QRZ II Help CONTENTS
The QRZ/32 Online User Guide

Help is available at any time by pressing the F1 key.

The Basics...

How to search for:

Callsigns...

Names…

Cities and States…

Street Addresses…

Zipcodes…

Email Addresses…

QSL Card Pictures…

Guide to the QRZ /32 Main Screen

Using the Text Editor

Automatic QSL Cards

Printing

Setting Program Options

Setting up and Running QRZ/32

Troubleshooting

Frequently Asked Questions about QRZ

How to contact QRZ


The Basics
The Basics: Searching the Database

The QRZ database can be searched in several different ways. All searches are performed using a similar procedure which is best demonstrated by trying a simple search for a callsign.

To perform a callsign search, follow these three steps:

1.	Click on the Callsign tab

2.	Type in the callsign you wish to search for in the Callsign box

3.	Click on the Search button

If the callsign you specified is in the database, it will be displayed in the main Text Editor panel which is right above the panel shown here.

Searching on Name, City, Zip or Street are performed exactly the same way except that different search key boxes are presented.

For a step-by-step review of how to use each type of lookup see:

Looking up Callsigns

Looking up Names

Looking up Cities and States

Looking up Zipcodes

Looking up Street Addresses


Handling Multiple Database Hits
The Search Control Buttons

In many cases, the key that you search for will return more than one match. This is especially true when you search for a City and/or a State name. In such cases the database may actually locate thousands of matching records, or maybe just a few if it’s a small town.

The same thing is true for common names. Suppose for example that you wanted to display all of the John Smith’s in the database. First, you would select the Name tab which would then present you with a Last Name and a First Name keybox.  Next, you must enter Smith in the Last Name keybox and then John in the First Name keybox. Then you click on the Search button.

Shortly after you click on Search, the first John Smith shows up in the Text Editor. In a few moments, the Total Match Hits counter (which is part of the Status Bar, begins to count upwards as more and more John Smiths are found. While the database is counting the total number of matching records, the Stop button (shown above but grayed) will be enabled (in black letters) telling you that although the system is still busy counting, it can be interrupted if you click on the Stop button. When the stop button returns to gray (as shown above), the count is finished and the total is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

At this point, only the first matching record (known as a hit) is shown in the text editor. To see the next John Smith hit, you can simply click on the Next button. Each time you click on the Next button, the next matching record is added to the text that is already in the text editor. When you have displayed all of the hits that are available, the Next button will turn gray.

If you just want all of the matching records dumped into the text editor at once, you can use the Continue Button. The Continue button is really just a shortcut for pressing the Next button until it goes out.

Sometimes, when the total number of hits is large, it may take several minutes to dump them all out to the display. You will also notice that nothing is shown until the dumping is complete. You can interrupt the dumping at any time by clicking the Stop button and the total dumped thus far will be shown. You can then resume the data dump by clicking on the Continue button again. Like the Next button, the Continue button turns gray when all of the matching records have been shown.

Note that there is a Properties option in the General category called Single Line Display which when selected, causes each record returned by the database to replace the current contents of the Text Editor. If you want all of the records to be placed in the Text Editor, you must keep this option off.

The Card button can be clicked at any time to display a custom QSL card for the current callsign. Sometimes, the word “Picture” will appear on the button indicating that a digital QSL card image exists for this callsign.

The Clear clears the contents of the current key box.


 Looking up Callsigns

Callsign lookup is the easiest function to access with QRZ/32 and when looking for a single, individual callsign look under the Basics topic heading. To start a Callsign lookup, begin by clicking on the Callsign tab on the Search Mode Selection Panel.

Callsigns may be looked up either by their suffix or by the whole callsign. When you specify a suffix (as opposed to a whole callsign), chances are that several matching records will be found. When multiple matches are found, the lettering on the Continue and Next buttons will turn from gray to black indicating that more matching records for the given key exist.

