In DXKeeper reporting award progress and tracking award progress involve two different mechanisms.
Reporting is accomplished by scanning each QSO in the Log Page Display to generate a classic Progress Report, which can be viewed and saved to a file for future reference. This approach is flexible because the Log Page Display can be filtered before generating the report, for example to contain QSOs made during a particular time interval, or from a particular location, or on a particular band, or in a particular mode. DXKeeper can generate progress reports for all supported awards. However, scanning the Log Page Display takes time proportional to the number of QSOs present. Even the few seconds required to scan a small log is too long when the goal is to determine whether an incoming DX spot is needed.
To provide a way of instantaneously indicating whether a QSO is needed for an award, DXKeeper provides realtime award tracking for the ARRL DXCC, Top List, and CQ Worked All Zones (WAZ) families of awards. This service requires DXKeeper to take into account any modification to a already-logged QSO that might alter an award's progress. Updating award progress by scanning every QSO in the log -- referred to as recomputation -- is a lengthy process. To avoid recomputation whenever a an already-logged QSO is modified, DXKeeper employs a technique known as automatic recomputation in which only the relevant subset of all logged QSOs is scanned; this is usually fast enough to be invoked automatically rather than require explicit invocation by the user. None-the-less, DXKeeper can be directed to temporarily disable automatic recomputation when the user intends to make many progress-affecting changes to logged QSOs, after which award progress can be updated with a single recomputation. When a log is created, realtime award tracking for the ARRL DXCC and TopList awards is automatically provided. By default, realtime award tracking for CQ Worked All Zones (WAZ) awards is not provided in a newly-created log, but the user can direct DXKeeper to provide it; the user can later direct DXKeeper to remove realtime award tracking for WAZ awards if desired.
Realtime award tracking information can be viewed and queried in DXKeeper's Realtime Award Tracking window; its DXCC, Challenge Top tab displays this information for the ARRL DXCC and Top List awards, and its WAZ tab displays this information for the CQ WAZ awards,
The awards for which DXKeeper provides progress reporting have differing requirements as to which items must be recorded with a QSO in order to properly determine credit. A table describing the requirements for each supported award is provided here.
The Main window's Check Progress tab provides the ability to
generate award progress reports
generate award submission reports
report the ages of outstanding confirmation requests
analyze confirmations by band, mode, and kind (hardcopy, LotW, eQSL.cc)
initiate the execution of scripts that can filter the Log Page Display and generate award progress reports
initiate recomputation
DXKeeper can generate a wide variety of award progress and submission reports. The format of all dates used in these reports is specified via the Date Format panel on the Config window's Reports tab. Generated reports are placed in files in DXKeeper's Reports sub-folder with filenames constructed from your callsign, the report name, and the report date, e.g.
AA6YQ Marathon Progress 2008-12-01.txt
AA6YQ Marathon Submission 2008-12-01.csv
AA6YQ Worked All DOKs 2008-11-27.txt
AA6YQ Worked All Prefixes Summary 2008-08-23.htm
Generated reports are saved as text files unless otherwise noted to produce files in HTML or CSV (comma-separated values) formats. After generating a progress report file, DXKeeper will display the report using the default viewer application for the file type assigned in Windows; typically, this assignment is
Notepad for .txt files
Microsoft Internet Explorer for .htm files
Microsoft Excel for .csv files
You can alter these assignments using the File Types tab in the Folder Options window, which appears when you click the Folder Options... item in Windows Explorer's Tools menu.
Most reports consider only QSOs in the Log Page Display, thereby enabling you to produce band-specific, mode-specific, or timeframe-specific reports by appropriately setting the Log Page Filter. If you have operated from more than one location, filter the Log Page Display to contain only QSOs made from locations valid for the award whose progress is being reported. The Card Aging reports consider all QSOs in the Log Page Display regardless of filter.
The Main
window's Check
Progress tab provides panels from which reports can be generated for
families and groups of awards:
The Progress button generates a detailed DXCC progress report for current and deleted DXCC entities from QSOs in the Log Page Display.
This report considers both QSL card and LotW confirmations; if the Include eQSL.cc confirmations... box is checked, eQSL.cc confirmations are also considered.
By filtering the Log Page Display beforehand, you can narrow the generated report to a time interval, to a specific set of bands or modes, to a particular operator callsign, etc.
The Submission button displays the DXKeeper DXCC Submission window, from which you can assemble a DXCC submission -- a set of confirmed but unverified QSOs to be submitted to the ARRL's DXCC desk -- and generate the required DXCC Record Sheet to accompany your award application.
The QSL Kind button generates a text report showing DXCC confirmations by QSL card, eQSL.cc, LotW, and the combination of eQSL.cc and LotW; if the Include eQSL.cc confirmations... box is checked, this report shows the combination of eQSL.cc, LotW and eQSL.cc confirmations.
The Realtime button displays the DXCC, Challenge Top tab in the Realtime Award Tracking window.
