Initial Setup |
Before to start you need to do all settings: from menu TOOLS select CONFIGURATION/MAINTENANCE: |
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CALLBOOKS allows to set the Callbook from which the software gets the info. The options are RAC, *.DBF and RADAMATO. RAC is Radio Amateur Callbook, DBF is any callbook in DATABASE format, e.g. WORLDCALL by IK1MTT, and RADAMATO is the italian callbook by I0SSH. For all them you need to give the path, as example D:\, C:\RAC, with the key "\..." you can explore the folders and reach the file to hook. The program will utomatically assign the path. If you use Worldcall by IK1MTT you have to follow this procedure: make a folder called DATI an copy in it the following three files from the CD ROM: WORLD.BOK, WORLD.NSX and WORLD.INF. They are in the folder with same name of the CD ROM of IK1MTT. If the file WORLD.INF is not present, you can easily make it: open the Notebook and write these two rows: first row: [dbase], second row: NDX=WORLD.NDX. Save with the name WORLD.INF. From the web site where you downloaded this software download the file FLY.ZIP and decompress in the the folder DATI. Launch FLY.EXE and in some minutes the file WORLD.NDX will be created. This file is an index that speeds up the seeks in the database. Finally rename the file WORLD.BOK to WORLD.DBF. If you are not expert on how to do that we advice to use tools like Total Commander, downloadable on-line. You can also set more than one Callbook. The program will perform multiple seeks. In this case the seeks could be slower. |
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The section UTILITY allows the BACKUP and the RESTORE of the log. The BACKUP is made by compression of the log and the filename contains the date when the backup was performed (in format YYYYMMDD), e.g. BBLBKP_20090301.ZIP. Of course you can select the folder where the file will be stored. At the end of any session the program always proposes to activate the backup procedure, and the user can choose if to do that or not. Since Release 1.0.2.4 also the INI files will be saved (your whole settings). So in case of re-installation of the sofware you won't need to make all settings from the beginning, just copy the INI files into the BBLogger folder. |
The key CHECK LOG QRB allows to check your log and automatically put the QRB of each already recorded QSO (of course WWLocators have to be correct), the key CHECK LOG FREQ allows you to automatically revise your log and insert the basic frequencies according with the bands, the key CHECK LOG TX PWR allows to insert the power of your transmitter in each already recorded QSO, according with the power you can select for each mode in the boxes in the center of the window. This new feature has been introduced with the version 1.0.2.0. The key CHECK LOG DXCC allows to revise your log in order to check the DXCC Country. The program seeks QSOs with stations with "ambiguous" Callsigns, in other words those prefixes not certainly referred to ONE DXCC Country, like GB, VP8, TO, nd so on. This utility is very useful for people who already imported the log and wants to check the accuracy. If you don't want to choose one of the Countries proposed in the DXCC Country List Box that will open, just click ESC to skip the QSO. After the checks, a text file called CheckLogError_date and time will be write, and it is available in the FilesLog folder. If the correct Country is not present amog those proposed, you can force it with the proper procedure (see Insert QSO). The CHECK LOG MANAGERS key allows to insert automatically the Manager, if present in the internal Manager Database, for QSOs with empty Manager field. Also from date to date. |
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The section AWARD AUTO CHECKING is a very useful utility that allows to automatically update your log on the base of a Callbook, in order to insert info, useful to manage several Awards. We will examine this utility in the section AWARD MANAGER |
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The section GLOBAL SETTINGS allows to select the LANGUAGE and the preferred FONT, and the software to produce the documents: Excel (Microsoft Office) or Calc (Sun Open Office). Then, there are two checkboxes No QSL for same call/band/mode that, if tagged, sets QSLs = I (Ignore) for QSOs with Callsigns already worked on same band and in same mode; beside there is a menu that allows to select the default status for QSling. If Default QSLs is set to N then QSLs = N so all new QSOs will be copied in the printing buffer for labels or QSL cards. If Default QSLs is set to I otherwise QSLs = I so new QSOs won't be copied in the buffer. Of course these default settings can be changed during the QSO (F2) and also after it (F4). Edit QSO with... allows to select the use of the F4 key or the double click to open/edit a QSO from the grid. Alternatively the view/insert QSL card function will be operative for that QSO. |
Once all settings are made we can
examinate the structure of the program going to:
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