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
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 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
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
analyzing DXCC Credits that have not yet been linked to a logged QSO
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)
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
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.
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.
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.
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:
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: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)
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)
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)
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)
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 D11, F12 though F14, G13, H9, and H11 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.
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.
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, 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.
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.
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.
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:
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
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,
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
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
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
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)
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.
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.
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)
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,
do not use the Modify QSOs panel to modify a QSO's DXCC Credit Number item
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.
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)
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.
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
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
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
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:
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.
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
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.
To generate a printable report of all DXCC Credits present in the DXCC
Credit Display, click the DXCC
Credits Granted window's Report button.
A Credit-only QSO is generated from an
unlinked, non-duplicate
DXCC Credit
and placed in your log. The generated QSO's DXCC
entity, Band,
Mode, Callsign, and
Begin time are all taken from the DXCC Credit. Such QSOs count towards all
awards; they are distinguished by their CreditOnly item being set to
Y.
Credit-only QSOs can be automatically generated from all unlinked, non-duplicate DXCC Credits, or can be manually generated one-at-a-time from the selected DXCC credit.
Before initiating automatic generation, review the last analysis of your DXCC Credits to verify that you want Credit-only QSOs generated for each unlinked, non-duplicate DXCC Credit.
Then check the DXCC Credits panel's Credit-only QSO creation box
on the Configuration window's Awards tab, and click the DXCC
Credits Granted window's Create QSOs
button. At the completion of the operation, DXKeeper will display a printable
report listing the Credit-only QSOs inserted into the current log. When you are done automatically generating Credit-only QSOs,
uncheck the Credit-only QSO creation box to prevent the inadvertent creation of Credit-only QSOs.
A Credit-only QSOs can be manually generated from an unlinked, non-duplicate DXCC Credit by
checking the DXCC Credits panel's Credit-only QSO creation box on the Configuration window's Awards tab
selecting that Credit in the DXCC Credit Display
clicking the Selected DXCC Credit panel's Create QSO button
When you are done manually generating Credit-only QSOs, uncheck the
Credit-only QSO creation box to prevent the inadvertent creation of Credit-only QSOs.
clicking the Repair button will review each linked DXCC Credit and each linked QSO to verify the integrity of those links, repair any that are damaged, and display a report listing all repair actions and irreparable errors
depressing the Ctrl key while clicking the Repair button will unlink all DXCC Credits and QSOs
depressing the Alt key while clicking the Repair button will unlink all DXCC Credits and QSOs, and then delete all downloaded DXCC Credits
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 Bands & Modes panel indicates 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 Bands & Modes panel indicates 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.
Bands and modes being pursued for WAZ are specified in the WAZ Bands & Modes panel.
Realtime award tracking information for the CQ DX Marathon award family is displayed on the Realtime Award Tracking window's Marathon tab. This information consists of by-mode and by-band progress - unworked or worked - for each CQ Country and CQ zone based on QSOs for the current year in the log file.
The Marathon Award Progress panel displays a Marathon Progress Grid with one entry CQ Country and one entry per CQ zone. In this grid, the letter W identifies a worked band or mode.
The Progress Grid is live -- you can navigate to your log by double-clicking a band or mode cell in the Progress Grid; this action filters the Log Page display to show all QSOs with the CQ selected CQ country or zone in the selected band or mode, and shows the Log Page Display.
The Marathon Award Progress panel's Marathon Award Progress Filter panel contains a set of controls that let you filter the Marathon Progress Grid to show what's unworked, what's worked -- on any band, or in any mode. Only Marathon Progress Grid entries that match the criteria set in these controls are visible; the number of matching entries is shown in the Marathon Award Progress panel's caption. To generate a report showing only Marathon countries and zones shown by the specified filter, click the Marathon Award Progress Filter panel's Report button; to reset the filter so that all Marathon Progress Grid entries are visible, click the All button. To generate a Marathon submission containing only Marathon countries and zones shown by the specified filter, click the Submission button. Note that filtering the Marathon Progress Grid has no impact on DXKeeper's ability to track awards progress; such progress will be accurately tracked whether all Marathon countries and zones are visible in the Marathon Progress Grid or not.
Single-band and single-mode certificates being pursued for Marathon are specified in the Marathon panel.
At the beginning of a new calendar year, you must
reset DXLab's Marathon award tracking in both DXKeeper and SpotCollector by
performing these two actions in the order specified:
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.
using your web browser, log into your LotW account
click on the Awards tab
Beneath the Your LotW ARRL DXCC (DX Century Club) Account(s) heading, click the Select DXCC Award Account button
if a table like this appears beneath the Account Status heading with a "View Award Credit Matrix" hyperlink at the bottom, your LotW and DXCC accounts are linked.
If your accounts are not
linked, then click the Link Account button the DXCC
Account Menu along the left side of the page. Specify the callsign
under which your current LotW certificate was issued, along with any
other callsigns used with this certificated. Then click the Request
Linking button; ARRL staff will respond to this request by linking
your DXCC and LotW accounts.
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.