Added a new autoscroll locking function so that when you move your mouse cursor into the Internet, VHF packet, or DXinfo spot windows, scrolling will automatically be locked for 3 to 4 seconds and then automatically resumed. This feature will help to reduce the issues associated with selecting an entry during heavy incoming packet DX spot activity. If you have the scroll lock feature manually enabled, this will over-ride the auto feature. This feature can be turned on or off by way of a new menu item located under the VIEW menu in DXbase. You may wish to have it turned on during periods of heavy packet activity and off during periods of slow activity Because while turned on, packet spots are kept in a queue and are not displayed until the next DX spot comes in after the three second timer expires. This can be a little confusing during periods of slow packet activity, but is not an issue when the spots are heavy.

Updated the URL for Pathfinder lookups from within DXbase

QSO Log option for using or not using previous QSO info to auto populate some QSO fields will now be retained so that user does not have to set this option each time they start DXbase. The previous setting for this right menu option in the QSO log will be retained.

Added additional reports created by users such as Joe, WA6AXE into the standard installation so that approximately 45 new reports are now included. ( THANK YOU Joe).

Modified the Special1 and Special2 fields from old max length of 10 characters to new max length of 25 characters. This will allow for more flexibility in specialized tracking for the user. Also modified logic in the Selection Wizard and all award modules so that filtering on the Special 1 and 2 fields is no longer case sensitive.

Modified the selection wizard for special1 and special2 fields so that an exact match is no longer required. Now if any part of the search value entered in the spec1 or spec2 fields is found in a QSO records spec1 and spec2 fields, the record will be selected in the selection wizard.

Modified the selection wizard for grid field so that an exact match is no longer required. Now, any records that contain the characters entered in the selection wizard search field that are present in a grid field of the QSO record will be selected. For example, if the value EA is entered in the wizard and a grid of EA12AB is present in a QSO record grid field, then this record will be selected since the value EA was found in this grid.

Added additional rotor choice for Prosistel_D type rotors now being sold which requires a different interface command structure. The older version is still available in DXbase.

Corrected a problem where using the '*' to delete all pending address records did not work. Now the use of the '*' will delete all pending address labels.

Added ICOM IC-7000 as an available radio choice in user options.

Added automatic selection of radio-1 or radio-2 based on the frequency contained in a DX spot when user clicks the QSY option in the internet, VHF packet, or DX Info window. Radio choice is controlled by new column contained in the bandplan table that allows
user to select which radio should be used for a given frequency range.

Added automatic selection of rotor-1 or rotor-2 based on the frequency contained in a DX spot when user clicks the QSY option in the internet, VHF packet, or DX Info window. Rotor choice is controlled by new column contained in the bandplan table that allows
user to select which rotor should be used for a given frequency range.

Modified the SetHF Frequency dialog box so that you can now select which radio you wish to have active from within this window.

Modified the Previous QSO module so that partial lookups for callsign, special-1, and special-2 fields will be performed. For example, entering AA4 will return all records containing AA4. Entering AA4LU will return all records that contain AA4LU such as
AA4LU/P...HA/AA4LU, AA4LU, etc...

In the QSO log county field, DXbase will automatically convert the lower case entry into upper case thereby allowing validation to succeed when user enters in lower case. Previously, entering in lower case would not pass validations. The conversion to upper case occurs after you leave the county field and move to another field in
the QSO record. Also corrected an issue where using the Edit/Find menu to search for a county in the log did not work properly.

In the summary window, added 6 and 2 meter as part of the HF displays in the band/mode matrix. 6 and 2 meter remains in the VHF selection as well. This change allows user to keep the setting to HF and now also be able to see 6 and 2 meter stats.

In the QSO log, when saving a QSO record, the End Time field will be automatically populated if the field is blank with the current system time at the instant when you save the QSO record.

In the QSO log, if your default QSLvia in user options is set to Bureau, but the country prefix you are logging is one that does not allow bureau, then DXbase will automatically set the QSLvia for the QSO being logged to "other". Your original default QSLvia will continue to be used when additional QSOs are logged and are
eligible to be handled via bureau.

A new column was added to the bandplan mapping table to allow for specifying the default power level by frequency range that will be automatically populated into the QSO log when logging a QSO. This new default value will be used whenever a frequency can be determined such as from a packet spot or from an interfaced HF
radio. If a frequency cannot be identified, then the general power default from user options will be used. As shipped, the power level is set to 100 for all frequency ranges so users will need to adjust these values in the bandplan mapping table for their own specifications.

