Dave, thanks for the reply but let this be my official request for a future update. 

2nd question, however, I see no way too update the QSO power (the default) reported to DCKeeper after it’s automatically sent from WSJTX. Seems like there should be a way to edit all fields of a recorded Qso.   There’s an edit button but it doesn’t allow me to change the power recorded.

There’s an edit button but it doesn’t allow me to change the power recorded.

Thanks

Randy N4TDT

 

+ AA6YQ comments below

I am a new user of DX labs.

When I change the RF power on my Yaesu FT 991A , and complete a QSO, the power recorded when the completed QSO Is sent to DX keeper the recorded power remains at the default level for the band, rather than the actual power output from the transmitter. How can I get the correct transmit power based on the RF power setting in the radio, and not a default setting for the band or mode?

+ Commander can display your FT 991A's RF Output Power while transmitting, but conveying it to DXKeeper for recording with a QSO is not currently supported. Note that the reported value would be irrelevant to users who employ an amplifier.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

I am a new user of DX labs. When I change the RF power on my Yaesu FT 991A , and complete a QSO, the power recorded when the completed QSO Is sent to DX keeper the recorded power remains at the default level for the band, rather than the actual power output from the transmitter. How can I get the correct transmit power based on the RF power setting in the radio, and not a default setting for the band or mode?

via the Databases tab of DXView's Configuration window. Terminate DXKeeper and SpotCollector before directing DXView to update these
databases.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

+ AA6YQ comments below

My main radio is a Flex 6600 and has worked fine for a long time with Commander. I have added a FTDX10 to the shack that I also want to control with Commander. I have read thru the "Controlling Multiple Radios"  and Primary Cat Port Switching in the manual , but am hesitant to start some of those steps, not wanting to mess up the settings for the Flex. Also not sure if once setup, if I can have both radios running with CDR at the same time?
Can anyone who might be running two different radios share some of their experiences?

+ As described in "Primary CAT Port switching" section of

https://www.dxlabsuite.com/commander/Help/ControllingMultipleRadios.htm

+ Commander can rapidly switch among 4 primary transceivers, either manually or as a function of frequency. Commander only controls and tracks the selected primary transceiver.

+ You can connect a second transceiver to Commander's Secondary CAT port, in which case Commander will control and track the selected primary transceiver, and the secondary transceiver will follow the selected primary transceiver's frequency and mode; with appropriate RF input protection, this can be used for diversity reception with two antennas. Alternatively, the selected primary transceiver can follow the secondary transceiver's frequency and mode. See the "Secondary CAT Port" section of the above-cited article.

     73,

            Dave, AA6YQ

My main radio is a Flex 6600 and has worked fine for a long time with Commander. I have added a FTDX10 to the shack that I also want to control with Commander. I have read thru the "Controlling Multiple Radios"  and Primary Cat Port Switching in the manual , but am hesitant to start some of those steps, not wanting to mess up the settings for the Flex. Also not sure if once setup, if I can have both radios running with CDR at the same time?
Can anyone who might be running two different radios share some of their experiences?
73 Paul w2eck

-- 
vy 73, Dave, w0rx

My main radio is a Flex 6600 and has worked fine for a long time with Commander. I have added a FTDX10 to the shack that I also want to control with Commander. I have read thru the "Controlling Multiple Radios"  and Primary Cat Port Switching in the manual , but am hesitant to start some of those steps, not wanting to mess up the settings for the Flex. Also not sure if once setup, if I can have both radios running with CDR at the same time?
Can anyone who might be running two different radios share some of their experiences?
73 Paul w2eck

I am watching and hoping for the 27 day repeat.  I erected my 30 ft FD tower and new 5 element yagi on July 2nd.
I am using RAT to follow my progress.   Since July 2nd I have worked 45 states, 10 Canadian provinces,  21 Countries on 4 continents!

Steve WA8Y 

Stan, you can do it !
You have your "home garden" of Carribean and South America, and it will help very much increasing the number.
I work 6m since the year 2000 with a 1/4 wave vertical and 100w, and I have already 86 DXCC confirmed in the band.
My "home garden" is Europe, but with the help of TEP (Trans Equatorial Propagation) Southern African DXCCs and some S. American Countries are confirmed.
Asia is not so far, and the result is in the 87/86 DXCCs.
The FT8 mode helped very much in the last years, giving us the 15/20 dB advantage to CW.
So, go on and try !
73
Franco 3a2mw

It is now and that fixed it.  Thanks Dave.

