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Re: Pathfinder and ALT-F4

Dave AA6YQ
 

If the mouse cursor is in Pathfinder's target callsign textbox, then
striking F4 means "activate the 4th search button". Depressing the ALT
key while activating the 4th search button means "use the callsign's
home call", e.g. V4/AA6YQ would result in a lookup on AA6YQ.

If the target callsign textbox is empty, you'll see the error message
reported below.

If you place the mouse cursor in Pathfinder's results display and
strike ALT-F4, Pathfinder will terminate.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

--- In dxlab@yahoogroups.com, Earl Needham <needhame1@...> wrote:


Now here is a strange thing -- in Pathfinder, which I opened
to try and find the HB9 link, I never searched for a callsign, and
when I try to close the program with ALT-F4, I get an error box
stating "No target callsign specified".

Weird, huh?
Earl

KD5XB -- Earl Needham
Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs
Quoting from the Coast Guard: ZUT
Re: Pathfinder and ALT-F4

JT Croteau <jt.n1ese@...>
 

For added reference, here's a Microsoft article that discusses all the
shortcut keys:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449

--
JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH
Re: Pathfinder and ALT-F4

JT Croteau <jt.n1ese@...>
 

I should have added that I make frequent use of Windows keyboard
commands such as ALT-F4, ALT-TAB, CTL-ALT-DEL, Windows Key+R, etc.
instead of using the mouse. I never happened to try ALT-F4 with PF
before because I usually leave it running all the time.

--
JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH
Re: Pathfinder and ALT-F4

Earl Needham <needhame1@...>
 

At 08:14 PM 9/19/2007, Danny Douglas wrote:

Why is it strange? Its looking for a callsign in the lookup box. If
there isnt one there, its telling you that. I nevr tried this before, but
when I do an ALT/F4 (with a callsign in the lookup box) I get a DXCentral
lookup search in past bulletins, for whichever calls is listed.
ALT-F4 is supposed to exit Windows programs. Usually.

7 3
Earl

KD5XB -- Earl Needham
Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs
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Re: Pathfinder and ALT-F4

JT Croteau <jt.n1ese@...>
 

On 9/19/07, Danny Douglas <n7dc@vabb.com> wrote:
Why is it strange?
Because ALT-F4 is a standard Windows command to kill, close, the
application. It's habit forming for those of us who actually find the
keyboard as a faster method than using a mouse.

--
JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH
Re: Pathfinder and ALT-F4

Danny Douglas <n7dc@...>
 

Why is it strange? Its looking for a callsign in the lookup box. If
there isnt one there, its telling you that. I nevr tried this before, but
when I do an ALT/F4 (with a callsign in the lookup box) I get a DXCentral
lookup search in past bulletins, for whichever calls is listed.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Earl Needham" <needhame1@plateautel.net>
To: <dxlab@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 10:05 PM
Subject: [dxlab] Pathfinder and ALT-F4



Now here is a strange thing -- in Pathfinder, which I opened
to try and find the HB9 link, I never searched for a callsign, and
when I try to close the program with ALT-F4, I get an error box
stating "No target callsign specified".

Weird, huh?
Earl

KD5XB -- Earl Needham
Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs
Quoting from the Coast Guard: ZUT





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Re: Pathfinder and ALT-F4

JT Croteau <jt.n1ese@...>
 

Neat, the same thing happens here.

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JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH
Pathfinder and ALT-F4

Earl Needham <needhame1@...>
 

Now here is a strange thing -- in Pathfinder, which I opened to try and find the HB9 link, I never searched for a callsign, and when I try to close the program with ALT-F4, I get an error box stating "No target callsign specified".

Weird, huh?
Earl

KD5XB -- Earl Needham
Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs
Quoting from the Coast Guard: ZUT
Re: Pathfinder using excessive CPU while sitting on QRZ.com

vk3ama <groups1@...>
 

Hi Dave,

I have observed that this high CPU usage is dependant on the which Flash
ads are loaded. Some are fine, some, which I suspect are badly coded,
cause problems. Also, some pages have up to 5 Flash ads, others have 1
or 2. The more Flash ads per page, the higher the CPU.