Added new feature that allows you to exclude a specific DX spot from being treated as needed. Often times we need a new country and DXbase alerts you for the new one. But after we work that station, we continue to be alerted each time the station is spotted for the same band and mode that we have already worked him on. This is particularly true with new ones that come about. In other words, we need him, but now we have worked him, but DX spots continue to come in and therefore we continue to receive alerts that we need him. This feature lets you enter the call, band, and mode for this station into an "exclude" list and DXbase will no longer treat spots for this one as needed. In the Internet and VHF Packet window a new ICON will be placed for this DX spot that looks like the letter E with
a black background. Additionally, a new module lets you display the entries in your "exclude" list and you can add/change/delete entries. You can access this module from the Tools menu. You can also access this list by right clicking within the DX Info Spots window and selecting View Exclude List from the menu. An additional menu item is available in the DX Info Spots window to add the entry that you right click into the Exclude List.

HF Numeric Statistics module was modified to include calculation of total entities by bands in the display. This information gives numeric totals relative to DXCC Challenge award. 

Added new capability to receive IOTA alerts when a DX spot contains a properly formatted IOTA indicator in the comments section of the spot. DXbase will first check the spot for DX alerting and if it meets your criteria as needed, no further checking is done. If the spot is not needed for DX, then it will check further to see if it contains an IOTA that you need. If so, you will receive the alert. New indicator is present in the VHF, Internet, and DX Info windows to identify the spot as being needed for either DX or for IOTA. New user option is contained in the Alert options section that lets you turn IOTA alerting off, choose to only check for IOTA based on Mixed, or check based on the criteria used for DX alerting. If you select to alert all, or alert none, the IOTA checking is also impacted.

Modified the logic for recognizing an IOTA in a DX spot comment to 
handle the additional case of NA 160 where the post uses a space between the two char continent and the three digit number.

During the installation of this release, significant new logic has been implemented to try and preserve as many previous user options and settings as possible from the previous 2006 release. Part of this is handled during the installation process and part is handled from the DXB Import module.

DXbase 2006.

1. Expanded WPX field size in log to six char.

2. Expanded notes field size in log to 50 char.

3. Modified WPX extraction logic to improve accuracy of WPX prefix selection.

4. Updated refdata alias and callmap tables to improve auto zone and prefix selection

5. Added numerous award tracking reports. Some of these were released to 2005 users
as add on reports but they are now included in the 2006 installation.

AJD - All Japan Districts Award
ARLHS - Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society
BCA - Belgian Castles Award
CISA - Canadian Islands Award
CLHA - Croatian Lighthouses Award
DCE - Spanish Castles Award
DCI - Italian Castles Award
DFCF - French Castles and Forts Award
DIE - Spanish Islands Award
DIEI - Spanish Interior Islands Award
DIFM - French Islands Award
DIFO - French Overseas Islands Award
DIP - Portugese Islands Award
DLD - German Districts (DOK)
DLI - Italian Lakes Award
DMF - French Mills Awards
DPLF - French Lighthouses Award
GIA/DID - German Islands Award
IIA - Italian Islands Award
ILIA - Italian Lake Islands Award
IOCA - Croatian Islands Award
IOSA - Islands of Scotland Award
JCC - Japan Century-Cities Award
JCG - Japan Century-Guns Award
JIA - Japan Island Award
MIA - Mediterranean Islands Award
RDA - Russian Districts Award
RFFA - Russian Flora Fauna Award
RIIA - Russian Internal Islands Award
RLHA - Russian Lighthouses Award
RRA - Russian Robinson Award
SCOTIA - Scottish Islands Award
TPEA - Worked Spanish Provinces Award
UIA - Ukrainian Islands Award
USI - U.S. Islands Award
WABA - Worked all Antarctica Bases
WAIL - Worked all Italian Lighthouses
WAJA - Worked All Japan prefectures Award
WLH - World Lighthouses
CQ DX Field Award


6. Added county and state fields from the log to be available for QSO labels.

7. Added QSO right mouse popup option to turn on/off auto population of previous QSO data.

8. When printing labels, sorting will include date and time so that multiple Qs on a single
label will appear in chronological order.

9. When creating DXCC Award QSO form, Multiple Qs on single card are now sorted by
callsign at the end of the form pursuant to ARRL revised guidelines.

10. Expanded the QSO time field to include hhmmss format. If user only enters hhmm, then the 
seconds portion is autopopulated. This change allows QSOs to be logged for the same minute
thus allowing county hunter and contest QSOs to be entered without having to adjust the
time by one minute as was required in the past.

