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1. Pi CWops Roster htm LibreOffice Calc While again holding down lt CTRL gt key drag your mouse across the row 1 columns and B so that they highlight Do not release the lt CTRL gt key rather drag it down column B all the way to the bottom of your screen and let the spreadsheet scroll to the bottom of the table 100 Good We have now selected all CALLS and NAMES N TRL C gt to COPY the data onto your system clipboard Now go to Window and enter notepad to bring up the system editor Once notepad is up lt 1 editor Now you can SAVE AS the listing as say placed POST Untitled Notepad Tom Jerry Dale Stu Jim Roy Tim Brad Darin Harold Dave Merrill Joe Mike 1fredo Mike Pat Jay Luis Jorge Dan Tina Rod Joe John Mike Tony Doug Vidi Raoul Bernie 101 Note that source formatting may be lost during copy paste Scroll down to ensure longer usually portable calls are still aligned ok Also note that you may be able to avoid dragging the cursor In LibreOffice you can select DATA and DEFINE RANGE Ensure the range at the bottom is correct select OK and you are ready to copy pas
2. NORONOCOW A 106 The summary report may be copy pasted into the 3830 submittal page to alleviate recalling qso by band mult by band final score type information First Callsign worked in each country produces another matrix by band COUNTRIES WORKED WITH CALL OF FIRST STATION WORKED 2012 CWOPS N4AF Prefix 160 80 40 20 15 10 4X 4X4FC DL DLINKS DLINKS G G3VTT K ww9R KH6 K9FD KH6 K9FD KH6 OK1RR OK1RR SM SM6CNN SM6CNN UA RW3PK UAACNJ UR UR5MM UR5MM VE VE3KI VX2AWR Likewise First callsign worked in each zone produces matrix of zone vs band QSO s by country by band produces information on country stats by band 2012 CWOPS N4AF QSOS MADE IN EACH COUNTRY Country Prefix 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Percent 1 Israel 4x 1 1 1 10 2 Germany DL 1 1 2 2 20 3 England G 1 1 1 10 4 05 K 31 35 66 72 53 5 Hawaii KH6 1 1 2 2 20 6 Czech 2 1 3 3 30 7 Sweden SM 1 2 3 3 30 8 Euro Rus UA 1 2 3 3 30 9 ukraine UR 1 4 5 5 49 10 canada VE 3 2 5 5 49 Score by hour can produce running totals by hour CWOPS HR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOTAL SCORE 3 42 14 48 48 90 62 90 62 0 006 M 4 1 1 1 1 91 63 0 006 M 1 0 0 42 14 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 91 63 107 TO 0 0 42 14 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 63 Here Day1 and Total are the same Summary g
3. Now let s pretend that you have just come acros then hit ENTER As soon as you press the ENTE ey if the station 1s a dupe If it is not a dupe TRAW will c es moves down to the Exchange window Enter his callsign and will instantly check to see ion for you and the cursor Just as in CQ Mode you now type the ex is 599 and can usually enter th Window for you followed by ENT If you happen to have a vali AS DTA file in your path you will see activity in the line below the Call Wi as ter the call The meaning of what is happening will be explained later altho u may find it interesting to watch carefully to see if you can decide for yourself j hat TRAW is telling you 28 File Settings Windows Alt Ctrl Commands Tools Net Help 6 Pts QSO needs for 9V1YC 20 15 10 AN 160 80 40 20 15 10 RET EET S T DX Mults 1 Mult needs for 9 1 Zones T 1 30th 160 80 40 20 15 10 9V 359 9896m 23067 11092 Band Date UTC QsS Callsign DX Zn M Id D Freq 40CW 31 12 11 13 1 G4AMJ G 14 3 2 B 7025 00 31 12 11 2 James Singapore INSERT 14020 4 B Ov1YC 0 00 00 00 00 01 05 CQ O SP 1 RIGHT Last 60 2 Rate 20 CQ total 0 35 WPM Paddle Footsw MULT James OFF SP 0211 WK2v23 normally be visible Reference the TRMASTER basic and advanced information If the station is