Running 3GHz dual-core desktop, 1.5GB RAM, XP PRO SP2 here.

Laurie, VK3AMA

Dave Bernstein wrote:

Rich, I'm seeing at most a 1-2% CPU load from Pathfinder after
performing a QRZ.com lookup; this is on a 2.2 Ghz core duo laptop
with 2G of RAM. As I recall, your system is comparable; I wonder why
we're seeing such a difference.

Yes, I could add a "revert to blank page 10 seconds after lookup"
option, but I'd like to understand what's really going on first.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

--- In dxlab@yahoogroups.com, "Richard B. Drake" <rich@...> wrote:

At 05:41 PM 9/19/2007, you wrote:


When the old K4UTE web site displayed falling snowflakes during the
winter time, Pathfinder or Internet Explorer would consume 100% of
whatever CPU I was using at the time.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ
I wonder if it would be reasonable to return to the blank
Pathfinder

screen after doing a lookup. I know that you are trying to be nice
and make QRZ.com's ads visible whenever someone restores the
Pathfinder screen but if this isn't fixed I for one will just stop
using QRZ.com. I'll probably just renew my outdated Buckmaster CD
or

maybe I'll try the RAC CD. Anyone have a recommendation?

73, Rich - W3ZJ





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Re: PK-232MBX

Dave AA6YQ
 

WinWarbler includes a PK232 modem command file; did you try setting
the "Model" selector on the Config window's "External Modem" tab to
PK232?

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

--- In dxlab@yahoogroups.com, "AD5VJ Bob" <rtnmi@...> wrote:

I am having a hard time correlating the PAKRATT manual to what WW is
asking for. Can someone who has done it please tell me how I
can set WW up with the PK-232MBX for RTTY and CW.

73 fer nw es gud DX,
QSL VIA: BUR, LotW, e-QSL
Bob AD5VJ
Old calls: WB5ZQU/WY5L/KH3-KE5CTY-N5IET
http://www.ad5vj.com/

Member: CTDXCC, NTCC, STXDXCC
10X#-37210, SMIRK#-5177
FISTS#-12637, SKCC#-2369
NAQCC#-1966, FP#-1141, RARS#-149
Re: PK-232MBX

Dave AA6YQ
 

--- In dxlab@yahoogroups.com, "AD5VJ Bob" <rtnmi@...> wrote:

I am having a hard time correlating the PAKRATT manual to what WW is
asking for. Can someone who has done it please tell me how I
can set WW up with the PK-232MBX for RTTY and CW.

73 fer nw es gud DX,
QSL VIA: BUR, LotW, e-QSL
Bob AD5VJ
Old calls: WB5ZQU/WY5L/KH3-KE5CTY-N5IET
http://www.ad5vj.com/

Member: CTDXCC, NTCC, STXDXCC
10X#-37210, SMIRK#-5177
FISTS#-12637, SKCC#-2369
NAQCC#-1966, FP#-1141, RARS#-149
Re: HB9BZA site?

Dave AA6YQ
 

You're referring to the "Pathfinder Online" page, right Bill?

http://www.dxlabsuite.com/pathfinder/WebClient/

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

--- In dxlab@yahoogroups.com, "FireBrick" <w9ol@...> wrote:

Click on Pathfinder (Dave has included it in Pathfinder)
Look on the left hand side
Find LoTW
Click on that and scroll down.


On 9/19/2007 7:18:14 PM, Earl Needham (needhame1@...) wrote:
At 06:06 PM 9/19/2007, FireBrick wrote:
The HB9 site shows a big upswing lately.HB9BZA
What's the link for this site, please?

