Checking Award Progress

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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, CQ Worked All Zones( WAZ), and CQ DX Marathon 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) and CQ DX Marathon awards are not provided in a newly-created log, but the user can direct DXKeeper to provide realtime tracking for WAZ and to provide realtime tracking for Marathon; the user can later direct DXKeeper to disable realtime award tracking for these 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, its WAZ tab displays this information for the CQ Worked All Zones( WAZ) awards, and its Marathon tab displays this information for the CQ DX Marathon award.

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
  

Generating Award Progress and Submission Reports

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:

DXCC, DXCC Challenge, & TopList 

• 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 Hide unworked entities in progress report option lets your suppress the listing of unworked DXCC entities in the generated report

• 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 Compare 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. 

  • This function requires your LotW account to be linked to your DXCC account.

  • This function requires you to have Specified the correct DXCC account number

    • 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 Compare 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.
      

• The Credits button displays DXKeeper's DXCC Credits Granted window, which enables you to manage your DXCC credits by

  1. downloading your DXCC Credits from the specified DXCC account number on the ARRL web site by using your LotW username and password, reporting any DXCC Credits that are newly granted or modified since the last time you downloaded your DXCC Credits

  2. analyzing DXCC Credits that have not yet been linked to a logged QSO

  3. automatically linking DXCC Credits and QSOs that exactly match, setting each QSO's QSL RCVD or LotW QSL RCVD item to V (if it's not already set to V)

  4. manually linking DXCC Credits and QSOs that don't exactly match; inexact matches are typically required because a DXCC Credit's date and/or callsign have been incorrectly entered, but occasionally because a DXCC Credit's band and/or mode have been incorrectly entered

  
  You can also generate credit-only QSOs from DXCC Credits not linked to any QSO in your log.

   

CQ WAZ

• The Progress button generates an HTML report from QSOs in the Log Page Display showing detailed progress towards the CQ Worked All Zones( WAZ) award 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.

  • If the 5 Band WAZ box is checked, QSOs on the 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, and 10m bands prior to 1979-01-01 are ignored in the "by band" and "5 band" report sections; If the 5 Band WAZ box is unchecked, QSOs on these bands prior to 1973-01-01 are ignored in the "by band" report sections, and no "5 band" report section is generated.

  • 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 Summary button generates a text report from QSOs in the Log Page Display showing a summary of progress towards the CQ Worked All Zones( WAZ) award 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.

  • If the 5 Band WAZ box is checked, QSOs on the 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, and 10m bands prior to 1979-01-01 are ignored in the "by band" and "5 band" report sections; If the 5 Band WAZ box is unchecked, QSOs on these bands prior to 1973-01-01 are ignored in the "by band" report sections, and no "5 band" report section is generated.

  • 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.

CQ WPX

• 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.

• QSOs confirmed via QSL card or via  eQSL with an Authenticity Guaranteed member are considered confirmed in the above reports. If the Include LotW confirmations... setting is enabled, then LotW 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.

IOTA

• 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.

CQ DX Marathon

• 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. 

  • By filtering the Log Page Display beforehand, you can narrow the generated report to a specific set of bands or modes, to a particular operator callsign, etc. CQ DX Marathon progress reports filtered by band, mode, and status can be generated from the Realtime Award Tracking window's Marathon tab.

• 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. 

  • By filtering the Log Page Display beforehand, you can narrow the generated submission to a specific set of bands or modes, to a particular operator callsign, etc. Note that a CQ DX Marathon submission filtered by band, mode, and status can be generated from the Realtime Award Tracking window's Marathon tab.

  • 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:

  1. 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. 

  2. Using your spreadsheet application, open the CQ DX Marathon Official Score Sheet

  3. copy the region C1:H348 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 H348, and strike CTRL-C)

  4. paste the contents of the Windows clipboard into the region D17:I364 of the CQ DX Marathon Official Score Sheet (in Microsoft Excel, click in cell D17, and strike CTRL-V)

  5. copy the region C350:H389 from the generated Marathon submission file to the Windows clipboard (in Microsoft Excel, click in cell C350, depress the Shift key while clicking in cell H389, and strike CTRL-C)

  6. paste the contents of the Windows clipboard into the region D366:I405 of the CQ DX Marathon Official Score Sheet (in Microsoft Excel, click in cell D366, and strike CTRL-V)

  7. verify that the correct score appears in cells I4 through I6 of the CQ DX Marathon Official Score Sheet

  8. complete the Submission Information in cells D4 through D11, F12 though F14, G13, H9, and H11 of the CQ DX Marathon Official Score Sheet

  9. Save the CQ DX Marathon Official Score Sheet (in Microsoft Excel, choose the File menu's SaveAs item)

CQ DX

• 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

WAC reports

• 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.