4. and Yaes rigs Can use Serial Port COM or USB to Serial adapters 22 Support of networked multiple rigs client server model with TCP IP protocol 23 Footswitch input via an LPT port can be used for several different operating functions 24 Antenna Band decoder output using LPT port 25 Antenna rotators control 26 Integrated two radio support SO2R 27 Built in on the fly recording of contests 28 Supports log backup using USB drive or selected HDD folder 29 Uses standard CTY DAT file for country and beam heading information 30 Powerful domestic templates allow easy updates and addition of new contests 31 Programmable list of remaining country multipliers 32 User programmable window and sub window colors Through the use of a configuration file TR4W INT the program can be tailored to meet your specific requirements Most of the operating parameters used in the program be modified using the Configuration Statements window Appendix A lists all the parameters that may be programmed Many of them can be changed while the program is running using the handy lt Ctrl J gt command to open the Configuration Statements window The TRMASTER DTA database allows you to recall the name and other information for stations that you have worked before When the name feature is enabled on CW the program greets people as you work them and you can have it send GM GA GE or another appropria
5. These are Configuration Statements that w en we place the Call we wanted to use in the contest in the MY CALL bo CONTEST selection and then filled in the CATEGORY boxes when we vi dow shown in Figure 1 4 as we started the TR4W program 1 8 2 Configuring the ion rol In the previous Secti onfigured the program to be able to communicate with the radio to read and control t ttings of the radio In this section we will configure the program to di its and control the sending of CW and SSB lt DVP gt messages ation control from the computer we go back to the SETTINGS menu and menu That will bring up the LPT window 22 PT1 BASE ADDRESS m PT2 BASE ADDRESS 60 EASE ADDRESS OOT SWITCH PORT NON BAND OUTPUT PORT ma OUTPUT PORT CONTROL PORT sm STEREDCONTFOLPORT fyn changes made for those choices station is this example uses DXDou key connections to the radios in the station W in the DXDoubler unit needs to be activated The Relay Control Port is specified as 1 that will tell the Top Ten unit when to o inputs If there was only one radio there would be no need to select radi would be NONE Clearly there are many s bec contemporary Radio Contest stations may have very elaborate station control tha anag the computer as the contest activity happe
6. ld 7 We choose 3 for Check and asked if we wa ocess more This time we say y es y again Post now knows to provide the column displa POST None 5 CQ Zone amp TenTen Number F User 5 RRL Section 6 ITU Zone B User Grid 7 Name C User Check 8 Speed D User QTH 9 FOC Number E User same time Y N y You can use most any ASCII format with this routine The only requirement is that the callsign and data must appear on the same line and there must be one entry per line Lines with no data or calls that does not look like a callsign will be ignored You will need to specify the character save If there is a space found at the data position the data is assumed to be blank I can get fancy and ignore a certain number of entries starting at he data position You would need to do this if you wanted to access the hird entry in the exchange and the first tuo entries uere not always the same length 950 28836 CU 2884 11 86 2188 N4 F 8888 B 58 NC NERC 6661 M 61 SCY 123456789112345678921234567893123456789412345678951234567896123456789712345678 B 8 8 B B B B Enter cursor position for callsign We again provide the column for callsign 56 but this time we want to process the SECTION 91 speed max 100 cycles Fr 0 Program POST TenTen Number F User 5 ARRL Section ITU Zone B User Grid Name C User Check Speed D User QTH FOC Nu
7. 79 4 13 11 Multiplier Types sesenta Reed 79 4 13 12 950 Point Methods ertet enne 79 413 13 Exchanges eee l RM esee 79 4 13 1 4 Initial Exchanges ee pellit ederent 81 4 14 TRMASTER Databases amp I WOy 82 2 Right click on MASTER DTA a C tnnt tne 82 3 Choose SAVE AS and save to TRAW directory aaa 82 4 15 Entering a Hand Lojg Uus 105 5 Post Contest Reports amp Log Utilities 105 5 1 CUCU Wy EL uuu u u u U uu uuu uuu u uuu Qu 5 2 Export Files da d EE E 522 ADIF Elle 2 MN e Ieri ctae tinc pedet tnnc daqam 5 2 2 Cabrillo File 5 2 3 Initial Exchanges List 6 Main W yF 6 1 Menus and SubMenus of Main Window U u u u u u tnnt tenens 110 GELLI M duoc Puasa asnapa qatanawan sasi ayah AEAN 110 6 1 1 2 Settin SS Ct iiinn 112 6143 N A eerte netten tnnt cernens 112 64 12 QUILT 113 Men 114 Su GU RUD 115 UP AMT aui 115 KLS INGE TE 115 WI 9 Help asa
