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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ WARNING │ │ DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE ! │ │ │ │ Any modification will result in incorrect display information. │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ · DMY │ Enter the date <day> <month> <year> without separating characters. │ Always use six figures. Example: April 7th, 1991 enter 070491 │ Program automatically adds appropriate separating marks. │ · UTC ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ Enter the time <hours> <minutes>. Always use four figures. │ Examples: 4 minutes past 6 AM enter 0604 │ 9 minutes past 2 PM enter 1409 │ │ Press LEFT ARROW to correct DATE. │ · MHZ ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ Enter the frequency as follows: │ │ 1,6 MHz = 1.6 3,5 MHz = 3.5 7 MHz = 7 10 MHz = 10 │ │ 14 MHz = 14 18 MHz = 18 21 MHz = 21 24 MHz = 24 │ │ 28 MHz = 28 50 MHz = 50 70 MHz = 70 144 MHz = 144 │ │ 220 MHz = 220 432 MHz = 432 1296 MHz = 1K3 2304 MHz = 2K3 │ │ 5760 MHz = 5K7 10 GHz = 10K 24 GHz = 24K 47 GHz = 47K │ │ 78 GHz = 78K │ │ In case of abbreviated frequency the printing on paper reports the │ complete word. For instance, 1K3 is printed 1296. │ │ Press LEFT ARROW to correct time (UTC). │ · MODO ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ Enter the mode as follows: │ │ AM = AM AMTOR = AMT CW = CW FM = FM │ │ PACKET = PKT RTTY = RTY SSB = SSB SSTV = STV │ │ In case of abbreviated mode the printing on paper reports the │ complete word. For instance, AMT is printed AMTOR. │ │ Press LEFT ARROW to correct frequency (MHz). │ · CALL ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ Enter the callsign (3 to 10 characters). In case of portable station │ outside his own country put the prefix of the host country first. │ For instance, I0XGR portable in England may be typed G/I0XGR but not │ I0XGR/G. For maritime mobile station put first the prefix MM while │ for beacons add the suffix /B (examples: MM/I0XGR and I0XGR/B). As │ soon as you enter the callsign, FASTLOG will update the window │ displaying the DXCC country assigned. Press F2 key if it is not the │ right country. │ │ Press LEFT ARROW to correct mode (2x). │ · RSTi ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ Enter sent report and an optional progressive number (1 to 6 │ characters). You can enter alphabetical characters for AURORA, EME, │ etc. reports. In case of incomplete QSOs erase default value and │ press ENTER. │ │ Press LEFT ARROW to correct callsign. │ · RSTr ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ Enter received report and an optional progressive number ( 1 to 6 │ characters). You can enter alphabetical characters for AURORA, EME, │ etc. reports. In case of incomplete report erase default value and │ press ENTER. │ │ Press LEFT ARROW to correct sent report (RSTs). │ · W.W LOC ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ Enter the W.W. locator (4 or 6 characters) or press ENTER to skip. │ You can enter the old locator (2 or 5 characters) typing first the │ sector number where the old locator is placed. FASTLOG will convert │ it into the W.W. locator. Program doesn't accept a wrong locator. │ │ 0° Long. (Greenwich) │ │ │ Sector 1 │ Sector 2 │ ────────────┼──────────── 40° Lat. NORTH │ Sector 4 │ Sector 3 │ │ │ │ Press LEFT ARROW to correct received report (RSTr). │ · NOTE ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ Enter a remark (12 characters max.) or press ENTER to skip. You can │ use this space to mark QSOs. For example, marking with the string F2 │ or TROPO or EME, and so on, you will be able to find these QSOs from │ the SEARCH menu. For WAIP(Worked All Italian Provinces) insert first │ an identification character (like # or * etc.), always the same, │ and then the province code. Example: *RM *PA *MI or @RM @PA @MI. │ Use the same procedure for the British counties and American states │ making use of a different identification character. DO NOT USE the │ same identifier to mark other things. Use another one! You can │ write one or more marks for any QSO. For instance, remark *AP ES │ means a station worked in sporadic E in Ascoli Piceno province. In │ this case * has been used as province identification character. The │ space between *AP and ES is not compulsory. │ │ List of the 103 Italian provinces and respective codes: │ │ AG AGRIGENTO AL ALESSANDRIA AN ANCONA │ AO AOSTA AR AREZZO AP ASCOLI PICENO │ AT ASTI AV AVELLINO BA BARI │ BL BELLUNO BN BENEVENTO BG BERGAMO │ BI BIELLA BO BOLOGNA BZ BOLZANO │ BS BRESCIA BR BRINDISI CA CAGLIARI │ CL CALTANISSETTA CB CAMPOBASSO CE CASERTA │ CT CATANIA CZ CATANZARO CH CHIETI │ CO COMO CS COSENZA CR CREMONA │ KR CROTONE CN CUNEO EN ENNA │ FE FERRARA FI FIRENZE FG FOGGIA │ FO FORLI` FR FROSINONE GE GENOVA │ GO GORIZIA GR GROSSETO IM IMPERIA │ IS ISERNIA AQ L'AQUILA SP LA SPEZIA │ LT LATINA LE LECCE LC LECCO │ LI LIVORNO LO LODI LU LUCCA │ MC MACERATA MN MANTOVA MS MASSA CARRARA │ MT MATERA ME MESSINA MI MILANO │ MO MODENA NA NAPOLI NO NOVARA │ NU NUORO OR ORISTANO PD PADOVA │ PA PALERMO PR PARMA PV PAVIA │ PG PERUGIA PS PESARO PE PESCARA │ PC PIACENZA PI PISA PT PISTOIA │ PN PORDENONE PZ POTENZA PO PRATO │ RG RAGUSA RA RAVENNA RC REGGIO CALABRIA │ RE REGGIO EMILIA RI RIETI RN RIMINI │ RM ROMA RO ROVIGO SA SALERNO │ SS SASSARI SV SAVONA SI SIENA │ SR SIRACUSA SO SONDRIO TA TARANTO │ TE TERAMO TR TERNI TO TORINO │ TP TRAPANI TN TRENTO TV TREVISO │ TS TRIESTE UD UDINE VA VARESE │ VE VENEZIA VB VERBANIA VC VERCELLI │ VR VERONA VV VIBO VALENTIA VI VICENZA │ VT VITERBO │ │ │ List of the 77 British counties and respective codes: │ │ ALD ALDERNEY ATM ANTRIM │ ARM ARMAGH AVN AVON │ BFD BEDFORDSHIRE BRK BERKSHIRE │ BDS BORDERS BKS BUCKINGHAMSHIRE │ CBE CAMBRIDGESHIRE CTR CENTRAL │ CHS CHESHIRE CVE CLEVELAND │ CWD CLWYD CNL CORNWALL & SCILLY ISL. │ CBA CUMBRIA DYS DERBYSHIRE │ DVN DEVONSHIRE DOR DORSET │ DWN DOWN DGL DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY │ DHM DURHAM DFD DYFED │ SXE EAST SUSSEX ESX ESSEX │ FMH FERMANAGH FFE FIFE │ GLR GLOUCESTERSHIRE GRN GRAMPIAN │ LDN GREATER LONDON MCH GREATER MANCHESTER │ GUR GUERNSEY GWT GWENT │ GDD GWYNEDD HPH HAMPSHIRE │ HWR HEREFORD & WORCESTER HFD HERTFORDSHIRE │ HLD HIGHLANDS HBS HUMBERSIDE │ IOM ISLE OF MAN IOW ISLE OF WIGHT │ JER JERSEY KNT KENT │ LNH LANCASHIRE LEC LEICESTERSHIRE │ LCN LINCOLNSHIRE LDR LONDONDERRY │ LTH LOTHIAN MSY MERSEYSIDE │ GNM MID GLAMORGAN NOR NORFOLK │ YSN NORTH YORKSHIRE NHM NORTHAMPTONSHIRE │ NLD NORTHUMBERLAND NOT NOTTINGHAMSHIRE │ OKE ORKNEY OFE OXFORDSHIRE │ PWS POWYS SRK SARK │ SLD SHETLAND SPE SHROPSHIRE │ SOM SOMERSET GNS SOUTH GLAMORGAN │ YSS SOUTH YORKSHIRE SFD STAFFORDSHIRE │ SCD STRATHCLYDE SFK SUFFOLK │ SRY SURREY TYS TAYSIDE │ TWR TYNE & WEAR TYR TYRONE │ WKS WARWICKSHIRE GNW WEST GLAMORGAN │ WMD WEST MIDLANDS SXW WEST SUSSEX │ YSW WEST YORKSHIRE WIL WESTERN ISLES │ WLT WILTSHIRE │ │ │ List of the 50 North American states and respective codes: │ │ AL ALABAMA AK ALASKA AZ ARIZONA │ AR ARKANSAS CA CALIFORNIA CO COLORADO │ CT CONNECTICUT DE DELAWARE FL FLORIDA │ GA GEORGIA HI HAWAII ID IDAHO │ IL ILLINOIS IN INDIANA IA IOWA │ KS KANSAS KY KENTUCKY LA LOUISIANA │ ME MAINE MD