Ham Radio 2000 #2/Ham Radio 2000 - Volume 2.iso/HAMV2/HF/DXH52ENG/DXMAP.TXT

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     INTRODUCTION.
     This  section describes keys, functions and miscellaneous details  for
     the DXMAP database program.
     In  the final part of this section some aspects are discussed such  as
     getting the best performances with advanced settings.

     DXMAP contains all valid countries with associated prefixes and allows
     you to map all the countries, per band and mode.
     To  map  a  country, means to indicate where (bands  and  modes)  that
     country has been worked (or confirmed) by marking it with crosses.
     When  a  spot  comes, DXHUNT analyses it, and checks if  it  has  been
     worked (or confirmed) on the spotted band and mode.
     If a cross is found for that country, on the spotted band and mode, no
     alert  is  performed.  Notice that I say worked or  confirmed:  before
     mapping  any  country, you'll have to decide the meaning to assign  to
     DXMAP's  crosses,  depending  on  your situation. There's  no  way  to
     distinguish  worked countries by confirmed ones in DXMAP; you can mark
     with  crosses  or  leave empty with spaces; if you  have  many  worked
     countries  and a few confirmed, I suggest you to mark both worked  and
     confirmed  countries, to reduce alert frequency; otherwise if you have
     many   confirmed   countries,   you  can  mark   confirmed   countries
     principally, and the worked ones that probably will become confirmed.
     As  a  general rule, you can mark a country even if just worked,  when
     you  have  worked different calls for that country, because it's  more
     probable that you'll get a confirmation, while it's better not to mark
     rare  worked countries, if you have just one contact. By using SPECIAL
     fields  in  DXMAP,  you'll be able not to perform  alerts  for  worked
     calls,  maintaining  alerts for any not worked call of a same  country
     (see  final  part  of  this section: advanced  settings).  Prefix  and
     country  data,  including  maps,  are  stored  into  PFXLIST.DAT   and
     CTRYLIST.DAT  files; these 2 files are closely linked each other;  you
     can't  import  and/or  replace  just one of these  two  files  from  a
     different  archive:  you  must consider these files as a  unique  data
     source; if you replace just one of them, you'll get seriuos problems.
     If  you  get problems with any of the 2 data files, (example:  if  you
     loose  the exact matching between prefixes and countries) delete  both
     files  and reinstall: 2 new data files will be created and the country
     maps (the crosses previuosly entered) will be lost.

     START.  To start DXMAP, just type DXMAP at the DOS prompt, or load  it
     directly  from DXHUNT with Alt-F1, or choose DXMAPPER from main  MENU,
     or start MENU with /m option.

     INTERFACE OVERVIEW.
     Immediately  below  the title bar, you find a permanent menu bar  with
     some  of the main available functions; this menu bar reports some keys
     with  their  associated  function.  Under the menu bar  you  have  the
     database  window,  showing, for each selected country, its  associated
     prefixes  and, at the bottom, its DXCC map per band and mode. Close to
     any  band and mode cell, you have some counters reporting the score on
     each  band  per  mode. Then you have a central counter  reporting  the
     mixed score on each band. At the bottom you find the counters with the
     total  score  per  mode, then the last counter with the  total  score,
     mixed.
     Just  below  the  country list, you have an edit area,  which  becomes
     active when you add a new prefix or a new country.
     The line at the very bottom is reserved for warning or help messages.
     The  country list becomes the prefix list if you press F5,  activating
     the prefix list mode.


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     KEYS. Here follows a list of the active keys and their functions.
     Sometimes,  when  the  called function performs important  changes,  a
     confirmation is requested with a message ending with "(Y/N) ?"; if you
     type "Y" (or "y"), then the function is executed, otherwise no.
     Some  menu  bar  keys  appear less highlighted if not  active  in  the
     current  context. The two different contexts are country list mode and
     prefixed mode, toggled by F5.

     Up  Dn,  PgUp  PgDn, Home End, allow you to scroll  the  current  list
     (contry  or prefix); when mapping countries (F6) Pg Up / Pg Dn  change
     to previous / next country map, validating the current map.
     When  in country list, you can select single prefixes for the selected
     country with Left / Right keys.

     F1  key: adds a new country if in country list; prints the prefix list
     if in prefix list. When editing a new prefix, F1 displays on line help
     for  prefix editing rules; when you add a new country, remember to add
     a  new  line  in LOCATOR.INI with country name;  latitude;  longitude,
     where  the country name must be exactly the same chosen in DXMAP;  the
     suggested country name sorting order is the alphabetical one, but it's
     not mandatory.

