Hi all,

I'm trying to get Spot Collector to only show unworked spots for zones and states. I'm finally starting to go after my WAS across all bands and fill in needed zones for the WARC bands as well (band and mode for those). The problem is that all my worked-but-not-confirmed states and zones are still being entered in blue and setting off alarms. I'm sure 99% of these will come in on LoTW in the next few weeks or months so I don't want to keep seeing a torrent of blue entries in Spot Collector. I know there's a setting for this somewhere, but I just can't find it anywhere. Please and thanks.

+ AA6YQ comments below

I'm trying to get Spot Collector to only show unworked spots for zones and states. I'm finally starting to go after my WAS across all bands and fill in needed zones for the WARC bands as well (band and mode for those). The problem is that all my worked-but-not-confirmed states and zones are still being entered in blue and setting off alarms. I'm sure 99% of these will come in on LoTW in the next few weeks or months so I don't want to keep seeing a torrent of blue entries in Spot Collector. I know there's a setting for this somewhere, but I just can't find it anywhere. Please and thanks.

+ Step-by-step instructions for specifying your WAS award objectives are here:

https://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/WASAwardObjectives

+ Step-by-step instructions for specifying your WAZ award objectives are here:

https://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/WAZAwardObjectives

+ Check your Pre-filtering settings to be sure SpotCollector isn't discarding incoming spots that you care about:

https://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/SpotDatabasePrefilter

https://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/SpotDatabaseFilter


+ On the "Spot Database" tab of SpotCollector's Configuration window set the Filters panel's "Need Filter" sub-panel to specify whether SpotCollector's Need filter will show only Entries for stations in unworked "counters" (e.g. DXCC entities, WAS states, WAZ zones), or will show Entries for stations in unworked or unconfirmed "counters":

https://www.dxlabsuite.com/spotcollector/Help/SpotDatabase.htm#SDB%20Needed%20filter

https://www.dxlabsuite.com/spotcollector/Help/ConfigurationDatabase.htm#Need%20filter%20mode

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

It was just that last one that was eluding me. I must have been on that tab a dozen times and didn't see it!
Everything else was set correctly, but it was just all the worked-not-confirmed entries that were the issue. I'm sure they'll all (or mostly, at least) match on LoTW in the coming weeks and I just didn't need to see new spots for states/zones that will show up probably after the weekend.

Thank you.