The number of records which match the current key is always displayed in the Status Bar at the bottom of the screen, as is other information relating to the search.


callsign suffixes
A callsign suffix is the part of the callsign which includes the area number and the letters which follow it.  For example, a, ab, abc and 7abc are all valid suffixes.  Using a suffix of just the letter A will match callsigns like:  AA7A, NR2A, WU7A, etc..  Using a suffix of '7ABC' finds all callsigns which end in 7ABC such as: N7ABC, W7ABC, KB7ABC, and so on.  You cannot use a number (such as ‘7’) by itself as a suffix


The Status Bar

The Status Bar, located at the bottom of the QRZ/32 screen, contains several important pieces of information. The bar is divided into seven small panels, each of which performs a particular function.

1.	Last Callsign Searched - this is the last specific callsign that was searched for. If you click on this panel, it will bring this record back into the Text Editor .

2.	Last Callsign Displayed - this is the last callsign that was displayed in the Text Editor. You can click on this panel to bring back the record shown.

3.	Current Match Number - this shows the match number of the last record which placed in the Text Editor. Panels 3 and 4 show which match out of all matches is currently being shown. In this example, it was record number 2 out of 213 possible.

4.	Total Match Hits - this is the total number of records which match the current search key.  When you search on a key which finds a large number of records, this number will slowly grow larger. If you don’t want to wait for it to finish counting, hit the Stop button.

5.	Message Panel - this panel is used to show various messages while the program is running. Sometimes this panel says E-mail. When it does you can click on it to fetch the e-mail record for the currently displayed callsign.

6.	Current Line * - this is the current line number that the cursor is on when editing in the text window. The total number of lines per page depends on the size of the font that is currently being used. You can choose the font and colors you want using the Properties dialog from the main menu or by clicking on the Properties toolbar button.

7.	Current Page * - this is the current page that the cursor is on when editing in the text window. This many pages would be printed if you decided to print the current text window. The number of pages for a given number of records depends on the size of the font that is currently being used.

* Note:	The Current Line and Current Page numbers are based on the number of pages that would go to the printer. If you don’t have a default printer setup under Windows, these numbers could be misleading.


Looking up Names

The procedure for looking up names is very similar to that used for Callsign lookups.  To begin, you must first click on the Name tab on the Search Mode Selection Panel.  Next, two key boxes will appear with one labeled Last Name and one labeled First Name.  When searching for names, remember that typing in a key for the Last Name is required and for the first name it is optional.  In the key box labeled Last Name, type in the last name of the person or persons that you wish to look up.  Last and first names may contain spaces in them such as "VAN  HORN", “MARY JANE” or "JEAN LUC".

When you use the star (*) at the end of a last name, you can match a whole range of names.  For example, a last name specified as  L* would return all callsigns of people whose last name begins with the letter L.  You can also type several characters before the star as in:  SMI*, which would match all names beginning with SMI as in: SMITH, SMITTY, SMIGEL, SMILEY an so on.

By default, the star is always added internally by the program to the last name even though you don’t see it. This is a feature of the Properties dialog under the General category called Approximate Matches.  When Approximate Matches is on, all Name and City lookups act as if the star were typed. If you turn off Approximate Matches, the lookup routine will look for the name exactly as typed and the star can then be used as desired.

After you've typed in the Last Name, you may then enter a desired First Name and optionally a Middle Initial.  All first names are considered 'wild' and are treated as if a star had been typed at the end, regardless of the setting of the Approximate Matches option.  For example, entering FRED as the First Name will return all records whose last name field matches the given Last Name key and whose first name begins with the letters FRED such as FRED, FREDERICK, FREDERICO, etc..

Middle Initials may be entered in after the first name such as “FRED   L”, or “RODNEY   J”, etc..  If the first name is a two-word name like “PEGGY SUE” then there can be only one space between “PEGGY” and “SUE”. There can be only one middle initial.

Note: Name lookups may not work properly for some non USA callsigns. In particular, the Canadian database is not separated into first and last names and as a result, the entire name is found only in the First Name field.


Looking up Cities and States

The procedure for looking up cities and states is very similar to that used for Callsign lookups. When searching for cities, remember that typing in a key for the state is required.  Typing in the city name is optional, in which case all records for a given state are returned.

