Configuration

Configuring DXKeeper is primarily accomplished via the Configuration window and the QSL Configuration window. Defining bands and defining or eliminating modes, however, are accomplished by editing files.

Clicking a Config button on the tabs of DXKeeper's Main window displays the Configuration window. Depressing the CTRL key while clicking a Config button on DXKeeper's Main window displays the QSL Configuration window; clicking the QSL Config button on the QSL tab of DXKeeper's Main window also displays the QSL Configuration window.

DXKeeper's Configuration window presents 8 tabs:

the General tab enables you to set or reset various options, show pathnames and versions for the DXCC, IOTA, and LoTW databases, and configure the online help system
the Log tab lets you select a log file, and configure the log display
the Awards tab enables you to specify the bands and modes for which you seek QSLs, and configure DXKeeper's DXCC Submission generator and its DXCC Credit Manager.
the Reports tab lets you configure the reports that DXKeeper generates
the Callbook tab enables you to specify the location of the Radio Amateur Callbook on your PC so that DXKeeper can query it
the Contest tab enables you specify the settings that govern DXKeeper's support for contest operation
the User Items tab lets you configure up to 8 user-defined items stored with each QSO
the Defaults tab lets you specify default values for QSO items, and provides control over DXKeeper's TCP/IP server

General Tab

Options panel

Display seconds in date/time fields	When checked, begin and end items are displayed using the locale's standard date/time format with hours, minutes, and seconds When unchecked, begin and end items are displayed using the locale's standard date/time format with hours, and minutes
Display previous QSOs on Lookup	When checked, entering a new callsign in the Main or Capture windows or clicking the QSO Capture window's Lookup button filters the log page display to show previous QSOs with the new Callsign, and - unless an override for the callsign is defined in DXView or Spotcollector - initializes the Capture window items with information extracted from those previous QSOs: DXCC entity, Region, name, QSL via, QTH, Grid 1, IOTA, QSL address, email, web, Primary Administrative Subdivision, Secondary Administrative Subdivision, ITU, CQ, continent, IOTA, ARRL Section, DOK, user-defined items, eQSL.cc member and LotW member items displays a last QSO section at the bottom of the Capture window with the date, time, frequency, and mode of the most recent QSO with the new callsign
Display callsign progress on Lookup	When checked with Display previous QSOs on Lookup also checked, entering a new callsign in the Main or Capture windows or clicking the QSO Capture window's Lookup button displays the Callsign Progress window, which shows the bands and modes on which previous QSOs were made
Display previous comments on Lookup	When checked with Display previous QSOs on Lookup also checked, entering a new callsign in the Main or Capture windows or clicking the QSO Capture window's Lookup button displays a scrollable window containing comments extracted from previous QSOs with the same base callsign, each preceded by the QSO's start time and terminated by the QSO's callsign
Highlight duplicate QSOs	When checked with the QSO Capture window visible, QSOs in the Log Page Display that match the QSO Capture window's callsign, band, and mode will be highlighted in red font
Provide audible feedback	When checked, play a single "Windows Default Beep" sound when a QSO is logged via the Main window's Log or New functions or the Capture window's Log function play a continuous sequence of "Windows Default Beep" sounds when an attempt to log a QSO fails due to invalid items play a single "Windows Default Beep" sound when a duplicate QSO is entered into the Capture window with Contest mode enabled
Initialize RST fields to default	When checked, automatically sets the Main and Capture window RST sent and RST rcvd items to the specified default value; if no default value is specified, these items are initialized to 59 (for phone modes) or 599 (for non-phone modes) unless another report has already been entered, and selects the entire contents of these fields whenever they gain focus
New QSO on DX Spot activation	When checked, create a QSO in the Main window when a DX Spot is activated (in SpotCollector, DXView or Commander) with the Capture window closed and Optimize for realtime QSO entry checked
Log Special Callsign Tags	when checked, Special Callsign Tags provided by DXView and SpotCollector will be appended to the Comment item
Backup log on shutdown	when checked, automatically creates a Log backup on shutdown if a log file is open
Flag invalid callsigns	When checked, callsigns not containing at least one number and one letter will be flagged when you attempt to Save in the Main window or Log in the Capture window; QSOs containing such callsigns will be marked Broken by the Recompute function
Main & Capture window F-keys via CC	When checked the Main & Capture window F-keys via WW option is disabled the Function keys F5 through F12 when struck in a textbox or selector on the Main window's Log QSOs tab will activate Commander User-defined Command Sequences, with Shift and Alt key modifiers interpreted as they would be within Commander the Function keys F5 through F12 when struck in a textbox or selector on the Capture window will activate Commander User-defined Command Sequences, with Shift and Alt key modifiers interpreted as they would be within Commander
Main & Capture window F-keys via WW	When checked the Main & Capture window F-keys via CC option is disabled the Function keys F5 through F12 when struck in a textbox or selector on the Main window's Log QSOs tab will activate WinWarbler macros, with Shift and Alt key modifiers interpreted as they would be within WinWarbler the Esc key when struck in a textbox or selector on the Main window's Log QSOs tab will abort WinWarbler transmission the Function keys F5 through F12 when struck in a textbox or selector on the Capture window will activate WinWarbler macros, with Shift and Alt key modifiers interpreted as they would be within WinWarbler the Esc key when struck in a textbox or selector on the Capture window will abort WinWarbler transmission
Use multiple monitors	When checked, windows that resided on a secondary monitor during the previous session will be restored to the same secondary monitor on startup; when not checked, all windows are restored to the primary monitor on startup
Log debugging information	When checked, records debugging information to the file ErrorLog.txt in DXKeeper's folder

Main "Log QSOs" options panel

Require Edit to modify logged QSOs	if this box is checked, the QSO currently selected on the Main window's Log QSOs tab cannot be modified without first clicking the Edit button
Confirm QSO deletion	if this box is checked, DXKeeper will request confirmation before deleting a QSO
Optimize for realtime QSO entry	When this box is checked, DXKeeper's Main window is optimized for logging QSOs in real time: if, after entering a callsign in the call textbox, you strike the Enter key, DXKeeper will if the begin item has not been specified, set the begin item to the current UTC date and time if Commander is running, set the freq item to your transceiver's current frequency if Commander is running, set the band item to the band for your transceiver's current frequency if Commander is running, set the mode item to the your transceiver's current mode if you double-click the end item, DXKeeper will set the end item to the current UTC date and time setting the QSL Rcvd, item to 'Y' will set the Date Rcvd item to the current date setting the eQSL.cc Rcvd item to 'Y' will set the eQSL.cc Date Rcvd item to the current date setting the LoTW QSL Rcvd item to 'Y' will set the LoTW Date Rcvd item to the current date if you save a QSO whose end item has not been specified, DXKeeper will set the end item to the current time. for QSOs with DXCC entities that specify Primary and Secondary Administrative Subdivisions, these subdivision items can only be selected from a list of valid choices When this box is unchecked, DXKeeper's Main window is optimized for manually entering past QSOs: if, after entering a callsign in the call textbox, you strike the Enter key and , DXKeeper will if the begin item has not been specified, set the begin item to the begin item of the previously-entered QSO plus 1 second set the freq item to that of the previously entered QSO set the band item to that of the previously entered QSO set the mode item to that of the previously entered QSO set the myQTH ID item to that of the previously entered QSO set the propagation mode item to that of the previously entered QSO set the satellite name item to that of the previously entered QSO set the satellite mode item to that of the previously entered QSO set the meteor scatter shower item to that of the previously entered QSO set the SFI item to that of the previously entered QSO set the A index item to that of the previously entered QSO set the K index item to that of the previously entered QSO set the TX power item to that of the previously entered QSO set the antenna path item to that of the previously entered QSO set the station callsign item to that of the previously entered QSO set the operator callsign item to that of the previously entered QSO set the owner callsign item to that of the previously entered QSO if you double-click the end item, DXKeeper will set the end item to the contents of the begin item setting the QSL Rcvd, item to 'Y' will not set the Date Rcvd item to the current date setting the eQSL.cc Rcvd item to 'Y' will not set the eQSL.cc Date Rcvd item to the current date setting the LoTW QSL Rcvd item to 'Y' will not set the LoTW Date Rcvd item to the current date if you save a QSO whose end item has not been specified, DXKeeper will set the end item to the contents of the begin item if you save a QSO whose RST sent or RST rcvd item has not been specified, DXKeeper will set the item to 59 or 599 as appropriate for the specified mode Note that the Optimize for realtime QSO entry setting has no effect on the Capture window's behavior, which is always optimized for logging QSOs in real time.
Optimize for realtime satellite QSOs	When this box is checked and the Optimize for realtime QSO entry option is enabled, then when logging QSOs via the Main window's Log QSOs tab, if Commander isn't running, the TX and RX frequency items will be set the TX and RX frequencies logged in the previous QSO the propagation mode item will be set to SAT the satellite name and satellite mode items will be set to the satellite name and satellite mode logged in the previous QSO
Optimize for roundtable QSOs	When this box is unchecked and Optimize for realtime QSO entry is unchecked, a new QSO's begin item is initialized to the last manually-entered QSO's end item incremented by 1 second. When this box is checked and Optimize for realtime QSO entry is unchecked, a new QSO's begin item is initialized to the last manually-entered QSO's begin item incremented by 1 second.
Allow direct Subdivision entry	when checked, for QSOs with DXCC entities that specify Primary and Secondary Administrative Subdivisions, these subdivision items can be directly entered and edited in the Award panel on the Main window's Log QSOs tab
Run-mode checkbox	If this box is checked, striking the enter key in the call textbox will initialize the freq textbox, mode textbox, and band textbox set the sent textbox and rcvd textbox to 59 (if the mode is SSB or FM) or 599 (if the mode is CW, RTTY, or PSK) save the current QSO create an empty log record for the next QSO if the Contest mode box is checked, increment the Contest TX Serial#l If this box is checked, striking the enter key in the QSO Capture window's Call textbox will set the RST sent and RST rcvd items to 59 (if the mode is SSB or FM) or 599 (if the mode is CW, RTTY, or PSK)
Display panels in two columns	when checked, panels in the Main window's Log QSOs tab are displayed side-by-side in two columns, yielding an aspect ratio more suitable for widescreen monitors

Outgoing Spots panel

Spot split frequency	when checked, outgoing spot notes will include the difference between the QSO's TX and RX frequencies unless that difference exceeds 9.9 KHz, in which case the full TX frequency will be included
Spot IOTA, POTA, SOTA, & WWFF tags	when checked, outgoing spot notes will include the QSO's IOTA tag, if specified the QSO's SOTA tag, if specified the QSO's POTA tag, if specified in a user-defined item whose caption is set to POTA the QSO's WWFF tag, if specified in a user-defined item whose caption is set to WWFF
Use DXGrid>SpotterGrid format	when selected, outgoing spot notes that specify grid squares will use the DXGrid>SpotterGrid format
Use SpotterGrid<P>DXGrid format	when selected, outgoing spot notes that specify grid squares will use the SpotterGrid <P> DXGrid format, where P is the Propagation indicator specified in this panel
Propagation indicator	the propagation mode abbreviation included in outgoing spot notes that specify grid squares when the SpotterGrid <P> DXGrid format is selected

Log QSOs Tab's Default Focus panel

Call textbox	place the mouse cursor in the QSO panel's Call textbox after completing an operation on the Main window's Log QSOs tab
Filter textbox	place the mouse cursor in the Filter panel textbox after completing an operation on the Main window's Log QSOs tab

Distance unit panel

Miles	QSO distance is displayed in miles
Kilometers	QSO distance is displayed in kilometers

