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DXing with DXLab

v2.0 2014-09-03. DXing with DXLab. Better DXing Through Software. DXing. The art and science of making two-way contacts with distant amateur radio stations using phone, CW, or digital modes. “Paperwork”. Finding QSL routes Requesting confirmation via QSL cards, LotW, eQSL.cc

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DXing with DXLab

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  1. v2.0 2014-09-03 DXing with DXLab Better DXing Through Software

  2. DXing The art and science of making two-way contacts with distant amateur radio stations using phone, CW, or digital modes

  3. “Paperwork” • Finding QSL routes • Requesting confirmation via QSL cards, LotW, eQSL.cc • Tracking confirmation requests • Updating objectives as confirmations are received • Submitting confirmations for Award Credit

  4. “Paperwork” • Finding QSL routes • Requesting confirmation via QSL cards, LotW, eQSL.cc • Tracking confirmation requests • Updating objectives as confirmations are received • Submitting confirmations for Award Credit

  5. Better DXing Through Software • Automate “paperwork” to make more time for DXing • Make time spent DXing more productive • Find the DX you need • Work the DX you need

  6. Pathfinder QSL Route Discovery

  7. QSL Card Printing

  8. QSL Card Printing

  9. QSL Label Printing

  10. QSL “Aging”

  11. QSL Automation • Generates QSL cards and Labels • Generates Address labels or prints envelopes • Support for eQSL.cc and ARRL’s LotW • One-click upload • One-click download and update • Independent tracking • Automatic upload to Club Log • Generates files for • BV, QSL Maker, QSL Design and Print • Online QSL Request Service (OQRS), Global QSL

  12. Award Tracking • DXCC* & Challenge • CQ DX • CQ DX Marathon • CQ Field • Gridsquares • IOTA • TOPLIST • VUCC • Worked All Continents • Worked All Europe • Worked All Prefixes • Worked All Zones • Worked All British Areas • Worked All Canadian Provinces • Worked All French Departments • Worked All German DOKs • Worked All Holyland Areas • Worked All Hungarian Counties • Worked All Italian Provinces • Worked All Japanese Cities • Worked All Japanese Guns • Worked All Japanese Prefectures • Worked All Russian Oblasts • Worked All Russian Districts • Worked All US States • Worked All US Counties

  13. DXLab Objectives • Automate “paperwork” to make more time for DXing • Make time spent DXing more productive • Find the DX you need • Work the DX you need

  14. DXing With DXLab • Introduction to the DXLab Suite • Drivers • Architecture • Multiple Views of Active DX • Finding the DX You Need • Working the DX You Need

  15. DXing With DXLab • Introduction to the DXLab Suite • Drivers • Architecture • Multiple Views of Active DX • Finding the DX You Need • Working the DX You Need

  16. Drivers 1. User-driven iterative development • Open Yahoo group with 4000+ participants • Defect repairs get highest priority; goal is < 24 hours • Public enhancement lists • Frequent releases (several per month) • Easy to Use and Powerful • Primarily for DXers • Secondarily for casual operators • Runs on Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, and 8 • and Mac in a virtual machine • and Linux in a virtual machine

  17. DXing With DXLab • Introduction to the DXLab Suite • Drivers • Architecture • Multiple Views of Active DX • Finding the DX You Need • Working the DX You Need

  18. Eight free applications that run individually but when run simultaneously sense each other’s presence and interoperate automatically the DXLab Suite

  19. 3.792 the DXLab Suite CW, RTTY, PSK Transceiver Control Location Control Logging DX Spots Propagation QSL Routes

  20. 3.792 the DXLab Suite CW, RTTY, PSK WinWarbler Transceiver Control Location Control Commander DXView Logging DX Spots DXKeeper SpotCollector Propagation QSL Routes PropView Pathfinder

  21. 3.792 the DXLab Suite CW, RTTY, PSK WinWarbler Location Control DX Atlas Transceiver Control Commander DXView Google Earth SpotSpy Logging DX Spots DXKeeper SpotCollector Propagation QSL Routes PropView Pathfinder CW Skimmer DM780 FLDigi JT-Alert MultiPSK MixW MultiPSK MMSSTV

  22. A Suite of DXing Applications

  23. Single Point of Control: DXLab Launcher • Installation • Upgrade • Startup • Shutdown

  24. DXing With DXLab • Introduction to the DXLab Suite • Architecture • Drivers • Multiple Views of Active DX • Finding the DX You Need • Working the DX You Need

  25. Active DX Database ReverseBeacon Network Telnet Clusters Packet Clusters DX Summit EU AF SA NA-E NA-M NA-W OC AS First QSX Call Freq Mode Last P5DX 14.005 14.007 CW 0117Z 0341Z Y YY KP1RY 21.080 21.085 RTTY 0245Z 0356Z Y Y YYY

  26. Multiple Views of Active DX DX Spot Sources Active DX Database What DX stations are QRV ?

  27. Multiple Views of Active DX Log Database DX Spot Sources DXCC needs LoggedQSOs IOTA needs Leaderboard needs Active DX Database Marathon needs VUCC needs WAS needs WPX needs WAZ needs What QSOs and QSLs are “Needed” for the awards I’m pursuing ?

  28. Multiple Views of Active DX Log Database DX Spot Sources DXCC needs LoggedQSOs IOTA needs Leaderboard needs Active DX Database Marathon needs VUCC needs LotW Database WAS needs WPX needs eQSL AG Database WAZ needs What DX stations QSL via LotW and eQSL ?

  29. Tabular View of Active DX Log Database ViewGenerator DX Spot Sources DXCC needs LoggedQSOs IOTA needs Leaderboard needs Active DX Database Marathon needs VUCC needs LotW Database WAS needs WPX needs eQSL AG Database WAZ needs Tabular Display

  30. Tabular View of Active DX Font color indicates “needed” DX stations Background color indicates LotW and eQSL participation

  31. Tabular View of Active DX “Needed DX Only” Font color indicates “needed” DX stations Background color indicates LotW and eQSL participation

  32. Tabular View of Active DX “Needed and spotted from NA-E” Font color indicates “needed” DX stations Background color indicates LotW and eQSL participation

  33. Tabular View of Active DX in a web browser from anywhere

  34. Tabular View of Active DX in a web browser from anywhere

  35. Audio and Email Views of Active DX Log Database ViewGenerator DX Spot Sources DXCC needs LoggedQSOs IOTA needs Leaderboard needs Active DX Database Marathon needs VUCC needs LotW Database WAS needs WPX needs eQSL AG Database WAZ needs Audio & Email

  36. Audio and Email Views of Active DX Creation of a new Active DX Database Entry for a needed DX station can trigger • an audio announcement (callsign, “counter”, band, mode) • an outgoing email message (which can initiate a text message)

  37. World Map View of Active DX Log Database ViewGenerator DX Spot Sources DXCC needs LoggedQSOs IOTA needs Leaderboard needs Active DX Database Marathon needs VUCC needs LotW Database WAS needs WPX needs eQSL AG Database WAZ needs

  38. World Map View of Active DX

  39. World Map View of Active DX Controlling the Map View

  40. World Map View of Active DX Controlling the Map View

  41. World Map View of Active DX “all active DX”

  42. World Map View of Active DX “160m”

  43. World Map View of Active DX “80m”

  44. World Map View of Active DX “40m”

  45. World Map View of Active DX “20m”

  46. World Map View of Active DX “17m”

  47. World Map View of Active DX “15m”

  48. World Map View of Active DX “spotted by a station in NA-E”

  49. World Map View of Active DX “6m” on DX Atlas

  50. World Map View of Active DX “6m” on Google Earth

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