To begin, first click on City in the Search Mode Selection Panel. In the key box labeled City, type in the name of the city or town that you wish to look up.  City names may contain spaces in them such as 'SAINT  LOUIS".  Be careful not to type two spaces between the parts of the city names since in the database, they appear and are located only if they match exactly, including the number of spaces.

In the key box labeled State, type in the two-letter state code. The State code is required. Note: two-letter state codes are not available for Canadian callsigns.

After typing in your keys, click on the Search  button to start the search. Once a match is found using any of the above methods, the Next and the Continue buttons can be used in the same manner as described under the Search Control Buttons.

Note: City and State lookups may not work properly on non USA callsigns due to differences in the database structure obtained from other countries


Looking up QSL Card Images
QSL Card Images

To browse the digital QSL Card Image collection, select View->Images from the main menu.

Adding your image to the collection:

If you would like to see your QSL card in an upcoming edition of the QRZ CDROM, there are several ways you can do it.  All hams are invited to get their cards into the collection and we will continue to add cards as space permits.

Your card or picture can be of just about anything that you would like as a picture to represent your callsign to the world.  It can be a scanned image of your QSL card, a photo of your shack, your favorite antenna, etc.

We reserve the right to refuse to publish any image which we believe is inappropriate.

Getting your card or picture to us:

Digital Images (.GIF Files)

All digital or scanned image files must be in .GIF format and must not exceed 400x300 pixels in either dimension. It may be color or black and white. If you cannot create a .GIF file you can send the file in any other picture format and we’ll try and convert it for you.

Internet:	Anonymous FTP

Place the file in our /tmp directory.  Be sure and name your file xx0xxx.gif where ‘xx0xxx is your callsign.  Your picture will be viewed and loaded onto the online database within a few days.

HTTP:

If you have an image already available via the World Wide Web, just drop us an e-mail and tell us where it can be found using our browser.

Email:

You can email your .GIF image to us.  For best results, use UUENCODE as the format as we sometimes have problems with other types of attachments (like Eudora). MIME encoded mail is also OK.

Regular Mail:	  Floppy Disk

You can mail your favorite image on a 3 ½  inch MSDOS formatted floppy disk. You may send us as many images as you like, but unless they are really interesting we will only print one of them. In general we can associate only one image per callsign.

Actual Photo or Card

We will gladly digitize your hard copy photo or card on our color scanner. Just send it to us and we’ll see what we can do.

Mailing address:

QRZ Best of DX

PO Box 62807

Colorado Springs, CO  80962-2807   USA

If your image is accepted, you should see it on the QRZ Internet server (http://www.qrz.com) within a few weeks.

We do not normally return cards or photos submitted by regular mail.  If you must have your card or photo returned, please include a self-addressed stamped envelope along with your letter.

Please do not send us any image, photo or other item which is or may be copyrighted.


Looking up Email Addresses

This version of the QRZ database contains the e-mail addresses of over 30,000 amateur radio operators worldwide.

To lookup email addresses only, choose View -> Email from the main menu.  In the Callsign box, enter any callsign and then click on the Search button.  If the email for this  callsign is known, it will be displayed in the email address box.  Don’t be surprised if only a few addresses can be found.  Although we have nearly a million callsigns, only a few of them (by comparison) are in the e-mail database.

To add your email address to the QRZ master database so that it appears in the next edition of the QRZ CDROM, simply send an email to updates@qrz.com with the following message:

To: updates@qrz.com

Subject: my email address

qrz_email    YourCall     YourEmail@address

Just replace the ‘YourCall’ with your callsign and the YourEmail@address with your correct e-mail address.  Please do not add any additional characters and/or punctuation before or after the items as shown.  Sorry, but we can accept only one e-mail address per callsign.