Capture options panel

Capture always on top	When checked, the Capture window always appears atop other windows
Capture callsign generates prop forecast	When checked with DXView running, entering a callsign in the Capture window and striking the Enter or Tab key or clicking the Lookup button directs PropView (if running) to generate a propagation forecast for the station's location on the captured TX frequency
Local spot on callsign acquisition	When checked with SpotCollector running, an outgoing local spot will automatically be generated entering a callsign in the Capture window and striking the Enter or Tab key
Set QSO start when RST Rcvd	When checked, automatically set the QSO start time (if not already set) when a received signal report is entered with a keystroke in the Capture window's RST rcvd textbox
Set QSO start on lookup	When checked, entering a callsign in the Capture window or clicking the Capture window's Lookup button sets the QSO start time
Prompt on Capture overwrite	When checked, if an action -- e.g. activating a Spot Database entry in SpotCollector-- would overwrite unsaved Capture window data from an active QSO, DXKeeper will display a dialog box allowing the user to allow or disallow the overwrite. A QSO is considered active if its start time has been set, either by clicking the Begin button or by capturing a received signal report (if Set QSO start when RST Rcvd is checked)
Prompt on Capture clear	When checked, clicking the Capture window's Clear button displays a dialog box confirming the user's intention to clear the Capture window items
Use SpotCollector's callsign colors	When checked, uses the colors specified in the Font Colors and Background Colors panels on the Spot Database Display tab of SpotCollector's Configuration window to set the Capture window's Callsign textbox's font and background colors the Log Page Display's background colors, if enabled After typing a callsign into the Capture window, strike the Enter or Tab key to initiate a lookup operation that will update its font and background colors. Operations that populate the Capture window's Callsign textbox -- like double-clicking a Spot Database Entry -- will automatically update the callsign's text and background colors. With this option enabled, if SpotCollector specifies a background color selection that is too dark (one or more red, green, or blue components is less than 65), DXKeeper will employ its default background colors: yellow for LoTW, pink for eQSL.cc AG, cyan for both, and white for neither.
Question Mark replacement delay (sec)	Specifies the number of seconds that must expire after a Question Mark (?) key is struck in the Capture window's Call textbox after which the left-most ? character will be replaced by the next non-? character struck -- unless the asterisk (*) key is struck in the Call textbox, in which case replacement is immediate
Layout	When clicked, DXKeeper's Capture Layout window is displayed, which provides row-by-row control over which items are visible in the Capture window
Colors	When clicked, DXKeeper's Capture and Log Page Display Colors window is displayed, which enables you to review and modify the font colors used to indicated whether and why the Callsign specified in the Capture window is needed the background colors used to indicate whether the Capture window Callsign is a known participant in LoTW and/or an Authenticity-Guaranteed (AG) member of eQSL.cc After typing a callsign into the Capture window, strike the Enter or Tab key to initiate a lookup operation that will update its font and background colors. Operations that populate the Capture window's Callsign textbox -- like double-clicking a Spot Database Entry -- will automatically update the callsign's text and background colors. If SpotCollector has been installed and run, you can optionally enable DXKeeper's Use SpotCollector's callsign colors option, which enables control of the font and background colors used in the Capture window's Callsign textbox via the Foreground Colors and Background Colors panels respectively on the Spot Database Display tab of SpotCollector's Configuration window.

Guidance panel

Browser pathname textbox	if this setting is blank, DXKeeper displays online help using your PC's default HTML browser; if this setting contains the pathname of an HTML browser, DXKeeper displays online help using that browser.
Select button	displays a file selector dialog that allows you to choose a Browser pathname
show control explanations	when checked, enables the display of explanatory information when the mouse cursor lingers over a textbox, button, checkbox, display pane, or setting.

QSL Config button - when clicked, displays the QSL Configuration window
Audio Recording Config button - when clicked, displays the Audio Recording Configuration window
Database info button - when clicked, displays the DXKeeper Database Info window, which shows the pathname and version of each database utilized by DXKeeper; all but the YASME database can be installed via the Database tab of DXView's Configuration window.

DXCC Database panel	shows the pathname and version of the DXCC database being used by DXKeeper
IOTA Database panel	shows the pathname and version of the IOTA database being used by DXKeeper
USAP Database panel	shows the pathname and version of the USAP database being used by DXKeeper
RDA Database panel	shows the pathname and version of the RDA database being used by DXKeeper
YASME Database panel	shows the pathname and version of the YASME database being used by DXKeeper
LoTW Database panel	shows the pathname and version of the LoTW database being used by DXKeeper
eQSL AG Database panel	shows the pathname and version of the eQSL Authenticity Guaranteed database being used by DXKeeper

Display Error Log button - when clicked, displays DXKeeper's errorlog.txt file
Display License button - when clicked, displays DXKeeper's license
Help button - displays the information you are now reading

Log Tab

Log File Panel

Pathname textbox	This textbox specifies the pathname of the current log file. To open a different log file or create a new log file, you can enter or paste the appropriate pathname into this textbox and then click the Select or Create buttons in this panel. Alternatively, you can click the Select button in this panel and use the file selector dialog to choose the log file you wish to open or create. Note: If you start DXKeeper with a command line argument that specifies a valid pathname, DXKeeper will place this argument in the Pathname textbox and attempt to open the designated file as a log.
Open Button	closes any open log and opens the log in the file specified by the Pathname textbox; this button is only present when the Pathname textbox specifies an existing file
Create Button	closes any open log, and creates a new log in the file specified by the Pathname textbox; this button is only present when the Pathname textbox specifies a non-existent file If DXView has been installed on your PC, the newly-created log's progress table will be initialized using the DXCC database managed by DXView. If DXView has not been installed, the newly-created log's progress table will be initialized from the file DXCC.mdb in the Databases subfolder of your DXKeeper application folder.
Compact Button	If you delete QSOs in a log, the log file can become fragmented and use disk space inefficiently. Compacting the log file re-arranges the files contents to improve storage efficiency.
Select Button	displays a file selector dialog with which you can navigate to a desired folder and select a log file to open; if the selected file exists, any currently-open log is closed and the selected log file is opened
New Button	displays a file selector dialog with which you can navigate to a desired folder and specify a new log file to be created; if the specified file does not exist, any currently-open log is closed, and the specified log file is created and then opened If DXView has been installed on your PC, the newly-created log's progress table will be initialized using the DXCC database managed by DXView. If DXView has not been installed, the newly-created log's progress table will be initialized from the file DXCC.mdb in the Databases subfolder of your DXKeeper application folder.

Backup Folder Panel

Backup folder pathname	this textbox specifies the pathname of folder into which log backups will be stored
Select button	displays a folder selector dialog with which you can select the folder into which log backups will be stored
Backup button	creates a backup copy of the current Log file in the specified backup folder pathname
Recover button	replaces the contents of the current Log file with the contents of a specified backup copy

Log Settings Panel: these settings are stored in each log; when you select a new log, the settings will be updated to reflect the values saved with that log.

Submission reminder	when checked, setting a needed QSO's QSL Rcvd item to 'Y' will display a dialog box reminding you to submit the QSL to the ARRL' s DXCC desk, if the QSOs' entity, entity-band, or entity-mode is needed but not confirmed submit the QSL to the RSGB's IOTA desk, if the QSO's IOTA tag is needed but not confirmed submit the QSL to the ARRL' s VUCC desk, if the QSOs' gridsquare-band is needed but not confirmed submit the QSL to the ARRL's WAS desk if the QSO's state, state-band, or state-mode is needed but not confirmed submit the QSL to the CQ's WAZ desk if the QSO's zone, zone-band, zone-mode, or zone-band-mode is needed but not confirmed submit the QSL to the CQ's WPX desk if the QSO's prefix, prefix-band, or prefix-mode is needed but not confirmed Note that an award's Realtime Award Tracking service must be enabled in order to determine whether a QSO is needed for that award.
Partial DXCC Credit	when checked, a QSO's QSL Rcvd item can also be set to E, B, or M: E (Entity verified) - the card's Entity has been verified by the ARRL B (Entity and Band verified) - the card's Entity and Entity-Band have been verified by the ARRL M (Entity and Mode verified) - the card's Entity and Entity-Mode have been verified by the ARRL (use these settings for QSL cards submitted to the DXCC desk before its records were computerized, where a card's Entity-Band and/or Entity-Mode was not recorded)
Include radio name in myQTH ID	when checked, the default myQTH ID is assembled by appending the Radio Name specified for the currently-selected transceiver in Commander to the specified root myQTH ID
Update DXView on default myQTH change	when checked, the latitude and longitude specified in a newly-selected default myQTH are sent to DXView, which updates its QTH latitude and longitude
DXCC account #	specifies the DXCC account from which the Compare function obtains your Award Credit Matrix in order to report any discrepancies with the current log's DXCC Entity, Entity-Band, and Entity-Mode verification data. the DXCC Credits Granted window's Download function obtains your DXCC Credits so you can link them with logged QSOs If you have only one DXCC account, your DXCC account number is most likely 1. If you have more than one DXCC account, you can determine the correct DXCC Account Number by using this procedure.
root myQTH ID	text to which the currently-selected transceiver's Radio name is appended to assemble a default myQTH ID (only visible if the Include radio name in myQTH ID option is enabled)
default myQTH ID	identifies the operator's current QTH initializes the myQTH textbox specifies the operator's current QTH when another DXLab application logs a QSO that is missing this item

Log Panels Panel (note that the functions of the Auxiliary, QSL, Online QSL, Award, Contest, Propagation, and User-defined checkboxes are also accessible from the Main window's Log QSOs tab)