The Verification button reports any discrepancies between your DXCC Account credits and the current log's DXCC Entity, Entity-Band, and Entity-Mode verification data by using your LotW username and password to download the ARRL's DXCC Award Credit Report for the specified DXCC account number; this report shows the entity, entity-band, and entity mode credits you've been granted for each DXCC entity. If you have only one DXCC account, your DXCC account number is most likely 1.
If you have more than one DXCC account, or if invoking the Verification function produces a "Downloaded DXCC Verification file specifies no linkage to DXCC record" message, you can determine the correct DXCC Account Number by using this procedure
Using your web browser, navigate to https://p1k.arrl.org/lotwuser/awards?awg_id=&ac_acct=
Log in with your LotW username and password
Click the Awards tab
Under the Your LotW ARRL DXCC (DX Century Club) Account(s) heading on the left, use the "pulldown" selector to choose a DXCC account, and then click the Select DXCC Award Account button beneath the selector.
Your browser will display a table summarizing your DXCC Account Status.
If a hyperlink named View Award Credit Matrix appears beneath this table, then examine the URL your browser is displaying; it will look like
https://p1k.arrl.org/lotwuser/awardaccount?awardaccountcmd=status&awg_id=DXCC&ac_acct=n
Where the above URL shows n, the selected DXCC account's account number will appear. Specify this DXCC account number in the Log Settings panel on the Config window's Log tab.
If a hyperlink named View Award Credit Matrix does not appear beneath this table, then you must first link your LotW account to your DXCC record before you can proceed further:
Click the Link Account hyperlink in the Notes section to the left of the Account Status table
Your web browser will display a Link Account page, in which you must specify the current callsign and any past callsigns associated with your DXCC record
After specifying the appropriate current and past callsigns, click the Request linking hyperlink
Your link request will be submitted to the ARRL; when you receive notification that this request has been processed, repeat steps 1 through 5 above to determine the DXCC Account number to specify in the Log Settings panel on the Config window's Log tab.
If your PC is not directly connected to the internet, you can configure DXKeeper to prompt you to download the required web page from an internet-connected PC and copy the resulting file to a specified location on your PC.
The Progress button generates an HTML report from QSOs in the Log Page Display showing progress towards the CQ Worked All Zones award (WAZ) on the bands and modes specified in the WAZ Bands & Modes panel based on each QSO's CQ Zone item.
If a QSO whose CQ Zone item is empty is encountered, a DXCC database query will be initiated to determine the QSO's CQ Zone; if the result is unambiguous, the QSO will be updated with the new CQ Zone item, which will be considered in the generated Progress report.
Only QSOs confirmed via QSL card or via eQSL with an Authenticity Guaranteed member are considered confirmed in the above report.
By filtering the Log Page Display beforehand, you can narrow the generated report to a time interval, to a specific set of bands or modes, to a particular operator callsign, etc.
The Realtime button displays the WAZ tab in the Realtime Award Tracking window.
The Progress button generates a detailed progress report from QSOs in the Log Page Display showing confirmation status for WPX prefixes, prefix-bands, and prefix-modes for the CQ Worked All Prefixes (WPX) award, based on each QSO's WPX item and the WPX Bands & Modes panel settings.
The Submission button generates a report from confirmed QSOs in the Log Page Display based on each QSO's WPX item and the WPX Bands & Modes panel settings
The Summary button generates an HTML report from QSOs in the Log Page Display summarizing progress towards the CQ Worked All Prefixes (WPX) award, based on each QSO's WPX item.
Only QSOs confirmed via QSL card or via eQSL with an Authenticity Guaranteed member are considered confirmed in the above reports.
By filtering the Log Page Display beforehand, you can narrow the above reports to a time interval, to a specific set of bands or modes, to a particular operator callsign, etc.
the Progress button generates a report from QSOs visible in the Log Page Display showing all Islands On The Air confirmed or worked based on each QSO's IOTA item
if a QSO whose IOTA item is empty is encountered, a DXCC database query will be initiated to determine the QSO's IOTA; if the result is unambiguous, the QSO will be updated with the new IOTA item, which will be listed in the first section of the generated report
if the IOTA Database is installed, then
QSO with an IOTA tag marked as deleted will be ignored
optionally, clicking the Progress button will also create IOTA_Worked and IOTA_Confirmed update files for IOTAMem4WIN in DXKeeper's Reports sub-folder or
A QSO confirmed via QSL card (QSL_Rcvd is set to Y, S, or V) is considered confirmed in this report unless its IOTAVerify item is set to N, in which case it is considered worked
A QSO whose IOTAVerify item is set to S is considered confirmed and submitted in this report , independent of QSL_Rcvd
A QSO whose IOTAVerify item is set to V is considered confirmed and verified in this report , independent of QSL_Rcvd
A QSO whose IOTAVerify item is set to D, I is ignored by this report
by filtering the Log Page Display beforehand, you can narrow the generated report to a time interval, to a specific set of bands or modes, to a particular operator callsign, etc.
The Progress button generates a CQ DX Marathon progress report for the current year based on each QSO's DXCC entity and any CQ Prefix specified in its Region item.
To generate this report for a specific year, depress the CTRL key while clicking the Progress button.