11. Updated internal DXbase manager address and mapping tables. The number of entries was
nearly doubled.

12. The QSLvia field will be auto populated with the same value as a previous QSO with the
the same station if one exists in your log; otherwise, user option default will be used.

13. Added place in user personal options to record your ten ten number.

14. Your ten ten number is now available for inclusion on labels and QSL cards that you design and print.

15. When printing labels, added ability to filter which labels are printed based on the operator callsign. You can specify a specific operator callsign or use an asterik for all. This allows those who use more than one callsign in a single database to control which labels are printed based on the operator callsign.

16. Modified the delete pending label function to be able to filter on operator callsign.

17. Added ability to store an address label from the Previous QSO module.

18. Added reformatted reports for statistics to facilitate hole punches for binders.

19. Added additional queries to the previous QSO window to allow for:
Mode + Prefix
Mode + State
Mode + CQz
Mode + Call
Mode + Iota
Mode + Grid
Mode + TenTen
Mode + WPX

20. When printing labels, DXbase will remember the last label file project name that was used and autopopulate this in the file selection dialog box the next time you print labels.

21. When printing user designed report, DXbase will remember the last report project selected and autopopulate this the next time you enter this module.

22. When using the Selection Wizard to produce address labels, new option to use address from an optional CD address database ( QRZ, RAC, Buckmaster) if no internal DXbase address is found.

23. Added statistics computations in the HF and VHF numeric statistics modules to show combined rtty and digital totals. Computations for separate rtty and digital remain in place.

24. Modified program startup so that if user does not use a TNC VHF packet module, the VHF packet window will no longer be shown. If user wants to activate a VHF packet
interface after program is running, they will choose the New VHF Packet option under the Window menu in DXbase.

25. Modified program startup so that if user selects new option under the internet user option tab, DXbase will automatically create the Internet packet window. Using this new option may delay the startup of DXbase slightly while the internet connection to the cluster is established. It is also critical that the user first have their connection to the internet established before starting DXbase if they wish to use this new feature. If a user chooses not to activate this feature, the internet cluster interface works the same as previous releases.

26. Modified the Edit/Find feature in the QSO log so that if a record is found, the Summary window and Previous QSO toolbar and QSL Info Window will be automatically updated with the QSO data that was found.

27. Added selection in the "empty label" module that allows removing all duplicate address label records. As address labels are stored, it is possible to have duplicate address records to the same place. Sometimes you may desire separate labels even though they are dupes to the same address. But, if you prefer to only print one address label per address, this option will allow you to remove any
duplicates in your pending address label database.

28. Added option so that an address label will be automatically saved whenever you save a QSO label using the QSO label ICON. The address that will be saved will be based on what is displayed in the QSL Info window and will use the address designated by the "Use DXbase" or "Use CDROM". If no address is present, nothing is saved and no error messages are produced.

29. Added new form in the DXCC award module called Worksheet. This shows all of the data on the normal DXCC QSO form but in addition includes the QSL number, Confirmed type, and Credited information for each QSO entry. This worksheet form can be useful in reviewing the QSOs that are eligible for credit/submission to determine LoTw qualification and also aids in identifying the QSL number for those who use this capability in tracking their QSL cards received. A similar worksheet form has been
added to all the other award modules as well.

31. Fixed a problem where a previously credited QSO for LoTW might not be recognized when performing a card only submission with exclude previous checked, or vice versa.

32. In QSO log county field, modified the drop down list so that only counties for the value of the state field will be shown. In the past, all US counties were shown but this change restricts the list to only those counties in a particular state.

33. A new utility program was developed that allows for easy selection of files that you want to backup to a folder that you specify. Users can specify the folder where you want the backup files saved and DXbase will copy the selected files to that location.

34. A new utility program was developed that allows you to populate the fields in your QSO database from data, if available, contained on your third-party address CDROM
( QRZ, Buckmaster, and RAC) database. Fields included are Grid, Name, QTH, US State, and US County. These fields are only populated if they are empty in your QSO record.

35. Modified the stored CW message module so that you can force a trailing space(s) to be in a stored message. Use an asterik ( * ) at the end of the msg to force
DXbase to see the trailing space. DXbase will substitute the * for a space at the time you send the stored message.

36. The Field Order Utility was merged into the new utility simply called DXbase Utility. This is accessed from the DXbase Program Group. Added the capability to edit an
existing field order configuration file.

37. The Field Order module was redesigned to make it simple to establish your own configuration without any further need to remember field numbers etc... The new
module only requires clicking the field and moving it.

38. Modified Standard Report module to use additional subcategories. This allows for a more logical presentation to locate and display a standard report.

