Strange happening with ARRL DX Log 5.17 - Did not Flag New Multipler
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During the contest N3FJP program 5.1.7 failed to identify a new multiplier. See the attached screenshot that shows the entry and the result of the 'find' showing the 2 other instances of Dominica (different bands) but the 'NEW' is not indicated on the entry screen. After performing the 'enter' the multiplier count did increment properly. Not idea if this is repeatable. I am not sure if this appeared anywhere else during the contest. Otherwise, the program performed its usual greatness -- 73 -- Bruce, WA3AFS
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Exporting files
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I wish to export ARRL DX contest files to my logging program DX4Win. I have done this before but cannot remember how to do it. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. 73, Bill, WA2DVU Cape May.
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Freeze Spots
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How do I temporarily Freeze Spots? Working the DX Contest and going Crazy... Keith, K4KAL
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ARRL IN DX Contest Log not working properly
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I tried the 5.1.7 which is for USA users and there is no place to put the ST/Prov and I have to put in my power on every entry, but it correctly shows my Exchange properly. I tried the 3.7.7 for users outside the USA and it has the St/Prov, but shows my exchange to be my call, RST, power Help...it's not working. Walt WB4ZUT
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ACL and partial callsign lookup for POTA
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GM—I enjoy POTA using the ACL program's POTA container features. While activating POTA, all contacts are logged in a single POTA master file. Sometimes, I can only get a partial callsign. Is there an option in ACL that can be turned on to look at the history file and offer partial lookups like in many of the N3FJP contest software applications? Paul KC5CYY
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Request for new feature
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I would love to see two new options addedf to the DX spotting: 1. Ability to erase the spots. Soetimes it is filled with spots that are out of date, 2. Ability to have spots dissapear after so many minutes. A spot in a contest older that 30 minutes is probably worthless.
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Oklahoma QSO Party Digital Mode not available
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GM - I plan to participate in the OK QP next weekend, March 8/9 and have downloaded and installed the latest N3FJP—OKQP software. I was not offered digital mode when testing the software, but the rules allow digital, like PSK (NO FT8/FT4). Any thoughts? Paul / KC5CYY
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Frequencies in contesting software
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#contest
I am 100% new at how 开云体育 works so please forgive me if this topic has already been discussed. I Love N3FJP's software so I purchased the whole package, so all the contesting software is registered. The problem I am not like and/or having is I don't have the option to put in the frequencies when I am doing a contest in one of the contesting software. I use the Contest software so I can receive points at the end of the contest however, I do not have a radio where the rig interface is an option, so I don't know what frequency I am on after I upload it to my general log. I don't know if there is an option for me to manually put the frequency in the contest software. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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N3FJP ACLog and Contest Programs Use of COM Ports
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I am evaluating the N3FJP products to determine whether to purchase the package and use N3FJP for general logging and contests. I have a couple of questions so far that I was hoping to get answers for here. This posting is lengthy because I'm trying to be thorough in providing information on my station and what I've seen during this evaluation. 1) I first installed ACLog and used the program - I like it! I then downloaded a contest (ARRL Int'l. DX Contest), and discovered that it installs as a separate program from ACLog. Do all of the various contests install as separate programs, resulting in a list of ACLog + contests under the Windows Start menu folder for "N3FJP Software - Affirmatech"? Do users keep these various contest programs after the contest is over, or do they save away the contact information (ADIF, Cabrillo or some other means) and then delete the completed contest program? 2) I have a question regarding Comport utilization. Here is my station setup: - Elecraft KX3 transceiver and KXPA100 amplifier. I utilize the full Elecraft integration between the rig and amp; - 2013 Macbook Pro (Intel based) running Windows 10 HE through Boot Camp (I have no desire in subscribing to Parallels). The MBP has a single USB Serial Port; - External SoundBlaster sound card for "Line In" communication usage; - Win4K3 Suite for rig interface/control using the single MBP USB Serial Port - Very happy with this with no plans to abandon it; - com0com Virtual Comport software I first loaded ACLog and created/used a pair of com0com virtual ports to link ACLog with Win4K3. This required using one of the Win4K3 Aux/CAT Ports in the 3rd Party HW/SW tab of Win4K3 Settings to assign one of the comport pair to Win4K3. In ACLog I used the Rig Interface Setup to connect to the "Elecraft" rig through the other comport of the pair. Communication seems to work fine for frequency, band, and mode across the KX3, Win4K3 and ACLog. Later, I loaded and opened the ARRL Int'l DX Contest program. I found that I could not use the same pair of virtual comports that I used with ACLog. I created a new pair of virtual ports, ran through the same setup steps as I did with ACLog, and again communication seems to work fine. However I had to use another of the Win4K3 Aux/CAT Ports in the 3rd Party HW/SW tab of Win4K3 Settings to assign one of the comport pair created for the contest program to Win4K3. There are a total of 6 Aux/CAT Ports available. I'm curious how users handle this with the multiple N3FJP contest programs? So to summarize my questions: 1) How do users manage/retain the multiple N3FJP programs (ACLog + multiple contests)? 2) Regarding Win4K3, how do users manage the 6 available Aux/CAT Ports for assigning comports with the multiple separate N3FJP logging programs? My thanks to anyone willing to read this entire post and provide useful feedback. 73's, Ralph, KG8ZY