If the Include QSOs with no propagation mode box is unchecked, QSOs whose propagation mode is unspecified will not be included.
If a maximum transmit power is specified is specified, QSOs whose transmit power is unspecified or whose transmit power exceeds the specified maximum transmit power will not be included.
the Submission button generates a CQ DX Marathon submission file for the previous year based on each QSO's DXCC entity and Region items
To generate this report for a specific year, depress the CTRL key while clicking the Submission button.
If the Include QSOs with no propagation mode box is unchecked, QSOs whose propagation mode is unspecified will not be included.
If a maximum transmit power is specified, QSOs whose transmit power is unspecified or whose transmit power exceeds the specified maximum transmit power will not be included.
The submission file is generated in in CSV (comma-separated values) format in a way that allows its data to be cut and pasted into the CQ DX Marathon Official Score Sheet:
If DXKeeper hasn't done it for you, use your spreadsheet application to open the generated Marathon submission file in DXKeeper's Reports sub-folder; the file is named using the convention described above.
Using your spreadsheet application, open the CQ DX Marathon Official Score Sheet
copy the region C1:H345 from the generated Marathon submission file to the Windows clipboard (in Microsoft Excel, click in cell C1, depress the Shift key while clicking in cell H345, and strike CTRL-C)
paste the contents of the Windows clipboard into the region D17:I361 of the CQ DX Marathon Official Score Sheet (in Microsoft Excel, click in cell D17, and strike CTRL-V)
copy the region C347:H386 from the generated Marathon submission file to the Windows clipboard (in Microsoft Excel, click in cell C347, depress the Shift key while clicking in cell H386, and strike CTRL-C)
paste the contents of the Windows clipboard into the region D363:I402 of the CQ DX Marathon Official Score Sheet (in Microsoft Excel, click in cell D363, and strike CTRL-V)
verify that the correct score appears in cells I4 through I6 of the CQ DX Marathon Official Score Sheet
complete the Submission Information in cells D4 through D10, D12 though D14, and G13 of the CQ DX Marathon Official Score Sheet
Save the CQ DX Marathon Official Score Sheet (in Microsoft Excel, choose the File menu's SaveAs item)
The Progress button generates a report from QSOs in the Log Page Display showing progress towards the CQ DX award based on each QSO's DXCC entity and any CQ Prefix specified in its Region item.
Only QSOs confirmed via QSL card or via eQSL with an Authenticity Guaranteed member are considered confirmed in the above report.
By filtering the Log Page Display beforehand, you can narrow the generated report to a time interval, to a specific set of bands or modes, to a particular operator callsign, etc.
The Progress button generates a report from QSOs in the Log Page Display showing progress towards the ARRL Worked All Continents award (WAC) based on each QSO's Continent item.
If a QSO whose Continent item is empty is encountered, a DXCC database query will be initiated to determine the QSO's Continent; if the result is unambiguous, the QSO will be updated with the new Continent item, which will be considered in the generated Progress report.
Only QSOs confirmed via QSL card or LotW are considered confirmed for this award.
If the Include eQSL.cc confirmations... box is checked, then eQSL.cc confirmations are also considered.
By filtering the Log Page Display beforehand, you can narrow the generated report to a time interval, to a specific set of bands or modes, to a particular operator callsign, etc.
The Progress button generates a VUCC progress report for satellite QSOs in the Log Page Display and for Log Page Display QSOs in the bands from 6m to light based on each QSO's Grid item.
The Submission button generates a VUCC submission report for satellite QSOs in the Log Page Display and for Log Page Display QSOs in the bands from 6m to light; this report enumerates all confirmed QSOs for gridsquares not yet verified by the ARRL.
Only QSOs confirmed via QSL card are considered confirmed for the above awards.
A QSO confirmed via QSL card (QSL_Rcvd is set to Y, S, or V) is considered confirmed in this report unless its VUCC Verify item is set to I, in which case it is ignored
If the Include LotW confirmations... setting is enabled, then LotW confirmations are also considered.
If the Include eQSL.cc confirmations... box is checked, then eQSL.cc confirmations are also considered.
A QSO whose VUCC Verify item is set to S is considered confirmed and submitted in this report , independent of QSL_Rcvd
A QSO whose VUCC Verify item is set to V is considered confirmed and verified in this report , independent of QSL_Rcvd
By filtering the Log Page Display beforehand, you can narrow the above reports to a time interval, to a specific set of bands or modes, to a particular operator callsign, etc.
The CQ Fields button generates a CQ Field progress report from QSOs in the Log Page Display showing all Maidenhead Fields confirmed or worked based on each QSO's Grid item.
Only QSOs confirmed via QSL card or via eQSL with an Authenticity Guaranteed member are considered confirmed in the above report; If the include LotW confirmations... setting is enabled, then LotW confirmations are also considered.
The Grids button generates a report from QSOs in the Log Page Display showing all Maidenhead Grid Squares confirmed or worked based on each QSO's Grid item.
Only QSOs confirmed via QSL card are considered confirmed for this award..