39. Added new user option to the TNC and Internet options pages that allows you to control when automatic screen updates are performed. You can now have screen
updates controlled by spots in the normal VHF or Internet window control screen updates. This is how previous releases of DXbase worked. Or now, you can specify that screen updates should only occur if a DX spot is loaded into the DX Info window. This new option prevents the screen stats, manager, and previous QSO toolbars from being updated unless the DX spot is one you need in DX Info window.

40. Added new option in alerts to select band/mode check for color coding DX info, or, user can now select mode/band as the sequence to check.

41. Replaced the Miles and Kilometers entries in Summary window with one entry called distance and provided user option to select between display of miles or kilometers.
Added a field on the summary window to show the DX station's approximate local time. Added new field in several refdata tables to store GMT offset for Timezone info.

42. Expanded several refdata tables to store lat/lon info. This expansion allows for more accurate display of beam headings, distance, etc... when a large country is broken into call districts such as US, Australia, Canada, Russia, etc..

43. Modified the summary window display so that if the country is USA, DXbase will now attempt to locate the US State and display beam headings etc... based on the actual state and not the default central USA.

44. In the summary window, when the USA country is displayed, DXbase will also indicate the State if that info is available from a third-party address database interface
or if the state field is populated in the log.

45. Modified the pending label module so that the window is resizeable.

46. Modified the Previous QSO module so that the width of the window is resizeable.

47. Modified the Standard Prefix Database module so that it is resizeable.

48. Modified the IOTA Database module so that it is resizeable.

49. Modified the Manager database module so that it is resizeable.

50. Modified the raw numeric statistics modules so that they are resizeable.

51. Modified callsign field in QSO log to allow copy/paste to work with ctrl-c and ctrl-v.

52. In the new DXB Utility program, a module was added that allows you to compact or repair your .mdb database. As you use DXbase, your database can grow large in size. This module lets you maintain your database at its smallest possible size.

53. Added user option to the alerts tab so that a user can specify that they want DXbase to use both the RTTY and the Digital stats when deciding if a rtty or digital DX spot
is needed. In effect, this option allows you to have rtty and digital merged for purposes of determining if a spot is needed. This option looks at the comments of the DX spot when determining if the spot is RTTY or Digital.

54. Modified the Summary window so that when you click on an entry in the log, or when a DX spot is received, the grid position for the band and mode will be marked in a distinct color. This shows you at a glance the band/mode for the spot or the QSO that was just selected.

55. Added new field to QSO log called PROP MODE. This is an optional 15 char field that could be used to record information such as satellite mode or other propogation
mode info such as back-scatter, auroa, etc... Added support for this PROP-MODE in the ADIF import/export features of DXbase.

56. Added new field to the QSO log called End-Time. This optional field can be used in those countries that require recording of the end time of a QSO. A new item was added to the right mouse popup menu in the QSO log to fill in the current system time into the QSO end time field.

57. Added a label comments override field in previous QSL module. When saving a label, if and entry is made, it will override the default label comment from user options and will be used for the label that is saved. If the override field is blank, user option comment will be used. This option is ignored when saving an SWL label since the format of a SWL label comment is hard coded to show Hrd working xxxxxx.

58. Expanded width of the QSL# field in log to ten characters. This allows user to encode a QSL# with the date of entry for easy tracking such as 2005041201 to show entry was made on yyyymmdd01 and it is the first entry for this date. Next multi QSO card entered on this
same day could be yyyymmdd02, etc...

59. Included new award reports for the CQ DX Field award. The printout forms have been reviewed and approved for submission by the CQ Awards Manager.

60. Added ARRL country ID to the ADIF export.

Copyright 1997-2004 Scientific Solutions, Inc.

Release Notes for DXbase 2005 for Microsoft Windows 98/ME/XP and NT4/5/Win2000

1. Added user option to allow enabling CTS handshaking for radio control or leave it disabled.

2. Added ARRL country ID field to Primary Prefix database table. This will be used during ADIF imports.

3. Expanded length of IOTA name field to 60 characters and revised the IOTA names in refdata.mdb to agree with the IOTA list.

4. Added Continent designation to Primary Prefix database table.

5. Added 60M band.

6. Expanded statistical tracking to separate RTTY and Digital into two separate categories in Summary window.

7. Expanded alert notification to separate RTTY and Digital into two separate categories for VHF and Internet packet DX spots.

8. Expanded Numeric statistics to separate RTTY and Digital into two separate categories for both HF and VHF/UHF numeric stats.