Auxiliary items checkbox	Checking this box shows the Auxiliary panel, which contains textboxes for each of the following items: station call operator call owner call QSO # submode rx band select temp Depressing the CTRL key while checking this box will display the Log's Aux panel and decrease the number of visible Log Page Display entries rather than expand the Main window's height. Unchecking this box will hide the Log's Aux panel and vertically shrink the Main window; depressing the CTRL key while unchecking this box will hide the Log's Aux panel and increase the number of visible Log Page Display entries.
QSL items checkbox	Checking this box shows the the QSL panel, which contains textboxes for each of the following items: sent rcvd date sent date rcvd sent via rcvd via msg addr myQTH QSL # IOTA vfy VUCC vfy WAS vfy WAZ vfy WPX vfy Depressing the CTRL key while checking this box will display the Log's QSL panel and decrease the number of visible Log Page Display entries rather than expand the Main window's height. Unchecking this box will hide the Log's QSL panel and vertically shrink the Main window; depressing the CTRL key while unchecking this box will hide the Log's QSL panel and increase the number of visible Log Page Display entries.
Online QSL items checkbox	Checking this box shows the Online QSL panel, which contains eQSL and LoTW sub-panels with textboxes for each of the following items: eQSL sub-panel eQSL sent eQSL rcvd eQSL date sent eQSL date rcvd eQSL member LoTW sub-panel LoTW sent LoTW rcvd LoTW date sent LoTW date rcvd LoTW member Depressing the CTRL key while checking this box will display the Online Log's QSL panel and decrease the number of visible Log Page Display entries rather than expand the Main window's height. Unchecking this box will hide the Log's Online QSL panel and vertically shrink the Main window; depressing the CTRL key while unchecking this box will hide the Log's Online QSL panel and increase the number of visible Log Page Display entries.
Club & QRZ checkbox	Checking this box extends the height of the Online QSL panel to include Club Log and QRZ sub-panels with textboxes for each of the following items: Club Log sub-panel Club Log sent Club Log rcvd Club Log date sent Club Log date rcvd QRZ sub-panel QRZ sent QRZ rcvd QRZ date sent QRZ date rcvd Unchecking this box will reduce the height of the Online QSL Panel to contain only the eQSL and LoTW sub-panels
Award items checkbox	Checking this box shows the Awards panel, which contains textboxes for each of the following items: SOTA region (if QSO's DXCC entity contains a CQ or WAE region) ARRL (if QSO's DXCC entity contains an ARRL section) IOTA primary administrative subsystem secondary administrative subsystem continent WPX CQ ITU grid 1 grid 2 grid 3 grid 4 Zone Risk Country Risk Depressing the CTRL key while checking this box will display the Log's Awards panel and decrease the number of visible Log Page Display entries rather than expand the Main window's height. Unchecking this box will hide the Log's Awards panel and vertically shrink the Main window; depressing the CTRL key while unchecking this box will hide the Log's Awards panel and increase the number of visible Log Page Display entries.
Contest items checkbox	Checking this box shows the Contest panel, which contains textboxes for each of the following items: ID rx # tx # tx info rx info Depressing the CTRL key while checking this box will display the Log's Contest panel and decrease the number of visible Log Page Display entries rather than expand the Main window's height. Unchecking this box will hide the Log's Contest panel and vertically shrink the Main window; depressing the CTRL key while unchecking this box will hide the Log's Contest panel and increase the number of visible Log Page Display entries.
Propagation items checkbox	Checking this box shows the Propagation panel, which contains textboxes for each of the following items: propagation mode complete EME initial Antenna azimuth Antenna path Antenna elevation Solar Flux Index Geomagnetic A-index Geomagnetic K-index Satellite name Satellite mode Meteor shower Meteor max time Meteor bursts Meteor random Meteor pings Depressing the CTRL key while checking this box will display the Log's Propagation panel and decrease the number of visible Log Page Display entries rather than expand the Main window's height. Unchecking this box will hide the Log's Propagation panel and vertically shrink the Main window; depressing the CTRL key while unchecking this box will hide the Log's Propagation panel and increase the number of visible Log Page Display entries.
Details items checkbox	Checking this box shows the Details panel, which contains textboxes for each of the following items: dist sig sig info lat lon owner call email web rig age power file audio file comment Depressing the CTRL key while checking this box will display the Log's Details panel and decrease the number of visible Log Page Display entries rather than expand the Main window's height. Unchecking this box will hide the Log's Details panel and vertically shrink the Main window; depressing the CTRL key while unchecking this box will hide the Log's Details panel and increase the number of visible Log Page Display entries.
User-defined items checkbox	Checking this box shows the User-defined panel, which lets you specify up to eight user-defined items. Depressing the CTRL key while checking this box will display the Log's User-defined panel and decrease the number of visible Log Page Display entries rather than expand the Main window's height. Unchecking this box will hide the Log's User-defined panel and vertically shrink the Main window; depressing the CTRL key while unchecking this box will hide the Log's User-defined panel and increase the number of visible Log Page Display entries.
Font Button	Enables you to specify the font and font metrics (size, bold, italic) used in the Main window's Auxiliary, QSL, Online QSL, Awards, Contest and Satellite panels, and the Capture window.

Log Page Display Panel

Log Page Display table	Each row in this table corresponds to a column in Log Page Display. By adding or removing rows in this table, you can control which items appear (as columns) in the Log Page Display. You can also specify the caption and alignment for each item appearing in the Log Page Display. To add an item to the Log Page Display, scroll to the last row of the Log Page Display table; this row is distinguished by an asterisk in its leftmost cell click in the Item cell of this last row, then click the pulldown icon (a small black triangle), and choose the item to be displayed from the resulting list (the pulldown contains ADIF field names - to correlate with items, consult the cross reference) click in the Caption cell of the last row, and type the caption to be used for this item in the Log Page Display click in the Align cell of the last row, then click the pulldown icon (a small black triangle), and choose item's alignment (left-justified, centered, or right-justified) click in the row above the last row to complete the addition To see the newly added item (column) in the Log Page Display, you may need to horizontally scroll the log page display or widen your DXKeeper window. To remove a item from the log page display, select the row corresponding to the item to be removed by clicking in row's leftmost cell (this cell is shaded) strike the Delete key The order in which items appear in the log page display, and the width of each column in the log page display are controlled by direct manipulation.
Colors button	When clicked, DXKeeper's Capture and Log Page Display Colors window is displayed, which enables you to review and modify the Log Page Display background colors that indicate whether an entry's callsign is a known participant in LoTW and/or an Authenticity-Guaranteed (AG) member of eQSL.cc, if enabled. If SpotCollector has been installed and run, you can optionally enable DXKeeper's Use SpotCollector's callsign colors option, which enables control of the Log Page Display background colors via the Background Colors panel on the Spot Database Display tab of SpotCollector's Configuration window.
Font button	Enables you to specify the font and font metrics (size, bold, italic) used in the Log Page Display
Reset button	Set's the Log Page Display row height and column widths to default values based on the current font size
Log Page Display layout file	if specified, the pathname of a file to which the Log Page Display layout will be saved after you change any of the following: which items appear in the log page display the caption for each such item the alignment of each such item the order in which such items appear the width of each item You will be prompted to confirm each such update to the file unless the Automatically update layout file option is enabled
Select button	displays a file selector that lets you choose a Log Page Display layout file and then format the Log Page Display as specified by the selected file's contents
Save button	displays a file selector that lets you choose a file into which will be saved the Log Page Display's current layout
Include Entity name with DXCC prefix	when checked, the Log Page Display column configured to display the DXCCPrefix item will include both the DXCC prefix and the full name of each DXCC entity the DXCC column in the generated Log Report will include both the DXCC prefix and the full name of each DXCC entity
Automatically update layout file	when checked, the specified Log Page Display layout file will automatically be updated to reflect changes made to the Log Page Display layout without your approval of each such update
Indicate LoTW & eQSL AG status	When checked, the background color of each entry in the Log Page Display indicates whether the entry's callsign is a known participant in LoTW and/or an Authenticity-Guaranteed member of eQSL.cc If a callsign is found to be a known participant of LoTW but not an Authenticity-Guaranteed member of eQSL.cc, the callsign's background color is set to yellow by default, but can be changed. If a callsign is found to be an Authenticity-Guaranteed member of eQSL.cc but not a known participant of LoTW, the callsign's background color is set to pink by default, but can be changed. If a callsign is found to be a known participant of LoTW and an Authenticity-Guaranteed member of eQSL.cc, the callsign's background color is set to cyan (light blue) by default, but can be changed.
Frequency precision	specifies the number of decimal digits shown in transmit frequencies and receive frequencies appearing in the Log Page Display; the valid range is 3 to 6.
Power precision	specifies the number of decimal digits shown in the transmit power appearing in the Log Page Display; the valid range is 0 to 6.
Chronological sort order	determines whether the Sort panel's UTC button, the Sync eQSL.cc QSLs operation, and the Sync LoTW QSLs operation will sort the Log Page Display in ascending or descending order of QSO Begin time, eQSL Date Rcvd, or LoTW Date Rcvd respectively. if the Sort panel's UTC sort is active, a change to the sort order is immediately effected

Reset Unique #s - when clicked, each QSO in the current log is assigned a unique number based on its QSO Begin date and time: the earliest QSO is assigned QSO number 1, the second is assigned QSO number 2, etc.

Awards Tab

This tab provides settings that specify the bands and modes on which you are pursuing the DXCC, Marathon, VUCC, WAS, WAZ, and WPX awards.

The Automatically recompute realtime award tracking checkbox determines whether DXKeeper will automatically update realtime award tracking information when you delete a QSO or indicate a regression in the QSO's progress, e.g. demoting its status from confirmed to worked, or from worked to unworked. If this box is unchecked, DXKeeper will not direct SpotCollector to initiate progress recomputations.

The Deduce CQ and ITU zones from US callsigns checkbox determines whether callsigns of US stations will be used to deduce CQ and ITU zones if more precise information (previous QSOs, state, ARRL section, Callbook) is unavailable and the call area fits entirely in the zone.

The Include LoTW confirmations in CQ (DX, Fields), & Maidenhead Grid progress box will, when checked, include QSOs confirmed by the ARRL's Logbook of the World (LoTW) in the CQ DX, CQ Fields, and Maidenhead Grids report.

The Include eQSL.cc confirmations in DXCC, WAS, WAC, & Maidenhead Grid progress box will, when checked, will include QSOs confirmed by eQSL.cc in the the DXCC, Challenge, TOPLIST, WAS, WAC, and Maidenhead Gridsquare awards progress and reports. The ARRL, and TOPLIST do not accept eQSL.cc confirmations for their awards, but if your personal DXing program considers eQSL.cc confirmations to be valid, then checking this box will generate correct status. If you change this setting, immediately running the By QSL Mode, WAS, WAC, and Maidenhead Gridsquare reports will produce correct results. However, the Progress Grid, Progress Details Grid, and all other reports will not reflect the change until you invoke the Recompute function.

DXCC Bands & Modes Panel

Checkboxes in this panel specify the bands and modes you are pursuing for the ARRL DX Century Club award (DXCC), the ARRL DX Century Club Challenge award , and/or the 425DXN Top List award. When you click the QSL tab's Add Needed button, these settings are used to identify QSOs for which QSLs would advance your progress. When you prepare a DXCC Submission, confirmed QSL cards and/or LoTW credits will only be submitted for bands and modes selected in this panel. If SpotCollector is running, the settings of these checkboxes are used to determine whether a QSO with a spotted station would advance your progress. If none of the band or mode boxes in this panel are checked, DXKeeper and SpotCollector assume that you are pursuing DXCC without focus on specific bands or modes.

Award Program	boxes to check in DXKeeper's DXCC/Top Bands & Modes panel
DXCC	none
5-band DXCC	80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m
DXCC Challenge	160m, 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m, 6m, Phone, CW, Digital
TopList	160m, 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m, Phone, CW, Digital

The User-specified digital mode family selector lets you choose a digital mode family (e.g. FT8, JT65, PSK, etc.) in which you wish to confirm every DXCC entity, independently of RTTY and any other digital modes. If you change this selector from one digital mode family to another, DXKeeper will display a small window that displays status and instructions.

The ARRL does not offer DXCC awards specific to one digital mode or one digital mode family; the ability to pursue confirmations in a specified digital mode family with every DXCC entity is provided to support the user's personal objectives
A checkbox for the selected digital mode family will appear immediately beneath the User-specified digital mode family selector. If this box is checked, DXLab applications will prompt you to work and and confirm every DXCC entity using modes in the selected digital mode family; if this box is not checked, modes in the selected digital mode family will still be considered valid for DXCC Digital awards.

Click the HF button to check the 160m through 10m band boxes; click the VHF button to check the 6m and 2m band boxes.

f the DXCC Bands & Modes Panel's QRP option is enabled, only QSO that specify a transmit power that is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 5 watts will be counted towards DXCC award progress. If you enable or disable this setting, DXKeeper will prompt you to recompute your realtime DXCC award progress.

The DXCC Bands & Modes Panel's Hide unworked in progress rprt option lets you suppress the listing of unworked DXCC entities in the DXCC Progress report.

DXCC Submission panel

This panel provides settings that control the generation and management of DXCC submissions

Submit deleted entities	when checked, QSOs that confirm deleted DXCC entities will be submitted
Record Sheet lines/page	specifies the number of lines to be printed on each page of a generated Card Record Sheet or LoTW Record Sheet report

Marathon Submission panel

When enabled this panel's Confirmed QSOs are low risk setting causes the CQ DX Marathon Progress Report function and Submission function to consider as low risk the Marathon countries and Marathon zones of QSOs confirmed via QSL card, LoTW, Authenticity-Guaranteed members of eQSL.cc, Club Log, or QRZ to be low risk.