VUCC reports

• 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, Grid2, Grid3, and Grid4, items. 

• 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.

• A QSO confirmed via QSL card (QSL_Rcvd is set to Y, S, or V) is considered confirmed in this report

• A QSO confirmed via an LotW confirmation that specifies a Gridsquare that matches a logged Gridsquare is shown as confirmed in this report; A QSO confirmed via an LotW confirmation that does not specify the logged Gridsquare will be considered worked, and shown in the progress report's "LotW Cfm" column as Missing.

  • 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 its QSL_Rcvd item

• A QSO whose VUCC Verify item is set to  V is considered confirmed and verified in this report,  independent of its QSL_Rcvd item

• A QSO whose  VUCC Verify item is set to I is ignored by this report,  independent of its QSL_Rcvd item  

• 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.

Maidenhead reports

• 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. 

  • QSOs confirmed via QSL card are considered confirmed by this report

  • A QSO confirmed via an LotW confirmation that specifies a state that matches the logged state is shown as confirmed in this report; A QSO confirmed via an LotW confirmation that does not specify a state that matches the logged state will be considered worked, and shown in the progress report's LotW column as Missing.

    •  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 Counties Award (USA-CA) 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.

JARL progress reports

• 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.
  

Other progress reports

• 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.

SRR Russian Oblast reports

• 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.

RDA Russian District reports

• 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.
  

Club Log

• Clicking the Upload button filters the Log Page Display to contain all QSOs whose Club Log status item is not set to Y and whose station callsign item matches the specified Club Log Callsign, and and uploads these QSOs to Club Log; depressing the CTRL key while clicking the Upload button uploads all QSOs in the Log Page Display to Club Log independent of the state of each QSO's Club Log status. At the end of either operation, each uploaded QSO's Club Log status item is set to Y, and the Log Page Display contains the uploaded QSOs.
  
  Using the Main window's Log QSOs tab to modify any of the following items of a QSO whose Club Log status is set to Y will change the QSO's Club Log status to M:

  • call

  • DXCC prefix

  • QSO begin

  • freq

  • band

  • mode

  • propagation mode

  • QSL rcvd

  • LotW QSL rcvd

  Thus clicking the Upload button will select anD upload all QSOs in the Log Page Display that have either never been uploaded to Club Log, or have been modified since last being uploaded to Club Log.

  If more than 5000 QSOs will be uploaded, DXKeeper automatically segments the action into groups of 5000 QSOs. Checking the Slow net box segments the action into groups of 250 QSOs, ensuring delivery when uploading via a slow internet connection.
  

• Clicking the Home button directs your web browser to display the Club Log home page.

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.  If an Expiration age is specified, this function also offers to expire any QSO whose needed, outstanding QSL card has an age exceeding the specified Expiration age.

  • A needed QSL card is one whose receipt would advance your DXCC or WAZ award progress (the latter if realtime WAZ award tracking is enabled)

  • An outstanding QSL is one whose QSO's QSL_Sent field contains Y (meaning "sent") and whose QSL_Rcvd field contains R (for "requested").

  • An outstanding QSL card'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.

  • the Optional report item selector lets you select any log item to appear in the the generated report; selecting QSL_SENT_VIA, for example, would show how each outstanding QSL was routed
    

• 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 First QSOs button sets the Select item of each QSO in your log to Y if it's the chronologically first QSO with its callsign, or to N if the QSO's callsign was already worked in an earlier QSO; the Log Page Display is then filtered to show only QSOs whose Select item is set to Y.

• 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 the CTRL button is depressed when the Recompute button is clicked, each QSO's WPX prefix will be computed from its callsign.