Notes: URL’s are also accepted provided they begin with http://.. and do not exceed 50 characters in length.  Only one listing is allowed per person.  If you have World Wide Web (WWW) access, you can input your email address directly by visiting http://www.qrz.com

Due to the potential for abuse by persons who would use the e-mail information to send out unwanted mass mailings, QRZ stores the e-mail information in an encoded format on the CDROM. To further protect our users, we provide no direct way to scan or directly dump the e-mail  addresses as a list. In addition, it is our strict policy not release the details of the encoding method to any party.


Looking up Zipcodes

The procedure for looking up zipcodes is very similar to that used for Callsign lookups.  To begin, you must first click on the Zip tab.  Next, two key boxes will appear with one labeled Zip From and one labeled Zip To.  The Zip From key is required and the Zip To key is optional.

The Zip From key is the key to begin matching zipcodes from, which will return all zipcodes which are equal to Zip From.  When the Zip To key is used, matching continues up to and including all those records which match the Zip To key.  The Zip To key, if used, may not be less than the Zip From key.  After entering in the Zip From key and the optional Zip To key, click on the Search button and proceed with other operations as desired.

Once a match is found using any of the above methods, the Next and Continue  buttons can be used in the same manner as described under The Search Control Buttons topic.

Note: Zipcode lookups are available for USA callsigns only.


Looking up Street Addresses

The procedure for looking up street addresses is identical to that used for Looking up Cities and States except that a third key box, the Street key, is included.  As with the city lookup, the State field is required.  All other fields are optional.  It is possible to look up a street name without specifying the city in which case all streets in the state matching the given street name are returned.

The method used for looking up street addresses is to first perform a city/state match and then check to see if the record contains the given street key.  Because each record is individually scanned, the street search can take a great deal longer than any other type of lookup under QRZ.

When choosing a Street key, try and be as least specific as possible since a great many street names are misspelled and/or spelled differently across the database.  For example, a street name might be CALLE PORTAL but may be found in the database under both CALLE  PORTAL and CALLEPORTAL (one word).  Your best bet is to look for the word PORTAL and hope for the best.

Attempting to lookup a specific numbered street address will be nearly hopeless in all cases since there is such a great variety in the way addresses are written.  For example, if a person lives on 1234 West Main Street, the database (and the FCC records) might contain "1234 W MAIN STREET", "1234 WEST MAIN ST", or "1234 W MAIN ST", all of which are unique as far as the computer is concerned.


Lookup Modes
 The Search Mode Selection Panel

There are 5 main database searching modes. To select the searching mode, click on the corresponding tab control:

Select:	To search for...
Callsign	A particular callsign or range of callsigns
Name	A particular or similar name
City	All callsigns within a given city and / or state
Zip	All callsigns within a given zipcode or range of zipcodes
Street	A street address or street within a given city and / or state


Key Boxes

The Key Box area is a multi-tab control used to select the current search mode and to provide input for the desired search key.  Depending upon the current tab setting, different key boxes will appear.

The Key Boxes may be cleared by clicking on the Clear button.  As you move about the database, the Key Boxes may be automatically filled with the contents of the current record.

See also: Setting Program Options and the Search Mode Selection Panel


Search Button
The Search button is always used to begin a lookup after a key has been entered.  If the Search button finds more than one match then the Next, and Continue  buttons will become active.

See also: The Basics and The Search Control Buttons.


Card/Picture Button

The Card (Picture) button is used to activate the image viewer window.  When an image file exists for the callsign currently being displayed, the Card button changes it’s name to Picture showing that an image is available.


Next Button
The Next button fetches the next record which matches the current key, after the Search button has found the first record.

See also: The Basics and The Search Control Buttons.


Stop Button

The Stop button stops a Search count operation or may be used to interrupt the Continue Button

See also: The Basics and The Search Control Buttons.


Continue Button
The Continue button acts just as if the Next button were repeatedly pressed until the last record matching the given key(s) has been displayed.  The Continue button is not active until the Search button has found the first match.

See also: The Basics and The Search Control Buttons.


Clear Button
The Clear button clears all of the Key Boxes


The Database Scrollbar
Using the Scroll Bar

The Scroll Bar located beneath the Key Boxes is used to casually browse through the database.  When you use the Scroll Bar, the current search is canceled and you enter into the database browsing mode.  Due to the large number of records available and the low resolution of the Scroll Bar, it’s movements tend to be approximate, especially when moving in the Back (left) direction.