Thanks,
Earl

KD5XB -- Earl Needham
Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs
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Re: Pathfinder using excessive CPU while sitting on QRZ.com

Dave AA6YQ
 

Because Buckmaster returns its results as an image rather than as text
from which Pathfinder can extract the required information.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

--- In dxlab@yahoogroups.com, "Danny Douglas" <n7dc@...> wrote:

Why not simply use the Buckmaster site versus the QRZ site?
Re: Pathfinder using excessive CPU while sitting on QRZ.com

Dave AA6YQ
 

Rich, I'm seeing at most a 1-2% CPU load from Pathfinder after
performing a QRZ.com lookup; this is on a 2.2 Ghz core duo laptop
with 2G of RAM. As I recall, your system is comparable; I wonder why
we're seeing such a difference.

Yes, I could add a "revert to blank page 10 seconds after lookup"
option, but I'd like to understand what's really going on first.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

--- In dxlab@yahoogroups.com, "Richard B. Drake" <rich@...> wrote:

At 05:41 PM 9/19/2007, you wrote:

When the old K4UTE web site displayed falling snowflakes during the
winter time, Pathfinder or Internet Explorer would consume 100% of
whatever CPU I was using at the time.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ
I wonder if it would be reasonable to return to the blank
Pathfinder
screen after doing a lookup. I know that you are trying to be nice
and make QRZ.com's ads visible whenever someone restores the
Pathfinder screen but if this isn't fixed I for one will just stop
using QRZ.com. I'll probably just renew my outdated Buckmaster CD
or
maybe I'll try the RAC CD. Anyone have a recommendation?

73, Rich - W3ZJ
PK-232MBX

AD5VJ Bob <rtnmi@...>
 

I am having a hard time correlating the PAKRATT manual to what WW is asking for. Can someone who has done it please tell me how I
can set WW up with the PK-232MBX for RTTY and CW.

73 fer nw es gud DX,
QSL VIA: BUR, LotW, e-QSL
Bob AD5VJ
Old calls: WB5ZQU/WY5L/KH3-KE5CTY-N5IET
http://www.ad5vj.com/

Member: CTDXCC, NTCC, STXDXCC
10X#-37210, SMIRK#-5177
FISTS#-12637, SKCC#-2369
NAQCC#-1966, FP#-1141, RARS#-149
Re: HB9BZA site?

Earl Needham <needhame1@...>
 

At 06:24 PM 9/19/2007, Paul N1BUG wrote:

<http://www.hb9bza.net/lotw/>;http://www.hb9bza.net/lotw/
Thanks, that's what I was looking for!

7 3
Earl

KD5XB -- Earl Needham
Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs
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Re: Pathfinder using excessive CPU while sitting on QRZ.com

vk3ama <groups1@...>
 

Hi Rich,

To save you some looking, here's a link...
http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/default.asp?cmd=show&;ixPost=4745

Look towards the end of the page for the examples of the registry
entries. No need to use third-party executables (which may contain
unwanted code).

Has worked for me over the last 6 months without any problems.

73 de Laurie, VK3AMA


Richard B. Drake wrote:

Right, FireFox is not an option here. I'll check out the registry
tweaks for IE.

73, Rich - W3ZJ

At 07:27 PM 9/19/2007, you wrote:


Hi Ken,

I also use that extension with Firefox . It works great. But, Pathfinder
uses IE so Flash needs to be disabled for IE. Googling will yield two
simple registry files that allow Flash to be disabled/enabled for IE.
Once disabled, Pathfinder doesn't display the Flash ads (some are more
CPU intensive than others) and CPU usage goes way down. The flashing GIF
images are a distraction but not a real problem.

Laurie, VK3AMA




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Re: LotW circling the drain?

FireBrick <w9ol@...>
 

Check and see if you worked WN9VOL...back in summer of 67. <smile>
I'm still waiting for that first one.