If the Include LotW confirmations... setting is enabled, then LotW confirmations are also considered.
If the Include eQSL.cc confirmations... box is checked, then eQSL.cc confirmations are also considered.
By filtering the Log Page Display beforehand, you can narrow the above reports to a time interval, to a specific set of bands or modes, to a particular operator callsign, etc.
North American progress reports
The WAS button generates a report from QSOs in the Log Page Display with US, Alaskan, and Hawaiian stations showing progress towards the ARRL Worked All States award based on each QSO's Primary Administrative Subdivision item.
Only QSOs confirmed via QSL card or LotW are considered confirmed in this report; if the Include eQSL.cc confirmations... box is checked, eQSL.cc confirmations are also considered.
ADIF defines the District of Columbia (DC) as a Primary Administrative Subdivision of the United States; this report treats QSOs with stations in the District of Columbia as being in Maryland.
The USA-CA button generates a report from QSOs in the Log Page Display with US, Alaskan, and Hawaiian stations showing progress towards the CQ United States of America Counties award based on each QSO's Secondary Administrative Subdivision item.
An error report will be generated if QSOs are encountered whose Secondary Administrative Subdivision items are inconsistent with their Primary Administrative Subdivision item.
Only QSOs confirmed via QSL card or via eQSL with an Authenticity Guaranteed member are considered confirmed in this report.
ADIF defines 28 Alaskan Counties; DXKeeper expect these to be logged with Alaskan QSOs. This progress report automatically maps these counties to the correct Judicial District and reports your County progress accordingly.
USA-CA rules governing the independent cities of Virginia, Nevada, and the District of Columbia are specified here.
The Canada button generates a report from QSOs in the Log Page Display with Canadian stations showing progress towards the RAC Canadaward based on each QSO's Primary Administrative Subdivision item.
Only QSOs confirmed via QSL card care considered confirmed in this report; if the Include eQSL.cc confirmations... box is checked, eQSL.cc confirmations are also considered.
By filtering the Log Page Display beforehand, you can narrow the above reports to a time interval, to a specific set of bands or modes, to a particular operator callsign, etc.
The WAJA button generates a report from QSOs in the Log Page Display with Japan, Minami Torishima, and Ogasawara showing progress towards the Worked All Japan Prefectures (WAJA) award based on the Primary Administrative Subdivision item of each QSO.
The JCC button generates a report from QSOs in the Log Page Display with Japan, Minami Torishima, and Ogasawara showing progress towards the Japan Century Cities (JCC) award based on the Primary Administrative Subdivision and Secondary Administrative Subdivision items of each QSO.
A QSO whose Secondary Administrative Subdivision specifies a Ku will be counted to towards the Ku's parent City for this award.
The JCG button generates a report from QSOs in the Log Page Display with Japan, Minami Torishima, and Ogasawara showing progress towards the Japan Century Guns (JCG) award based on the Primary Administrative Subdivision and Secondary Administrative Subdivision items of each QSO.
The AJA button generates a report from QSOs in the Log Page Display with Japan, Minami Torishima, and Ogasawara showing progress towards the All Japan (AJA) award based on the Primary Administrative Subdivision and Secondary Administrative Subdivision items of each QSO.
if a QSO's Secondary Administrative Subdivision specifies a City or Ku, it will be counted towards this award
Only QSOs confirmed via QSL card are considered confirmed for these awards.
By filtering
the Log Page Display beforehand, you can narrow the above
reports to a time interval, to a specific set of bands or modes, to a
particular operator callsign, etc.
The DDFM button generates a text report from QSOs in the Log Page Display showing progress towards the REF Diplôme des Départements Français de la Métropole awards based on each French and Corsican QSO's Primary Administrative Subdivision item.
The DOKs button generates a report from QSOs in the Log Page Display showing progress towards DARC DOK awards based on each German QSO's DOK item.
The Holyland button generates a progress report for the Israeli Amateur Radio Club's Holyland award based on each Israeli QSO's IARC area specified in its Region item; only QSOs made on or after January 1, 1992 and confirmed via QSL card are considered for this award.
The WAB button generates a text report from QSOs in the Log Page Display showing progress towards the Worked All Britain awards based on each British, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish, Guernsey, Jersey, and Isle of Man QSO's WAB square specified in its Region item.
The WAE button generates a report from QSOs in the Log Page Display showing progress towards the DARC Worked All Europe award based on each QSO's DXCC entity and any WAE Prefix specified in its Region item.
The WAHUC button generates a progress report for the Hungarian Radio Amateur Society's Worked All Hungarian Counties award based on each Hungarian QSO's Primary Administrative Subdivision item.. Only QSOs made on or after March 1, 1968 and confirmed via QSL card are considered for this award.
The WAIP button generates a progress report for the Italian Radioamateur Association's Worked All Italian Provinces award based on each Italian and Sardinian QSO's Primary Administrative Subdivision item. Only QSOs made on or after April 1, 1990 and confirmed via QSL card are considered for this award.
The WITU button generates a progress report for the RSGB Worked ITU Zones award based on each QSO's ITU zone.