73,

Dale AA1QD

+ AA6YQ comments below

With the IOTA contest going this weekend I see lots of spots for IOTA stations with IOTA number in the spot comments but the IOTA column in SC never populates with an IOTA number.  I've searched the help file and the wiki but can't find what's wrong.

+ Is the "Capture Location Info from Notes" option enabled on the Configuration window's General tab?

https://www.dxlabsuite.com/spotcollector/Help/ConfigurationGeneral.htm#Use%20Spotter%20Grid%20from%20Notes

     73,

           Dave, AA6YQ

 

 

With the IOTA contest going this weekend I see lots of spots for IOTA stations with IOTA number in the spot comments but the IOTA column in SC never populates with an IOTA number.  I've searched the help file and the wiki but can't find what's wrong.

Dale, AA1QD

Hi Dave,

On 7/30/22 14:22, Dave AA6YQ wrote:

As we approach the peak of the 11-year solar cycle over the coming years, maybe we'll see the solar flux increase enough to support
F2 propagation on 6m - a phenomenon I have never experienced during my 32 years as a ham and DXer.

Interesting. I have DXCC on 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters,
but I've only worked 15 DXCC entities on 6 meters. That was using FT8
with 100 watts and a hex beam. I guess DL is the farthest I've worked. 
Not F2 propagation?  Doubt I'll get DXCC on 6 meters in my lifetime.


73

Stan
KM4HQE

Check Windows printer configurations. To see if Microsoft has helped you recently by changing your configurations.
I prefer to use the Control Panel's Devices and Printers. However, in Windows-10 versions there is also Printers and Scanners. Check these to see if your printer is still shown.
In Printers and Scanners there is an ominous check box to "Let Windows manage my default printer." That is not necessarily a good thing.

73,
Dave, w6de

The K3NG board should work more easily on a (current) Yaesu rotator
than on a CDE/Hy-Gain rotator since the Yaesu does not have a brake
and the direction pot is isolated. However, to the best of my knowledge, there are no "cookbook" instructions for the Yaesu controller unlike
the ERC.

If one is willing to experiment (and possibly customize the K3NG
code), the K3NG design would be a nice way to go. However, for a
"drop in" solution, the ERC is probably the the least expensive
and proven.

73,

... Joe, W4TV

As every DXer, his/her immediate family, and close friends know, radiation from our sun -- the "solar flux" -- ionize atoms and
molecules in the earth's ionosphere, making it more reflective of HF signals, reducing path loss, and thereby enabling more DX QSOs
on 20m and up.

If you click the History button in the WWV panel in the upper-left corner of SpotCollector's Main window, you will see a window that
can display a 31-day history of three parameters:

SFI - the Solar Flux Index

A - the geomagnetic A-index

K - the geomagnetic K index

Check the SFI box in this window's lower-left corner, uncheck the A and K boxes in its lower-right corner, and you will this graph
of the solar flux index:

www.dxlabsuite.com/spotcollector/SFI%202022-07-30.jpg

As the graph reveals, the solar flux increased from the low 90s at end of June to a peak in the mid 170s in mid-July, and then
gracefully fell back to its current value of 93.

The solar flux increases with the number of sunspots on the sun's surface. New sunspots continuously form, and old sunspots
continuously disappear. The sun rotates at the rate of one revolution every 27 days. Many sunspots survive for longer than one solar
revolution. Thus a reasonable prediction of future solar flux can be made from the solar flux of 27 days ago; that's why the "4" in
the date axis in the above graph is rendered in red font: it shows the solar flux one solar revolution ago.

It will be interesting to see if the solar flux again rises over the coming days as it did during the first half of July.

As we approach the peak of the 11-year solar cycle over the coming years, maybe we'll see the solar flux increase enough to support
F2 propagation on 6m - a phenomenon I have never experienced during my 32 years as a ham and DXer.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