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N3FJP Country Files - 28 February 2025
There are new country files for ACLog and related software by N3FJP. To update the country files from the logging program menu, select: Files -> Download Country Files From AD1C You should download all three files. When done, you can re-start your logging program. Manual installation instructions are here: https://www.country-files.com/n3fjp-info/ Here are the release notes: https://www.country-files.com/n3fjp-28-february-2025/ N3FJP Country Files - 28 February 2025 Version entity is Wales, GW Added Prefixes/Callsigns: * EA9ADD and EA8JR are both Spain, EA * GB0ATS is Scotland, GM/t * IT9ECY/CH is Sicily, IT9 * WL7XO, WH6ETR, KH6ER and KH0BF are all USA, K in CQ Zone 3, ITU Zone 6 * WH7RR, KL4IU and AH8S are all USA, K in CQ Zone 4, ITU Zone 7 * KN6JOY, KL7AF, K1AY and AC2UJ are all USA, K in CQ Zone 4, ITU Zone 8 * WP4IRU, WP3ZF, NP2R/4, KL7MJ/4 and KH2KL are all USA, K in CQ Zone 5, ITU Zone 8 * N8YCF, N6UYY, N6URO and KI6BGQ are all Hawaii, KH6 * KH2HM is American Samoa, KH8 * LU9WT/XA and LU3WFJ/XA are both Argentina, LU in ITU Zone 16 * RQ9F/M is European Russia, UA in CQ Zone 17, ITU Zone 30 * R9HQ is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ Zone 17, ITU Zone 30 * UB9MCW/P is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ Zone 18, ITU Zone 32 * R8AIM/0 and R4FBJ/0 are both Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ Zone 19, ITU Zone 23 * ZL75 is New Zealand, ZL Removed Prefixes/Callsigns: * EC5AHA in Canary Is., EA8 * KH7CP in USA, K in CQ Zone 3, ITU Zone 6 * KL7AF in USA, K in CQ Zone 5, ITU Zone 8 * AC4TJ in Hawaii, KH6 * KN6JOY, K9ROB and AC2UJ in Alaska, KL7 * NN0Y in US Virgin Is., KP2 * RQ9F/M in European Russia, UA in CQ Zone 16, ITU Zone 30 * R9HQ in Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ Zone 16, ITU Zone 30 * R4FBJ/0 in Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ Zone 18, ITU Zone 32 * R8AIM/0 in Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ Zone 19, ITU Zone 30 If you have any questions, send E-mail to Jim Reisert AD1C (at the address below) or make a post to the N3FJP software users reflector. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us
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Populating AClog with LoTW data
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Hello All I'm a new user off AClog and am attempting to load my qso's / confirmations in. My Issue is that I had a catastrophic failure on my PC where everything was lost from the PC ! I have been able to recover my entire log From Clublog which i kept upto date regularly and obviously as i am a LoTW user all that info i have too. The adif received from clublog is just basic qso date time band mode etc so no info regarding US States/ USCA cnfd, thats ok as the lotw report has all the important stuff regarding that! 1, I downloaded the file from Clublog and loaded that into AClog (Worked great all My DXCC WAZ In! and appears to be good) 2, I downloaded all my matched QSO's from LoTW (Worked fine) 3, So i figured if i do a sync from the beginning of my Ham log (2004) to present day i will have saved the day! The issue starts here (I think? as I have 100,000 odd QSO records and 70,000 odd LoTW matches). 3, The sync from the LoTW keeps timing out! Reading the help file in AClog it says to break down the request into chunks. I did that and set the date back to upload from 2023 this worked good and populated AClog with the State/County info that i wanted. Now i cant figure how to get the next chunk as there is only 1 date selection?? How would I choose to now download info from say 2023-2024?? and so on until i get everything back to 2004? -- 73 MM0EAX Dave
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Port problems
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I used vspe to make a port for ac log. It didn’t work. Transfered that port to wsjtx where it’s working perfectly. Was going to use the yaesu actual port and it will not work either. Anytime you try you get all of these different messages. Any one want to advise what’s going on ? Randy K5UF
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Mode Determined by Frequency - Doesn't seem to work
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Hi, In Settings -- Rig Control, there's a setting checkbox, "Mode Determined by Frequency". The description of this feature in the help document says, "When operating digital modes, under the Mode By options, select Mode by Frequency (to return the digital mode based on frequency)." I have not set up the Rig Control to operate the radio (Radio: None), as I have other digital mode software perform the rig control (WSJT-X, JS8Call etc). However, it appears from the description that ACLOG will set the mode based on the frequency entered (manually, or by the other software) into the frequency field. But this does not occur. When I enter 14.074 in the frequency box, the mode does not change to FT8. Similarly, when I enter 14.300, it does not change to SSB. Does Mode by Frequency only work if ACLOG is responsible for rig control? In other words, it won't update the mode based on the frequency typed into the Frequency box by hand?
