Log Window

Your Log window will be similar to this one.

• The top grid is the log
• The bottom grid shows the contacts in yellow that match the partial or full call entered in the Entry window. It is sorted by band, call, date & time.
• The separator bar is set at a percentage of window size. When shrinking the window, both sections get smaller. After resizing the window, decide how much space to allocate to dupes by setting the separator bar.
• The upper pane gives date and time (in UTC) and the selected contest.
• When a Multi operator mode (Multi-One, Multi-Two, Multi-Multi) is selected:
  • The operator name is shown in the log window
  • The radio number is shown in the log window
  • Group edits are not allowed while in multi-user mode.
  • Editing a qso is only allowed from the station who did make the qso, not from other stations.
  • A column will be added to the log window with Run1Run2

The relative sizes of the grids can be adjusted by clicking and dragging the gray bar between the grids. The adjusted window size and the column width are saved by the program.

In a serial number contest the serial numbers in the log window will be displayed without any leading zeros even when zeros are entered before the number (like 001). When printing the leading zeros will be added again and printed.

Keyboard Assignments

• Enter - Edit the contact which is selected.
• Delete (Ctrl+D) - Delete the contact which is selected.

Mouse Assignments

• Left mouse button click
  • Single click on column title - Change log sort order using the selected column. Second click on a column will sort descending.
  • Double click on a contact - Quick Edit the contact.
• Right mouse button click
• • Right-click on a contact - Displays a menu:
    • Quick Edit Contact - Quickly edit the current contact using the Entry window fields. Ctrl+Q moves back one qso, Ctrl+A moves forward one qso. If the textboxes background in the Entry window are colored blue, you are in Quick Edit mode. To exit, press enter to save changes or Escape to abandon changes. Quick Edit starts editing with the highlighted contact and you can move forward or back from there. Enter logs the changes made and Escape discards the changes bringing you back in normal logging mode.
    • Edit Contact - Edit the contact.
    • Delete Contact (Ctrl+D) - Remove the contact from the log.
    • Play Contact - This selection will be gray, if there is no .WAV recording file for this contact. If it is not gray, the selection can be chosen and the contact audio will play on your default sound player. (Make sure you don't have the sound card hooked up at that moment to your microphone!)
    • Jump to this frequency - Jump to the frequency logged with this contact
    • Graph Q rates up to this entry - For a historical display of rates from an existing log with QSOs in it, the procedure is to decide the point at which you want to examine your rate in
      the preceding 30 or 60 minutes. Highlight that point in the log window, and then right-click. Look for the option "Graph Q rates up to this entry" and click OK. That will open a new window, on which you can right-click for the same options as in the real-time window. 
      

      Menu items: The period 30 minutes / 60 minutes The number of bars to show 6, 10, 15, 20  Raw QSO count Hourly rate (Q's/hr) 10 min moving avg 20 min moving avg 30 min moving avg

      
      
    • www.qrz.com - Ask information about this station using www.qrz.com (name, address etc.). An Internet session should be available.
    • Change All Contact Timestamps by a Fixed Amount -this will fix a log where all QSOs are off by a common amount of time
      • Put mouse over log window and right click
      • Select 'Change All Contest Timestamps by a Fixed Amount'
      • Dialog box will open, and enter offset time (+ or -) in minutes
      • The date will automatically adjust if the offset rolls a QSO into a different day. The time is entered in minutes, and can be a negative time to go backwards. (You might need a calculator to determine the offset in minutes if your date was off by many days, months, or years)
      • NOTE: While you can easily adjust for a mistake by doing another offset, it is advisable that you backup your log before making any changes.
    • Change Operator - Change operator callsign for this contact (Multi-user). The default is the station callsign. When selecting several rows, the change will be applied to all rows. This operation is not reversible. See example picture.

      

    • Change Mode - Change the mode for this contact. When selecting several rows, the change will be applied to all rows. This operation is not reversible. See example picture above.
    • Change Rx Tx Frequency (and band) - Change the RX and TX frequency for this contact. When selecting several rows, the change will be applied to all rows. This operation is not reversible. See example picture above.
    • Change Station Number - Change the station number for this contact (Multi-user). The Master station always has number 0. When selecting several rows, the change will be applied to all rows. This operation is not reversible. See example picture above.
    • Find all contacts with a station - Search a call (station) in the logged contacts from this contest.
    • Set Start Interpolation Time Row - Set the start row and time from where the time interpolation has to begin. An example how to use can be found in the chapter 'After the contest'.
    • Set Stop Interpolation Time Row - Set the stop row and time from where the time interpolation has to stop. This menu item is only highlighted when a start time has been entered. An example how to use can be found in the chapter 'After the contest'.
    • Rescore from this point on - Rescore the contest starting with this logged contact till the end of the log.
    • Delete custom column widths - Delete the custom column widths and go back to the default column widths as set per contest (by the programmer).
    • Show Mode - Select or deselect showing the mode behind all other columns in the log window.
    • Show Date - Select or deselect showing the date in front of the time (first column log window).
    • Select All - Select all QSOs in the log (for copy and paste actions)
    • Copy
      • Copy Generic Print String - Copy generic print string to clipboard
      • Copy ADIF String - Copy ADIF string to clipboard
    • Set Font - Set the font for the Log window, a selection window will appear.
    • Help - Show the help file for this window.