8. 116 7 Appendix B Suggested Interface Circuits 117 71 C W Imte race 117 Fo E ueni cj CEREREM 117 7 1 2 Serial Port keying and PTT control u 117 7 1 3 Parallel Port LPT keying and PTT control eene 118 8 Appendix 122 ig 122 GPS JE m 123 83 Additional Ctrl Keys uuu uuu uuu uuu uuu uuu uu u uuu Qu uuu 124 8 4 Shift Ctrl Keys m 124 8 5 CtrI AIt Keys 124 8 6 Special Keysuy 125 8 7 Supported Transceivers eese nennt terne asa awqasqa aqa 126 8 8 Supported Contests esee IIS U te aate ie LEANER 128 89 Sub Window default colors 133 10 Appendix A Configuration Statements 133 o QS LIST OF FIGURES 1 Introduction TRAW Con TEST Logger TR4W Features Download Documentation CFG files Inital Ex files Files SH5 TRAW TR4W TR for Windows is a freeware program for operating in amateur radio contests Program is based on source code of the TR LOG MS DOS program kindly provided
9. 19 AS CHAMP CW TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE QSO NUMBER AND COORDINATES SUM 20 AS CHAMP SSB TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE 950 NUMBER AND COORDINATES SUM 21 FALSE TRUE FALSE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER 22 BLACK TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST ZONE OR SOCIETY 23 CALIFORNIA QSO TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE 950 NUMBER DOMESTIC PARTY OR DX QTH 24 CIS TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST DOMESTIC OR QSO NUMBER 25 COLORADO QSO TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE NAME DOMESTIC OR DX PARTY QTH 128 CONTEST QSO QSO MULT MULT EXCHANGE RECEIVED BY BY BY BY BAND MODE BAND MODE 26 COUNTY FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE RST QTH HUNTER 27 CQ 160 CW FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE RST ZONE OR DOMESTIC QTH 28 CQ 160 SSB FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE RST ZONE OR DOMESTIC QTH 29 CQ M TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER 30 CQ VHF TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST DOMESTIC QTH 31 CQ WPX CW TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER 32 CQ WPX SSB TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER 33 CQ WW CW TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST ZONE 34 CQ WW SSB TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST ZONE 35 CROATIAN TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER 36 DARC 10M FALSE TRUE FALSE FALSE RSTQSO NUMBER OR DOMESTIC 37 DARC WAEDC TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NU
10. 7 1 2 Serial Port keying and PTT control Table B 2 Serial Port Keying and PTT Interface DB 25 Pin DB 9 Pin Signal 20 4 CW key output use circuit A 4 7 PTT out use another circuit A 7 5 Ground Some TNCs or radio interfaces may require one or both of the following jumpers to work properly these jumperseare not necessary on the computer side of the serial interface cable DB 25 Connect pin 6 to 8 connect pin 4 to 5 DB 9 Connect 140 6 connect pin 4 to 7 It has also been reported that some rigs notably the Kenwood TS 870 require that the CTS and RTS lines be carried between the rig and the computer On a DB25 these are pins 4 and 5 on DB9 they pins 7 and 8 1 KOnm 2N22224 or Figure 1 Circuit Use this for serial port CW PTT 117 7 1 3 Parallel Port LPT keying and PTT control Table B 3 Parallel Port Interface DB 25 Pin Signal 1 Strobe Goes to emitter of all Circuit B transistors 2 Band Data output bit 0 3 4 5 6 7 Band Data output bit 1 8 Band Data output bit 2 9 Band Data output bit 3 12 Paddle Dit contact input Connect a 10K pull up resistor between this pin 14 13 Paddle Dah contact input Connect a 10K pull up resistor between this pin and pin 14 14 5 V pull up Connect to Paddle and Footswitch i
11. Auto QSL Interval Increase tili d Clear dupesheet View Edi log Ctr Note Missing muks report Redo possible QTC Functions Recal last entry SHIDX callsign View packet spots Execute configuration fle Refresh bandmap Dualing COs Cursor in bandmap window Cursor in Di Cluster window Chi Home 50 with no CW Ctrl Enter CTIBOH info screen Ct Add bandinap place holder Additional information QS Shortcut Keys Description Ctrl A Transfer from the keyboard Ctrl B Communicate wit Packet port Ctrl C Clear the ta Ctrl D Ctrl I Ctrl J Ctrl K Ctrl L Ctrl N Ctrl Show missing Mults Ctrl possible call signs QTC functions Restore last entry SH DX call sign Show packet spots Refresh band map Alternate CQ on two radios Cursor in the band map window Ctrl Enter QSO enter with no sending Ctrl Home Cursor in the window DX Cluster Ctrl Open CT1BOH window Ctrl Ins Toglge insert delete 123 8 3 Additional Ctrl keys Shortcut Keys Description Ctrl 1 Number of QSO Ctrl 2 Call Ctrl 3 Speed CW Ctrl 4 Range Ctrl 5 Ctrl 6 Ctrl 7 Clear the table of multipliers Ct