DXCC Credits panel

This panel's Credit-only QSO creation setting enables the generation of Credit-only QSOs from the DXCC Credits Granted window.

Realtime Award Tracking panel

The Display Progress in bold font setting determines whether information displayed in the Realtime Award Tracking window's Award Progress and Progress Details grids are displayed in bold font

Marathon Bands & Modes panel

Checkboxes in this panel specify

the bands and modes on which Progress will be reported, on which an active DX station will be highlighted and announced by SpotCollector as "needed for CQ DX Marathon" (if realtime award tracking is enabled)
- check the Mixed box if you're considering submitting a Mixed entry at year end
- check the box for each band for which you're considering submitting a single-band entry at year end
- check the box for each mode for which you're considering submitting a single-mode entry at year end
- check Challenge box if you're considering submitting a Marathon entry at year end
- click the HF button to check the 160m through 10m band boxes; click the VHF button to check the 6m and 2m band boxes.
whether Marathon reports should include QSOs whose propagation mode is unspecified
the maximum transmit power for QSOs to be included in Marathon Progress reports and realtime award tracking
- to track progress towards Unlimited Class or Challenge Class, set this to a value greater than 100; if you specify no value, Unlimited Class will be assumed, but logged transmit power will not be used as a constraint on QSOs considered for inclusion in generated Progress Reports
- to track progress towards Limited Class or Formula Class, set this to 100
- to track progress towards QRP Class, set this to 5
whether realtime award tracking for CQ DX Marathon awards is enabled; if unchecked, checking the Realtime Award Progress checkbox directs DXKeeper to enable realtime award tracking for Marathon in the current log

Click the Year, Class, & Category button to display the Marathon Year, Class, Category, and Submission Information window, on which you can specify

the Current year, for which CQ DX Marathon Progress Reports and Submissions are generated when not invoked with the CTRL key depressed
the Class for which Submissions are generated; QSOs whose TX Power is not consistent with the selected Class are ignored when generating a submission
the Category for which Submissions are generated; QSOs whose band or mode is not consistent with the selected Category are ignored when generating a submission
the Callsign, Name, Street, City, State/Province, Coutnry, Postal Code, CQ Zone, Email Address, and Club Name to be included in the generated submission
the Overlay to be included in the generated submission
the Antenna Description to be included in the generated submission
any comments you'd like included in the generated submission

If realtime award tracking for CQ DX Marathon awards is enabled and SpotCollector is running, the settings of this panel's Mixed, band, and mode checkboxes are used to determine whether a QSO with a spotted station would advance your Marathon progress.

VUCC Bands & Modes Panel

The band checkboxes in this panel specify the bands you are pursuing for awards in the VUCC award family

check the 6M through 23CM boxes to enable realtime award tracking and VUCC progress reporting for these bands
check the 13CM and up box to enable VUCC progress reporting for these bands
check the Satellite box if you are pursuing VUCC via Satellite QSOs (whose prop mode items are set to SAT and whose satellite name items specify a satellite)

The Realtime Award Progress checkbox indicates whether realtime award tracking for the VUCC award family is enabled; if unchecked, checking this box directs DXKeeper to enable realtime award tracking for VUCC in the current log. When enabled,

the Card Aging function reports QSOs needed for VUCC awards for which confirmation has been requested but not received
If SpotCollector is running, the settings of this panel's band checkboxes are used to determine whether a QSO with a spotted station would advance your VUCC progress.

WPX Bands & Modes Panel

Checkboxes in this panel specify the bands and modes you are pursuing for awards in the CQ Worked All Prefixes (WPX) family.

click the HF button to check the 160m through 10m band boxes
check the Mixed box if you are pursuing WPX on any band and mode

The Realtime Award Progress checkbox indicates whether realtime award tracking for the WPX award family is enabled; if unchecked, checking this box directs DXKeeper to enable realtime award tracking for WPX in the current log. When enabled,

the Card Aging function reports QSOs needed for WPX awards for which confirmation has been requested but not received
If SpotCollector is running, the settings of this panel's Mixed, band and mode checkboxes are used to determine whether a QSO with a spotted station would advance your WPX progress.

WAS Bands & Modes Panel

Checkboxes in this panel specify the bands and modes you are pursuing for awards in the ARRL Worked All States (WAS) family.

click the HF button to check the 160m through 10m band boxes
click the VHF button to check the 6m and 2m band boxes
check the Mixed (Basic) box if you are pursuing WAS on any band and mode
check the Sat box if you are pursuing WAS via Satellite QSOs (whose prop mode items are set to SAT and whose satellite name items specify a satellite)
check the QRP box to specify that QSOs whose transmit power is greater than 5 watts be ignored by realtime award tracking and by the WAS Progress Report.

The Realtime Award Progress checkbox indicates whether realtime award tracking for the WAS award family is enabled; if unchecked, checking this box directs DXKeeper to enable realtime award tracking for WAS in the current log. When enabled,

the Card Aging function reports QSOs needed for WAS awards for which confirmation has been requested but not received
If SpotCollector is running, the settings of this panel's Mixed, band and mode checkboxes are used to determine whether a QSO with a spotted station would advance your WAS progress.

IOTA Panel

This panel's IOTAmem4win checkbox determines whether generating an IOTA progress report will also create IOTA_Worked and IOTA_Confirmed update files for IOTAMem4WIN in DXKeeper's Reports sub-folder.

The Realtime Award Progress checkbox indicates whether realtime award tracking for the IOTA award family is enabled; if unchecked, checking this box directs DXKeeper to enable realtime award tracking for IOTA in the current log. When enabled,

the Card Aging function reports QSOs needed for IOTA awards for which confirmation has been requested but not received
If SpotCollector is running, it will determine whether a QSO with a spotted station would advance your IOTA progress.

Other Awards Panel

In this panel,

if the CQ, DARC WAE, Holyland region select box is checked, DXKeeper enables the ? buttons to the right of the region boxes on the Capture window and on the Main window's Log QSOs tab; these ? buttons display an Award Selector window that lets you select a region by its full name
if the DARC DOK region selection box is checked, DXKeeper enables the ? buttons to the right of the DOK boxes on the Capture window and on the Main window's Log QSOs tab; these ? buttons display an Award Selector window that lets you select a DOK by its full name
the WAE 2 point low-band QSOs box determines whether the Worked All Europe progress report credits 160m and 80m QSOs with 1 band point or 2 band points
if the Subdivision validity checking box is checked
- the validity of Primary and Secondary Administrative Subdivisions is recorded with each QSO
- the Broke filter displays QSOs with invalid primary or secondary administrative subdivisions
- the Recompute function flags QSOs with invalid primary or secondary administrative subdivisions
- when importing QSOs from a file, logging QSOs from another application (e.g. WinWarbler or MultiPSK), or synchronizing LoTW QSLs,
  - corrects common misspellings of Primary and Secondary Administrative Subdivisions
  - in US QSOs, replaces Secondary Administrative Subdivisions specifying independent Virginian cities completely surrounded by one county with the surrounding county
- when performing a Sync LoTW QSLs operation, report any confirmation with a station in the US, Hawaii, or Alaska that does not specify a valid US state

WAZ Bands & Modes Panel

Checkboxes in this panel are used to specify the CQ Worked All Zones (WAZ) family awards you're pursuing.

To indicate your pursuit of a single-band mixed award, check the appropriate band box(es) in the Mixed column. Note that WAZ only defines single-band mixed awards for 160m, 6m, and (for 5-band WAZ) 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, and 10m.

To indicate your pursuit of the 5-band WAZ mixed award, check the 5-Band WAZ box. With the 5 Band WAZ box checked,

the WAZ Progress Report will include a "5 band" report section
QSOs on 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, and 10m prior to 1979-01-01 will be ignored by realtime award tracking and by the WAZ Progress Report's "5 band" and "band-mixed" and "band-mode" report sections

With the 5 Band WAZ box not checked,

the WAZ Progress Report will not include a "5 band" report section
QSOs on 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, and 10m prior to 1973-01-01 will be ignored by realtime award tracking and by the WAZ Progress Report's "band-mixed" and "band-mode" report sections

To indicate your pursuit of a single-mode mixed award, check the appropriate mode box(es) in the Mixed row.

To indicate your pursuit of a single-band single-mode WAZ award, check the box at the intersection of the band row and mode column. Note that the 30m SSB, 30m AM, and 30m SSTV boxes cannot be checked.

Checking the Sat box will cause the WAZ Progress Report to display your WAZ progress with QSOs made via Satellite (QSOs whose prop mode items are set to SAT).

Checking the EME box will cause the WAZ Progress Report to display your WAZ progress with QSOs made via EME (QSOs whose prop mode items are set to EME).

The Realtime Award Progress checkbox indicates whether realtime award tracking for the WAZ award family is enabled; if unchecked, checking this box directs DXKeeper to enable realtime award tracking for WAZ in the current log. When enabled,

clicking the QSL tab's Add Needed button identifies QSOs for which QSLs would advance your WAZ progress
the Card Aging function reports QSOs needed for WAZ awards for which confirmation has been requested but not received
if SpotCollector is running, the settings of this panel's band and mode checkboxes are used to determine whether a QSO with a spotted station would advance your WAZ progress; if no boxes in this panel are checked, DXKeeper and SpotCollector assume that you are pursuing mixed WAZ without focus on specific bands or modes.

The Recompute button reconstructs all realtime award tracking information in the current log by examining each QSO in the current log.

Reports Tab

The Date Format panel lets you specify the format of dates used in reports, and in the headers of exported ADIF files.

dd-mmm-yyyy (local month abbreviations) uses the standard month abbreviations for your PC's locale
dd-mmm-yyyy (English month abbreviations) uses the English month abbreviations independent of your PC's locale
yyyy-mm-dd (ISO 8601) uses the ISO 8601 standard date format independent of your PC's locale

The Frequency precision setting specifies the number of decimal digits shown in frequencies appearing in Progress and Submission reports; the valid range is 3 to 6.

The DXCC Summary panel's Optional HTML textbox lets you insert HTML at the beginning of the DXCC Summary's body, prior to the data table.

In the QSL Aging panel

the Expiration age textbox lets you specify a time interval in weeks that the Card Aging function can use to automatically flag QSOs as expired, meaning that a confirmation is no longer expected; the maximum value is 999.
the Optional report item selector lets you choose a log item to be displayed in each entry of the report generated by the Card Aging function

Callbook Tab

DXKeeper can obtain name, address, and location information for a callsign from multiple sources:

CDROMs and DVDs
- the Flying Horse Radio Amateur's Callbook installed on your PC
- the HamCall Callbook installed on your PC
- the QRZ Callsign Database installed on your PC
Online Callbooks
- HamCall.net (requires a paid subscription)
- HamQTH (requires registration, but is free)
- QRZ.com
  - if you have a paid XML Data or full subscription to QRZ.com

DXKeeper can optionally check a second Callbook if the first Callbook is inaccessible or does not have information for the callsign.

Your QSO partner's first name is placed in the QSO's name item. Your QSO partner's full name and postal address are placed in the QSO's address item.

Use the radio buttons in this tab's Primary Callbook panel to specify the first source of information to be used for Callbook Lookup operations.

Note: Passwords specified in the Primary Callbook panel will appear in generated errorlog.txt files when Log debugging information is enabled; do not employ passwords that you also use to secure valuable online accounts!