     F2: adds a new prefix to the selected country if in country list;
     prints the country list if in prefix list.

     F3: (active in country list) renames the selected country; the map and
     the  prefixes of the old country are associated to the new name, while
     the  old name disappears; when renaming a country, remember to  rename
     it manually in LOCATOR.INI.

     F4: search country (in country list), search prefix (in prefix list);
     it allows to edit the name (or part of it) to search for.

     F5: toggles between country list and prefix list modes.

     F6:  edits  the  map for a selected country (active  in  country  list
     mode); marks / unmarks the selected country as distant (if marked, any
     spot originated from that country, will be filtered by DXHUNT).

     F7:  unmarks  all  countries previuosly marked as distant  (active  in
     prefix  list mode); if you marked any country as distant with F6, this
     key restores them all to the unmarked state.

     F8: deletes the selected country, with its associated prefixes and map
     (active in country list mode).

     F9:  deletes the selected prefix from the prefix list of the  selected
     country (active in country list mode).

     F10:  saves  current changes without exiting (active in  country  list
     mode).

     Alt-X: exits without saving changes.

     In  the  next  section  you'll find further  details  about  the  main
     functions just mentioned above.


     FUNCTIONS.


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     LIST SCROLLING: the current vertical list is scrolled with Up Dn, PgUp
     Pg  Dn and Home End keys. The horizontal prefix list is scrolled  with
     Left  Right keys. When you scroll a list, you change the selected item
     (highlighted)  in  the  list;  generally  you  can  perform  different
     operations on a selected item.

     ADDING  A NEW COUNTRY. Activated by F1 in country list mode. Once  you
     press  F1, the edit area under the prefix list becomes active; you can
     edit  the  new country name, using a maximum of 12  characters;  press
     Enter  to insert the new name in the country list; if the new name  is
     accepted,  the  country  list  will be displayed  with  the  new  name
     highlighted.
     A country name is not accepted if already present in the list.
     If  you  use the special character "-" as the first character  of  the
     country  name,  you  create  a  SPECIAL  COUNTRY,  that  will  not  be
     considered  when  computing  scores,  and has  a  higher  priority  in
     DXHUNT's prefix recognition.
     Example:  notice the -BLACK LIST special country; this special country
     is  marked  as  worked  on  any band and mode;  this  country  is  not
     considered  in  the  score computing and if you add any call  to  this
     special  country  (F2), then no alert will be performed for  any  spot
     with that call, even if that call belongs to a country that represents
     a New One for you.
     This is useful for certain calls who don't QSL.
     Special countries are placed at the beginning of the country list, and
     DXMAP  skips  them at start up, positioning the list at the first  non
     special country.
     As  described above, special countries have higher piority than normal
     countries,  in addition, special countries are analysed by DXHUNT also
     on  band and modes excluded in CONFIG; this makes DXHUNT more flexible
     but requires some care when managing / creating special countries.
     Save  changes with F10 before exiting DXMAP, or any added country will
     be ignored.
     To  learn  more  about special countries, see the final part  of  this
     section where advanced use is discussed.

     ADDING  A  NEW PREFIX. Activated by F2 in country list mode. Once  you
     press  F2, the edit area under the prefix list becomes active; you can
     edit  the  new  prefix name, using a maximum of 11  characters;  press
     Enter  to  insert  the new name in the prefix list  for  the  selected
     country;  if  the  new  name  is accepted, the  prefix  list  will  be
     displayed with the new name highlighted.
     A prefix name is not accepted if already present in the prefix list of
     the  selected country (it might be already present in the prefix  list
     of  another  country, anyway), or if you used special characters in  a
     wrong way.
     Be  sure that the selected country is the right one, before adding any
     new  prefix.  If the wanted country is not the selected one,  you  can
     immediately locate it with the F4 search country function.
     DXHUNT  runs  a  very powerful engine to recognize  prefixes;  if  you
     follow  some basic rules when entering new prefixes, you'll obtain the
     best performances.
     You  can use some special characters that make it easier to deal  with
     certain  common cases. These special characters and their meanings are
     listed below.
     Press  F1  while  editing a new prefix, for on line help  about  basic
     rules and special characters; press any key to quit the on line help.
     Save  changes with F10 before exiting DXMAP, or any added prefix  will
     be ignored.