Only QSOs confirmed via QSL card are considered confirmed for the above awards.
By filtering the Log Page Display beforehand, you can narrow the above reports to a time interval, to a specific set of bands or modes, to a particular operator callsign, etc.
The Progress button generates a report from QSOs in the Log Page Display showing progress towards the Russian Oblast Award based on the Primary Administrative Subdivision item of each QSO whose DXCC entity is European Russia, Asiatic Russia, Franz Josef Land, Kaliningrad, or Malyj Vysotski.
The Submission button generates a report from QSOs in the Log Page Display showing confirmed Russian Oblasts based on the DXCC entity and Primary Administrative Subdivision item of each QSO whose DXCC entity is European Russia, Asiatic Russia, Franz Josef Land, Kaliningrad, or Malyj Vysotski.
Only QSOs made on or after June 12, 1991 and confirmed via QSL card are considered for this award.
By filtering the Log Page Display beforehand, you can narrow the above reports to a time interval, to a specific set of bands or modes, to a particular operator callsign, etc.
The Progress button generates a report from QSOs in the Log Page Display showing progress towards the Russian District Award based on the Secondary Administrative Subdivision item of each QSO from European Russia, Asiatic Russia, Franz Josef Land, Kaliningrad, and Malyj Vysotski.
The Submission button generates a report from QSOs in the Log Page Display showing confirmed Russian Districts based on the Secondary Administrative Subdivision item of each QSO from European Russia, Asiatic Russia, Franz Josef Land, Kaliningrad, and Malyj Vysotski.
Only QSOs made on or after June 12, 1991 and confirmed via QSL card are considered for this award.
By filtering
the Log Page Display beforehand, you can narrow the above
reports to a time interval, to a specific set of bands or modes, to a
particular operator callsign, etc.
Additional Reports and Functions
The Report button on the Main window's Log QSOs tab generates a report containing every QSO visible in the Log Page Display.
The order of fields, and their captions and widths are specified by the Log Page Display panel; you may find it convenient to establish specific settings for your report that differ from those used in normal Log Page Display viewing, and save these settings in a Log Page Display layout file for quick recall.
By filtering
the Log Page Display beforehand, you can narrow the above
reports to a time interval, to a specific set of bands or modes, to a
particular operator callsign, etc.
The Card Aging button generates a report of needed, outstanding QSL cards by DXCC prefix and age, offers to expire any outstanding QSL whose age exceeds the specified Expiration age.
An outstanding QSL is one whose QSO's QSL_Rcvd field contains R (for "requested").
An outstanding QSL's age is the number of weeks between the day the QSL was sent and the current date.
A QSO is expired by setting its QSL_Rcvd field to X.
Whether or not you
choose to have this function automatically expire QSOs
whose age exceeds the specified
Expiration age, the generated report identifies QSLs whose age exceeds
this threshold.
The QSL Stats button generates and a report showing outgoing count, incoming count, and return rate statistics for QSL cards, eQSL.cc, and LotW by mode and by band for each QSO in the Log Page Display.
By filtering
the Log Page Display beforehand, you can narrow the above
reports to a time interval, to a specific set of bands or modes, to a
particular operator callsign, etc.
The Uniques button generates a report showing all unique callsigns in the Log Page Display, sorted alphabetically -- included mobile stations, and stations whose callsigns are preceded by !. Depressing the CTRL key while clicking the Uniques button generates a unique callsign report sorted in descending order of mixed QSO count. In these reports,
the RTTY statistics count QSOs made in the RTTY mode only (e.g. QSOs in PSK and other modes that generate RTTY credit for DXCC are not included)
the PSK statistics count QSOs made in modes designated as PSK
the Digi statistics
count QSOs made in digital modes that generates
RTTY credit for DXCC, but are not RTTY and are not designated
as PSK
The Show reports
button directs Windows Explorer to display the files in DXKeeper's Reports
folder.
The Run Script button lets you select and execute a script file containing directives that filter the Log filter the Log Page Display and generate any of the reports described above. Here, for example, is the contents of a script file that will generates a set of 5-band Worked All US States reports:
filter Band='160m'
report us_states c:\program files\dxlab suite\dxkeeper\reports\us_states_160.txt
filter Band='80m'
report us_states c:\program files\dxlab suite\dxkeeper\reports\us_states_80.txt
filter Band='40m'
report us_states c:\program files\dxlab suite\dxkeeper\reports\us_states_40.txt
filter Band='20m'
report us_states c:\program files\dxlab suite\dxkeeper\reports\us_states_20.txt
filter Band='15m'
report us_states c:\program files\dxlab suite\dxkeeper\reports\us_states_15.txt
filter Band='10m'
report us_states c:\program files\dxlab suite\dxkeeper\reports\us_states_10.txt
The Recompute button reconstructs all realtime award tracking information in the current log by examining each QSO in the current log.