None	no callbook lookup is performed
RAC (PC)	use the RAC callbook installed on your PC; specify the pathname of the folder containing the RAC's Callbook.exe file
HamCall (PC)	use the HamCall callbook installed on your PC; specify the pathname of the folder containing the HamCall database Note: if you've installed a HamCall CD-ROM dated May 2013 or later, terminate DXKeeper, if it's running use Windows Explorer to navigate to your DXKeeper folder, and delete the file Hamcal32.dll obtain the file Hamcal32.dll from the HamCall web site, and place it in your DXKeeper folder
QRZ (PC)	use the QRZ callbook installed on your PC; specify the pathname of the folder containing the QRZ database callbkc.dat file If you use QRZ's default installation location, the correct pathname will be C:\Program Files\QRZ Ham Radio\CALLBK
HamCall Online	use your subscription to HamCall.net; specify the callsign and password registered with HamCall.net, and set the HamCall Online timeout to indicate how long to wait before abandoning a request made to HamCall
HamQTH	use your free registered account with HamQTH; specify the callsign and password registered with HamQTH, and set the HamQTH timeout to indicate how long to wait before abandoning a request made to HamQTH
QRZ.com XML Data	use your subscription to QRZ.com specify the callsign and password registered with QRZ.com set the QRZ.com timeout to indicate how long to wait before abandoning a request made to QRZ.com check the Ignore geocoded grid squares, latitudes, and longitudes box if location data derived from the postal address via "geocoding" should not be used (location data provided by the callsign's owner will always be used)
QRZ.com via Pathfinder	use Pathfinder to obtain information from QRZ.com make sure Pathfinder (version 4.2.6 or later) is running set the QRZ.com timeout to indicate how long to wait before abandoning a request made to QRZ.com check the Ignore geocoded grid squares, latitudes, and longitudes box if location data derived from the postal address via "geocoding" should not be used (location data provided by the callsign's owner will always be used) if the Alt key is depressed while clicking the CBA button to initiate a QRZ.com lookup on every QSO in the Log Page Display, the rate will be limited to one lookup every 4 seconds

Use the Preferred Location Source panel to indicate which source of grid square, latitude, and longitude to utilize - the imported/received QSO, or the callbook entry for the QSO's callsign - when both sources specify valid location information

Use the Secondary Callbook panel to specify and enable a second Callbook to be queried when the first Callbook is inaccessible or does not have information for the callsign:

Enable	when checked, DXKeeper will query the specified second Callbook when the first Callbook is inaccessible or does not have information for the callsign
Callbook	specifies the second Callbook to be used when the first Callbook is inaccessible or does not have information for the callsign
Warn when the primary callbook can't be accessed	when checked, failure to access the primary callbook will be noted in an always-on-top warning message that appears for 10 seconds

Use these checkboxes to govern Callbook behavior:

Automatically use callbook data... checkbox

when checked

DXKeeper will initialize the name, QTH, primary administrative subdivision,, secondary administrative subdivision, IOTA, and grid items with the results of a successful Callbook query
the Capture window's Lookup button will initialize the Capture window's name, QTH, primary administrative subdivision, secondary administrative subdivision, IOTA, and grid items with the results of a successful Callbook query

Warn when a callbook lookup returns "callsign not found"

when checked, a callbook lookup that fails to obtain callbook information for a callsign will display a warning message requiring confirmation

CBA generates a Callbook Lookup Actions Report

when checked, if the CBA function generates and displays a report that lists all changes it made to logged QSOs

From the Capture window, you can add name, QTH information, and address information from the selected Callbook to the current QSO by clicking the Lookup button, as described above.

Using the CBA button on the Main window's Log QSOs tab, you can update or replace name, QTH information, and address information in the current QSO or in all QSOs visible in the Log Page Display.

You can also configure DXKeeper to lookup each imported QSO in the selected callbook and the DXCC database and fill in any items not present in the imported QSO with information from these sources.

Contest tab

These settings govern DXKeeper's support for contest operation.

Contest mode	when contest mode is enabled, The contest ID and Contest tx# items of QSOs recorded via the Main window's Log QSOs tab are initialized to the Contest ID and TX serial# respectively The contest and tx# items of QSOs recorded via the Capture window are initialized to the Contest ID and TX serial# respectively Striking the Enter key in the Main window's Call item with Run-mode enabled automatically increments the TX serial# if the Increment TX serial# box is checked Logging a QSO via the Capture window automatically increments the TX serial# if the Increment TX serial# box is checked a Log Page Display entry will be rendered in red font if its Callsign, Band, Mode and Contest ID match those in the Capture window Filtering the Log Page Display for previous QSOs with a specified station shows only QSOs whose recorded Contest ID matches the Contest ID configuration setting Enabling Contest mode automatically enables Run-mode; disabling Contest mode automatically disables Run-mode Contest mode can also be enabled or disabled via the Capture window's contest mode checkbox. If WinWarbler is running, its contest mode setting is automatically conveyed to DXKeeper; thus to enable or disable DXKeeper's contest mode, enable or disable contest mode on WinWarbler's Configuration window's Contest tab.
Increment TX serial#	when checked, increments the TX serial# after each QSO (if the Contest mode box is checked, and if the TX serial# contains a numeric value)
Place focus in RX# on DX spot activation	when checked, activating a DX spot in SpotCollector, DXView or Commander will place the mouse cursor in the Capture window's RX# item if the Capture window has not been closed if the Capture window is closed, Optimize for realtime QSO entry is checked, and New QSO on DX Spot activation is checked, then activating a DX spot will create a new QSO and display it in the Main window; if the Contest panel on the Main window's Log QSOs tab is visible, then the mouse cursor will be placed in its RX# item
Don't log Capture window Contest, TX#, RX# if contest mode disabled	when checked with contest mode disabled, don't log the Capture window's Contest, TX#, and RX# items
Contest ID	the Contest Identifier recorded with each QSO, and used to select the Cabrillo template used when generating a Cabrillo log
TX serial#	the transmit serial number or exchange to be recorded with the next QSO
TX Exchange	fixed portion of transmit exchange (see the table describing how Contest information is recorded to enable Cabrillo generation)

Cabrillo panel

This panel determines what information is placed in the header section of a generated Cabrillo file; some of this information is also incorporated in recorded contest exchanges, as noted in the table below. If no value for an item is specified, then its Cabrillo tag will not appear in the header section.

Item	Cabrillo Tag	Description
Contest	CONTEST	the name of the contest (initialized when you select a Contest ID)
Name	NAME	submitter's full name
Address	ADDRESS	up to 4 lines of postal address (do not include your name)
Operators	OPERATORS	callsigns of participating operators, separated by commas
Soapbox	SOAPBOX	Cabrillo Soapbox
Operator's first name		your first name (used in contest exchanges)
Club	CLUB	name of your contest or radio club
Score	CLAIMED-SCORE	your claimed score in the contest (obtained from your contesting application, or manually computed)
Category	CATEGORY	Cabrillo category
Category Assisted	CATEGORY-ASSISTED	Cabrillo assistance category
Category Operator	CATEGORY-OPERATOR	Cabrillo operator category
Category Station	CATEGORY-STATION	Cabrillo station category
Category Band	CATEGORY-BAND	Cabrillo band category
Category Mode	CATEGORY-MODE	Cabrillo mode category
Category Power	CATEGORY-POWER	Cabrillo power category
Category Overlay	CATEGORY-OVERLAY	Cabrillo overlay category
Category Transmitter	CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER	Cabrillo transmitter category
Category Time	CATEGORY-TIME	Cabrillo time category
Location Section	LOCATION	the ARRL section from which you are operating
Location ST/PR	LOCATION	two-letter abbreviation for the US State or Province from which you are operating (for use in contest exchanges)
Location IOTA	LOCATION	Islands on the Air tag or Island Name from which you are operating (for use in contest exchanges)
Location Grid	LOCATION	Maidenhead Grid Square from which you are operating (for use in contest exchanges)
Location CQ	LOCATION	CQ Zone from which you are operating (for use in contest exchanges)
Location RDA #	LOCATION	RDA number from which you are operating (for use in RDXC contest exchanges)

User Items tab

DXKeeper can record up to 8 user-defined items with each QSO. This tab lets you specify a caption, style, alignment, and default value for each user-defined item. DXKeeper can generate a progress report based on each user-defined item. Note that this information is stored in the current log file, which means that different log files can employ different sets of user-defined items.

Caption

specifies the caption that appears to the left of the item in the User-defined panel on the Main window's Log QSOs tab, in the Capture window, and in WinWarbler's QSO Info panel

a user item progress report generated for the item will include the caption in the report's filename, so do not use characters like / or \ that are invalid in Windows filenames

Style

specifies the type of information captured in the item:

Style	Valid Characters
Integer	digits, minus sign
Positive Integer	digits
Number	digits, minus sign, decimal separator
Positive Number	digits, decimal separator
Alphanumeric	all
Lower Alphanumeric	all (letters converted to lower case)
Upper Alphanumeric	all (letters converted to upper case)
Alphabetic	letters
Lower Alphabetic	letters (converted to lower case)
Upper Alphabetic	letters (converted to upper case)
List	set of legal values specified in a file each line in the file specifies a value; maximum 32767 lines click the Set list button to specify the file's pathname user-defined items specified by a list are always left-aligned
Comma-delimited List	set of legal values separated by commas, e.g. K-8345, K-5681, K-1181, K-3425

Align

specifies whether values are displayed as Left-aligned, Centered, or Right-aligned

user-defined items specified by a list are always left-aligned

Init

If checked and the Display Previous QSOs on Lookup box is checked, then new QSOs with be initialized with information extracted from previous QSOs with the same callsign

ADIF

if checked, import and export ADIF and tab-delimited files using Caption as an ADIF tag

if not checked,

import and export ADIF files using APP_DXKEEPER_USER_DEFINED_N
import and export tab-delimited files using UDF_Caption if a Caption is specified or UDF_N if no Caption is specified

where N is the User item #.

Note: while the ADIF tag for POTA is POTA_REF, a user-defined item whose Caption is POTA will be treated as if its Caption is POTA_REF

Default

specifies an optional default value for use in initializing a new QSO in the Capture window, in the Main window's Log QSOs tab, and in WinWarbler's QSO Info panel

The List style is appropriate when a user-defined item's value is limited to a small discrete set, for example the set {Y, N}, or the set {Alinco, Elecraft, FlexRadio, Icom, Kachina, Kenwood, TenTec, Yaesu}. A text file specifying the latter set would contain 8 lines:

Alinco
Elecraft
FlexRadio
Icom
Kachina
Kenwood
TenTec
Yaesu

Its is usually appropriate to offer a choice representing "not specified"; this can be accomplished by having the first line of the specifying file be blank. When exporting a QSO, any of its user-defined items whose value is "not specified" are not included.

The Comma-delimited List style is appropriate when its necessary to record more than one identifier per QSO; POTA identifiers, for example.

When importing QSOs, you can configure DXKeeper to check each imported field not recognized by DXKeeper -- whether defined in ADIF or not -- be against the caption specified for each user-defined item and, if a match is found, import the field's contents into the user-defined item associated with the matching caption. The field's contents are imported without regard to style. If the matching item's style is List but the imported contents are not among the specified values, the user-defined item will appear to be empty even though a value is present; change the item's style to Aphanumeric and the item's contents will be visible.

The Save user item definitions function saves the current set of user-defined item definitions to a file you choose.. The Load user item definitions function replaces the current user-defined item definitions with those from a file you choose. To copy user-defined item definitions from one log file to another,

load the "source" log file
invoke the Save user item definitions function
load the "destination" log file
invoke the Load user items definition function, and select the file created in step 2

DXKeeper can generate a progress report for the contents of a specified user-defined item so long as item name does not contain / or \ characters that cannot be included in a Windows filename.

any ' or " characters in the specified user item will be display as ` characters in the progress report
any control characters in the specified user item will be displayed as space characters in the progress report

The generated report is governed settings for each item in the Progress Report Generation panel:

Enable	When checked, offer progress report generation for the user-defined item when the User progress report function is invoked
eQSL	When checked, the progress report generated for the user-defined item will consider eQSL confirmations from an authenticity-guaranteed member as valid
LoTW	When checked, the progress report generated for the user-defined item will consider LoTW confirmations as valid

Defaults tab

The settings on this tab are used to fill in for missing items when a QSO is logged via the Capture window, logged via the Main window's "Log QSOs" tab, or received from another application like WinWarbler or JTAlert.