Using the Scroll Bar is not the same as using the Next or Continue buttons.  The Next and Continue buttons look for the next match while the Scroll Bar simply returns the next record, which might not match the current key at all. To see the next match for the current search key, use the Next button.  (Sorry, but there is no way to view the previous match to the current search key, although sometimes the Scroll Bar may show it to you.)

Clicking on the arrows at the left or right of the Scroll Bar moves the database back or forward by one record in either direction.  Clicking on the inside of the scroll bar moves the database in jumps of 100 records. Dragging the scroll bar button moves the database by huge amounts.


History Menu
History

The History menu contains the last 24 callsigns which were returned by a successful hit by the Search button.  Only the first match is saved, all other matches returned by Next and the Continue and are ignored.  The history list can be cleared using a button in the General category of the Properties dialog box.


Setting Program Options
Setting Program Options and Properties

By clicking on either Edit->Properties from the main menu or the Properties toolbar button, you can bring up the Properties dialog box.  The Properties box contains settings for a wide variety of system preferences and other information. All of the data in the Properties box is saved when you exit QRZ32. For convenience, there is a Save button on the properties box which can be used to save the settings immediately.

There are 5 main categories of properties you can set, which are selected by clicking on the appropriate tabs.

Style Settings

Style settings affect how the callsign data is read into the text editor. There are 5 main settings:

Display	Complete callsign information

Callbook	One line per callsign, in catalog format

Mail Label	Formatted as a mailing label

.DBF	Formatted in the .DBF database style

RAW	Exactly how it appears in the database

Next to the mail Label selection, you can indicate how many text lines there are on a per-label basis. Since the label itself is three lines, the lowest number you can set this to is 3.

General Settings

General settings are for things which control the operation of the program. These include:

Approximate Matches sets whether exact or “close” matches will be found

Clear on new search sets whether the text editor is cleared on every new database search

Confirm before Clear/Load/Exit asks you whether you want to save the current file before exiting or loading another file.

Save History sets whether or not the program will remember the last 24 callsigns the next time you run the program.

Show Startup Banner sets whether the initial introduction picture screen comes up or not.

Single Item Display controls whether the text editor is cleared every time a new callsign is displayed.

The Clear History button clears the contents of the history buffer so that it “forgets” the last 24 callsigns that you’ve looked up.

The Max Hits box allows you to specify the maximum number of callsigns that will be returned from any search. You may set this number as large as you like, depending on the amount of disk and memory that your system has. The author’s system runs on a 133Mhz Pentium system with 32 Mbytes of RAM and has found that 5000 is a pretty good limit for reasonable performance.

Directories Settings

This box  is used to set which directories get used by QRZ.

CDROM or Database Drive: This should show the drive letter of your CDROM drive. By setting this to your CDROM drive, QRZ will be able to startup faster by not having to search for the location of the database.

Default Save Directory:  This is the directory that is called up by default when you elect to save a file from within the text editor.

Temporary Files Directory:   During normal operation, QRZ uses some space on the hard disk to serve as a cache when formatting the text editor.  The size of the cache file (qrz.tmp) will tend to be the same size as the number of characters in the text buffer.  This means that if you look up very large lists of callsigns, this file could be big.  Each time the program is run, this file is erased and rewritten several times. It may be removed at any time with no ill effects to the program.

Color Settings

This page is used to set the foreground and background colors for the text editor.  This box sets the colors for all the text that is currently in the text editor.  To set the colors of individual characters, first highlight them and then click on the right mouse button and choose Selection Color…

Default Font Settings

This page allows you to choose a font which will be used on all the text in the text editor. You may choose any font that you like.  To set the font of individual characters, first highlight them and then click on the right mouse button and choose Selection Font…

Personal Settings

This page is for your own address and station information. It is used by the automatic QSL card generator to fill in your part of the card. If you just type in your callsign and click on the Get Data button, it will fill in all of the name and address fields for you.  You must fill in the My Station box yourself with any additional information that you wish to appear on the cards. This data, like all of the Properties information, is saved when you exit the program.