9. Added DX alert options for 4meter and 60meter bands.

10. Prop field = to SAT will automatically be exported to ADIF if the QSO is marked as satellite. This is needed for LoTW validations.

11. Revised the CQ WAZ award module to conform with the CQ Awards 2004 changes. This includes the addition of the "Digital" award.

12. Added capability for user to add new digital modes.

13. Split the mode into two fields in the QSO log. The individual digital modes have been removed from the Mode field and replaced by a new field called Submode. Now, in the Mode field, the mode will be selected as Digital and optionally, user can specify the submode such as PSK31 or whatever.

14. Added submode default in user options that is autopopulated when logging a QSO. Also added QSO filter to the DXbase Wizard that lets you filter on the Submode field.

15. Operator callsign was added to display in the previous QSO toolbar.

16. Added a new ADIF import option for LoTW. This will allow LoTW ADIF files to be properly imported into DXbase and update existing records to reflect the LoTW confirmation. Additional info in the import record such as IOTA, Gridsquare, ITUz, CQz will be updated in your existing record as well provided that the source data in the record conforms to the ADIF specification. In the case where a "new" record appears in your LoTW import file, it will be added as a new record in your log.

17. The ARRL assigned country code will be used, if present, to select the country prefix entry for records that are imported from LoTW.

18. Expanded width of the "select standard reports" dialog box. This allows report names to be fully viewed in the selection window.

19. All standard reports have been updated to accomodate the new 60m band and the new logic for mode and submode. Additionally, the special reports created after the release of DXbase 2004 have been incorporated into DXbase 2005. Thanks Joe.

20. Support for the Prosistel rotor was added as a standard feature.

21. Radio support for the Orion, FT847, FT857, FT897 are included. Additionally, user option to enable/disable the CTS lead was added. This was required to support the Orion 565. Added ICOM 7800 support for VFOa
and mode. 

22. Modified summary window so that if IOTA or US State category is selected and there is no IOTA or US State for the QSO or DX spot, then the display will use the country to display the beam heading data and country name. If IOTA or State is present, the headings will use that data.

23. The band planning mapping functionality has been expanded to allow for two sets of mapping tables. One called Primary and a second called Alternate. This allows you to establish two different sets of band plans and to select which one should be used by selecting the option in the User option Log page. The default that is shipped
assigns the Primary for typical North America settings and the Alternate assigns typical European settings. You may wish to set Primary as your standard, and alternate as your contest settings.

24. Enhanced the WPX, SPEC1, SPEC2, IOTA, and DXCC award modules for a separate "digital" mode computation. An option allows user to treat RTTY and DIGITAL as separate modes, or the two can be combined as has been the historic way digital was counted. Currently there is no authorized digital mode award for these categories,but this modification will allow users to see there current results for the digital mode.

25. Expanded the width of some of the drop down lists in various fields of the QSO log such as band, mode, and submode. This makes it easier to view the choices even when the field width is set to be very narrow.

26. In Previous QSO module when finding records based on gridsquare, if you enter less than six characters, the search will locate all grids that begin with the characters entered. For example, if you enter EM, all records with a grid beginning with EM will be displayed. If you enter EM7, then all records that have a grid beginning with EM7 will be displayed, etc... If you enter EM74AB, then only records that match will be displayed.

27. New LoTW reports have been developed courtesy of Joe ( WA6AXE ).

28. In HF and VHF statistics modules, when printing needlists, it is no longer necessary to click the print button twice to get the correct listing displayed. The correct listing is displayed with the first click.

29. The VHF Grid button in the summary window has been modified so that when it is clicked, it changes the summary display to the last selection that was made from the drop down list. So, if the VHF Grid category was last selected, the button works as it did in previous versions.
But, if for example, the HF IOTA was the last category selected, then the user could toggle between the HF country and the HF IOTA just be using the two buttons on the summary window.

30. Trailing spaces will be stripped off of the QSO notes field during import.

31. An option to import your IOTA reference data from previous DXbase versions was added.

32. User option added to automatically empty DX spots in the DX Info window when you exit DXbase.

33. The VALID field in the QSO log is now color coded red if the field is marked as not valid. The Award, Select, and Flags fields are color coded green if a selection has been made in the field. This color coding is also used in the Previous QSO dialog.

34. Over-ride bandplan option will now be used when entering frequency in the log. Previously the mode
would be recomputed based on bandplan even if option was not selected. Now, if option to use bandplan is not checked, the mode will not be recomputed by bandplan when entering a frequency manually.