To specify default values for missing items in a QSO imported from an ADIF or tab-delimited file, use the Substitutions options panel on the Main window's Import QSOs tab.

Default Callsigns panel

Station callsign	the station callsign used over the air (label is highlighted in red if maximum length is exceeded) used to name the log file created when DXKeeper runs the first time after being installed initializes the station call textbox specifies the station callsign when another application sends a QSO to be logged that is missing this item The default station callsign is displayed in the Main window's title bar, enclosed by curly braces.
Operator callsign	the callsign of the operator of the station (label is highlighted in red if maximum length is exceeded) initializes the operator textbox specifies the operator callsign when another application sends a QSO to be logged that is missing this item
Owner callsign	the callsign of the owner of the station (label is highlighted in red if maximum length is exceeded) initializes the owner textbox specifies the owner callsign when another application sends a QSO to be logged that is missing this item
Maintain in Log	if the Station Callsign, Operator Callsign, and Owner Callsign are each specified, clicking this button saves these three default callsigns in the current log file's Settings table appends the name of the current log file to the Default Callsigns panel's caption, e.g. Default Callsigns from K6XT.mdb disables the Maintain in Log button enables the Maintain in Registry button
Maintain in Registry	clicking this button clears the three default callsigns in the current log file's Settings table changes the Default Callsigns panel's caption to Default Callsigns enables the Maintain in Log button disables the Maintain in Registry button
Show after loading log	when checked, displays the Configuration window's Defaults tab whenever a log file is opened, including at DXKeeper startup

After first installation, DXKeeper maintains the Station Callsign, Operator Callsign, and Owner Callsign in the Windows Registry, along with most of its other settings. Any changes you make to these three settings are restored from the Registry the next time you start DXKeeper.

If you operate from multiple DXCC entities or maintain separate logs for a club or for station for whom you manage QSLs, then you likely maintain multiple log files, and utilize a different Station Callsign when recording QSOs to each log; you may also employ different Operator Callsigns and/or Owner Callsigns when recording QSOs to each log.

To eliminate the need to manually change these three Default Callsigns each time you change log files, you can direct DXKeeper to save them in each log file's Settings table. To save the current Station Callsign, Operator Callsign, and Owner Callsign to the currently-open log file's Settings table, click the Maintain in Log button; the caption of the Default Callsigns panel will be updated to indicate the name of the currently-log file. Whenever you subsequently open this log file, the Station Callsign, Operator Callsign, and Owner Callsign will be updated from the log file, and the Default Callsigns panel will be updated to indicate the name of the currently-log file.

If you have used the Maintain in Log button to maintain Station Callsign, Operator Callsign, and Owner Callsign settings in the current log file, any changes you make to these three settings will be save to the Windows Registry as well as to the current log file's Settings table.

Should you change your mind and no longer wish to maintain the Station Callsign, Operator Callsign, and Owner Callsign settings in the current log file, click the Maintain in Registry button. This will clear the settings for these callsigns in the current log file's Settings table; whenever you subsequently open this log file, the Station Callsign, Operator Callsign, and Owner Callsign will remain unmodified from their previous values.

Enabling the Show after loading log option will display the Configuration window's Defaults tab whenever a log file is opened, making it easy to confirm that the correct values for Station Callsign, Operator Callsign, and Owner Callsign are specified before you begin logging new QSOs.

QTH latitude>

the QTH latitude used to compute QSO distance and azimuth if no myQTH is specified, or if the specified myQTH does not include a grid square or latitude and longitude

initialized from the QTH latitude specified in DXView, if DXView is installed
double-clicking prompts you to specify a grid square, from which the QTH latitude and QTH longitude are computed

QTH longitude

the QTH longitude used to compute QSO distance and azimuth if no myQTH is specified, or if the specified myQTH does not include a grid square or latitude and longitude

initialized from the QTH longitude specified in DXView, if DXView is installed
double-clicking prompts you to specify a grid square, from which the QTH latitude and QTH longitude are computed

Transmit power

transmitter power, in watts (label is highlighted in red if maximum length is exceeded); if neither Default Transmit power by band nor Default Transmit power by mode is enabled or applicable,

initializes the Capture window's Pwr item
initializes& the pwr textbox if Optimize for realtime QSO entry is enabled
sets the transmit power when you double-click the a href="Items.htm#power">power item in the QSO panel on the Main window's "Log QSOs" tab
specifies the transmit power when another DXLab application logs a QSO that is missing this item
if the Substitute default Transmit Power for missing TX_PWR option is enabled, specifies the transit power when importing a QSO that doesn't specify a TX_PWR tag

RST sent & rcvd

if enabled, the specified default value is used to initialize the RST sent and RST rcvd items in the Capture window or in the Main window's Log QSOs tab. If the default value includes a slash, e.g. 59/599, characters before the slash are used with phone modes, and characters after the slash are used with non-phone modes.

if enabled with no default value specified, the RST send and RST rcvd items in the Capture window or in the Main window's Log QSOs tab are initialized to 59 for phone modes and 599 for non-phone modes.

Antenna Path

specifies the antenna path for QSOs logged via the Capture window
initializes the antenna path selector on the Main window's Log QSOs tab if Optimize for realtime QSO entry is not enabled

Propagation mode

specifies the propagation mode for QSOs logged via the Capture window
initializes the propagation mode selector on the Main window's Log QSOs tab if Optimize for realtime QSO entry is not enabled and Default Propagation Mode by band is not enabled

SFI

initialized from the most recent Solar Flux captured by SpotCollector, if SpotCollector is running
specifies the solar flux for QSOs logged via the Capture window
initializes the solar flux textbox on the Main window's Log QSOs tab if Optimize for realtime QSO entry is not enabled

initialized from the most recent A-index captured by SpotCollector, if SpotCollector is running
specifies the A-index for QSOs logged via the Capture window
initializes the A-index textbox on the Main window's Log QSOs tab if Optimize for realtime QSO entry is not enabled

initialized from the most recent K-index captured by SpotCollector, if SpotCollector is running
specifies the K-index for QSOs logged via the Capture window
initializes the K-index textbox on the Main window's Log QSOs tab if Optimize for realtime QSO entry is not enabled

Meteor shower

specifies the meteor shower name for QSOs logged via the Capture window
initializes the meteor shower name textbox on the Main window's Log QSOs tab if Optimize for realtime QSO entry is not enabled

Email address

specifies the email address included in the generated WPX Submission File

Satellite name

specifies the satellite name for QSOs logged via the Capture window
initializes the satellite name selector on the Main window's Log QSOs tab if Optimize for realtime QSO entry is not enabled

Satellite mode

specifies the satellite mode for QSOs logged via the Capture window
initializes the satellite mode selector on the Main window's Log QSOs tab if Optimize for realtime QSO entry is not enabled

Default QSL Message panel

A QSO's QSL msg item is printed on a QSL card or wide label generated from that QSO. This panel's QSL msg selector chooses a default QSL message from among "no message" and the eight candidate messages defined in the QSL Msgs tab. The selected message

when logging a QSO via the Capture window, populates the Capture window's QSL Msg selector
when logging a QSO via the Main window's Log QSOs tab, initializes the QSL panel's msg item
supplies the QSL message used when another application logs a QSO that is missing a msg item

A QSL msg item can include one or more QSL Substitution Commands that are replaced before the message printed on a QSL card, printed on a QSL label, uploaded to eQSL.cc, uploaded to LoTW, placed in an ADIF file from the QSL queue, placed in a tab-delimited file from the QSL queue, or exported to an ADIF file with the Export ADIF for eQSL.cc option selected.

You can modify one of the eight candidate message in the QSL msg selector, but the modified message will not be usable until you click the Update Candidate Message button. To display all eight candidate QSL messages, click the Review Candidate Messages button and DXKeeper will display the QSL Configuration window's QSL Msgs tab.

Default Transmit power by band panel

specifies the default transmitter power, in watts, for the amateur bands from 160m through 23cm; if enabled and the QSO's frequency lies within one of the bands for which a default is specified,

initializes the Capture window's Pwr item
initializes the pwr textbox if Optimize for realtime QSO entry is enabled
sets the transmit power when you double-click the power item in the QSO panel on the Main window's "Log QSOs" tab
specifies the transmit power when another DXLab application logs a QSO that is missing this item
if the Substitute default Transmit Power for missing TX_PWR option is enabled, specifies the transit power when importing a QSO that doesn't specify a TX_PWR tag

Default Transmit power by mode panel

specifies the default transmitter power, in watts, for Phone, CW, RTTY, and PSK modes; if enabled and the QSO's mode is one for which a default is specified,

initializes the Capture window's Pwr item
initializes the pwr textbox if Optimize for realtime QSO entry is enabled
sets the transmit power when you double-click the power item in the QSO panel on the Main window's "Log QSOs" tab
specifies the transmit power when another DXLab application logs a QSO that is missing this item
if the Substitute default Transmit Power for missing TX_PWR option is enabled, specifies the transit power when importing a QSO that doesn't specify a TX_PWR tag

Default Propagation Mode by band panel

specifies the Propagation mode for the HF bands (frequency < 30 mHz), VHF bands (30 mHz < frequency < 300 mHz, and UHF bands (300 mHz < frequency);if enabled and the Satellite Name is not set to SAT,

specifies the propagation mode for QSOs logged via the Capture window
initializes the Propagation mode selector on the Main window's Log QSOs tab if Optimize for realtime QSO entry is not enabled

Network Service panel

Base Port specifies the first port in a range port numbers used by DXLab applications to accept external commands via TCP. DXKeeper uses the port number computed by adding 1 to the specified Base Port. After changing the Base Port, click the Restart button.

Clicking the Default button sets the Base Port to 52000.

Clicking the Restart button restarts the TCP server.

Any errors that occur while processing commands received by DDE or TCP will be reported in the Server Log window.

to immediately display the Server Log window, click the Display Log button
to record incoming requests in the Server Log in addition to error reports, check the Log all transactions box

Defining Bands

DXKeeper is driven by a set of band definitions contained in a file. Any attempt to log a QSO on a frequency not falling within a defined band will be flagged.

At startup, DXKeeper checks its Databases folder for the file Bands.txt ; if found, the contents of this file are interpreted as user-defined band specifications in the format shown below. If Bands.txt is not found, then DXKeeper checks its Databases folder for the file DefaultBands.txt, which every DXKeeper release installs. DefaultBands.txt, is a file containing one line per band:

2190M, 0.136,0.137
160M, 1.800, 2.000
80M, 3.500,4.000
60M, 5.3305,5.405
40M, 7.000,7.350
30M, 10.100, 10.150
20M, 14.000, 14.350
17M, 18.068, 18.168
15M, 21.000, 21.450
12M, 24.890, 24.990
10M, 28.000, 29.900
6M, 50.000, 54.000
4M, 70.0, 71.0
2M, 144.000, 148.000
1.25M,222.0,225.0
70CM, 420.0, 450.0
33CM, 902.0, 928.0
23CM, 1240, 1300
13CM,2400,2450
9CM, 3300, 3500
6CM, 5650, 5925
3CM, 10000, 10500
1.25cm,24000,24250
6MM, 47000, 47200
4MM, 75500, 81000
2.5MM, 119980,120020
2MM, 142000, 149000
1MM, 241000,250000
SUBMM, 300000,1000000

Each line contains three parameters, separated by commas: the band name, the band's lower edge in megahertz, and the band's upper edge in megahertz. The band name cannot exceed its defined maximum length.