  • 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 a QSO's grid item is missing or invalid, computes it from the QSO's latitude and longitude items if they are specified; otherwise, if the grid item is invalid, then the QSO is flagged as broken, and an Error entry is placed in a report displayed when the function is complete

  • If a QSO's latitude or longitude items are missing or invalid, computes them from its grid item if it is specified; otherwise, if the latitude or longitude items are invalid, 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

Generating and Processing a DXCC Submission

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; if a QSL card credit is being submitted and the QSO specifies a QSL#, it's also included. 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. but with QSOs having identical QSL# items sorted at the end of the report; this is accomplished by setting temp to Y  in QSOs with identical QSL# items, and by setting temp to N in QSOs that specify either no QSL# or that specify a unique QSL#. 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, 

  • if a QSO's QSL Rcvd item is currently S, it is changed to it's previous value, which could be Y, E, B, or M

  • if a QSO's LotW Rcvd item is currently S, it is changed to Y

Managing DXCC Credits

When the ARRL's DXCC desk approves a QSL card or LotW confirmation you've submitted, you are granted a DXCC Credit for the entity, band, and mode specified on the card or in the LotW confirmation; the DXCC Credit also specifies the callsign and QSO date specified on the card or LotW confirmation. Since it computerized in 1991, the DXCC desk has created a database record for each DXCC Credit granted, assigning it a unique DXCC Credit Number. Over the past several years, the ARRL has expanded its LotW web site to enable ops to view their DXCC credits online. Clicking the Credits button in the DXCC, Challenge, & TopList panel on the Check Progress tab of DXKeeper's Main window displays the DXCC Credits Granted window, which enables you to

1. download your DXCC Credits from the ARRL web site, reporting any that are newly granted or modified since the last time you downloaded your DXCC Credits

2. analyze DXCC Credits that have not yet been linked to a logged QSO, reporting those that

   • exactly match a logged QSO and thus could be automatically linked

   • don't exactly match any logged QSO

   • are duplicates of another DXCC Credit

3. automatically link DXCC Credits and QSOs that exactly match, setting each QSO's QSL RCVD or LotW QSL RCVD item to V (if it's not already set to V)

4. manually link DXCC Credits and QSOs that don't exactly match; inexact matches are typically required because a DXCC Credit's date and/or callsign have been incorrectly entered, but occasionally because a DXCC Credit's band and/or mode have been incorrectly entered

Depending upon how many DXCC Credits you've been granted, initially linking your current DXCC Credits to your logged QSOs will take some time and effort. DXCC Credits generated from LotW confirmations are generally accurate, but ~25% of the DXCC Credits generated from submitted QSL cards specify erroneous QSO Begin times or erroneous QSO Callsigns that prevent automatic linking. Once these have been dealt with, you need only download and link DXCC Credits when the DXCC desk notifies you that new DXCC credits have been granted, or that DXCC Credit errors you submitted have been corrected.

Users with paper logbooks full of QSOs not yet entered into DXKeeper can optionally generate credit-only QSOs from un-linked DXCC Credits, a process that links each credit-only QSO to the DXCC Credit from which is was generated. While this will not populate DXKeeper with every QSO, it will populate DXKeeper with the QSOs needed to generate "DXCC credit granted" statistics consistent with the ARRL's DXCC statistics, immediately enabling the use of DXLab's automation for seeking out and confirming needed DXCC entities, entity-bands, and entity-nodes.

Like award progress information, DXCC Credits are stored in their own section of your log file. Thus backing up your log file will backup your DXCC credits along with your QSOs. You can move all of this information from one PC to another by simply moving your log file.

Duplicate DXCC Credits

Your downloaded DXCC Credits may include more than one DXCC Credit for the same QSO; this typically (but not always) manifests as a DXCC Credit created from an LotW confirmation, and a DXCC Credit for the same entity, band, mode, callsign, and date that appears to have been created from a QSL card confirmation -- even though no QSL card was submitted for credit. To prevent such duplicate DXCC Credits from causing errors, they are automatically flagged as duplicates by the DXCC Credits Granted window's AutoLink function. You can also manually flag a DXCC Credits as a duplicate.