Printing

Printing is very straightforward in QRZ/32. The first thing that you must make sure of, however, is that your printer is already installed and works properly under Windows with other applications. Once you’ve determined that your printer is working fine, you can follow the steps below.

You can only print data which is in the Text Editor. The first step is to fill the text editor with the information you wish to print. You can edit the data if you like, and change the fonts and colors (if you have a color printer).

When the contents of the text editor are formatted to your satisfaction, you need only click on the printer Tool Bar button. You may also click on File->Print from the main menu.

Note: When you print from QRZ/32, the contents of the text editor are sent directly to the printer using the same fonts and text colors that are displayed in the editor (except the background). No page numbers, headers, footers, or any other page formatting are provided. You must use a word processing program (not included with QRZ/32) if you need these additional features.

To work with a word processor, you must first save the contents of the text editor to a file. When you are prompted for a file name, if you give a name which ends in .TXT, the file will be saved as a plain text file. If your file name ends in .RTF, it will be saved as a Rich Text Format file. When you save in plain text (ASCII) format, none of the font or color selections are preserved. When you save to Rich Text Format, however, all of the font type, size color and formatting information are saved with the file.

Once you have saved the file you then simply open it in your favorite word processor to make any further changes you need.


Troubleshooting

General Tips

QRZ/32 always stores the information saved by the Properties dialog in your system’s WINDOWS directory in a file called QRZ32.INI. If ever there is any doubt about the operation of the program, especially when it was running fine before, just delete the \windows\qrz32.ini file and try again. A new file will automatically be built from the factory defaults which should restore the program to normal operation. Note that if you select Add/Remove Programs from the Control panel to remove QRZ/32 that the QRZ32.INI file will not be removed. You must remove this file by hand if you want a fresh factory-default startup.

Frequently Asked Questions about the QRZ Database

Q. 	Why isn’t my callsign in the database?

. 	It takes about two months to produce the QRZ CDROM. Your callsign or upgrade may have not reached QRZ in time to make the most recent edition. The date on the most recent edition is the date that it was released, not the date of the last database update which may have been several weeks before. In addition, there can also be errors or omissions in the FCC’s master copy of the database. The QRZ Callsign database is as complete as we can make it at the time it is published, but we cannot guarantee that it is free of errors.

Q.  Why aren’t there more foreign callsigns?

. 	In many countries, the callsign data is copyrighted or otherwise restricted on privacy grounds. In some countries, the exclusive rights to the data has been sold to private companies and/or to radio clubs. When this is the case, it is impossible for QRZ to obtain legal copies of the information since others (competing callbooks) already hold the exclusive rights. In some countries, no computer readable form of the data exists anywhere and may well be nothing more than an old notebook in some remote government communications office.

At QRZ we’re always looking for more callsign data. If you can provide us with a listing of all the hams in a particular country, we will reward you with a free subscription to QRZ , or, any single title from the Walnut Creek CDROM catalog.

Q. The data shown for may callsign is incorrect. Can you change it?

. 	No, if you are a US amateur radio operator. All US database updates are taken daily from the FCC master file. To update your information, you must file a 610 from with the FCC.

If you are a non-US amateur, you mail send us the updated information via e-mail or by postal mail.

Q.	One or more of the callsigns listed belonged to a Silent Key.  Why are these callsigns still in the database?

A.	When an amateur passes away, the FCC must be notified so that the record can be removed from the database. Sometimes it can take several months or perhaps a year or more depending on whether the family notifies the FCC. Typically, the FCC will not accept notification from non-family members. Since we at QRZ have no way of knowing when hams pass away, we cannot be responsible for tracking the data.

Q.	I can locate some individuals by callsign but not by name, why?

A.	This happens frequently with non-US callsigns and mostly with Canadian callsigns. The reason is that the information that we were provided with for some countries did not come with the first and last names separated into two parts. It is more difficult than one might think to separate full names into two parts. Some people have four or five words in their name (e.g. Jean Luc St Pierre) and our computer program is not smart enough to figure out where the first name ends and the last name begins. In fact, sometimes I can’t figure it out either, especially when the names are in a language which I can barely read.