35. Modified DXCC award logic so that if multiple QSOs are being submitted from a single QSL card, those entries will appear at the end of the QSO form per ARRL instructions. For this capability to be used user must enter a QSL number in the log for records that are confirmed on the same card. For example, if a card is received with three confirmations, then a unique QSL number for this card must be selected by the user and entered for all three QSO records. Make up a number such as 60 as a QSL number for this card, then enter 60 in the QSL number field for all three QSOs. The number you select does not matter as long as it is unique for a particular QSL card.

36. In the Selection Wizard, the QSO field CFM filter has been modified to allow filtering for the following

not confirmed
CFM by card ( QSO MUST be confirmed by Card but may also be CFM by LoTW )
CFM by LoTW ( QSO MUST be confirmed by LoTW but may also be CFM by card )
CFM by card & LoTW ( QSO must be confirmed by both )
CFM by card and no LoTW.
CFM by LoTW and no card.

37. Added new date field in the QSO log for the LOTW date CFM received. Filtering on this field
was added to the Selection Wizard.

38. Added support for the K1EL Winkey external CW keyer board. http://www.k1el.com

39. Added Version variable that will display the current version of DXbase as DXbase 2005 on labels. This allows some users to place a phrase such as "Printed by DXbase 2005" on their QSO labels.

40. Added My Country variable to the QSO label designer. This allows users to place their country name on the label based on the user option entries. This way, they can use the same label project for multiple logs where the operator is in a different country.

41. DXCC Award application form has been updated to reflect ARRL changes and the use of LoTW QSOs in the application.

42. Added a right mouse pop up command in the QSO log and DX Info spot windows to lock row heights. This allow users to prevent accidentally resizing the height of the
QSO or DX spot row.

43. Added new field to DX Info DXspots tab called Need. When an entry is posted to this window based on your Alert user option selections, DXbase will also scan the entry to determine if it is an all time new one, a new band, or a new mode for the country contained in the spot. If so, it will color code the Need field. If it is not one of these categories normal color will be used. The priority of color code is new country, new band, or new mode.
User can select the color to be used for each category from the alert tab of user options.

44. Added user's CQ zone and ITU zone as variables for use on user designed labels and QSL cards.

Release notes for DXbase 2004

1. User designed label/report modules completely redesigned. The new look and feel makes it easier than ever to navigate the screens and design your own projects. A new export option for Microsoft Excel has been added.

2. DXbase wizard now contains QSO filters for QSL Sent before a specific date and after a specific date. The QSL Received field also contains filters for before a specific date and after a specific date.

3. Band plan dialog box expanded to assist visually impaired.

4. Expanded the allowable 440 band to include full frequency range.

5. Added support for a second rotor. A push button is now available on the rotor toolbar and also in the rotor menu to select rotor-2. When pushed rotor commands are sent to the second rotor. When not pushed, rotor commands
are sent to the primary rotor. User options allow for selecting a different rotor for rotor1 and rotor2. Only one ARSWIN rotor can be used.

6. Updated radio.ini commands for TS2000 and Elecraft K2. Thanks Tony and Brendan.

7. When closing the Selection Wizard module, the current filter settings are saved and automatically restored when this module is run again.

8. Added QSLVIA numeric index to fields available on the QSO Label. This allows user to create conditional rules in the label designer based on the QSL Via field in the QSO record.

9. Added a user defined label comment field for use on a label. User defined comment is set in user label options and is available for inclusion on each label. Field allows up to 40 characters.

10. Added QSO power field to be available on multiple Qs for same label. This allows the power value from the QSO record to be used for each different QSO on a single label.

11. Added pop up SWL window that can be accessed from the Previous QSO module. This makes responding to SWL cards easy to manage. User inputs the SWL callsign, and
the report received. DXbase automatically places SWL in the labels RSTS field, the SWL call in the label callsign field, the SWL RSTr in the label RSTr field, in the new label comments field, the text Hrd Wkg XXXXX where XXXXX is the call of the station you were heard working, the label group value is set to S, the label QSL text is set to TNX.

12. Added logic to force pending QSO labels for USA to be sorted by call districts. This makes it easier to handle outgoing cards for the QSL bureau.

13. Grid field in log is validated to insure proper format.

14. Added support for two radios. There are two separate sets of user options and each operates independently. A new ICON was added to the toolbar that acts as a push button. When not depressed, radio 1 is used for all activity involving the radio interface. When depressed, radio 2 is used for all activity with the radio. A separate serial port is required for each radio.

15. In Summary Window for the CQ zone category, the beam headings and country name are now displayed based on the current country prefix when automatic lookups are performed. When manually entering a zone to find in the Summary Window, this information is not displayed since there is no direct correlation to the zone being searched and a country.

