If you are using Windows Defender anti-malware, direct it to update its definitions from 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/definitions

before you install SpotCollector 8.9.4


This release 

- prevents an errorlog.txt entry from being generated by Config.SpecialCallGrid_FetchCellTip state = 1

- ignores IOTA tags in spot notes if the number is 0

- prevents an errorlog.txt entry from being generate by SpootDatabaseModule.RecordSpot with state = 4105"- accelerates the handling of incoming DX Summit spots

- provides right-mouse menu commands to populate the Filter panel's textbox with the current Spot Database Entry's Callsign or DXCC Prefix

- implements "Q65 supersedes QRA64"

- adds a new Secondary field to the Spot Database

- if the RDA database is present in DXView's Databases folder, uses the RDA database to populate the Continent, Primary, Secondary, CQ, ITU, and IOTA fields of each Spot Database Entry for stations in UA, UA0, UA2, and R1F for which no Override has been specified

- when a Spot Database Entry is double-clicked, includes the Entry's Secondary field contents with the information sent to DXKeeper or WinWarbler

- limits the number of spots retained with each spot database entry to approximately 200

- updates the ConfigurationNotifications.htm and SpotDatabase.htm documentation files


Notes:

1. Update your firewall and anti-malware applications to consider the new versions of SpotCollector.exe and SC_WSJTX.exe to be "safe" 

   a.  0/13 Jotti scanners detected malware in SpotCollector.exe

   b.  0/67 VirusTotal scanners detected malware in SpotCollector.exe

   c.  0/13 Jotti scanners detected malware in SC_WSJTX.exe

   d.  2/68 VirusTotal scanners detected malware in SC_WSJTX.exe

   e. SpotCollector.exe and SC_WSJTX.exe have  been submitted to "Microsoft Security Intelligence" and found free of malware. 

2. If this upgrade doesn't work correctly, see the "After an Upgrade" section of

   http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/ApplicationStoppedWorking

3. After upgrading, to revert to the previous version of SpotCollector, see

   http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/RevertApplicationVersion

4. To add the new Secondary field to your Spot Database Display, see "To add a field to the Spot Database Display" in

   https://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/SpotDatabaseFormat

5. "Getting Started with Russian District Award (RDA) Tracking" is here:

https://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/RDAAwardTracking


SpotCollector 8.9.4 is available via the DXLab Launcher, and via 

http://www.dxlabsuite.com/download.htm


      73,

               Dave, AA6YQ