If the Subdivisions box is checked, then this function will correct common misspellings of US Counties and Canadian Province abbreviations, and checks the validity of each QSO's Primary and Secondary Administrative Subdivisions; QSOs with invalid Subdivisions will not be flagged as broken, but will be revealed via the Broke filter
If the WPX box is checked, then this function computes a WPX prefix for those QSOs for which one is missing
If a QSO's DXCC Prefix does not match its DXCC ID (country code), then the DXCC Prefix is updated, and an Action entry is placed in a report displayed when the function is complete
If a QSO is missing critical fields, has an end date and time that occurs before its beginning date and time, then the QSO is flagged as broken, and an Error entry is placed in a report displayed when the function is complete
If the Flag invalid callsigns box is checked and a QSO contains an invalid callsign, then the QSO is flagged as broken, and an Error entry is placed in a report displayed when the function is complete
QSOs flagged as broken can
be viewed using the Broke filter. If the Recompute
function encounters no QSOs that generate Action or Error entries, no report is
generated.
The Advanced
button displays the Advanced Sorts, Filters, and Modifiers window, from
which you can sort the Log Page Display, Filter
the Log Page Display, and modify multiple QSOs
simultaneously.
The Config
button displays the Configuration
window's Awards tab.
The Help button displays this online documentation
In the DXCC, Challenge, TOP panel, clicking the Submission button displays the DXKeeper DXCC Submission window, from which you can assemble a DXCC Submission -- a set of confirmed but unverified QSOs to be submitted to the ARRL's DXCC desk -- and generate the required DXCC Record Sheet to accompany your award application. A QSO is considered to be included in your DXCC Submission if either its QSL Rcvd or LotW Rcvd items are set to S. You can manually add a QSO to your DXCC Submission by setting either of these items to S using the Main window's QSO panel or Online QSO panel; you may find filtering the Log Page Display (especially with the Advanced Logs Sorts, Filter, and Modifiers window) and generating Log Reports helpful in choosing QSOs to be submitted. Alternatively, the Assemble Submission function described below automatically expands your DXCC Submission to include all confirmed QSOs whose verification would advance your DXCC progress on the bands and modes selected in the DXCC/TOP Bands & Modes panel, choosing between QSL cards and LotW credits as directed by settings in the DXCC Submission panel. Note that the View Submission, Create Planning Report, Create Card Record Sheet, Create LotW Record Sheet, Verify Submission, and Reset Submission functions can all be used whether you assembled your submission manually, or by invoking Assemble Submission.
The Assemble Submission button finds all confirmed but unsubmitted and unverified QSOs visible in the Log Page Display whose DXCC entity is unverified, or whose band is selected in the DXCC/TOP Bands & Modes panel and whose entity-band is unverified, or whose mode is selected in the DXCC/TOP Bands & Modes panel and whose entity-mode is unverified; in each such QSO, a QSL Rcvd item that is currently Y will be changed to S if Submit QSL cards is selected, or a LotW Rcvd item that is currently Y will be changed to S if Submit LotW credits is selected; if a QSO's QSL Rcvd and LotW Rcvd are currently Y and if both Submit QSL cards and Submit LotW credits are selected, then the DXCC Submission Preference determines which of QSL Rcvd or LotW Rcvd is set to S.
The View Submission button shows all QSOs visible in the Log Page Display that are included in the DXCC Submission; depressing the Ctrl key while invoking this function will show all QSOs included in the DXCC Submission whether or not they are visible in the Log Page Display.
The Create Planning Report button generates a report showing all QSOs visible in the Log Page Display that are included in the DXCC Submission, sorted by DXCC entity prefix and showing what the QSO verifies: entity, band, and/or mode, and whether a QSL card or LotW credit is being submitted; this report also shows the total number of QSL cards and LotW credits in the DXCC Submission (more precisely, in the portion of the DXCC Submission visible in the Log Page Display).
The Create Card Record Sheet -button generates a DXCC Record Sheet report showing all QSOs visible in the Log Page Display whose QSL Rcvd item is S, sorted by band, mode, and entity prefix. A Card Record Sheet is not required if you are sending cards directly to the ARRL's DXCC desk. It is required, however, if you are submitting cards to a Card Checker. Note that you must manually move QSOs confirmed by QSL cards containing multiple contacts to the end of the report.
The Create LotW Record Sheet button generates an LotW Record Sheet report showing all QSOs visible in the Log Page Display whose LotW Rcvd item is S, sorted by entity, band, and mode to assist you in selecting credits on the LotW web site.
The Verify Submission button updates your log to reflect verification of your DXCC Submission by the ARRL's DXCC desk: for all QSOs visible in the Log Page Display, if a QSO's QSL Rcvd or LotW Rcvd item is currently S it is changed to V.
The Reset Submission button performs an "undo" operation on your DXCC Submission; for all QSOs visible in the Log Page Display,
Realtime award tracking information for the ARRL DXCC and TopList award families is displayed on the Realtime Award Tracking window's DXCC, Challenge, Top tab. This information consists of by-mode and by-band progress for each DXCC entity based on every QSO in the current log file. Confirmations via QSL card and LotW (in QSL_Rcvd and Lotw Rcvd respectively) are both considered in determining progress; if you check the Include eQSL.cc confirmations... box, confirmations via eQSL.cc will also be considered in determining progress.