Q. Are there any known bugs in this version?

. 	None known at this time. On the other hand, although we’ve made every reasonable effort to design and test QRZ/32 to insure that it’s as reliable as possible, we realize that there is probably something that was missed. If you find a problem with QRZ/32, please let us know about it so that we can fix it before next edition comes out. Send e-mail to Fred, flloyd@qrz.com or write to:

QRZ, PO Box 62807, Colorado Springs, CO  80962-2807

Please use e-mail if at all possible since we’re very bad about returning written correspondence. We do answer all of our e-mail.

From time to time, we will post updates to the QRZ32 program on our Internet server for downloading at   ftp://ftp.qrz.com.


QRZ32.EXE
Setting up and QRZ32.EXE

If you have installed QRZII on your hard disk using the SETUP.EXE program provided on the CDROM, an icon will have been installed for you in the Start menu. Only the QRZ/32 program is stored on your hard disk while the actual callsign data has been left on the CDROM.

Since the CDROM can be mapped to any drive letter, QRZ32 must search for the CDROM upon startup. The search starts with drive C: and proceeds upwards toward drive Z: looking for the first drive which has a directory called \callbk\callbkc.dat. There is an option setting under the Edit->Properties menu item in the Directories category which will allow you to enter in the drive letter for your CDROM drive. Once you have done this, QRZ32 will start searching from that drive which in most cases will allow the program to start up just a bit faster.

There are two other directories on your hard disk that QRZ/32 will need to use.  One is used for temporary files and the other is the default save directory which gets picked when you choose Save from the File Menu. You can choose the defaults for these directories by using the Properties box screen and selecting the Directories category. You can pick any directory you want for these two items as long as it is writeable. If you pick an invalid or non-writeable directory for the temporary files item, the Continue control button will operate very slowly.

Initially, both of these directories are set to C:\. During normal operation, a file called QRZ.TMP will be stored in the temporary files directory. You can remove this file at any time with no adverse affects to the program. A new file will be created as necessary.


QRZ on the Internet
How to Contact QRZ

QRZ can be found on the Internet with the following services:

Anonymous FTP

ftp://ftp.qrz.com carries a large collection of shareware, data files, GIF repository

World Wide Web

http://www.qrz.com is an Interactive web server with online database lookups with gif image display, ftp archives, email and DX callsign registration.

Email

QRZ maintains the following email addresses for user correspondence. Except for the author’s, each of the addresses below are automated response servers:

Author	aa7bq@qrz.com	Fred Lloyd, AA7BQ
Email Registration	updates@qrz.com	Automated e-mail registration
Email database lookups	lookup@qrz.com	Auto. database lookup system
Product Info	info@qrz.com	Press Releases

By Mail

QRZ

PO Box 62807

Colorado Springs, CO  80962-2807


Using the Text Editor

The QRZ/32 Text Editor

QRZ/32 includes a basic, no frills text editor which is designed for short notes, mailing lists, etc.. The QRZ/32 text editor is by no means comparable to a big word processor but it does perform quite a few handy tasks, offering several ways to edit, search and format your data for printing or saving to files. It can read or write both ASCII (.TXT) and Rich Text Format (.RTF) files.

If you need editing features which are not provided by the QRZ/32 text editor, your best bet is to simply save the data to a file and then use a regular, commercial word processing program.

The QRZ/32 text editor can hold an almost unlimited number of text lines, depending only on the amount of memory and disk available on your computer.  If you get a very large number of lines in the file, say perhaps 50,000 or more, the editor will really start to slow down. Don’t be alarmed, this is normal and it only means that your computer is having to work harder to handle the large amount of data. Buying a fast Pentium might help but it’s a lot cheaper to simply work with reasonably sized files.

