.3?includes some minor tweaks and enhancements:

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- You can now insert a space when you type the name if you first hold Shift as you press the space bar.

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- With the Fill Fields Determined by Call function, if the Comments field is completely empty (zero length) AND if you have the Place Retrieved Address in Comments Field checked, the Comments field will be filled (depending on your data source).

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Keep in mind, if you export from the contesting software or any other program, be sure to leave the default comment blank if you want to have the comment field populate when you run the AC Log function.

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- I've corrected the RST default function for digital when Fill Fields Determined by Call is enabled.

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-? The LoTW setup page will now detect your TQSL path on first load and provide a selectable?drop down list of station locations.? I've also added more detail to our LoTW setup help page here:?

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As always, upgrades are free to registered users!? Please download the latest from:?

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And in response to the questions we always receive when we neglect to include the following in our e-mail announcements...

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If you have registered one or more individual programs and would like to upgrade to N3FJP's Software Package or N3FJP's Software Package and CD for full use of all our Amateur Radio software, we would be glad to apply the amount that you have registered so far as a credit towards that purchase. Please send us an e-mail directly and we'll let you know your balance.

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N3FJP's Software Package includes approximately 50 programs for contesting, net management, general logging and other Amateur Radio related applications. In addition to full use of all these programs, registered package customers are also entitled to receive free passwords for any new software that is added to the package and free upgrades to existing programs. You'll find all the details on the Register Now page at ?

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And in response to the often asked question for which Kimberly and I are very grateful...

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Yes, thanks so much, your continued support in any amount is very welcome and deeply appreciated! You can use this page:

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or send your contribution by mail, payable to Affirmatech Inc., to:

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G. Scott Davis

118 Glenwood Road
Bel Air, MD 21014-5533

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Thank you so much for your continued support!

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As always, thanks for your kind words, support, linking to our web site and spreading the word about our software. Kimberly and I really appreciate it!

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You'll notice new version numbers for all the new, C# versions of my contesting software on .? Like the recent modifications to AC Log, I've made adjustments under the hood so that the contesting software is much more screen reader friendly for visually impaired users.??This is the only change, so if you don't use a screen reader there is no need to upgrade.

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Kelvin Marsh,?M0AID, who was a tremendous help in making Amateur Contact Log more accessible for visually impaired hams,?has put together a review and audio demo of Amateur Contact Log.? You'll find Kelvin's review here:

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His audio MP3 overview here:

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And his AC Log configuration MP3 overview here:

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The TQSL upload is already working fine for almost everyone running AC Log 4.2 and TQSL 1.14 or later.? If you are in that camp, you need not read further.

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About a half dozen folks have reported problems when signing and uploading to LoTW, that the TQSL software would lock or display behind another form.? I've been working with the TQSL folks and I think we've identified the problem and a?solution.? I'd like to extend a special thanks to Rick, K1MU and Dave, AA6YQ for their good suggestions and help!

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Long story short, if someone had a large number of errors, such as many QSOs with invalid dates, the TQSL buffer would fill with error messages, waiting for AC Log to read it before proceeding, but AC Log was waiting for TQSL to finish before reading the buffer, resulting in a deadlock.

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I've modified the code to correct the problem and it is?working well when I simulate the conditions here.? If you are one of the few folks experiencing this problem, please uninstall AC Log from Windows Control Panel and then reinstall it.??The current AC Log version number remains 4.2, but the LoTW form now also has a version number, which says 1.2.? You can download that latest version of AC Log here:

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As always, all these upgrades are free to registered users!

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And in response to the questions we always receive when we neglect to include the following in our e-mail announcements...

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If you have registered one or more individual programs and would like to upgrade to N3FJP's Software Package or N3FJP's Software Package and CD for full use of all our Amateur Radio software, we would be glad to apply the amount that you have registered so far as a credit towards that purchase. Please send us an e-mail directly and we'll let you know your balance.

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N3FJP's Software Package includes approximately 50 programs for contesting, net management, general logging and other Amateur Radio related applications. In addition to full use of all these programs, registered package customers are also entitled to receive free passwords for any new software that is added to the package and free upgrades to existing programs. You'll find all the details on the Register Now page at ?

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And in response to the often asked question for which Kimberly and I are very grateful...

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Yes, thanks so much, your continued support in any amount is very welcome and deeply appreciated! You can use this page:

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or send your contribution by mail, payable to Affirmatech Inc., to:

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G. Scott Davis

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AC Log 4.2 includes the following enhancements:

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-? Ability to select the automatic fill behavior for each of the eight Other fields individually.? They can now default to the value of the previous contact, the value previously entered for the same call worked or not default to any value.? Just click Settings > Other Field Titles and Fill Behavior?to configure as you like!

