First make a BACKUP from your complete DX4WIN/SAVE directory
if anything happens you can always replace the complete directory without
LOOSING your LOG(S) .... ..
1.Click on FILE
2.Go to DATABASES
3.Select IOTA
4.Click on FILE (in this window)
5.Select IMPORT IOTA DATA
6.IMPORT the UNZIPPED IOTA.TXT
7.WHEN ASKED " Do you want to DELETE existing IOTA information "say YES"
8.INFORMATION should indicate Deleted : xxxx, Added : 1028 or more, Replaced: 0,Errors : 0
9.Click OK
10.Click on FILE (in this window) again
11.SELECT " Save changes and Exit "
Time to Time I update or correct this awardfile.
For recent updates of the following awards
Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (ARLS)
Canadian Islands Awards (CISA)
Islands of Scotland Awards (IOSA)
U.S. Islands Awards (USIA)
World Lighthouse Award (WLHA)references.
you can always check Ted, W8TTS his web on the link below
http://home.neo.rr.com/tsarah/www/w8tts.html
follow his instructions how to update his part.
How to add the award file?
Simply extract the AWD.ZIP into your DX4WIN/SAVE directory
and when asked to replace the older one "say YES".
Some +95000 qslmanagers are in the database now with DATE - INFO
this is very useful because some stations changed from QSLmanager.
You can select the previous one also .. depending on the date.
1.Click on FILE
2.GO TO DATABASES
3. SELECT QSL managers
4.Click on FILE (in this window)
5.Select IMPORT QSL manager DATA
6.IMPORT the UNZIPPED qslmanager.txt
7.WHEN ASKED " Do you want to DELETE existing QSL MANAGER information " say YES or NO !!!!
This depends on your needs (read about the difference in help File)
"say YES" if you don't have a big database like this one or
"say NO" when you have qslinfo that isn't found in this database.
8.INFORMATION should tell you the difference from before the update and also
1 ERROR (can not find that one but this doesn't affect your log)
9.Click OK
10.Click on FILE (in this window) again
11.SELECT " Save changes and Exit
You have to unzip the "MASTER.ZIP" into your "DX4WIN" directory
You have to unzip the "FONTS.ZIP" in your Windows/Fonts directory.
When your OS = NT or W2K and probably also XP you have to register
these new FONTS before you can select them.