12. Bandchanges Continent list First callsign wor First callsign worke QSOs by count Score by hou Summ 105 All callsigns produces a sorted list of calls worked by times worked An Example would be 2012 CWOPS N4AF unique callsigns 63 3 0505 1 2 0505 1 2 3 AD4EB 4 DL1NKS etc thru 1 QSOs Bandchanges Lists the of changes 1 Band change from 40cw to 80CW at 03 15 2 Band change from 80 to 40CW at 03 15 3 Band change from 40cw to 80CW at 03 16 4 Band change from 80cw to 40CW at 03 17 5 Band change from 40 to 80CW at 03 18 6 Band change from 80 to 40 at 03 18 7 Band change from 40CW to 80Cw at 03 21 8 Band change from 80CW to 40 at 03 26 9 Band change from 40CW to 80 at 03 2 10 Band change from 80 to 40CW at 03 2 11 Band change from 40cw to 80Cw at 03 2 12 Band change from 80CW to 40cw at 03 5 There were 5 second radio Qsos made Where the asterisk denotes second radio band change Continent List Will list matrix of continents vs bands Continent List 160 80 40 20 31 ALL I wii o USA calls Canada calls NA calls SA calls Euro calls African calls Asian calls Japan calls Ocean calls m m unknown calls Total calls NO RPOOONCOW
13. separate port and a rotator controller lt CTRL J gt ROTATOR PORT must be set to 1 6 signifying t lt CTRL J gt ROTATOR TYPE may be set to supported typ YAESU Upon entering a call TR4W provides the ing fo station in the BEAM HEADING window Replace the call with the three digit beam headi heading to the rotator controller over the RO QS 77 4 12 Country List Changes Country file CTY DAT resides in the main YTRAW directory Proper identification of a country is dependent on the contents of this file Typically it is updated when you install a new release However it can be manually updated at any time Navigate to http www country files com cty index htm Right click on TRAW Choose SAVE LINK AS Save the CTY DAT file to your TRAW directory QS 4 13 Creating a non supported Contest Configuration TR4W presently supports 140 contests but can be configured for additional contests Before attempting to customize navigate to http tr4w com configurationfiles index html to check if there is already a configuration file built for you move this file into your specific contest directory 4 13 1 Selecting Contest Parameters The CONTEST statement in contest name gt CFG tells TRAW what parameters to use Keep it near the top of your contest name gt CFG file When customizing you may want to use CONTEST GENERAL QSO and then set CONTEST NAME Amy contest name gt 4 13 1 1 Multip
14. 8 8 Supported Contests CONTEST QSO QSO MULT MULT EXCHANGE RECEIVED BY BY BY BY BAND MODE BAND MODE 1 7QP TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE RST DOMESTIC OR DX QTH 2 ALLJA TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST ALL JA PREFECTURE AND PRECEDENCE 3 ALL ASIAN DX TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST AGE CW 4 ALL ASIAN DX _ TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST AGE SSB 5 ALRS UA1DZ TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER OR CUP DOMESTIC QTH 6 AP SPRINT TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER 7 ARCI TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST POSSIBLE DOMESTIC QTH AND POWER 8 ARI TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER OR DOMESTIC QTH 9 ARKTIKA SPRING TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER OR D MESTIC QTH 10 ARRL 10 FALSE TRUE FALSE TRUE RST DOMESTIC OR QSO NUMBER 11 ARRL 160 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE RST DOMESTIC OR DX QTH 12 ARRL DX CW TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST POWER 13 ARRL DX SSB TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST POWER 14 ARRL FD TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE CLASS DOMESTIC OR DX QTH 15 ARRL SS CW FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE QSO NUMBER PRECEDENCE CHECK SECTION 16 ARRL SS SSB FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE QSO NUMBER PRECEDENCE CHECK SECTION 17 ARRI VHF QSO TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST DOMESTIC 18 ARRL VHF SS TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST DOMESTIC