Linking DXCC Credits to Logged QSOs

DXKeeper can automatically link DXCC Credits and logged QSOs whose DXCC entities, Bands, Modes, Callsigns, and QSO Begin times match exactly. Entry errors made when a DXCC Credit was created will prevent an exact match, so DXKeeper enables you to manually link a DXCC Credit to a logged QSO so long as the two specify the same DXCC entity.

• a link between a DXCC Credit and a logged QSO whose DXCC entities, Bands, Modes, Callsigns, and QSO Begin times all match exactly is referred to as a perfect link

• a link between a DXCC Credit and a logged QSO whose DXCC entities, Bands and Modes match exactly is referred to as a link with a minor inconsistency (because their Callsigns and/or QSO Begin times don't match exactly)

• a link between a DXCC Credit and a logged QSO whose DXCC entities match exactly is referred to as a link with a major inconsistency (because their Bands and/or Modes don't match exactly)

A DXCC Credit specifies 6 core items:

• Credit Number (ARRL-assigned) with C or L appended to identify card or LotW credits respectively

• Credit Entity

• Credit Band

• Credit Mode: PHONE, CW, DATA, or SATELLITE

• Credit Callsign

• Credit Begin time (Card credits only specify a Begin date)

• Credit Duplicate (set to Y if the credit is a duplicate)

• provides a DXCC Credit Number item in each logged QSO

• associates 5 additional items with each downloaded DXCC Credit:

  • Link Status

    • None: not linked

    • Exact: links with exact matches

    • Minor: links with minor mismatches (Callsign, Begin time)

    • Major: links with major mismatches (Band, Mode)

  • QSO Band: if linked, the linked QSO's band

  • QSO Mode: if linked, the linked QSO's mode

  • QSO Callsign: if linked, the linked QSO's callsign

  • QSO Begin time: if linked, the linked QSO's begin time

When a DXCC Credit and a Logged QSO are linked,

• the Logged QSO's  DXCC Credit Number item specifies the DXCC Credit's Credit Number

• the DXCC Credit's Link Status indicates the quality of the link (exact, minor discrepancies, major discrepancies)

• the DXCC Credit's four QSO items specify the logged QSO's band, mode, callsign, and begin date-and-time

An unlinked logged QSO has an empty DXCC Credit Number item.. An unlinked DXCC Credit has its Link Status set to none, an empty QSO Band, QSO Mode, QSO Callsign, and QSO Begin items.

To maintain the integrity of links between DXCC Credits and logged QSOs,

1. do not use the Modify QSOs panel to modify a QSO's DXCC Credit Number item

2. do not export a QSO to an ADIF or tab-delimited file, modify the contents of that QSO's DXCC Credit Number, and then import the modified QSO

If you suspect that links have been damaged, invoke the DXCC Credits Granted window's Repair function.

DXCC Credits Granted window

This window provides the following facilities:

• the Selected QSO panel, which displays items from the QSO currently selected on the Main window'sLog QSOs tab

• the Selected DXCC Credit panel, which displays items from the currently selected DXCC Credit

• the DXCC Credit Display, a table whose rows depict some or all of your DXCC Credits, subject to filtering by the DXCC Credit Filter panel

• the DXCC Credit Filter panel, which enables you to filter the DXCC Credit Display by

  • DXCC entity prefix

  • Band

  • Mode

  • Credit Callsign (callsign specified in the DXCC Credit; strike theEnterkey after typing in a callsign)

  • QSO Callsign (callsign of the logged QSO to which the DXCC Credit is linked; strike theEnterkey after typing in a callsign)

  • Duplicate status (via the Dup checkbox)

  • Link status (via the Link to QSO panel)

    • None: not linked
    • Exact: links with exact matches
    • Minor: links with minor mismatches (Callsign, Begin time)
    • Major: links with major mismatches (Band, Mode)

Clicking this panel's All button will remove all filtering from the DXCC Credit Display so that all DXCC Credits are present.