To add or subtract bands, make a copy of DefaultBands.txt in DXKeeper's Databases folder and name this copy Bands.txt. Delete or add lines in Bands.txt as required, ensuring that

each band's lower band edge is less than its upper band edge
the upper band edge defined on one line is less than the lower band edge defined on the next line

Be sure to make your changes in Bands.txt as DefaultBands.txt will be overwritten by the next DXKeeper release. After making changes to Bands.txt, restart DXKeeper.

Defining or Eliminating Modes

DXKeeper provides built-in support for six modes: SSB, CW, RTTY, AM, FM, and PSK31. At startup, DXKeeper checks its Databases folder for the file Modes.txt ; if found, the contents of this file are interpreted as user-defined mode specifications, as described below. If Modes.txt is not found, then DXKeeper checks its Databases folder for the file DefaultModes.txt and if found interprets its contents as user-defined mode specifications. Every DXKeeper release installs a DefaultModes.txt file that contains the following mode specifications:

Mode Name	DXCC Phone credit	DXCC CW credit	DXCC Digital credit	WAZ RTTY credit	WAZ Digital credit	WPX SSB credit	WPX CW credit	WPX Digital credit	WAS Digital credit	Digital Mode Family	ADIF
8PSK125			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:7>8PSK125
8PSK125F			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:8>8PSK125F
8PSK125FL			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:9>8PSK125FL
8PSK250			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:7>8PSK
8PSK250F			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:8>8PSKF
8PSK250FL			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:9>8PSKFL
8PSK500			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:7>8PSK500
8PSK500F			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:8>8PSK500:
8PSK1000			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE8:>8PSK1000
8PSK1000F			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:9>8PSK1000F
8PSK1200F			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:9>8PSK1200F
AMTORFEC			a		a			a	a	TOR	<MODE:3>TOR<SUBMODE:8>AMTORFEC
ARDOP			a		a			a	a		<MODE:5>ARDOP
ASCI			a	a				a	a		<MODE:4>RTTY<SUBMODE:4>ASCI
ATV											<MODE:3>ATV
C4FM											<MODE:12>DIGITALVOICE<SUBMODE:4>C4FM
CHIP			a		a			a		CHIP	<MODE:4>CHIP
CHIP64			a		a			a		CHIP	<MODE:4>CHIP<SUBMODE:6>CHIP64
CHIP128			a		a			a		CHIP	<MODE:4>CHIP<SUBMODE:7>CHIP128
CLO			a		a			a	a		<MODE:3>CLO
CONTESTI			a		a			a	a		<MODE:8>CONTESTI
DIGVOICE*	a										<MODE:12>DIGITALVOICE
DMR											<MODE:12>DIGITALVOICE<SUBMODE:3>DMR
DOMINO			a		a			a	a	DOMINO	<MODE:7>DOMINO
DOMINOF			a		a			a	a	DOMINO	<MODE:7>DOMINO<SUBMODE:7>DOMINOF
DOM-M			a		a			a	a	DOMINO	<MODE:7>DOMINO<SUBMODE:5>DOM-M
DOM4			a		a			a	a	DOMINO	<MODE:7>DOMINO<SUBMODE:4>DOM4
DOM5			a		a			a	a	DOMINO	<MODE:7>DOMINO<SUBMODE4:>DOM5
DOM8			a		a			a	a	DOMINO	<MODE:7>DOMINO<SUBMODE:4>DOM8
DOM11			a		a			a	a	DOMINO	<MODE:7>DOMINO<SUBMODE:5>DOM11
DOM16			a		a			a	a	DOMINO	<MODE:7>DOMINO<SUBMODE:5>DOM16
DOM22			a		a			a	a	DOMINO	<MODE:7>DOMINO<SUBMODE:5>DOM22
DOM44			a		a			a	a	DOMINO	<MODE:7>DOMINO<SUBMODE:5>DOM44
DOM88			a		a			a	a	DOMINO	<MODE:7>DOMINO<SUBMODE5:>DOM88
DSTAR											<MODE:12>DIGITALVOICE<SUBMODE:4>DSTAR
FAX	a										<MODE:3>FAX
FMHELL			a		a			a	a	HELL	<MODE:4>HELL<SUBMODE:6>FMHELL
FSK31			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:5>FSK31
FSK441			a		a			a	a		<MODE:6>FSK441
FST4			a		a			a	a	FST4	<MODE:4>MFSK <SUBMODE:4>FST4
FST4W			a		a			a	a	FST4W	<MODE:4>MFSK <SUBMODE:5>FST4W
FT4			a		a			a	a	FT4	<MODE:4>MFSK <SUBMODE:3>FT4
FT8			a		a			a	a	FT8	<MODE:3>FT8
GTOR			a		a			a	a	TOR	<MODE:3>TOR<SUBMODE:4>GTOR
HELL			a		a			a	a	HELL	<MODE:4>HELL
HELL80			a		a			a	a	HELL	<MODE:4>HELL<SUBMODE:6>HELL80
HELLX5			a		a			a	a	HELL	<MODE:4>HELL<SUBMODE:6>HELLX5
HELLX9			a		a			a	a	HELL	<MODE:4>HELL<SUBMODE:6>HELLX9
HFSK										HELL	<MODE:4>HELL<SUBMODE:4>HFSK
ISCAT			a		a			a	a	ISCAT	<MODE:5>ISCAT
JS8			a		a			a	a	MFSK	<MODE:4>MFSK<SUBMODE:3>JS8
JT4			a		a			a	a	JT4	<MODE:3>JT4
JT44			a		a			a	a	JT4	<MODE:4>JT44
JT4A			a		a			a	a	JT4	<MODE:3>JT4<SUBMODE:4>JT4A
JT4B			a		a			a	a	JT4	<MODE:3>JT4<SUBMODE:4>JT4B
JT4C			a		a			a	a	JT4	<MODE:3>JT4<SUBMODE:4>JT4C
JT4D			a		a			a	a	JT4	<MODE:3>JT4<SUBMODE:4>JT4D
JT4E			a		a			a	a	JT4	<MODE:3>JT4<SUBMODE:4>JT4E
JT4F			a		a			a	a	JT4	<MODE:3>JT4<SUBMODE:4>JT4F
JT4G			a		a			a	a	JT4	<MODE:3>JT4<SUBMODE:4>JT4G
JT65			a		a			a	a	JT65	<MODE:4>JT65
JT65A			a		a			a	a	JT65	<MODE:4>JT65<SUBMODE:5>JT65A
JT65B			a		a			a	a	JT65	<MODE:4>JT65<SUBMODE:5>JT65B
JT65C			a		a			a	a	JT65	<MODE:4>JT65<SUBMODE:5>JT65D
JT6M			a		a			a	a		<MODE:4>JT6M
JTMS			a		a			a	a	MFSK	<MODE:4>MFSK<SUBMODE:4>JTMS
JT9			a		a			a	a	JT9	<MODE:3>JT9
MFSK			a		a			a	a	MFSK	<MODE:4>MFSK
MFSK8			a		a			a	a	MFSK	<MODE:4>MFSK<SUBMODE:5>MFSK8
MFSK16			a		a			a	a	MFSK	<MODE:4>MFSK<SUBMODE:6>MFSK16
MFSK64L			a		a			a	a	MFSK	<MODE:4>MFSK<SUBMODE:7>MFSK64L
MFSK128L			a		a			a	a	MFSK	<MODE:4>MFSK<SUBMODE:8>MFSK128L
MSK144			a		a			a	a	MFSK	<MODE:6>MSK144
MT63			a		a			a	a		<MODE:4>MT63
NAVTEX			a		a			a	a	TOR	<MODE:3>TOR><SUBMODE:6>NAVTEX
OLIVIA			a		a			a	a	OLIVIA	<MODE:6>OLIVIA
OPERA			a		a			a	a		<MODE:6>OPERA
PAC			a		a			a	a	PAC	<MODE:3>PAC
PAC2			a		a			a	a	PAC	<MODE:3>PAC<SUBMODE:4>PAC2
PAC3			a		a			a	a	PAC	<MODE:3>PAC<SUBMODE:4>PAC3
PAX			a		a			a	a	PAX	<MODE:3>PAX
PAX2			a		a			a	a	PAX	<MODE:3>PAX<SUBMODE:4>PAZ2
PKT			a		a			a	a		<MODE:3>PKT
PSK			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK
PSK10			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:5>PSK10
PSK2K			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:5>PSK2K
PSK63			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:5>PSK63
PSK63F			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:6>PSK63F
PSK63RC20			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:9>PSK63RC20
PSK63RC32			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:9>PSK63RC32
PSK63RC4			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:8>PSK63RC4
PSK63RC5			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:8>PSK63RC5
PSK63RC10			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:9>PSK63RC10
PSK125			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:6>PSK125
PSK125RC10			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:10>PSK125RC10
PSK125RC12			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:10>PSK125RC12
PSK125RC16			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:10>PSK125RC16
PSK125RC4			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:9>PSK125RC4
PSK125RC5			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:9>PSK125RC5
PSK220F			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:7>PSK220F
PSK250RC2			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:9>PSK250RC2
PSK250RC3			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:9>PSK250RC3
PSK250RC5			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:9>PSK250RC5
PSK250RC6			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:9>PSK250RC6
PSK250RC7			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:9>PSK250RC7
PSK500RC2			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:9>PSK500RC2
PSK500RC3			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:9>PSK500RC3
PSK500RC4			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:9>PSK500RC4
PSK800RC2			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:9>PSK800RC2
PSK1000RC2			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:10>PSK1000RC2
PSKAM10			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:7>PSKAM10
PSKAM31			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:7>PSKAM31
PSKAM50			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:7>PSKAM50
PSKFEC31			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:8>PSKFEC31
PSKHELL			a		a			a	a	HELL	<MODE:4>HELL<SUBMODE:7>PSKHELL
Q15									a		<MODE:3>Q15
Q65			a		a			a	a	MFSK	<MODE:4>MFSK<SUBMODE:3>Q65
QPSK31			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:6>QPSK31
QPSK63			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:6>QPSK63
QPSK125			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:7>QPSK125
QRA64			a		a			a	a	QRA64	<MODE:5>QRA64
QRA64A			a		a			a	a	QRA64	<MODE:5>QRA64<SUBMODE:6>QRA64A
QRA64B			a		a			a	a	QRA64	<MODE:5>QRA64<SUBMODE:6>QRA64B
QRA64C			a		a			v	a	QRA64	<MODE:5>QRA64<SUBMODE:6>QRA64C
QRA64D			a		a			a	a	QRA64	<MODE:5>QRA64<SUBMODE:6>QRA64D
QRA64E			a		a			a	a	QRA64	<MODE:5>QRA64<SUBMODE:6>QRA64E
ROS			a		a			a			<MODE:3>ROS
RTTYM			a	a				a			<MODE:5>RTTYM
SIM31			a		a			a	a	PSK	<MODE:3>PSK<SUBMODE:4>SIM31
SITORB			a		a			a	a	TOR	<MODE:3>TOR<SUBMODE:6>SITORB
SLOWHELL			a		a			a	a	HELL	<MODE:4>HELL<SUBMODE:8>SLOWHELL
SSTV	a										<MODE:4>SSTV
T10			a		a			a	a		<MODE:3>T10
THOR			a		a			a	a	THOR	<MODE:4>THOR
THOR-M			a		a			a	a	THOR	<MODE:4>THOR<SUBMODE:6>THOR-M
THOR4			a		a			a	a	THOR	<MODE:4>THOR<SUBMODE:5>THOR4
THOR5			a		a			a	a	THOR	<MODE:4>THOR<SUBMODE:5>THOR5
THOR8			a		a			a	a	THOR	<MODE:4>THOR<SUBMODE:5>THOR8
THOR11			a		a			a	a	THOR	<MODE:4>THOR<SUBMODE:6>THOR11
THOR16			a		a			a	a	THOR	<MODE:4>THOR<SUBMODE:6>THOR16
THOR22			a		a			a	a	THOR	<MODE:4>THOR<SUBMODE:6>THOR22
THOR25X4			a		a			a	a	THOR	<MODE:4>THOR<SUBMODE:8>THOR25X4
THOR50X1			a		a			a	a	THOR	<MODE:4>THOR<SUBMODE:8>THOR50X1
THOR50X2			a		a			a	a	THOR	<MODE:4>THOR<SUBMODE:8>THOR50X2
THOR100			a		a			a	a	THOR	<MODE:4>THOR<SUBMODE:7>THOR100
THRB			a		a			a	a	THRB	<MODE:4>THRB
THRBX			a		a			a	a	THRB	<MODE:4>THRB<SUBMODE:5>THRBX
THRBX1			a		a			a	a	THRB	<MODE:4>THRB<SUBMODE:6>THRBX1
THRBX2			a		a			a	a	THRB	<MODE:4>THRB<SUBMODE:6>THRBX2
THRBX4			a		a			a	a	THRB	<MODE:4>THRB<SUBMODE:6>THRBX4
THROB1			a		a			a	a	THRB	<MODE:4>THRB<SUBMODE:6>THROB1
THROB2			a		a			a	a	THRB	<MODE:4>THRB<SUBMODE:6>THROB2
THROB4			a		a			a	a	THRB	<MODE:4>THRB<SUBMODE:6>THROB4
TOR			a		a			a	a		<MODE:3>TOR
VARA FM 1200										DYNAMIC	MODE:7>DYNAMIC<SUBMODE:12>VARA FM 1200>
VARA FM 9600										DYNAMIC	MODE:7>DYNAMIC<SUBMODE:12>VARA FM 1200>
VARA HF										DYNAMIC	MODE:7>DYNAMIC<SUBMODE:7>VARA HF>
VARA SAT										DYNAMIC	MODE:7>DYNAMIC<SUBMODE:14>VARA SATELLITE>
VOI			a		a			a	a		<MODE:3>VOI
V4			a		a			a	a		<MODE:2>V4
WINMOR			a		a			a	a		<MODE:6>WINMOR
WSPR			a		a			a	a		<MODE:4>WSPR