15. 98 and save the roster as CWops Roster htm in the directory where POST is located Now open CWops Roster htm with your spreadsheet program We will choose Free Open Source Software LIBREOFFICE Cwops Roster htm gt Bm S 2 1 6 D m a Q Je Lifetime Members Last Update Shown In Green Bar Giora Yaari Winkler Zozin Gavish Stem Walker Poole Rehn Lennertz Cross Gavish Davies Brooks Mikes Delamater Trench 1 2 E 1 1 1 Runk Hiers Blackwell What we now want to do is remove the headers Hold down your lt CTRL gt key and click on Delamater Trench Runk Hiers Blackwell With the area still highlighted do a lt CTRL gt holding down ctrl press and 99 Pi CWops Roster htm LibreOffice Calc Bar Giora Yaari Winkler Zozin Gavish Stem Walker Poole Rehn Lennertz Cross Gavish Davies Blackwell Funk Tindor Rounds Tanuma Hime Komenski Huecksteadt Spence Reber Payne
16. 3 Set Farnsworth speed to 25 WPM Ctrl 4 Set Farnsworth speed to 35 WPM Ctrl 5 Set Farnsworth speed to 45 WPM Ctrl 6 Set Farnsworth speed to 55 WPM Ctrl 7 Set Farnsworth speed to 75 WPM Ctrl 8 Set Farnsworth speed to 95 WPM These commands can be entered when editing a CW message with the lt Alt P gt hot key command by pressing ctrl P then ctrl orA1t 027 on the keypad and then pressing the integer shown 2 through 8 For example if you wanted to send code characters at 18 WPM you would set the code speed to 18 WPM then adjust the Farnsworth speed to result in the desired code speed The higher the Farnsworth speed the slower your speed will be These commands may also be embedded in a text file that is being sent with the TR SENDCW command The ctrl character is the escape character its ASCII code value is 27 this is 1B in hexadecimal It may not easy to produce this character on some non English keyboards On all keyboards however you should be able to produce the correct character by pressing the sequence 027 with the keypad keys while keeping the Alt key pressed 4 9 Recording Contests TR4W can record the contest activity using audio input to the sound card from the radio This recording is done using a compressed audio format MP3 and the files are saved with the extent mp3 The recording function is based on the use of the dll
17. ITU Zone User 1 Grid Name User Check Speed User 4 QTH FOC Number User 4 you want to process another data field at the same time 54 22 X Es DOSBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST OVERWRITE FLAG STATUS We now say y es to checking the overwrite flags CAIRRL Section CQ Z one FOC Grid Hits CI TUZone Check NDame 0 14 11 Q TH S peed T enTem User 1 User 2 User 3 User 4 User 5 TRUE The flags listed determine what will FALSE happen if there is data found in the FALSE file being processed and there is FALSE existing data for the same field TRUE already in the database If the flag FALSE is TRUE the data will be updated to TRUE value found in the file FALSE FALSE The H flag determines if the hits count FALSE is incremented for each log a call is FALSE found in You can later filter out the FALSE calls that only appear in 1 or 2 logs FALSE FALSE To change the value of one of the flags FALSE just press the key of the highlighted FALSE letter FALSE Enter field ID to change RETURN to start or ESCAPE to exit Seal and Chec k as appropriate Normally you want to change arantee if an entry exists it WILL be overwritten that the x 3 times entered to exit POST are skipped in this scenario but you will need to do that or simply press the top right corner X This time we a