The Award Progress panel displays a Progress Grid with one entry per DXCC entity; its Progress Details sub-panel displays a Progress Details Grid for the currently-selected Progress Grid entry. Cells in the Progress Grid contain codes showing the confirmation status of the entity, bands, and modes; cells in the Progress Details Grid contain codes showing the confirmation of band-mode combinations. The codes used in both grids are identical:
W worked
Q an entry is present in the QSL Queue
R a QSL card has been sent requesting a confirmation
C confirmed via QSL card or LotW (or via eQSL.cc if the Include eQSL.cc confirmations... box is checked)
V verified by the ARRL
If either of a QSO's QSL_Rcvd or LotW Rcvd items are set to I, then the QSO is considered invalid for award tracking purposes. If both of a QSO's QSL_Rcvd and LotW Rcvd items are set to X, the QSO is considered to be unconfirmable and thus treated for award tracking purposes as if it did not occur. If the Include eQSL.cc confirmations... box is checked, then an I or X in the QSO's eQSL Rcvd field has an equivalent effect.
If the DXCC award objectives indicate that a mode is sought, but there are no confirmed QSOs with the currently-selected Progress Grid entry in that mode, then the background of that mode's cells in the Progress Details Grid will be white rather than the window's background color. Similarly, if the DXCC award objectives indicate that a band is sought, but there are no confirmed QSOs with the currently-selected Progress Grid entry on that band, then the background of that band's cells in the Progress Details Grid will be white rather than the window's background color.
If you change the Include eQSL.cc confirmations... setting, the Progress Grid, Progress Details Grid, and other reports will not reflect the change until you invoke the Recompute function.
Note that RTTY mode progress includes credit for PSK31 QSOs. RTTY mode progress also includes QSOs in any other digital modes designated as eligible for DXCC RTTY credit via DXKeeper's user-defined mode mechanism.
Both the Progress Grid and the Progress Details Grid are live -- you can navigate among them and your log by selecting entries or double-clicking cells:
clicking an entry in the Progress Grid selects the associated DXCC entity and provides detailed award status in the Progress Details Grid
striking a letter or number key in the Progress Grid selects the first entity whose DXCC Prefix begins with that letter or number and provides detailed award status for that entity in the Progress Details Grid; if no entity'sDXCC Prefix begins with that letter or number, the table's first entry is selected.
double-clicking a band or mode cell in the Progress Grid
selects the associated DXCC entity
provides detailed award status in the Progress Details Grid
filters the Log Page display to show all QSOs with the DXCC entity in the selected band or mode
shows the Log Page display
double-clicking a column or row heading in the Progress Details Grid
filters the Log Page display to show all QSOs with the DXCC entity in the selected band or mode
shows the Log Page display
double-clicking a cell in the Progress Details Grid
filters the Log Page display to show all QSOs with the DXCC entity in the selected band and mode
shows the Log Page display
The Award Progress panel's Award Progress Filter panel contains a set of controls that let you filter the Progress Grid to show what's unworked, what's worked but not requested, what's requested but not confirmed, what's confirmed but not verified, and/or what's verified -- on any band and mode, or on specific band-mode combinations. You can also choose whether or not to include DXCC entities that are no longer current. Only Progress Grid entries that match the criteria set in these controls are visible; the number of matching entries is shown in the Award Progress panel's caption.
To generate a report showing all entities shown by the specified filter sorted in entity prefix order, click the Award Progress Filter panel's Report button
To generate a report showing all entities shown by the specified filter sorted in entity name order, depress the CTRL key while clicking the Award Progress Filter panel's Report button; this format is useful when comparing against ARRL-generated reports sorted in entity name order
To reset the filter so that all Progress Grid entries are visible, click the All button.
Note that filtering the Progress Grid has no impact on DXKeeper's ability to track awards progress; such progress will be accurately tracked whether all DXCC entities are visible in the Progress Grid or not.
The Progress Grid and Progress Details Grid are incrementally updated when
a station is worked
a QSL card is requested
when a QSO is confirmed via QSL card or LotW (or via eQSL.cc if the Include eQSL.cc confirmations... box is checked)
when a QSO is verified by the ARRL
When enabled, DXKeeper will automatically update the Progress Grid and Progress Details Grid when you
indicate a regression in the QSO's progress, e.g. demoting its QSL_Rcvd or Lotw Rcvd status from confirmed to worked, or from worked to unworked (if the Include eQSL.cc confirmations... box is checked, demoting a QSO's eQSL Rcvd status will also trigger an automatic update)
modify a QSO's band or mode
modify a QSO's DXCC entity
place an exclamation point at the beginning of a QSO's callsign (marking the QSO as not to be considered for award progress)
delete a QSO
This update is accomplished by reviewing all QSOs with the DXCC entity of the deleted or modified QSO; this is generally much faster than clearing the Progress Grid and rebuilding it by scanning every QSO in the log, as performed by the Recompute function. DXKeeper displays a small dialog box with a progress bar whenever it is recomputing progress for a specific DXCC entity. If you plan to delete or modify several QSOs, however, it may be faster to disable automatic progress recomputation, make the changes, and then perform a Recompute to rebuild the log's Progress Grid.