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     Special  character "-": use it when entering a prefix range, to divide
     the  range limits; ex. KA0-KZ9 means any prefix falling into the range
     delimited  by KA0 and KZ9 (including the range limits), so it  matches
     with  KA0,  KB0 KC0...KA1, KB1, KC1 and so on; the clear advantage  is
     that you express hundreds of prefix combinations in just one shot.
     When  using  the  "-"  special characters, some basic  rules  must  be
     respected:  the  first  range limit must  alphabetically  precede  the
     second  limit (BBB-AAA is not OK, AAA-BBB is OK), and the range limits
     width must be equal (AA-BBB is not OK, AA-BB is OK).
     Maximum range limit width is of 5 characters (because the entire range
     can't  exceed  the 11 characters limit) if you need to  express  wider
     ranges, use "?" and "# (see below) instead of "-".
     The  variation field can be intermediate in a range limit (AAA-AZA  is
     OK and matches with AAA ABA ACA and so on).
     The variation field can be any letter or number (A0A-A9Z is OK).

     Special character "#": use it when a prefix range is identified by the
     same letters but different numbers between 0 and 9.
     Example 4U#ITU matches with 4U1ITU, 4U2ITU, 4U3ITU and so on.
     Note: in this case you can't use 4U0ITU-4U9ITU cause it exceeds the 11
     characters limits.

     Special character ":": use it when a country is identified by a prefix
     corp, followed by a backslash and a single letter.
     Ex. FR:G matches with FR5XX/G or FR/IK4AAA/G.

     Special  character "?": it means any letter (not number). It is useful
     if the country is identified by the number of characters in the prefix
     corp  Ex.  KG4??. in GUANTANAMO matches with KG4AA but not  with  KG4A
     (USA).  The "?" special character is also useful to express A-Z letter
     ranges.
     For info about the "." character here used, see below.

     Special  character  "*":  defines a match with what  preceding  and/or
     following  the  star character; ex 9K2*NLD matches with  9K2XX/NLD  or
     9K2YY/NLD, but not with 9K2XX/NMD.

     Special  character ".": in some cases you need to enter complete calls
     in  DXMAP  instead of prefixes. This is specially true when you  enter
     prefixes  for  special  countries (normally you need to  enter  entire
     calls into the -BLACK LIST).
     If  the  call is short, it might generate conflicts with longer  calls
     having a common root; the "." ending character avoids these conflicts.
     Ex.  KG4?? in GUANTANAMO matches both with KG4AA (GUANTANAMO, OK)  and
     with KG4AAA (USA, error), but KG4??. doesn't match with KG4AAA;
     thats'why you find KG4??. in GUANTANAMO.
     As  a  general rule, always terminate entire short calls with  "."  to
     avoid conflicts.

     Note: Some special characters may be used simultaneously into a single
     prefix.  "#" and "?" may be combined at any position except the  first
     (#XXX or ?XXX are not OK, K#?? is OK and is the same as K0AA-K9ZZ).
     Character "." may be combined with any other special character (except
     "-";  use "?" and "#", to define ranges ended by ".") and must be  the
     final character.
     Characters  "-",  ":",  "*" can't be combined with any  other  special
     characters  (except "."), "*" may be used also at first position (*NLD
     is  OK); blank characters in the middle of a prefix are not allowed (K
     0 -K 9 is not OK).
     *Note: in case of multiple matches, the longer one has the priority;

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     ex.  IS0AAA  matches  both with I (Italy) and IS  (Sardinia)  but  the
     latter has higher priority, cause longer.
     *Note:  a match with a "*" prefix has the highest priority; ex. if you
     enter  the I* prefix into Italy, IS0AAA is spotted as Italy (no longer
     Sardinia).
     Use "*" character with care, to avoid errors.
     *Note:  if you enter an entire call as a prefix, and the call contains
     a backslash (/), DXMAP automatically replaces it with a star character
     (*), and this causes no problems, but you can't enter calls containing
     more  than  one backslash, cause DXMAP accepts single star  characters
     into a single prefix.
     Ex.  if  you  need to enter AAA/BBB/CCC, you can  enter  AAA*CCC,  not
     AAA*BBB*CCC (not accepted).
     *Note:  if  you enter a callsign containing a star such as 9K2*NLD  it
     will match both with 9K2XX/NLD and with NLD/9K2XX; this is very useful
     because often, spot calls are inverted.
     *Note:  if you enter a generic AAAA prefix it will not match with  AAA
     (too  short) even if completely included, but it will match with  AAAA
     and  with AAAAA; if you enter AAAA., it will match with AAAA, it  will
     not match with AAA (same as before) and it will not match with AAAAA.
     Finally  if you enter a generic range such as AAA-AZA (same as A?A) it
     will  match with AAA, ABA, ACA... AZA but not with ABB (the last B  is
     out) or with AB (too short).