The DXCC Credits Granted window provides capabilities that facilitate the linking and general management of DXCC Credits:

• clicking the Selected QSO panel's Link button will link the credit in the Selected DXCC Credit  panel to the logged QSO in the Selected QSO panel

• clicking the Selected DXCC Credit  panel's Show Credit button will direct the specified web browser to display the DXCC Credit's information on the ARRL web site

• depressing the Ctrl key while clicking the Selected DXCC Credit  panel's Ctrl will display the DXCC Credit's ARRL Credit Number in a small popup window

• when the selected QSO is linked to a DXCC Credit,

  • the QSO panel on the Main window's Log QSOs tab appends the words linked to DXCC Credit to its caption

  • the QSL panel on the Main window's Log QSOs tab enables its Display credit button

    • clicking the Display credit button selects the linked DXCC Credit in the DXCC Credits Granted window

    • depressing the Ctrl key while clicking the Display credit button will display the linked DXCC Credit's ARRL Credit Number in a small popup window

    • depressing the Alt key while clicking the Display credit button will direct ythe specified web browser to display the linked DXCC Credit's information on the ARRL web site

• to select a linked DXCC Credit's logged QSOs, click the Selected DXCC Credit panel's Select QSO button

• if the the Auto QSO Selection box is checked, selecting a linked DXCC Credit will automatically select the QSO linked to that DXCC Credit 

To unlink a linked DXCC Credit and logged QSO, select that DXCC Credit, select the logged QSO to which it is linked by clicking the Selected DXCC Credit panel's Select QSO button, and click the Selected QSO panel's Unlink button.

To generate a printable report of all DXCC Credits present in the DXCC Credit Display, click the DXCC Credits Granted window's Report button.

Downloading DXCC Credits

Clicking the Download button at the bottom of the DXCC Credits Granted window will download your DXCC Credits from the ARRL's web site.

• This function requires your LotW account to be linked to your DXCC account.

• This function requires you to have Specified the correct DXCC account number

  • If you have only one DXCC account, your DXCC account number is most likely 1. 

  • If you have more than one DXCC account, you can determine the correct DXCC Account Number by using this procedure.

Downloading your DXCC Credits can take awhile, depending upon the number of DXCC Credits to be downloaded, the current performance of the ARRL's servers, and your internet connection speed. At the completion of the Download operation, newly downloaded or updated DXCC Credits will accessible via the DXCC Credit Display, and a report will be displayed showing

• New DXCC Credits granted since the last time the Download function was invoked

• Changes in previously downloaded DXCC Credits

• Errors encountered during the download process

• Summary Statistics
  

Analyzing DXCC Credits

Clicking the Analyze button at the bottom of the DXCC Credits Granted window will review your DXCC Credits and display a report describing the action that would be taken for each unlinked DXCC Credit not already marked as a duplicate if the AutoLink function were invoked:

• would be marked as a duplicate because it matches a logged QSO that is already linked

• would be linked to a logged QSO, whose LotW QSL RCVD item would be set to V

• would be linked to a logged QSO, whose QSL RCVD item would be set to V

• would be linked to a logged QSO, with no change to the QSO's LotW QSL RCVD or LotW QSL RCVD item

The report also notes DXCC Credits that can't be automatically linked because they

• are missing information

• don't exactly match any logged QSO

• match more than one logged QSO

• exactly match one logged QSO, but are ambiguous with respect to which of QSL RCVD or LotW QSL RCVD should be to set to V
  

Automatically Linking DXCC Credits

Clicking the AutoLink button at the bottom of the DXCC Credits Granted window will, after offering to backup your log because both logged QSOs and DXCC credits can be modified by this operation, attempt to perform one of the following actions on each previous-unlinked DXCC Credit not already marked as a duplicate: 

• mark the DXCC Credit as a duplicate because it matches a logged QSO that is already linked

• link the the DXCC Credit  to a logged QSO, whose LotW QSL RCVD item would be set to V

• link the the DXCC Credit to a logged QSO, whose QSL RCVD item would be set to V

• link the the DXCC Credit to a logged QSO, with no change to the QSO's LotW QSL RCVD or LotW QSL RCVD item

The report also notes DXCC Credits that were not automatically linked because they

• are missing information

• don't exactly match any logged QSO

• match more than one logged QSO

• exactly match one logged QSO, but are ambiguous with respect to which of QSL RCVD or LotW QSL RCVD should be to set to V

Manually Linking DXCC Credits

The DXCC Credits Granted window's facilities enable you to manually link DXCC Credits with logged QSOs when

• the DXCC Credit and logged QSOs don't exactly match each other's DXCC entity, Band, Mode, Callsign, and/or QSO Begin date (typically due to entry errors in the DXCC credit)