MARYLAND MA MASSACHUSSETS │ MI MICHIGAN MN MINNESOTA MS MISSISSIPPI │ MO MISSOURI MT MONTANA NE NEBRASKA │ NV NEVADA NH NEW HAMPSHIRE NJ NEW JERSEY │ NM NEW MEXICO NY NEW YORK NC NORTH CAROLINA │ ND NORTH DAKOTA OH OHIO OK OKLAHOMA │ OR OREGON PA PENNSYLVANIA RI RHODE ISLAND │ SC SOUTH CAROLINA SD SOUTH DAKOTA TN TENNESSEE │ TX TEXAS UT UTAH VT VERMONT │ VA VIRGINIA WA WASHINGTON WV WEST VIRGINIA │ WI WISCONSIN WY WYOMING │ │ Press LEFT ARROW to correct locator. │ · QSLi ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ Enter S to point out a sent QSL card or press ENTER to skip. │ │ Press LEFT ARROW to correct remarks (not available from QSL updating │ menu). │ · QSLr ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ Enter R to point out a received QSL card or press ENTER to skip. │ │ Press LEFT ARROW to correct sent QSL. │ · INIZIO ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ FASTLOG V 3.1 │ │ This program, written in Quick Basic Extended 7.0, allows you to manage the │ radio amateur station log, particularly at VHF and up. First release was │ written in October 1991 and has been improved after the suggestions received │ from users. For this help I wish to thank (sorted by callsign) : │ 9H1GB Mansueto, 9H5EE John, G0JHC Neil, G0JJL John, G4XNS Nigel, I0CUT Ugo, │ I5FLN Luciano, IK0FTA Sergio, IK0SMG Pino, IK5DHM Carlo and IW0BET Giovanni. │ Special thanks to G0JHC Neil for the help in the translation from Italian to │ English. │ │ 73 de Alberto I0XGR │ │ │ MAIN MENU │ F1 - help (this screen). │ R - reads the station log. │ W - writes the station LOG. You can write QSOs in real time mode (contest) │ using the computer date and time. │ S - searching (squares, fields, callsigns, best DX, etc.). │ A - manages the DXCC, 5BDXCC, WAC, WAS, WAIP and British counties. For the │ last three read the REMARK help when you write or edit QSOs. │ C - manages a general contest on VHF and up. │ U - various utilities. │ L - runs the graphic program WORLD.EXE written by I0AKP Adamo Modesto. │ F - changes the file to examine. To create a new file use this function to │ assign the name and then press W to start writing. │ I - lists .LOG files in present directory. │ E - writes your home data in FASTLOG.INI file. You must point out: locator │ callsign, name, surname, address, city, country and video type. Other │ information is requested if you use the packet. │ O - to enter the DOS. Type EXIT <ENTER> to return to FASTLOG. │ TAB - to enter the packet window. You can enter the packet window from any │ input and from anywhere in the program. │ ESC - quit program. On request makes a backup copy of the .LOG files on A or │ B disk drive. │ · LETTURA ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ DIRECTION KEYS │ UP ARROW, DOWN ARROW, PAGE UP, PAGE DOWN, END and HOME to scroll the QSOs. │ │ FUNCTION KEYS │ F1 - help (this screen). │ E - edits the requested QSO. │ U - updates the QSL status of the requested callsign. On request prints │ a 36 x 107 mm. label. │ Q - switches between QSL status and QRB (right side of the screen). The │ formula employed takes the ellipsoidal shape of the earth into │ account. It has been written by SM5AGM Folke Rosvall. The presence of │ the math-coprocessor greatly speeds up this calculation. │ J - reads the station log starting from the requested QSO. │ L - prints 36 x 107 mm. labels for the selected QSOs. On request writes S │ in the QSL field. │ P - prints the selected QSOs or writes them in a file. File can be ASCII │ or FASTLOG format. ASCII files have extension .TXT and each record is │ terminated with CR+LF. │ TAB - to