     The  program  includes a complete prefix/country list, updated at  the
     program's date time; if you need to add a prefix, but you are not sure
     on  how to implement it, first have a glance at the prefix list  (F5),
     to  see  how prefix groups and ranges have been created, in  different
     cases.
     After having added a new prefix or range, you may want to check if the
     addition  is effective; you can use the F6 check prefix function, from
     DXHUNT.
     Remember  to  save  DXMAP changes with F10, or your  changes  will  be
     ignored.

     For  further details on prefix recognition, see the final part of this
     section, when discussing about advanced settings.

     COUNTRY  NAME CHANGE: select the country to rename, press F3 and  type
     the new name then Enter; the country will be renamed, its DXCC map and
     associated  prefixes  will  not  be affected and  the  old  name  will
     disappear; save with F10 to make the change effective.

     SEARCH  COUNTRY: activated with F4, in country list mode; after having
     pressed F4, type the name to search for, or the initial part of it and
     press Enter; the list will be positioned on the alphabetically closest
     item.  Ex.  if  you want to position the country list  to  GUANTANAMO,
     press  F4, then type GUA and press enter; you can type G, GU, GUA  and
     so  on,  but  not ANTANAMO cause the part of the typed  name  must  be
     initial.

     SEARCH  PREFIX:  as above, same key, same operations, but from  prefix
     list mode.

     COUNTRY  LIST AND PREFIX LIST MODES. You can toggle between these  two
     modes  with  F5; the main default mode is the country list,  for  each
     country you have a prefix sublist which can be empty or very long;
     this  sublist  represents  the  prefixes associated  to  the  selected
     country.
     When toggling between the 2 modes, the same selected items are kept in

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     both  modes; this is a big advantage, when changing, searching and  so
     on.

     MAPPING  A  COUNTRY:  mapping a country means to  indicate,  for  that
     country where it has been worked, per band and mode.
     To map a country, first select it in country list mode (you can search
     for it with F4), then press F6; you can move across the map cells with
     the  arrow keys; if you press any alphanumeric key on a cell, you will
     mark  that cell as worked (or confirmed) with an "X"; if you press the
     spacebar  you will unmark the current cell. To validate a map, you can
     press Enter, or PgUp PgDn. With Enter you'll leave the map mode, while
     with PgUP PgDn you will remain in map mode, passing to the previous or
     next country map.
     To  ignore map changes press Esc: you will leave the map mode and  the
     previous map will be restored.
     Even if you validate map changes with Enter, PgUp or PgDn, you'll have
     to  save  changes  to file, with F10, to make them effective;  if  you
     leave  DXMAP  with  Alt-X,  without saving, any  map  change  will  be
     ignored.
     If you press Alt-X with active pending changes, DXMAP will warn you;
     to  save  pending  changes  press F10 twice (the  first  F10  will  be
     interpreted as a No answer to exit) then answer with Y.
     If  you  use  a  convertable log (such as DXBASE),  you  can  map  the
     countries automatically (see file CONVERT.TXT).

     PREFIX  DELETION:  it  is activated with F8 in country list  mode;  it
     refers  to the selected prefix for the current country; if you want to
     delete  a  prefix  but  you don't remember  its  country,  proceed  as
     follows:  switch  to prefix list mode with F5, search for  the  prefix
     with F4, then switch again to country list mode with F5 and delete the
     prefix with F8.
     Save  changes  with F10 before exiting DXMAP, or the deletion will  be
     ignored.

     COUNTRY  DELETION:  it is activated with F9 in country list  mode;  it
     refers  to  the  selected country; if you delete a  country,  all  its
     associated  prefixes  will be lost. If you want to rename an  existing
     country, you need not to delete and recreate it, use F3 instead.
     Save  changes  with F10 before exiting DXMAP, or the deletion will  be
     ignored.