16. Added fields in User Personal Options for user's CQz, ITUz, and country. These will be used to provide necessary data to the Logbook of the World database.

17. ARRL's Logbook of the World support for internal DXbase tracking:
A. CFM field converted to dropdown list with following values:
1. No - not confirmed.
2. CARD - confirmed with QSL card.
3. LOTW - confirmed with electronic Confirmation in      LOTW database.
4. BOTH - confirmed with QSL card and LOTW confirmation.

B. Awards modules allow for selecting confirmed records that only include those with QSL cards, those with LOTW, or Both.

C. Log default options allows for selecting No, Card, LOTW, or Both as the default when logging a new QSO.

D. DXbase Wizard allows for filtering on records based on CFM field of No, Card, LOTW, or all.

E. ADIF export contains a special DXbase specific field that identifies the value of the CFM field in addition to the standard ADIF CFM field.

F. Modified the User Design Report module to allow for the four possible values for the CFM field.

G. Previous QSO module allows for marking confirmed as Card or LOTW.

H. When marking Card or LOTW confirmed, logic recogizes if this new confirmation results in both methods being confirmed and marks Both if this is the case.

I. Import for DXbase 2004 automatically converts past confirmed QSOs to confirmation by Card.

J. Modified the QSLS field by removing the existing checkbox and replacing this field with a drop down list containing No, Card, LOTW, and Both.  This allows user to note whether a QSO card has been sent, whether the QSO has been submitted to LOTW, or both.

K. Added filter selection to the DXbase Wizard to filter on No submission to the LOTW.

L. Added DXbase specific ADIF export field for LOTW sent field.

M. When using the DXbase Wizard for ADIF export, user will prompted to specify if they want DXbase to automatically mark the QSLS field to show that the QSO record has been submitted to LOTW.

N. Two new standard reports were added. One displayes QSOs that are marked confirmed by LOTW. The other shows QSOs that not marked confirmed by LOTW. The existing two reports were modified to show QSOs confirmed by QSL card and the other not confirmed by QSL card. Other standard reports that include the CFM field will show the method of confirmation as No, Card, LOTW, and Both.

18. Modified the WPX award module by including a checkbox option that enforces the WPX Award rules for selection of valid bands and modes. This allows user to
create WPX worksheet only for QSOs that are allowed, or, user can over ride and allow selection of any QSO. If checked, VHF and WARC bands are excluded and RTTY mode QSOs are excluded. This setting will over ride any band settings that might be checked but are not allowable for the WPX award. This setting is automatically enabled when starting the WPX award module, but can be changed by the user.

19. Changed the DXbase name for the CW comport when using the internal DXbase CW module to be Dxb24. This will prevent required registry entries for DXbase 2004 from being removed if a user uninstalls a previous version of DXbase after installing DXbase 2004.

20. Modified the filtering for No QSL Sent in the DXbase Wizard so that if both the QSLS card box and the QSL Sent date field are empty, the QSO will be considered
to not have a QSL sent. Previously, only the QSL date sent field was checked.

21. Added the 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, and 12m bands to personal DXCC options for purposes of allowing award certificate and date of issuance tracking on these bands.

22. In the HF Countries category of standard reports, added four new reports that display summary for Mixed, CW, Phone, and RTTY where those countries in deleted status are not included on the report. Existing reports that do include deleted countries are still present.

23. Incorporated new registration and distribution process for DXbase.
1. DXbase can now be downloaded as a 15 day trial version.
2. Users can register the software and can receive a registration key by email.
3. To activate registration, user simply double clicks the registration file they receive.
4. Only callsigns provided at time of registration may be used in DXbase.
5. After user registers, the trial version automatically becomes full version.
6. Modified About Box to show registered callsigns allowable.
7. A registered user can use his registration key on any of his computers.
8. One registration key accomodates multiple callsigns.
9. Users who change callsigns or obtain additional calls can obtain a new registration key that covers their callsign changes/additions.

This new process has many advantages for customers:
1. Prospective customers can download a working demo trial version.
2. Customers can avoid shipping costs.
3. Customers can obtain the software in less time than postal mail.
4. Reduction in material cost allows us to avoid price increase.
5. Although there is no need to ship a CDROM, customers may still obtain a CDROM for additional fee.
6. There is no impact to the user who changes hardware. The registration is not associated with hardware thus users can change hardware without any need to obtain a new registration key.