enter the packet window. You can enter the packet window from any │ input and from anywhere in the program. │ ESC - goes back to the main menu. │ · RICERCHE ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ DIRECTION KEYS │ UP ARROW, DOWN ARROW, PAGE UP, PAGE DOWN, END and HOME to scroll the QSOs. │ FUNCTION KEYS │ F1 - help (this screen). │ E - edits the requested QSO. │ D - searches for QSOs with requested date. Enter day and/or month and/or │ year always using two figures. Press ENTER to skip an input. │ M - searches for QSOs with requested mode. │ C - as above for callsign. │ O - as above for locator. │ R - as above for remarks. │ B - searches for QSOs with QRB included between two values. Press ENTER, │ at the first request and without typing a value, to search for the │ best DX (the QSO with maximum QRB). │ S - searches for worked squares. Program takes the QSL status into account.│ I - as above for fields. │ U - searches for QSOs made with requested DXCC country. │ Q - switches between QSL status and QRB (right side of the screen). The │ formula employed takes the ellipsoidal shape of the earth into │ account. It has been written by SM5AGM Folke Rosvall. The presence of │ the math-coprocessor greatly speeds up this calculation. │ A - searches for QSOs with requested frequency. │ F - changes the frequency. If the frequency is not specified all QSOs in │ the file will be taken into account. │ L - prints 36 x 107 mm. labels for listed QSOs. On request writes S in the │ QSL field. │ P - prints the selected QSOs or writes them in a file. File can be ASCII │ or FASTLOG format. ASCII files have extension .TXT and each record is │ terminated with CR+LF. │ TAB - to enter the packet window. You can enter the packet window from any │ input and from anywhere in the program. │ ESC - goes back to the main menu. │ · DXCC ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ DIRECTION KEYS │ UP ARROW, DOWN ARROW, PAGE UP, PAGE DOWN, END and HOME to scroll the QSOs. │ │ FUNCTION KEYS │ F1 - help (this screen). │ E - edits the requested QSO. │ D - searches for DXCC countries worked. Program takes the QSL status into │ account. │ 5 - as above for the frequencies 3.5, 7, 14, 21 and 28 MHz. │ W - manages the WAC (Worked All Continent). │ N - searches the first QSO of each worked country. │ A - arranges listed QSOs by primary prefix or QSO number. │ F - changes the frequency. If the frequency is not specified all QSOs in │ the file will be taken into account. │ L - prints 36 x 107 mm. labels for listed QSOs. On request writes S in the │ QSL field. │ P - prints the selected QSOs or writes them in a file. File can be ASCII │ or FASTLOG format. ASCII files have extension .TXT and each record is │ terminated with CR+LF. │ TAB - to enter the packet window. You can enter the packet window from any │ input and from anywhere in the program. │ ESC - goes back to the main menu. │ · AGG. PREF. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ How FASTLOG assigns the DXCC country to a callsign. │ │ To handle the DXCC countries FASTLOG uses PREFISSI.DAT and PAESI.DAT files. │ (in Italian PREFISSI means PREFIXES and PAESI means COUNTRIES) │ │ Every record in PREFISSI.DAT is composed of: │ │ 1) the prefix (1 to 10 characters long). │ 2) the first number. It indicates which country the prefix is assigned │ to. │ 3) the second number. It is different from zero if the prefix refers to │ two different countries (for instance Y2 East Germany at one time and │ Germany now). │ 4) the date (present only if the second number is not zero). Compared │ with the QSO date, allows the program