On 9/19/2007 7:48:13 PM, Inbody, Don (don@inbody.net) wrote:
I managed to get a few of my Novice QSLs on LOTW. That was fun.
73, Don AD0K
-----Original Message-----
From: dxlab@yahoogroups.com [link: mailto:dxlab@yahoogroups.com]
[mailto:dxlab@yahoogroups.com [link: mailto:dxlab@yahoogroups.com]] On
Behalf Of
FireBrick
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 19:31
To: dxlab@yahoogroups.com [link: mailto:dxlab@yahoogroups.com]
Subject: RE: [dxlab] LotW circling the drain?
your not old enough to have 30 years of logs. <wink>
I even put my Novice log online...still waiting for that first Novice
era
LoTW qsl. lol
On 9/19/2007 7:20:17 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV (w4tv@subich.com [link:
mailto:w4tv@subich.com]) wrote:
Is it just me, or is LotW simply not being used any more?
Nope,
it's being used more an more every day.

I have 30 years of DX and contest logs on-line so my confirmation
rate is running just under 5%. However, even the old QSOs are
starting to show up in larger numbers - just got a 25 year old
JA confirmation today.

73,

... Joe, W4TV


-----Original Message-----
Re: LotW circling the drain?

Inbody, Don
 

I managed to get a few of my Novice QSLs on LOTW. That was fun.

73, Don AD0K

-----Original Message-----
From: dxlab@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dxlab@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
FireBrick
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 19:31
To: dxlab@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [dxlab] LotW circling the drain?

your not old enough to have 30 years of logs. <wink>

I even put my Novice log online...still waiting for that first Novice
era
LoTW qsl. lol


On 9/19/2007 7:20:17 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV (w4tv@subich.com) wrote:
Is it just me, or is LotW simply not being used any more?
Nope,
it's being used more an more every day.

I have 30 years of DX and contest logs on-line so my confirmation
rate is running just under 5%. However, even the old QSOs are
starting to show up in larger numbers - just got a 25 year old
JA confirmation today.

73,

... Joe, W4TV


-----Original Message-----
From: dxlab@yahoogroups.com [link: mailto:dxlab@yahoogroups.com]
[mailto:dxlab@yahoogroups.com [link: mailto:dxlab@yahoogroups.com]]
On
Behalf Of Dave
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:56 PM
To: dxlab@yahoogroups.com [link: mailto:dxlab@yahoogroups.com]
Subject: [dxlab] LotW circling the drain?


Is it just me, or is LotW simply not being used any more? Out of the
540 contacts I have in my current DXKeeper log, only 7 have actually
QSL'd
via LotW.
That's a pretty dismal percentage.

I had hoped that it would have been accepted much better by
this time.
I don't
make any attempt to seek out stations that use LotW, but I
would have thought the laws of chance would



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Re: LotW circling the drain?

Dave 'Doc' Corio <dcorio@...>
 

I wish I still had my logs for the past 40 years to put into LotW.
Somewhere in the cross-country moves, all my old paper logs went
missing, and so did my QSL collection.

It may very well be my style of operating now. I'm a very casual
operator, many times not getting on the air for a few days at a time.
Even then, many times I just have it on in the background and listen to
what Spot Collector announces. I don't do any contesting, although once
in a while I'll pounce on a rare one that IS in a contest. I also don't
filter SC by LotW, so not actively trying to get them specifically.

Just thought that even a random distribution of LotW users would
have a better showing. I even end my digital QSOs with a tag about
QSLing via LotW and e-QSL. Ah, well. Glad to hear it's picking up! I
wasn't giving up on it, but good to know it's not going down the tubes!

73
Dave
KB3MOW


JT Croteau wrote:


On 9/19/07, Dave <dcorio@zitomedia.net
<mailto:dcorio%40zitomedia.net>> wrote:
Is it just me, or is LotW simply not being used any more? Out of the
It's just you. I've seen an increased use and was very surprised, and
pleased, to see that 3Y0X even uploaded their log to LotW last month.
It's great to have them confirmed both via card and LotW.

--
JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH


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