     SAVE CHANGES: to save any data change (map, additions, deletions), use
     F10 when in country list mode.
     You  can  use F10 to save the current situation without  quitting  the
     program;  this  is useful when you plan to make many changes during  a
     long  DXMAP session; if you don't save with F10, in case of Black out,
     you'll  loose all your session work; use F10 periodically to save your
     work during a session, especially the first time, when you map all the
     countries.

     EXIT WITHOUT SAVING: if there are pending changes and you press Alt-X,
     then  DXMAP warns you, and if you answer Y (yes) you exit the program,
     without  saving  pending changes. This can be useful if, after  having
     made  some  changes, you've changed your mind and you want to  restore
     the previous situation.

     PRINTING  THE  LISTS: you have 2 printable lists, the prefix list  and
     the  country list. The prefix list is organized in different  numbered
     and dated pages, each page made up of 2 prefix/country columns;
     prefixes  are numbered in alphabetical order. You can print this  list

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     both  on printer and on file by pressing F1 (in prefix list mode)  and
     answering P for printer, F for file.
     If you choose F (file) the prefix list is stored into PLIST.TXT file.
     The  country  list  is  organized on different  pages,  each  page  is
     numbered  and dated and shows countries ordered by alphabetical  order
     at the left, with the associated DXCC situation at the right. The list
     is  closed  by  a score report per band, per mode and mixed.  You  can
     print  this list both on printer and on file by pressing F2 (in prefix
     list mode) and answering P for printer, F for file.
     If you choose F (file) the country list is stored into CLIST.TXT file.
     Printing  these lists periodically is a good mean to check both the DX
     activity and if the prefix list is correctly built.

     MARKING  A  COUNTRY  AS DISTANT: first select a country, press  F5  to
     toggle  to  prefix  list mode then press F6 to mark  that  country  as
     distant.
     Once a country has been marked, it will be showed blinking.
     Marking  a  country as distant is useful if you want alerts not to  be
     performed  for  spots  originated (DX de CALL... CALL belongs  to  the
     originating  country)  from the marked country because  probably  that
     contact is not feasible for you.
     This normally happens if your DX CLUSTER NET contains internet nodes:
     some  spots  are originated from very far away places, and, often  the
     contact is unprobable.
     The  filter is automatically enabled by DXHUNT, if any distant  marked
     country is detected.
     To  restore a DISTANT country to NORMAL (unmarked) select it and press
     F6  again  from  prefix  list mode, or F7 to unmark  all  the  DISTANT
     countries with a single shot.
     When  a  new one is originated by a distant country, it's not  alerted
     but  it's displayed; a FILTERED SPOT comment is attached to it and  it
     is added to the New One list, thus useful for statistical purposes.



     DXMAP: ADVANCED SETTINGS, FOR BEST PERFORMANCE.

     There  are some special features you can obtain using DXMAP; they  are
     not  so  obvious, and this paragraph explains how to operate,  to  get
     them.
     A  particular  attention is payed on the special countries  and  their
     utility.
     The  special  countries are displayed at the beginning of the  country
     list;
     their  common  characteristic is the first "-" character;  this  tells
     DXMAP  not to consider them when computing scores, while tells  DXHUNT
     to  consider  them with higher priority, also on excluded band  and/or
     modes. The simplest special character is the -BLACK LIST; this special
     country  is marked with crosses on any band and mode; if you insert  a
     call  or a prefix into the -BLACK LIST, no alert will be performed for
     that call or prefix, in any case.
     Example:  let's  suppose you don't want alerts for a certain call  who
     doesn't  QSL, even if the call represents a new one; in this case  you
     add that call to the -BLACK LIST; if that call is spotted, no alert is
     performed,  if another call is spotted from the same new one  country,
     an alert is performed.
     Remember,  if  the  call  is  short, close it  with  a  "."  to  avoid
     conflicts.

     The -MOBILE special country has the same characteristics as the -BLACK

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     LIST but its name has a different meaning (it includes mobiles only).