to determine which country │ to assign. │ │ Every record in PAESI.DAT is composed of: │ │ 1) the official country prefix. │ 2) the country number, assigned by the program and not alterable. │ 3) the country name. │ 4) the continent. │ 5) the status character, which may be V for Valid or D for Deleted. │ │ To assign the DXCC country FASTLOG reads the complete callsign and checks if │ there is an identical prefix in the memory resident table containing the │ data of PREFISSI.DAT file. If it doesn't find a match FASTLOG cuts one │ character from the right of the callsign and checks again. If it doesn't │ find a match it cuts another character and tries again until the first │ character is reached. If the searching has a negative result FASTLOG informs │ you. In this case the prefix in PREFISSI.DAT is missing or the callsign is │ wrong. In the case of successful searching FASTLOG checks the SECOND number │ of the found prefix. If it is zero it assigns to the callsign the country │ pointed out by the FIRST number. If the SECOND number is not zero, FASTLOG │ compares the prefix date with the QSO date. If the QSO date is IDENTICAL or │ BEFORE the prefix date it assigns the country pointed out by the SECOND │ number, otherwise it assigns the country pointed out by the FIRST number. │ Later on FASTLOG carries out the count of deleted countries and verifies the │ QSLs status. │ │ For example: │ the prefix Y2 was used by the East German radio amateurs until October 1990. │ After that date QSOs with Y2 count as Germany. │ In order for FASTLOG to assign QSOs before that date to East Germany and │ after that date to Germany, the prefix Y2 must be as follows: │ │ ╔═════════════════════════════╗ │ ║ Prefix 1st 2nd Until ║ │ ╠══════════╤════╤════╤════════╣ │ ║Y2 │87 │325 │ 311090 ║ │ ╚══════════╧════╧════╧════════╝ │ │ (325 is the number of East Germany and 87 is that of Germany) │ When FASTLOG reads this prefix and realises that two different countries are │ possible due to the fact that the SECOND number is not zero, it compares the │ QSO date with the prefix date. If the QSO date is IDENTICAL or BEFORE │ October 31st, 1990 it assigns East Germany (2nd number) otherwise (November │ 1st, 1990 and later) it assigns Germany (1st number). │ │ To assign a country the status "Deleted" you must change the status │ character from V (valid) to D (deleted) in the column marked "St" of the │ country window (right window). │ │ Complicated? May be, but I thing that this is a good way to manage the │ problem of prefixes which share two different countries. │ I advise you to make modifications with caution and only if strictly │ necessary. Always make a backup copy of the files before proceeding. To │ scroll the windows content use the same direction keys valid for other │ menus. To change the active window (left or right) press F2. Prefixes are │ arranged by number first, while countries by primary prefix. │ · WAIP ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ DIRECTION KEYS │ UP ARROW, DOWN ARROW, PAGE UP, PAGE DOWN, END and HOME to scroll the QSOs. │ │ FUNCTION KEYS │ F1 - help (this screen). │ E - edits the requested QSO. │ W - searches for Italian provinces worked. Program takes the QSL status │ into account. │ F - changes the frequency. If the frequency is not specified all QSOs in │ the file will be taken into account. │ L - prints 36 x 107 mm. labels for listed QSOs. On request writes S in the │ QSL field. │ P - prints the selected QSOs or writes them in a file. File can be ASCII │ or FASTLOG format. ASCII files have extension .TXT and each record is │ terminated