18. FALSE FALSE FALSE KIDS DAY EXCHANGE 58 KING OF SPAIN TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST DOMESTIC QTH OR CW QSO NUMBER 59 KING OF SPAIN TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST DOMESTIC QTH OR 55 QSO NUMBER 60 KVP FALSE TRUE TRUE TRUE RST ZONE 61 LQP TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE QSO NUMBER NAME DOMESTIC OR DX QTH 62 LZ DX TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST ZONE OR DOMESTIC QTH 63 MICHIGAN QSO TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE QSO NUMBER DOMESTIC PARTY QTH 64 MINITEST FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER 65 MINNESOTA QSO TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE NAME DOMESTIC OR DX PARTY QTH 66 MONGOLIAN DX TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST ZONE 67 NAQP CW TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE NAME DOMESTIC OR DX QTH 68 NAQP SSB TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE NAME DOMESTIC OR DX QTH 69 NA SPRINT CW TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE QSO NUMBER NAME DOMESTIC OR DX QTH 70 NA SPRINT SSB TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE QSO NUMBER DOMESTIC OR DX QTH 71 NCCC SPRINT TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE QSO NUMBER NAME DOMESTIC OR DX QTH 72 NEQP TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE RST DOMESTIC OR DX QTH 73 NEW YORK QSO TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE RST DOMESTIC QTH PARTY 74 NRAU BALTIC TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER AND Cw DOMESTIC QTH 75 NRAU BALTIC TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER AND SSB DOMESTIC QTH 76 NZ FIELD DAY TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE NZ FIELD DAY 77 OCEANIA DX CW TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE RST QSO NUMBER 78 OCEANIA DX TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE RST QSO NUMBER SSB 79 OHIO QSO T
19. SHORT 1 1 SHORT 9 9 DIGITAL MODE ENABLE TRUE The MMTTY window shows the text that is copied by the program Callsigns appear in BOLD FACE A callsign can be captured from the MMTTY window and loaded into the CAEL window by using a special Message Command MM GRABLASTCALL TR4W loads this command into function key F11 for bot CQ and S amp P modes Use F11 function key to grab the latest callsign from MMTTY window EX CW MEMORY F11 lt 03 gt GRABLASTCALL 04 CW MEMORY F11 032MM GRABLASTCALL 04 5 To add Carriage Return and Line Feed a message use lt 00 gt lt 0 gt For example CW MEMORY F1 lt 0D gt lt 0A gt CQ lt 0D gt lt 0A gt This will force a Line Feed and a Carriage Return before and after the CQ MyCall MyCall is sent 6 New function key message commands for this version are lt 03 gt GRABLASTCALL 04 lt 03 gt CLEAR THE TX BUFFER 04 63 lt 03 gt MM_SWITCH_TO_TX lt 04 gt lt 03 gt MM_SWITCH_TO_RX_IMMEDIATELY lt 04 gt lt 03 gt MM_SWITCH_TO_RX_AFTER_THE_TRANSMISSION_IS_COMPLETED lt 04 gt QS 64 4 6 Recording and Using DVP Contest Messages audio TR4W has a built in DVP feature This feature uses prerecorded WAV files to generate audio which can be used as an alternative to microphone input to the radio The DVP audio output is available from the Line Out jack of the audio card The routing of the audio from the Line Out jack to the radi
20. hian 12011 DARC WAEDC CW NY4A CATEGORY TRANSMITTER one 2011 GAGARIN CUP N4AF 2011 GENERAL QSO N4AF 2011IARU HF N4AF 2011 NAQP CW N4AF Latest config Alt 4 c program files 85 Nrdw 2011 cq ww cw kOtoeg ww cw chi Exit TRAW v 4 242b Open configuration file or start a new contest x QH qrnr c program files x86 tr4w MY CALL N4AF CONTEST 2010 CQ M EJ a 2010 SAC CW N4AF 2011 2011 ARRL 10 NAAF 2011 ARRL 160 NAAF 2011 ARRL DX CW NY4A CATEGORY ASSISTED NowassisrtEO x 11 ARRL FD N4AF E ARRL FD NY4A CATEGORY BAND ALL Em 2011 ARRL SS CW N4AF CATEGORYMODE oy 2011 CQ WW CW KOTO 2011 CROATIAN N4AF CATEGORY OPERATOR sinGLe oF 2011 CWOPEN N4AF 2011 CWOPS CATEGORY POWER hsh 2011 DARC WAEDC CW NY4A CATEGORY TRANSMITTER ot 2011 GAGARIN CUP N4AF 2011 GENERAL QSO 2011 IARU HF 2011 NAQP CW N4AF 52 Latest config Alt 4 c program files x86 tr4w 2011 cq ww cw k te cq ww cw cf OK Exit ant to note the checkboxes In this case I AM IN NORTH AMERICA Failure ill not produce the follow on dialog that requests your state This will not orrect Cabrillo Likewise the CATEGORY fields are what will be filled into your Cabrillo headers TR4W will now check for an extant directory fo