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-? Screen modification for screen reader compatibility.? These changes aren't apparent to sighted hams, but I've made quite a few modifications under the hood so that screen readers can now more accurately determine the correct label to read for each text box.? A very special thanks to Kelvin, M0AID, who spent a great deal of time and was a wonderful help working though this process.? Kelvin will be writing up tutorials for blind hams to help navigate AC Log and I will let you know when they are available.

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I plan to incorporate the screen reader modifications into all the contesting programs in the coming weeks.? I will let you know when they are ready.

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-? Correction of New label display for mode.??New alert labels that included mode as part of the criteria were working okay for CW, but not phone or digital.? I have corrected that.

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As always, upgrades are free to registered users.? Please carefully read the upgrade instructions here:

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And then please go ahead and download the latest here:

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Enjoy!

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And in response to the questions we always receive when we neglect to include the following in our e-mail announcements...

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If you have registered one or more individual programs and would like to upgrade to N3FJP's Software Package or N3FJP's Software Package and CD for full use of all our Amateur Radio software, we would be glad to apply the amount that you have registered so far as a credit towards that purchase. Please send us an e-mail directly and we'll let you know your balance.

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N3FJP's Software Package includes approximately 50 programs for contesting, net management, general logging and other Amateur Radio related applications. In addition to full use of all these programs, registered package customers are also entitled to receive free passwords for any new software that is added to the package and free upgrades to existing programs. You'll find all the details on the Register Now page at ?

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And in response to the often asked question for which Kimberly and I are very grateful...

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Yes, thanks so much, your continued support in any amount is very welcome and deeply appreciated! You can use this page:

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or send your contribution by mail, payable to Affirmatech Inc., to:

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If you have already upgraded to AC Log 4.1, you need not read further.? All is well.? Go make contacts!

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For those of you still using AC Log 3.4...

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If you?ran into a problem with the country list loading after Jim's?latest update and you have not corrected the country list load error, Jim has?fixed the country list so that it will now load properly.? He actually restored the previous list, while he updates the latest for the 3X versions of AC Log, which may be release this weekend.

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From the menu options in AC Log 3.4, just click File > Download Country Files from AD1C and download all three files.? Then start AC Log and you will be all set.

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Almost everyone running XP with Service Pack 3 and later operating systems has been able to run the new, C# versions of my software just fine.? If you are in that camp, all is well and you need not read any further.

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For the handful of folks reporting that everything appears to install okay, but the program won't run on startup, I think we've found a solution!.? To make a long story short (tracking down the cause of the problem took a good bit of trouble shooting and I never would have guessed a missing, common font would be the source of the trouble),?in all the cases that I've been working with directly, the Arial Regular font was not on their system.? Simply reinstalling the font from Microsoft's site?has corrected the problem with all the individuals I've been working with so far and the new versions of my software now run fine on their systems!

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I had planned to get back to the contesting software and let AC Log 4.0 run as is for the time being, but a couple minor things came to light in the last few days and one important, required fix just a little while ago, so as a result....

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-? AC Log Call Data Lookup!? Back by popular demand from those without constant Internet access,?the AC Log call book lookup feature is?restored!???If you want to process your own FCC?data you will need to use a VB6 version of AC Log to prepare it for 4.1, but you can download the AC Log ready data from our website anytime, right from?AC log and the lookup functionality is the same.?

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-? Correction of LoTW Confirmed By markings.? It just?came to light?moments ago that on LoTW Downloads, if you had uploaded a contact AND it had already been marked as confirmed (by Card or eQSL),?an L was also being added in the Confirmed?By field, whether the contact was actually confirmed on LoTW or not.? Just to be clear, none your records were erroneously marked as Received.? An L in the Confirmed By field was only added if it was already marked?as received in some other way and the record was included in a LoTW download.??I really apologize that this didn't come to light during the beta testing.?

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-? Not Responding Message Eliminated.? For some of the extended processes with large databases, a Not Responding message would sometimes temporarily appear on the form.? This was generally not a problem, as long as the user was patient the program would finish, but it could lead to an impatient user forcing a shut down in the middle of saving data.

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As always, upgrades are free to registered users!

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To upgrade to version 4.1 from 4.0, there is nothing you have to do with your log file or settings files.? All your customized settings will appear when you start 4.1.? Just uninstall 4.0 from Windows Control Panel and then install the latest:

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