     Note that there are many other special countries, differently mapped.
     Read the following lines to know their utility.
     Example:  you worked a call from a rare country on a certain band  and
     mode;  now you don't want DXHUNT to alert that call if it's spotted on
     the  same  band and mode, but you want it to be alerted if spotted  on
     any  other band, and you want any other call from the same country  to
     be alerted even if spotted on the same band.
     In  this  case you can't add that call to the -BLACK LIST  because  if
     that  call  is spotted on any other band, you loose alerts; you  can't
     mark  its  country as worked on that band and mode, because you  would
     loose  alerts  for other calls from the same country, spotted  on  the
     same band and mode.
     Let's  take  a real example to make things easier. Let's suppose  that
     you  worked  the call NW0NE on 40m SSB; the call NW0NE belongs to  the
     RARE  ISLAND  country, which is a new one for you. Now you don't  want
     alerts  any longer for NW0NE on 40m SSB, but you still want alerts for
     NW0NE on any other band and/or mode, then you still want alerts on 40m
     SSB for any other call from the same country (RARE ISLAND).
     There  are  2  ways to solve this problem: the first is  to  create  a
     special  country  named  -NW0NE  (the  special  country  name  is  not
     important,  the  only  important  thing is the  "-"  first  character)
     containing  the call NW0NE (note, the entire call); this country  must
     be  marked  with  a cross on 40m SSB, and free on any other  band  and
     mode, you're interested in.
     This  works  because  if  NW0NE is spotted on 40m,  DXHUNT  detects  2
     matches:  one with NW0 prefix, in RARE ISLAND, which is not marked  on
     40m  SSB;  the second match is with NW0NE in -NW0NE, which has  higher
     priority and is marked on 40m SSB, so no alert is performed.
     If  NW0NS is spotted on 40m SSB, DXHUNT detects only a match, the  one
     with N0 in RARE ISLAND, which is not marked on 40m SSB, so an alert is
     performed.
     Remember:  if you excluded some bands and/or modes in config, you have
     to  mark  the  -NW0NE  special country on  excluded  cells,  to  avoid
     undesired alerts.
     This  way  works  but is not very flexible (you have to create  a  new
     special country for every particular case).

     The  same result is obtained using the special countries -NNm where NN
     identifies a band and m, if present, is C and means CW mode.
     So  -10 means special on 10 meters SSB, while -10C means special on 10
     meters CW.
     Note  that each -NNm special is marked everywhere, except the band and
     mode it represents.
     If you add the NW0NE entire call to all the specials -NNm, except -40,
     you reach the target (you have to add the entire call to any band/mode
     you're interested in).
     Infact  if  NW0NE  is spotted on 40m SSB, DXHUNT  finds  many  special
     matches,  all with the same priority, all marked on 40m SSB, plus  the
     non  special match with NW0 in RARE ISLAND which is not marked on  40m
     SSB, but has a lower priority.
     If  NW0NE is spotted on 20m SSB, DXHUNT still finds many matches, with
     the  same priority (plus the one with lower priority, so  negligible),
     all  marked on 20m SSB except one: the -20. In this case, an alert  is
     performed  because when DXHUNT is in doubt (the priority is equal), it
     votes for the unmarked case (in this case -20).
     If NW0NS is spotted on 40m SB, it's alerted cause DXHUNT still detects
     a single match for it: NW0 in RARE ISLAND, which is not marked.
     So,  as  a general rule, add rare worked calls only to  -NNm  specials

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     where you still want an alert for that call.
     As  soon  as you work NW0NE also on 20 ssb, you'll remove it from  -20
     and so on.

     Finally, the -ALL special country is useful if you want an alert to be
     performed for a call belonging to a marked country.
     Example:  you worked Morocco everywhere, but a good friend of yours is
     in holiday there with the CN2VA call, so you add the entire CN2VA call
     to  the  -ALL  special  country, to have alerts when  your  friend  is
     spotted.
     Remember  to  mark any excluded band and/or modes in -ALL, if you  add
     any prefix or call to this special country, in order to avoid spurious
     alerts.

     The  special  countries  are  not the only way  to  obtain  customized
     alerts; there is another important parameter which influences the "non
     special"  country alerts. This parameter is the new one discrimination
     mode.  See  file  CONFIG.TXT  for complete  details  about  this  very
     important parameter.

     The   filter   on  distant  spots,  special  countries  and  new   one
     discrimination capabilities, make DXHUNT very effective and unique, in
     performing alerts when needed; if correctly configured and customized,
     it  can  also be operated at night-time, with good results; of  course
     the  art of avoiding spurious night-time alerts is very important;  if
     you  read  the  documentation  carefully you'll learn  this  art  very
     quickly.
     You  can connect the PC audio output to a RTX with vox capability,  so
     you  can remotize alerts, redirecting them to a receiver close to you,
     without disturbing the family...

     This  "advanced  settings"  above described are not  so  difficult  to
     understand,  but if you find them hard, don't worry and use DXHUNT and
     DXMAP in the normal basic way:
     mark worked countries, hoping in the confirmation.


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