== Processing Incoming QSLs ==

Suppose you have a stack of incoming cards to process, with the goal of sending out a confirming card for each one.

First, set these options on the Configuration window's '''General''' tab

 * if you have the '''Require Edit to Modify logged QSOs''' option enabled disable it while you are processing incoming cards

 * set the '''Log QSOs Tab's Default Focus''' panel to '''Filter textbox'''

Then on the '''Main''' window's '''Log QSOs''' tab, arrange for the '''QSL''' panel to be visible:

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Suppose the first card on the stack is from UA3IIJ.

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 1. As shown above, type ''UA3IIJ'' into the '''Filter''' panel textbox, and click the '''Call''' button; the '''Log Page''' Display will display all QSOs with ''UA3IIJ''. If you'd made more than one QSO with ''UA3IIJ'', select the one you're confirming by clicking its entry in the '''Log Page Display''' or, if you're keeping your hands on the keyboard, use the '''!PageUp''' and '''!PageDown''' buttons.

 1. Verify the date, time, frequency, and mode on the card against the information displayed in the '''QSO''' panel; if all is well, either click the '''CFM''' button or, if you're keeping your hands on the keyboard, use the keyboard shortcut '''CTRL-ALT-C''' to mark the QSO as confirmed (the '''QSL Rcvd''' item is set to '''Y''', the '''QSL Rcvd Date''' is set to today's date, and if an outgoing QSL wasn't already sent, the '''QSL Sent''' item is set to '''R''' for ''requested''). 
 
 1. take the next card off the stack and immediately type its callsign, and then strike the '''Enter''' key. Immediately typing the card's callsign works because the previous operation left the callsign selected, so the newly-typed characters replace ''UA3II''; striking the '''Enter''' key means ''invoke the most recent filter'' -- in this case, the '''Call''' filter.
 
 1. go to step 2

If you're optimizing for speed, keep your hands on the keyboard by using '''CTRL-ALT-C''' to mark a QSO as confirmed (step 2) and the '''!PageUp''' and '''!PageDown''' buttons to select a QSO when an incoming card confirms more than one QSO.

 * To mark a QSO as confirmed via the QSL Bureau, use '''CTRL-ALT-B'''

 * To mark a QSO as confirmed directly, use '''CTRL-ALT-D'''

 * To mark a QSO as confirmed via Electronic File Transfer, use '''CTRL-ALT-E'''

If all of these QSOs will be conveyed in the same way, then in the '''Add Requested''' panel on the '''QSL Configuration''' window's '''General''' tab,

 1. if all of these QSOs will be conveyed via the QSL Bureau, check the '''Add Requested sets Sent Via to 'B' ''' box.

 1. if all of these QSOs will be conveyed via direct mail, check the '''Add Requested sets Sent Via to 'D' ''' box.

 1. if all of these QSOs will be conveyed via Electronic File Transfer, check the '''Add Requested sets Sent Via to 'E' ''' box.

 
Each of these processed QSOs will have its '''QSL Sent''' item set to '''R''' (requested) unless an outgoing confirmation was already sent. Generating an outgoing QSL card for all QSOs marked '''requested''' is described in the ''Generating QSLs'' section of [[QSLing]], but the procedure is straightforwardly accomplished on the '''Main''' window's '''QSL''' tab:
 
 1. set the '''QSL Via''' panel to '''QSL cards''', '''2-column labels''', '''3-column labels''', '''ADIF file''',or '''tab-delimited file''' depending upon what you intend to generate
 
 1. click the '''Add Requested''' button to populate the '''QSL Queue''' with all requested QSOs
 
 1. click the '''Print QSL Cards''' (or '''Print QSL Labels''' or '''Save ADIF File''' or '''Save TDF File''') button to print your QSL cards directly (or print your QSL labels directly or generate a file containing ADIF or tab-delimited information from which QSLs can be generated by another application like [[http://www.df3cb.com/bv/|BV7]] or by a service like [[http://www.globalqsl.com|Global QSL]])
 
 1. after verifying that the printed cards or labels are OK, click the '''Update Log''' button to clear the '''QSL Queue''' and update each logged QSO to show that a QSL was generated by setting its '''QSL Sent''' item to '''Y''' and its '''QSL Sent Date''' item to today's date.

 1. Re-enable the '''Require Edit to Modify logged QSOs''' option on the Configuration window's General tab if you disabled it at the beginning of this process
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