The Summary button in the Award Progress panel computes and displays a summary of progress towards the ARRL DX Century Club award (DXCC), the ARRL DX Century Club Challenge award , and the Top List award; this summary considers both QSL card and LotW confirmations. The results appear in a separate DXCC Summary window, within which
the Update button in the Summary panel recomputes the displayed DXCC and Top List progress, taking into account changes since the progress summary was last updated
you can view the results either with or without deleted countries by making the appropriate selection in the Award Program - include deleted countries? panel.
note that HR (Honor Roll) totals include only non-deleted countries no matter how the radio buttons in the Award Program - include deleted countries? panel are set.
the Progress button in the DXCC Challenge, TOP panel generates a DXCC and Top List progress report showing verified Honor Roll countries and confirmed countries. The DXCC section of the includes deleted entities, whereas the Top List section does not. This report considers both QSL card and LotW confirmations.
the Summary button in the DXCC Challenge, TOP panel generates a DXCC or Top List summary report showing worked, confirmed and verified countries; use the Award Program panel to choose whether or not deleted entities are included. The summary report considers both QSL card and LotW confirmations. This report is generated in HTML, and so can easily be uploaded to your personal web site. You can optionally insert additional HTML to appear above the report's table via the Optional HTML textbox on the Config window's Report tab; see http://webpages.charter.net/goldenhartz/dxkeeper.html for suggestions and sample HTML.
Realtime award tracking information for the CQ Worked All Zones award family is displayed on the Realtime Award Tracking window's WAZ tab. This information consists of by-mode and by-band progress for each CQ zone based on every QSO in the current log file. Confirmations via QSL card and eQSL.cc (in QSL_Rcvd and eQSL Rcvd respectively) are both considered in determining progress, but eQSL.cc confirmations only count if they come from an Authenticity Guaranteed member.
The WAZ Award Progress panel displays a WAZ Progress Grid with one entry per CQ zone; its CQ Zone Progress Details sub-panel displays a Progress Details Grid for the currently-selected Progress Grid entry Cells in the Progress Grid contain codes showing the confirmation status of the CQ zone, bands, and modes; cells in the Progress Details Grid contain codes showing the confirmation of band-mode combinations. The codes used in both grids are identical:
W worked
Q an entry is present in the QSL Queue
R a QSL card has been sent requesting a confirmation
C confirmed via QSL card or Authenticity Guaranteed member of eQSL.cc
V verified by the award sponsor
If a QSO's WAZVerified item is set to I, then the QSO is considered to be invalid for WAZ awards. If a QSO's QSL_Rcvd or eQSL_QSL_RCVD item is set to X, the QSO is considered to be unconfirmable and thus treated for WAZ award tracking purposes as if it did not occur.
Both the Progress Grid and Progress Details Grid are live -- you can navigate among them and your log by selecting entries or double-clicking cells:
double-clicking a band or mode cell in the Progress Grid
selects the associated CQ zone
filters the Log Page display to show all QSOs with the CQ zone in the selected band or mode
shows the Log Page display
double-clicking a cell in the Progress Details Grid
filters the Log Page display to show all QSOs with the CQ zone in the selected band and mode
shows the Log Page display
The WAZ Award Progress panel's WAZ Award Progress Filter panel contains a set of controls that let you filter the WAZ Progress Grid to show what's unworked, what's worked but not requested, what's requested but not confirmed, what's confirmed but not verified, and/or what's verified -- on any WAZ band, or in any WAZ mode. Only WAZ Progress Grid entries that match the criteria set in these controls are visible; the number of matching entries is shown in the WAZ Award Progress panel's caption. To generate a report showing all CQ zones shown by the specified filter, click the WAZ Award Progress Filter panel's Report button; to reset the filter so that all WAZ Progress Grid entries are visible, click the All button. Note that filtering the WAZ Progress Grid has no impact on DXKeeper's ability to track awards progress; such progress will be accurately tracked whether all CQ zones are visible in the WAZ Progress Grid or not.
DXKeeper includes a comprehensive DXCC database, which it uses to lookup DXCC prefixes and country codes, and to initialize log file progress grids -- when a log file is first created, or when you click the Recompute button. You can always obtain an up-to-date DXCC database by downloading www.dxlabsuite.com/dxview/DXCC.exe and extracting its contents (the file DXCC.mdb) into your DXKeeper Databases subfolder. The pathname and version of the DXCC database currently in use is displayed in the DXCC Database panel on the Configuration window's Databases tab.
You can maintain your own DXCC database using the application DXView, a freeware application that displays DXCC info and country maps, and plots spots, beam headings, solar position, and the solar terminator on a world map. If, when DXKeeper starts, it finds DXView installed on your PC, DXKeeper uses DXView's DXCC database, ignoring its own. Thus DXCC database updates you make with DXView are accessible to DXKeeper with no further action on your part.