with CR+LF. │ TAB - to enter the packet window. You can enter the packet window from any │ input and from anywhere in the program. │ ESC - goes back to the main menu. │ │ List of the 103 Italian provinces, respective regions and codes: │ │ AG AGRIGENTO SICILIA AL ALESSANDRIA PIEMONTE │ AN ANCONA MARCHE AO AOSTA VALLE D'AOSTA │ AR AREZZO TOSCANA AP ASCOLI PICENO MARCHE │ AT ASTI PIEMONTE AV AVELLINO CAMPANIA │ BA BARI PUGLIA BL BELLUNO VENETO │ BN BENEVENTO CAMPANIA BG BERGAMO LOMBARDIA │ BI BIELLA PIEMONTE BO BOLOGNA EMILIA ROMAGNA │ BZ BOLZANO TRENTINO A. A. BS BRESCIA LOMBARDIA │ BR BRINDISI PUGLIA CA CAGLIARI SARDEGNA │ CL CALTANISSETTA SICILIA CB CAMPOBASSO MOLISE │ CE CASERTA CAMPANIA CT CATANIA SICILIA │ CZ CATANZARO CALABRIA CH CHIETI ABRUZZO │ CO COMO LOMBARDIA CS COSENZA CALABRIA │ CR CREMONA LOMBARDIA KR CROTONE CALABRIA │ CN CUNEO PIEMONTE EN ENNA SICILIA │ FE FERRARA EMILIA ROMAGNA FI FIRENZE TOSCANA │ FG FOGGIA PUGLIA FO FORLI` EMILIA ROMAGNA │ FR FROSINONE LAZIO GE GENOVA LIGURIA │ GO GORIZIA FRIULI V. G. GR GROSSETO TOSCANA │ IM IMPERIA LIGURIA IS ISERNIA MOLISE │ AQ L'AQUILA ABRUZZO SP LA SPEZIA LIGURIA │ LT LATINA LAZIO LE LECCE PUGLIA │ LC LECCO LOMBARDIA LI LIVORNO TOSCANA │ LO LODI LOMBARDIA LU LUCCA TOSCANA │ MC MACERATA MARCHE MN MANTOVA LOMBARDIA │ MS MASSA CARRARA TOSCANA MT MATERA BASILICATA │ ME MESSINA SICILIA MI MILANO LOMBARDIA │ MO MODENA EMILIA ROMAGNA NA NAPOLI CAMPANIA │ NO NOVARA PIEMONTE NU NUORO SARDEGNA │ OR ORISTANO SARDEGNA PD PADOVA VENETO │ PA PALERMO SICILIA PR PARMA EMILIA ROMAGNA │ PV PAVIA LOMBARDIA PG PERUGIA UMBRIA │ PS PESARO MARCHE PE PESCARA ABRUZZO │ PC PIACENZA EMILIA ROMAGNA PI PISA TOSCANA │ PT PISTOIA TOSCANA PN PORDENONE FRIULI V. G. │ PZ POTENZA BASILICATA PO PRATO TOSCANA │ RG RAGUSA SICILIA RA RAVENNA EMILIA ROMAGNA │ RC REGGIO C. CALABRIA RE REGGIO EMILIA EMILIA ROMAGNA │ RI RIETI LAZIO RN RIMINI EMILIA ROMAGNA │ RM ROMA LAZIO RO ROVIGO VENETO │ SA SALERNO CAMPANIA SS SASSARI SARDEGNA │ SV SAVONA LIGURIA SI SIENA TOSCANA │ SR SIRACUSA SICILIA SO SONDRIO LOMBARDIA │ TA TARANTO PUGLIA TE TERAMO ABRUZZO │ TR TERNI UMBRIA TO TORINO PIEMONTE │ TP TRAPANI SICILIA TN TRENTO TRENTINO A. A. │ TV TREVISO VENETO TS TRIESTE FRIULI V. G. │ UD UDINE FRIULI V. G. VA VARESE LOMBARDIA │ VE VENEZIA VENETO VB VERBANIA PIEMONTE │ VC VERCELLI PIEMONTE VR VERONA VENETO │ VV VIBO VALENTIA CALABRIA VI VICENZA VENETO │ VT VITERBO LAZIO │ · CONTEE ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ DIRECTION KEYS │ UP ARROW, DOWN ARROW, PAGE UP, PAGE DOWN, END and HOME to scroll the QSOs. │ │ FUNCTION KEYS │ F1 - help (this screen). │ E - edits the requested QSO. │ C - searches for British counties worked. Program takes the QSL status │ into account. │ F - changes the frequency. If the frequency is not specified all QSOs in │ the file will be taken into account. │ L - prints 36 x 107 mm. labels for listed QSOs. On request writes S in the │ QSL field. │ P - prints the selected QSOs or writes them in a file. File can be ASCII │ or FASTLOG format. ASCII files have extension .TXT and each record is │ terminated with CR+LF. │ TAB - to enter the packet window. You can enter the packet window from any │ input and from anywhere in the program. │ ESC - goes back to the main menu. │ │ List of the 77 British counties and respective codes: │ │ ALD ALDERNEY ATM ANTRIM ARM ARMAGH │ AVN AVON BFD BEDFORDSHIRE BRK BERKSHIRE │ BDS BORDERS BKS BUCKINGHAMSHIRE CBE CAMBRIDGESHIRE │ CTR CENTRAL CHS CHESHIRE CVE CLEVELAND │ CWD CLWYD CNL CORNWALL & SCILLY ISL. CBA CUMBRIA │ DYS DERBYSHIRE DVN DEVONSHIRE DOR DORSET │ DWN DOWN DGL DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY DHM DURHAM │ DFD DYFED ESX ESSEX FMH FERMANAGH │ FFE FIFE GNM MID GLAMORGAN GNS SOUTH GLAMORGAN │ GNW WEST GLAMORGAN GLR GLOUCESTERSHIRE GRN GRAMPIAN │ GUR GUERNSEY GWT GWENT GDD GWYNEDD │ HPH HAMPSHIRE HWR HEREFORD & WORCESTER HFD HERTFORDSHIRE │ HLD HIGHLANDS HBS HUMBERSIDE IOM ISLE OF MAN │ IOW ISLE OF WIGHT JER JERSEY KNT KENT │ LNH LANCASHIRE LEC LEICESTERSHIRE LCN LINCOLNSHIRE │ LDN GREATER LONDON LDR LONDONDERRY LTH LOTHIAN │ MCH GREATER MANCHESTER MSY MERSEYSIDE NOR NORFOLK │ NHM NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NLD NORTHUMBERLAND NOT NOTTINGHAMSHIRE │ OKE ORKNEY OFE OXFORDSHIRE PWS POWYS │ SRK SARK SLD SHETLAND SPE SHROPSHIRE │ SOM SOMERSET SFD STAFFORDSHIRE SCD STRATHCLYDE │ SFK SUFFOLK SRY SURREY SXE EAST SUSSEX │ SXW WEST SUSSEX TYS TAYSIDE TWR TYNE & WEAR │ TYR TYRONE WKS WARWICKSHIRE WIL WESTERN ISLES │ WMD WEST MIDLANDS WLT WILTSHIRE YSN NORTH YORKSHIRE │ YSS SOUTH YORKSHIRE YSW WEST YORKSHIRE │ · WAS ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ DIRECTION KEYS │ UP ARROW, DOWN ARROW, PAGE UP, PAGE DOWN, END and HOME to scroll the QSOs. │ │ FUNCTION KEYS │ F1 - help (this screen). │ E - edits the requested QSO. │ W - searches for North American states worked. Program takes the QSL │ status into account. │ F - changes the frequency. If the frequency is not specified all QSOs in │ the file will be taken into account. │ L - prints 36 x 107 mm. labels for listed QSOs. On request writes S in the │ QSL field. │ P - prints the selected QSOs or writes them in a file. File can be ASCII │ or FASTLOG format. ASCII files have extension .TXT and each record is │ terminated with CR+LF. │ TAB - to enter the packet window. You can enter the packet window from any │ input and from anywhere in the program. │ ESC - goes back to the main menu. │ │ List of the 50 North American states and respective codes: │ │ AL ALABAMA AK ALASKA AZ ARIZONA │ AR ARKANSAS CA CALIFORNIA CO COLORADO │ CT CONNECTICUT DE DELAWARE FL FLORIDA │ GA GEORGIA HI HAWAII ID IDAHO │ IL ILLINOIS IN INDIANA IA IOWA │ KS KANSAS KY KENTUCKY LA LOUISIANA │ ME MAINE MD MARYLAND MA MASSACHUSSETS │ MI MICHIGAN MN MINNESOTA MS MISSISSIPPI │ MO MISSOURI MT MONTANA NE NEBRASKA │ NV NEVADA NH NEW HAMPSHIRE NJ NEW JERSEY │ NM NEW MEXICO NY NEW YORK NC NORTH CAROLINA │ ND NORTH DAKOTA OH OHIO OK OKLAHOMA │ OR OREGON PA PENNSYLVANIA RI RHODE ISLAND │ SC SOUTH CAROLINA SD SOUTH DAKOTA TN TENNESSEE │ TX TEXAS UT UTAH VT VERMONT │ VA VIRGINIA WA WASHINGTON WV WEST VIRGINIA │ WI WISCONSIN WY WYOMING │ · CONTEST ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ DIRECTION KEYS │ UP ARROW, DOWN ARROW, PAGE UP, PAGE DOWN, END and HOME to scroll the QSOs. │ │ FUNCTION KEYS │ F1 - help (this screen). │ E - edits the requested QSO. │ C - VHF general contest. Program calculates: QSOs total, dupe QSOs total, │ valid QSOs total, QRB total, QRB/QSOs average, country worked, squares │ worked and the best DX. You must point out the first to last QSO │ number (inclusive). Maximum 3000 QSOs can be examined. │ Q - switches between QSL status and QRB (right side of the screen). The │ formula employed takes the ellipsoidal shape of the earth into │ account. It has been written by SM5AGM Folke Rosvall. The presence of │ the math-coprocessor greatly speeds up this calculation. │ F - changes the frequency. │ L - prints 36 x 107 mm. labels for listed QSOs. On request writes S in the │ QSL field. │ P - prints the selected QSOs or writes them in a file. File can be ASCII │ or FASTLOG format. ASCII files have extension .TXT and each record is │ terminated