Before installing or upgrading to DXKeeper 16.3.8, A. if you are using Window Defender Antivirus (Windows 10), update it to its latest malware definition in https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/definitions B. clear the QSL Queue by completing any QSLing operation that is underway, or click the Clear button on the Main window's QSL tab. If you fail to do this, you will have to start DXKeeper 16.3.2 and clear the QSL Queue before you can run DXKeeper 16.3.8. If you're interested in exploiting the new RDA database, be sure to review Note 4 below! This version - prevents an errorlog entry in DDEServer.ResetWindows: "a form can't be moved or sized while minimized or maximized" (tnx to Chuck WS1L) - improves the caption of the progress window displayed when the "Sync LoTW QSOs" function is running (tnx to Dave N9FN) - prevents an errorlog entry in DXLogModule.GenerateMarathonProgressReport (tnx to Phil GU0SUP) - gracefully handles a script line with a starting comment indicator // but no ending comment indicator (tnx to Stewart G0LGS) - won't log a QSO from the Capture window if the information in its Region, Satellite Name, or Satellite Mode items contains too many characters - when generating a USA-CA progress report, ignores QSOs whose propagation mode is ECH, INTERNET, IRL, RPT, or SAT (tnx to Rowland K4XD) - corrects the Log Page Display's "LoTW Member" explanatory popup (tnx to Tom NS8K) - in the Filter panel at the bottom of the Main window's Log QSOs tab, interprets CTRL-N a shortcut to the QSL# item (tnx to Charles N2SO) - adds Q65 to the "Mode Filter" panel on the "Advanced Sorts, Filters, and Modifiers" window (tnx to Jim AB3CV) - enables Modify and ModifyWithoutBackup script commands to computationally modify a QSO's freq or rx_freq item (tnx to Holger DF6DBF) - imports the ADIF DARC_DOK field in addition to APP_DXKeeper_DOK ; exports DARC_DOK (tnx to Björn SM7IUN) - on the Main window's "Export QSOs" tab, adds SRX to the "Replacement Options" panel's "Station, Province, & Section" selector (tnx to Don VE1AOE) - adds and QSL substitution commands (tnx to Carlo IK2RPE) - extends the Main window's QSL tab's "QSL Via" panel's "save to ADIF file" and "save to Tab-delimited file" options to include the QSO's End time (tnx to Carlo IK2RPE) - updates the RAC award progress report to accept LoTW confirmations - removes support for the now-defunct "Global QSL" remote printing service (tnx to John W1JA) - when using "QRZ XML data" as a callbook and a nickname is reported, uses it in preference to the reported first name (tnx to Andy KØAF) - provides a Need filter that populates the Needed item of each QSO in the Log Page Display based on whether its confirmation would advance award progress towards the DXCC, IOTA, VUCC, WAS, WAZ, WPX award on the bands and modes sought; see - provide the option to display unconfirmed QSOs that are "needed" for DXCC, IOTA, VUCC, WAS, WAZ, and/or WPX with QSO partners who have subsequently submitted QSOs to LoTW; see (tnx to Jon KM8V) - if the RDA database is installed in DXView, references it to determine a Russian or USSR callsign's DXCC entity, Oblast, and District (tnx to Jose N4BAA and Roman RA3R) - takes the QSO Begin date of an already-logged QSO into account when determining a Russian or USSR callsign's DXCC entity, Oblast, and District (tnx to Jose N4BAA and Roman RA3R) - with "Optimize for realtime QSO entry" disabled, when logging a QSO via a Main window's "Log QSOs" tab and the mouse cursor positioned in the "QSO Begin" item, striking the Enter key re-evaluates a Russian or USSR callsign's DXCC entity, Oblast, and District based on the callsign and QSO Begin date (tnx to Jose N4BAA and Roman RA3R) - modifies the CBA function to not modify confirmed items when invoked with the CTRL key depressed (tnx to Joe W4TV) - modify the CBA function to query the RDA database, if installed (tnx to Joe W4TV) - when the CBA function is invoked with the Callbook set to "QRZ.com via Pathfinder", determines if the operation will take longer than 1 minute given the 15 lookups-per-minute rate, and if so informs the user of the expected duration and requests permission to proceed (tnx to Joe W4TV) - when logging a British callsign via the Capture window, hide the Region selector's ? button so a full WAB square designator is visible (tnx to Kristoff ON3RMB) - handle callbooks that report a Canadian province as a state - updates the Configuration.htm, FilterLog.htm, Import.htm, index.htm, Initialization.htm, Items.htm, LogCompletedMain.htm, LogNewCapture.htm, LogNewMain.htm, Progress.htm, QSL.htm, QSLConfiguration.htm, Scripts.htm, UpdateLogFromCallbook.htm, and ViewEditLog.htm documentation files Notes: 1. Update your firewall and anti-malware applications to consider this new version of DXKeeper to be "safe" a. JOTTI virus scan: 0 of 13 scanners detected malware in this version's executable b. VirusTotal: 0 of 66 scanners detected malware in this version's executable c. submitted to Microsoft for analysis by Windows Defender: no malware detected in this version's executable 2. If this upgrade doesn't work correctly, see the "After an Upgrade" section of 3. After upgrading, to revert to the previous version of DXKeeper, see 4. "Getting Started with Russian District Award (RDA) Tracking" describes the new RDA database, and the new functionality it enables in DXView and DXKeeper, and will enable in the next public releases of SpotCollector, and WinWarbler: https://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/RDAAwardTracking DXKeeper 16.3.8 is available via the DXLab Launcher and via http://www.dxlabsuite.com/download.htm 73, Dave, AA6YQ