*DXKeeper considers DIGVOICE a PHONE mode for purposes of CQ DX Marathon and WAS award tracking.

The ADIF column in the above table shows the ADIF representation for each mode that DXKeeper recognizes when importing and emits when exporting. When importing, DXKeeper will also recognize each mode in the table in a <MODE> tab. When importing, for example, both <MODE:5>THRBX and <MODE:4>THRB<SUBMODE:5>THRBX will create a new QSO whose Mode item is set to THRBX.

Users wishing to define additional modes or remove modes that aren't built-in can do so by creating the file Modes.txt in DXKeeper's Databases folder. The specification format used in DefaultModes.txt and Modes.txt is identical: each line of the file specifies a mode's name, followed optionally by a list of awards for which QSOs in the mode produce credit; the mode name and optional awards are separated by commas. The mode name cannot exceed its defined maximum length. Valid award designators are shown in the following table:

Award Designator	Meaning
DXCC_Phone	QSOs in this mode "count" for DXCC Phone credit
DXCC_CW	QSOs in this mode "count" for DXCC CW credit
DXCC_DIGI	QSOs in this mode "count" for DXCC Digital credit
DXCC_RTTY	QSOs in this mode "count" for DXCC Digital credit
WAS_DIGITAL	QSOs in this mode "count" for WAS Digital credit
WAZ_RTTY	QSOs in this mode "count" for WAZ RTTY credit
WAZ_DIGITAL	QSOs in this mode "count" for WAZ Digital credit
WPX_Phone	QSOs in this mode "count" for WPX Phone credit
WPX_CW	QSOs in this mode "count" for WPX CW credit
WPX_Digital	QSOs in this mode "count" for WPX Digital credit
PSK	QSOs in this mode "count" for PSK credit

Thus, the first line of the file DefaultModes.txt, which is

ASCI, DXCC_RTTY, WAZ_RTTY

defines the new mode ASCI, and specifies that QSOs in ASCI should be credited as DXCC RTTY and WAZ RTTY QSOs.

A new mode added to Modes.txt that is defined in ADIF as a submode will be imported and exported using the ADIF MODE and SUBMODE tags; for example, if PAC4 were added, it would be imported and exported with <MODE:3>PAC<SUBMODE:4>PAC4. A new mode added to Modes.txt that is not defined in ADIF will be imported and exported with the ADIF MODE tag; for example, if SHAZAM were added, it would be imported and exported with <MODE:6>SHAZAM.

The easiest way to create a custom Modes.txt file is by starting with a copy of DefaultModes.txt and editing as required. Be sure to make your changes in Modes.txt as DefaultModes.txt will be overwritten by the next DXKeeper release. After making changes to Modes.txt, restart DXKeeper.

Defining Satellite Names

At startup, DXKeeper checks its Databases folder for the file Satellites.txt ; if found, the contents of this file are interpreted as user-satellite names, in a one-name-per-line format. If Satellites.txt is not found, then DXKeeper checks its Databases folder for the file DefaultSatellites.txt, which every DXKeeper release installs. DefaultSatellites.txt, is a file containing one line per band:

AISAT1
AO-3
AO-4
AO-6
AO-7
AO-8
AO-10
AO-13
AO-16
AO-21
AO-24
AO-27
AO-40
AO-51
AO-73
AO-85
AO-91
AO-92
AO-109
ARISS
Arsene
BO-102
BY70-1
CAS-2T
CAS-3H
CAS-4A
CAS-4B
CAS-5A
DO-64
EO-79
EO-88
FO-12
FO-20
FO-29
FO-99
FO-118
FS-3
HO-68
HO-107
HO-113
IO-86
IO-117
JO-97
KEDR
LO-19
LO-78
LO-90
MAYA-3
MAYA-4
MIREX
MO-112
NO-44
NO-83
NO-84
NO-103
NO-104
PO-101
QO-100
RS-1
RS-2
RS-5
RS-6
RS-7
RS-8
RS-10
RS-11
RS-12
RS-13
RS-15
RS-44
SAREX
SO-35
SO-41
SO-50
SO-67
TAURUS
TO-108
UKUBE1
UO-14
UVSQ
VO-52
XW-2A
XW-2B
XW-2C
XW-2D
XW-2E
XW-2F

To add or subtract satellite names, make a copy of DefaultSatellites.txt in DXKeeper's Databases folder and name this copy Satellites.txt. Delete or add lines in Satellites.txt as required. Be sure to make your changes in Satellites.txt as DefaultSatellites.txt will be overwritten by the next DXKeeper release. After making changes to Satellites.txt, restart DXKeeper.

Defining Satellite Modes

At startup, DXKeeper checks its Databases folder for the file SatellitesModes.txt ; if found, the contents of this file are interpreted as user-satellite modes, in a one-mode-per-line format, and are loaded into DXKeeper's Satellite Mode selectors in the Capture window and in the Propagation panel on the Main window's Log QSOs tab. If the file SatellitesModes.txt is not found in DXKeeper's Databases folder, then the Satellite Mode selectors are loaded with these modes:

A
B
J
JL
LS
LT
LU
LV
K
KT
L
R
RA
RK
RT
S
SX
T
US
UT
UU
UV
VA
VS
VT
VU

Capture Layout window

This window provides row-by-row control over which items are visible in the Capture window. Items in the Capture window are displayed in 18 rows of controls - textboxes, selectors, and checkboxes. The first row's items - callsign and DXCC prefix - are always displayed. This window's 17 Enable row checkboxes determine which of the items in rows 2 through 18 are also displayed.

Clicking the Enable All Rows button checks every Enable row box, making all Capture items visible.

Clicking the Disable All Rows button unchecks every Enable row box, shrinking the Capture window to display on the Callsign and DXCC prefix items.

With a useful subset of Enable row boxes checked, click one of the four Save buttons in the Saved Layouts panel will save the current Capture window layout for later restoration by clicking its associated Select button; the Notes boxes can be used to describe each saved layout.

The Capture Layout window can be displayed by clicking the Cfg button in top right corner of the Capture window, or by clicking the Layout button in the Capture options panel on the Configuration window's General tab.

Capture and Log Page Display Colors window

This window governs the font colors used to indicate "award need" for the Capture window callsign and the font background colors used to indicate eQSL Authenticity-Guaranteed (AG) and LoTW participation in both the Capture window callsign textbox and in the Log Page Display.

To display this window, click the Colors button in the Capture options panel on the Configuration window's General tab, or the Colors button in the Log Page Display panel on the Configuration window's Log tab.

This window contains two panels and a Reset button:

The Capture Callsign font colors panel displays the font colors used to indicate "award need" for the Capture window callsign, and provides the ability to modify those colors:

Category	Meaning	Default Color
Verified DX	stations to which award credit has been granted for all pursued DX Counters	dark green
Unneeded DX	stations confirmed for each pursued DX Counter	black
Unconfirmed DX	stations that are unconfirmed for at least one pursued DX Counter	blue
Unworked DX Band or Mode	having an unworked band or mode for at least one pursued DX Counter	red
Unworked DX Counter	stations in at least one unworked pursued DX Counte	red
Tagged Special Callsign	tagged Special Callsigns	magenta

Each font color category's colored square shows the font color used to depict the Capture window callsign. To change a category's font color, click its button, and a standard Windows color selection window will appear.

The Capture Callsign and Log Page Display background colors panel displays the font background colors used to indicate eQSL Authenticity-Guaranteed (AG) and LoTW participation in both the Capture window callsign textbox and - if enabled - in the Log Page Display:

Category	Meaning	Default Color
Normal	stations not known to participate in eQSL AG or LoTW	white
LoTW	stations known to participate in LoTW	yellow
eQSL	stations known to participate in eQSL AG	pink
Both	stations known to participate in both eQSL AG and LoTW	cyan

Each background color category's colored square shows the font color used to depict the Capture window callsign. To change a category's font color, click its button, and a standard Windows color selection window will appear.

Clicking the Reset button will disable the Use SpotCollector's callsigns colors option and set each color to its default value.

After typing a callsign into the Capture window, strike the Enter or Tab key to initiate a lookup operation that will update its font and background colors. Operations that populate the Capture window's Callsign textbox -- like double-clicking a Spot Database Entry -- will automatically update the callsign's text and background colors.

If SpotCollector has not been installed and run, then this window's panels provide exclusive control over Capture window font and background colors, and over Log Page Display background colors. If SpotCollector has been installed and run, enabling the Use SpotCollector's callsigns colors option will cause the colors in the Capture and Log Page Display Colors window to automatically follow the colors specified in the Font Colors and Background Colors panels on the Spot Database Display tab of SpotCollector's Configuration window. Modifying a color in the Capture and Log Page Display Colors window will disable the Use SpotCollector's callsigns colors option.

With the Use SpotCollector's callsigns colors option enabled, if SpotCollector specifies a background color selection that is too dark (one or more red, green, or blue components is less than 65), DXKeeper will employ its default background colors: yellow for LoTW, pink for eQSL.cc AG, cyan for both, and white for neither.

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