This release  

- when operating from a non-English locale, uses period as a decimal separator in spot notes that convey a QSX frequency (tnx to Pat F6GCP)

- correctly determines whether a callsign to be added to the Special Callsign list is too large (tnx to Charles N2SO)

- accelerates ingestion of files into the Special Callsign List, and clearance of the Special Callsign List (tnx to Charles N2SO)

- updates DXView after ingesting a file into the Special Callsign List, and after clearing the Special Callsign List [requires DXV 3.8.5] (tnx to Charles N2SO)

- provides the ability to include the Age filter in an SQL filter expression using <AGEFILTER> (tnx to Mike AA1AR)

- when a spot from a US station specifies spot notes of the form "Heard in XX" where XX is a valid US State abbreviation, sets the spotting station location based on the specified state rather than from the location of the spotting callsign 

- when a spot from a US station specifies spot notes of the form "Heard in XX and YY" and XX and YY are valid US State abbreviations not within the same region (NA-E, NA-M, NA-W), updates the Spot Database with two spots: one whose notes are "Heard from XX" and one whose notes are "Heard from YY"

- updates the SpotDatabase.htm documentation file

SpotCollector 6.5.9 is available via the DXLab Launcher, and via 

<http://www.dxlabsuite.com/download.htm> 


Notes: 

1. The extended processing of spots whose notes begin with "Heard from ..." more accurately determines the "spotting station location" for spots generated by W3LPL, who posts spots with notes of the form "Heard in UT" or Heard in MD and SC". I have not seen a W3LPL spot that specifies three or more states; if you see one,

a. make a screenshot, as described in <http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/ScreenShots>

b. attach the screenshot to an email message, and send it to me via aa6yq (at) ambersoft.com so I can extend SpotCollector to properly handle this scenario


2. If the Main window's Age filter box is checked and a user-defined SQL filter that incorporates <AGEFILTER> is activated, <AGEFILTER> is replaced by 

(LASTTIME > #computed-time#)

where #computed-time# is the current time less the maximum age (in minutes) specified on the Configuration window's "Spot Database" tab. This replacement occurs exactly once; it is not repeated every minute.

   73, 

        Dave, AA6YQ