• the DXCC Credit exactly matches more than one logged QSO (typically because you logged more than one QSO with the same Callsign on the same Band and Mode during the same day)

• the DXCC Credit exactly matches one logged QSO, but DXKeeper can't link them because it can't determine whether the QSO's QSL RCVD or LotW QSL RCVD should be set to V

The process of manually linked a DXCC Credit with a logged QSO involves 3 steps:

1. select an unlinked DXCC Credit that isn't a duplicate by clicking on it in the DXCC Credit Display

   • this credit will appear in the Selected DXCC Credit panel

   • If the DXCC Credit Display contains a lot of already-linked DXCC Credits, you can more rapidly locate unlinked DXCC Credits by

     • unchecking all but the None box in the DXCC Credit Filter panel's Link to QSO subpanel.

     • unchecking the Yes box and checking the No box in the DXCC Credit Filter panel's Dup subpanel.

2. select the logged QSO to which that DXCC Credit should be linked by clicking on that QSO's in entry the Log Page Display

   • this QSO will be displayed in the Selected QSO panel, whose caption will indicate whether or not the selected QSO is already linked to a DXCC Credit

   • variances between the selected QSO and the selected DXCC Credit will be highlighted by displaying their labels in red font in the Selected DXCC Credit and Selected QSO panels

3. link the selected DXCC Credit to the selected QSO by clicking the Selected QSO panel's Link button

After you select a DXCC Credit in step 1, locating candidate QSOs can be accelerated by  clicking the Selected DXCC Credit panel's Show QSO(s) button, will initiate a 3-stage search to populate the Log Page Display with QSOs that most closely match the selected DXCC Credit:

• by filtering the Log Page Display for logged QSOs whose DXCC prefix, Band, Mode, Callsign, and Begin time exactly match those of the selected DXCC Credit

• if the previous stage fails to locate a logged QSO, by filtering the Log Page Display for logged QSOs whose DXCC prefix, Band, Mode, and Callsign exactly match those of the selected DXCC Credit

• if the previous stage fails to locate a logged QSO, by filtering the Log Page Display for logged QSOs whose DXCC prefix, Band, and Mode exactly match those of the selected DXCC Credit

Depressing the Ctrl key while clicking the Show QSO(s)  button will filter the Log Page Display to show all QSOs with the selected DXCC Credit's callsign; depressing the Alt key while clicking the Show QSO(s)  button will filter the Log Page Display to show all QSOs with the selected DXCC Credit's DXCC entity. If after invoking one of the above filtering options the Log Page Display contains more than one QSO, click on the one you wish to link to the selected DXCC Credit 

The DXCC Credits Granted window provides additional capabilities that facilitate the linking and general management of DXCC Credits:

• clicking the Selected DXCC Credit  panel's Show Credit button will direct the specified web browser to display the DXCC Credit's information on the ARRL web site

• depressing the Ctrl key while clicking the Selected DXCC Credit  panel's Ctrl will display the DXCC Credit's ARRL Credit Number in a small popup window

• when the selected QSO is linked to a DXCC Credit,

  • the QSO panel on the Main window's Log QSOs tab appends the words linked to DXCC Credit to its caption

  • the QSL panel on the Main window's Log QSOs tab enables its Display credit button

    • clicking the Display credit button selects the linked DXCC Credit in the DXCC Credits Granted window

    • depressing the Ctrl key while clicking the Display credit button will display the linked DXCC Credit's ARRL Credit Number in a small popup window

    • depressing the Alt key while clicking the Display credit button will direct the specified web browser to display the linked DXCC Credit's information on the ARRL web site

• to select a linked DXCC Credit's logged QSOs, click the Selected DXCC Credit panel's Select QSO button

• if the the Auto QSO Selection box is checked, selecting a linked DXCC Credit will automatically select the QSO linked to that DXCC Credit 

To unlink a linked DXCC Credit and logged QSO, select that DXCC Credit, select the logged QSO to which it is linked by clicking the Selected DXCC Credit panel's Select QSO button, and click the Selected QSO panel's Unlink button.

Reporting DXCC Credits

To generate a printable report of all DXCC Credits present in the DXCC Credit Display, click the DXCC Credits Granted window's Report button.