24. Modified the QSL Info window so that multiple lines can be copied and pasted simultaneously into the DXbase portion of the window. This allows address info to be copied from a web site and pasted into the DXbase portion of the screen. Once there, user can save the address to the DXbase internal database or store
a label for later printing.

25. Added right mouse pop up entry in the QSO log window that lets you query your address CDROM database and have any of the blank field that are available from
the CD lookup populated into the log. If you are satisfied with the values that were retrieved, you can click save to store the updates.

26. When using the User Designed List module, the CFM variable will reflect Yes if the record has been confirmed either by Card, LOTW, or both. A new variable
has been made available that tells you the CFM type, None, Card, LOTW, or both.

27. In DXInfo window, removed the DX Time field since it has become redundant with the system time. The remarks field will contain all data beginning with the comment section of the spot including the spot time and finishing with the end of the DX spot info. This allows for generic parsing of a packet spot when different clusters use different DX spot formats.

28. Modified DX Info window to allow hiding columns except for the first two. Added pop up menu item to unhide columns. In the first column, the phrase VHF or NET will appear to indicate the source of the spot. The SRC field with the I or V remains as before. This new identification is duplication in case someone wants to hide the SRC column.

29. Changed column title "Type" to QSY to make it more descriptive of what the column is for. The red X and green check still appear as before.

30. In the Summary window, the *, W, and C will be centered in each column and row.

31. Added rotor user option to define the number of degrees left or right that will be used when clicking the right or left rotor toolbar button. Previously, this was set to 5 degrees and couldn't be changed.

32. Registry setup for the internal CW module was removed from the automatic installation. It is no longer installed thus leaving system features like hybernate untouched. A new utility for setting up the registry entries and also for specifying your serial port addresses was created and is available from the DXbase program group. Those who wish to activate the internal CW module can use this utility to easily establish their registry entries with no need to use regedit to make port address changes.

33. The QSL manager callsign is now available when creating a user designed report. As records for the report are read, the manager is retrieved, if it exists, from the internal DXbase manager database and populated for each record on the report if the MGR variable is used.

34. Added user option to limit the number of entries in the DX Info spots window.
After the max number of entries exceeds 20 more than allowed, the first 20
entries are automatically deleted. Setting Max entry to zero disables this
feature.

35. Additional user designed reports were added to demonstrate the use of the new
variables that were made available. New QSO related standard reports were
also added.

36. Internal DXbase manager address records contain a date field to serve as a relative indicator of when the address record was entered. During import, a default date of 20000101 will be auto populated. When adding a new manager address record, the current date will be auto populated.

37. Internal DXbase manager mapping records contain a date field to serve as a relative indicator of when the mapping record was entered. During import, a default date of 20000101 will be auto populated. When adding a new manager map record, the current date will be auto populated.

38. Added support for CWr mode on some radios. This mode is mapped to the basic CW mode for internal DXbase tracking.

39. Expanded allowable bands to include the 4m, 3cm, 1.25cm, 6mm, and 4mm bands. Modified standard reports to include display of these bands. Modified the default band plan mapping for these bands. Modified the frequency mapping for these bands. Modified the import utility to allow importing these bands. Added automatic horizontal scroll bar in Summary Window to allow display of these bands.

40. Added ability to set RTS lead high or low in radio user options. Some stations use this lead with external hardware to control PTT and thus this option allows the lead to be set as needed outside of DXbase.

41. Expanded the external logging interface so that if the mode is passed into DXbase from the external program, it can be used in DXbase. The mode value that is passed to DXbase must be one of the modes that are valid in DXbase otherwise it will be ignored and DXbase default mode will be used.

42. Modified the population of the route field in the QSO label record. Previously, if the QSO record QSLvia field was marked bureau, then no manager route was passed
to the label record and therefore, a manager would not be retrieved when printing labels. The logic now will always populate the manager route to the label record. A new option is presented in the same window that is used to select the group when you print labels. This option lets you exclude manager from appearing on the label if the QSO was marked as QSLvia bureau, direct, or direct$$. Or, you can set the option to ignore the QSLvia field and always include a manager if one exists in the DXbase database. Alternatively, you could set this option to always use manager and in your label design, you could set up filtering based on the QSL via field.

43. Screen settings for DX Atlas that are used within DXbase will be saved and the DX Atlas window will be restored from these settings when it is invoked. These
settings are kept separate from the settings used in DX Atlas when it is run in stand alone mode. This feature will only work with DX Atlas version 2.1 or higher. A user option in DXbase lets you identify what version of DX Atlas you are using, if any.

44. Expanded the WAS award module to allow for the 222, 432, and Digital endorsement.


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