Text is entered into the editor either by 1), using the File->Open menu option, 2) looking up callsign data, or 3) typing text in by hand. The text that you type in is displayed in the current font, font size and screen color. All of these items are adjustable by going to the Edit->Properties menu, or by clicking on the Properties toolbar button.

There are three text alignment buttons available on the toolbar. These buttons apply to the currently highlighted text, or to all new text if none is currently highlighted.

Clicking on the right mouse button when the cursor is in the text editor will bring up a quick edit menu which allows you to cut, copy, paste and change the font and/or color of the currently highlighted text. Note that to set either the color or the font for ALL the text, you must use the Properties toolbar button.

Searching for Text

One of the handy things about the text editor is that you can fill it up with data and then start searching it. To search for text which is already in the editor, you can simply click on Edit->Find from the main menu, or, you can highlight the text and then press the F3 key.


Automatic QSL Cards

AutoQSL allows QRZ to automatically generate a custom QSL card that you can print out and mail to any callsign in the database. To use the AutoQSL feature, you can select either the Edit->AutoQSL menu item or the AutoQSL toolbar button.

Note: In order for the QSL card to display your name and address, you must first setup your Personal information in the Properties window.

In most cases, the callsign information will already be filled in for the person whose callsign is currently in the display.  You may type any callsign into the QSL To: box and then press the Get Data button to have the system fetch the correct name and address for you.

You then fill in the relevant date, time, mode, etc., information and any Remarks that you would also like to appear on the card.  When you’re finished editing the information, click on Create Postcard to display the new card.

When the new postcard appears, you may send it to the printer using the File->Print menu item. You may either fold and tape the printer page to make a card, or, you can print on heavier paper to make a ‘real’ postcard. Be sure and put a stamp on the card if you decide to actually mail it.


Main Screen
Guide to the QRZ/32 Main Screen

The QRZ/32 Screen Controls

(click on the various parts of the picture for more info):


Main Menu
The Main Menu

The Main Menu has the following Categories:

File

New	Clears the Text Editor

Open	Opens an existing file into the Text Editor

Save	Save the contents of the Text Editor

Print	Print the contents of the Text Editor

Exit	Exit the program

Edit

Cut	Cuts the selected text and places it on the clipboard

Copy	Copies the selected text to the clipboard

Paste	Pastes the contents of the clipboard into the Text Editor

Delete	Deletes the selected text (does not go to the clipboard)

AutoQSL	Opens the Automatic QSL Card screen

Find	Search for a specific text string

Find Next	Searches for the next occurrence of a given text string

Select All	Selects all the text in the Text Editor

Properties	Brings up the Properties window

View

Email	Brings up the Email Search window

Images	Browse the on-line QSL card images

Explore QRZ	Browse the entire QRZ CDROM, shareware, files, etc.

History

<callsigns>	Menu of the 24 last searched callsigns

Help

Contents	The main QRZ/32 Help menu

Data Info	Displays version and size of the current database

What’s New	Release Notes for this edition of QRZ/32

About	About QRZ/32


Tool Bar
The Tool Bar

The Tool Bar provides quick access to several commonly used functions. Most of these buttons have a corresponding function in the Main Menu

1.	New File	Clears the Text Editor
2.	Save File	Saves the current contents of the Text Editor
3.	Open File	Loads an existing file into the Text Editor
4.	Print	Print the contents of the Text Editor
5.	Search	Search the data in the Text Editor
6.	AutoQSL	Create an Automatic QSL Postcard
7.	Cut	Cut the selected text to the system clipboard
8.	Copy	Copy the selected text to the system clipboard
9.	Paste	Paste the contents of the system clipboard into the Text Editor
10.	Delete	Delete the currently selected text (does not go to the clipboard)
11.	Bold Text	Makes the selected text Bold *
12.	Italic Text	Makes the selected text Italic *
13.	Align Left	Aligns the selected text to the left *
14.	Align Center	Centers the selected text *
15.	Align Right	Aligns the selected text to the right *
16.	Properties	Activates up the Properties screen
17.	Help Menu	Brings up this help file

Items marked with an asterisk (*) are not available from the Main Menu.