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FX-4CR Rig Control
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Scott (or anyone who has V.3 of the FX4-CR). This is the newest model of the FX4-CR which has USB-C. The manual says to emulate the Kenwood TS-590s with baud rate 115200, 8/1/0 (I tried 2 Stop Bits as well) and RTS. When I test, it keys up however it does not read the frequency. If I test the QSY, it will switch bands. So, I guess I'm almost there. Can anyone give me any ideas what to change? Thanks, Scott KN3A
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Label printing?
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#aclog
I just received a lot of qsl's from the buro this week. I would like to print some qsl labels using the Avery Ink Jet 2 x 4 inch size. Anyone have the settings I need to change to this label size? Thanks Dave -- 73's Dave NU4N
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Connection to the log changes received call colors
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After I linked WSJT-X (2.7.0) to the N3FJP logging app, the call signs in the Band Activity change color (see attached image). The usual setting is black text on a green background, as shown. I have set up the N3FJP software (licensed) and connected it and WSJT-X through UDP according to the instructions from N3FJP ("WSJT-X Integration with N3FJP Software"). Now, the incoming messages have white call-sign text on an olive-green background. As soon as I close N3FJP program, the text comes back to all-black text on the green background as per normal in WSJT-X. Is there a setting to overcome this problem? This is not what I want. Color settings in WSJT-X did not affect the call-sign color changed by N3FLP log program. Suggestions? Thanks! -- Jon Titus, KZ1G Herriman, UT
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Previous Contacts
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When I work DX stations, I hear people saying when and how many times they have made contacts with each other. I see AC Log will preview and flag if you have previously worked a callsign or country but is there a way to ascertain how many times and when you have worked the station. The same applies states. Can a state be previewed before tabbing into the record? If this is not a feature, can it be put on the roadmap?
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Logger & Maps
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I am working on a special Event station. I don't care what "Logger" I use, be it a "Contest" logger or an every day type of logger. I know I can do this, AFTER the event is over take the log and up load it to several sites where it will make on a map all the locations where we made contacts with. I have done that several times. BUT what I want to do is have this happen live to a map that anyone on the internet can watch as we are making the contacts. we contact someone in Bel Air, MD. and an indicator appears there instantly, or a as short as possible delay. Any logger here can do this? Joe WB9SBD
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N3FJP comparison audit with LoTW
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#aclog
I did not see a post that answered my questions. I apologize if I missed one that did. I do the MSWE special event each June at the Submarine Library & Museum (USS NAUTILUS). We use the callsign N1S and the N3FJP ACL logging program. Our QSO totals usually range around 1000-1200 each year. After the event I upload the log to LoTW to support anyone who wants CT for an award. I have one particular year where not all records were uploaded. I don't want to just re-upload because of the extra work it could cause the LoTW staff. To this end I have been trying to compare the LoTW upload with the initial N3FJP file. What has made it hard is that my N3FJP file does not seem to sort correctly by time and date. For example, the ACL log breaks down like this: Records 1-97 go from 0036 to 2359 on June 5th Records 98-278 go from 0000 to 1207 on June 6th Records 279-576 go from 0011 to 1428 on June 5th Records 577-810 go from 0121 to 2319 on June 5th Records 811-1073 go from 0015 to 1956 on June 6th If I sort on the record number the listing is numerically by "REC #". If I sort on "Date/Time" I get the break down I describe above. I.E. Records on 5th, 6th, 5th, 5th, 6th. This "Date/Time" sort does properly chronologically list the date but not the time. I know LoTW has a upload, excluding duplicates which I can resort to in the end if necessary. Also, since the cyber attack on ARRL they are limiting LoTW uploads to 500 QSOs, which is not an issue. If I reloaded everything I can break them up into 500 records or less. Regardless of available work arounds, the real question that I would like to solve is why my ACL isn't sorting correctly. Could it be that my date or time format is wrong in some records? I don't see anything obvious. Could another ACL field be overriding? Would just like to know so I can fix and avoid in the future. Please excuse the long Post. I appreciate your indulgence. Any and all comment, advice, and guidance is appreciated. 73 Harrison N1FAM
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Amateur Contact Log
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Is there an adjustment to decrease the page size of AClog. I can't see all the data on the screen, it cuts off the right side where the Comments are listed. I only get parts of the comments. My monitor size is 25" No problem with vertical, just horizontal. Thanks, Norm - K7NWF
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