with CR+LF. │ TAB - to enter the packet window. You can enter the packet window from any │ input and from anywhere in the program. │ ESC - goes back to the main menu. │ · HELP PACKET ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ FUNCTION KEYS │ │ F1 - help (this screen). │ │ F2 - sets YES/NO to automatic verify of DX spot sent by the Packet Cluster │ (PCL) node you are connected to. The verify can be activated also if │ you are in monitor (not connected) on the operating frequency of a PCL │ node. In this case there is the possibility that the same DX spot is │ verified more than one time. This depends on how the PCL sent the DX │ spots to the connected stations. The verify window is aborted after 60 │ seconds or by pressing ESCAPE key. │ │ F3 - sets YES/NO to writing on disk of all you will receive. The writing │ will start at the exact time you set this function YES. All previous │ data will not be saved. The generated file is a text file and its name │ is YY-MM-DD.TXT where YY are the last two figures of the year, MM is │ the month and DD the day. These come from your computer date. If you │ set YES/NO several times during the day, the new records will be │ appended to the previous file. │ │ F4 - sets YES/NO to emission of an aud signal when receiving DX spots, │ announces, talks, etc. This signal is emitted, only if you are in │ connected state, also if you are in another place of the program (for │ instance, you are writing QSOs) and the PCL has sent to you DX spots, │ talks, etc. In this case also the date, displayed in the upper left │ corner of the screen, will be replaced with the flashing message "QTC │ PACKET "; now you can press the TAB key to enter the packet window and │ see what the PCL has sent to you. Pressing TAB key (or ESCAPE) a │ second time will leave the packet window and return to the previous │ function. Keep in mind that you can request the packet window from any │ input and from anywhere in the program by pressing TAB key. │ │ F5 - sets YES/NO to printing on paper of all you will receive. The printing │ will start as soon as you set this function to YES. All previous data │ will not be printed. The printer must be connected to LPT1: port and │ must be supplied with continuous form paper because the pause │ necessary to change the sheets is not handled. │ │ F6 - lists again all you have received. It is saved on a temporary file │ and, for this reason, the dimension of this buffer is limited only by │ the available space on disk (every character occupies one byte). Use │ DOWN ARROW, UP ARROW, PAGE DOWN, PAGE UP, END and HOME to scroll the │ buffer content. │ │ F7 - verifies a callsign or a prefix. You can use this function in the case │ a DX spot is not right or to verify a callsign heard on the air. │ │ F8 - put the TNC in COMMAND mode (sends Ctrl-C to the TNC). Type CONV │ <ENTER> to put it in CONVERS mode. │ │ F9 - sends the disconnecting signal. WARNING: this is the only way to │ disconnect if you have activated the automatic reconnection from │ SETUP. │ │ TAB - quit the packet window. │ ESC - as TAB. │ │ NOTES 1) the number which appear in the centre of the separating row │ (between trasmitting and receiving windows) displays how many │ characters you have typed on a single line. It is useful to not │ exceed the maximum character number for some PCL functions (for │ instance, the length of a message title). │ │ 2) the last 20 typed commands can be recalled using UP ARROW and DOWN │ ARROW. Only the first 77 characters of every typed command are │ memorized. │ · FINE ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