21. 11 86 2188 8888 B 58 NC N6RC 6661 M 61 SCV nter cursor position for callsign 56 nter cursor position to start looking for data zero for none 77 nter number of entries to ignore zero for none are the available places to save your data Choose none if you only ant to process the callsigns None 5 CQ Zone TenTen Number F User 5 ARRL Section 6 ITU Zone User 1 Z Grid 7 Name User 2 Check 8 Speed User 3 QTH 9 FOC Number User 4 Select field 6 12 escape to quit Post now prompts for the FIELD which is 1 This time we are done processing CHECK and SECTION and thus can tell POST we are done 92 zA DOSBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST is a space found at the data position the data is assumed to be blank Also I can get fancy and ignore a certain number of entries starting at he data position You would need to do this if you wanted to access the hird entry in the exchange and the first two entries were not always the same length QSO 28636 CW 2884 11 86 2166 N4AF B 58 N6RC 80081 61 SCU nter cursor position for callsign 56 nter cursor position to start looking for data zero for none 77 nter number of entries to ignore zero for none are the available places to save your data Choose none if you only ant to process the callsigns 5 CQ Zone TenTen Number F User 5 ARRL Section
22. 1117 KBOLF Ne 2 B 1833 31 160CW 04 12 11 11 45 1118 N2WN Tn 2 B 1834 04 160CW 04 12 11 11 46 1119 K1GU Tn 2 B 1840 17 160CW 04 12 11 11 47 1120 W7YAQ Or 2 B 1841 28 160CW 04 12 11 41 51 1121 WSLE Ok 2 B 1806 18 2ocw 04 12 11 gt 1122 INSERT 14025 00 3523 21 B 00 00 00 000 1006 SP 115 RADIO1 RADIO 2 55050508 Rate 0 total 3233 OFF cQ vao Bandmap KEEN window g will halt your run NOTE Additionally bandmap entries will automatically loa When you are ready timing is everything press the spa TIP the moment you th This makes coming back t s the e as SOI R with the following exception you io presently has the focus when you click on a bandmap ip Timing should optimally be that you just finished a CQ and the S amp P target has just paused for a caller Reality check you may need to break your CQ This time he came back to you Once you enter his exchange pressing enter will not only log and send your exchange on the S amp P radio but switch you back to the run radio and send a CQ as defined by CQ Memory Key F1 50 Tip Program Memory Key F2 to your exchange If you are not confident the station will qsl your exchange do not press enter press F2 which you can repeat as needed However in the Advanced section we will discuss how to press enter and program for A potential repeat request Why Because you may need to keep CQ active on the run frequency
23. Alt F3 gt for ALT and thesfunction key F3 held down at the same time 1 2 System Requirements Supported Operating Systems Windows 98SE 2000 XP Vista Windows 7 Memory Requirements 16 MB of memory more is desirable CPU Requirements 200 MHz CPU clock faster is desirable especially if using DVP recording of contests COM LPT USB internet and sound requirements One COM port per Radio controlled by program One LPT port per radio if Band selection is done by program One Com port for rotator control if used One Com port for Network if used probably already active for internet access USB to COM adapters can be used USB to LPT adapters can be used but not all of these adapters will control all of the LPT lines 12 Internet connection required for DX Cluster use Internal sound card or USB sound card required for DVP messages and DVP recording The sound card should allow line in or mic and line out or speaker The computer speaker used for CW monitor ouput QS 13 1 3 Files used by the Program File extension Application TR4W INI Command Statement settings which are applied to all contests text cfg Contest configuration file text TRW TRAW Log file binary RST TR4W restart file binary DOM File of internal factors text tr4w pos Window position data binary bandmap bin Spots for stations binary trcluster dat DX cluster i
24. CQ Easy Just press ENTER You should hear the fi g tra CQ TEST KOTO TEST sign sent will be your call sign not KOTO gt end that someone has come back to your CQ For now let us assume that the station is G4AMJ Type this callsign on the keyboard and as you do you will see the letters and numbers appear in the Call window If you make a mistake just use the backspace key on the keyboard to erase the most recent letter then enter the correct letter As soon as you have finished typing the callsign press ENTER Now you should hear the following from the PC speaker and being sent by the radio if it is configured correctly and is turned on 25 INSERT 00 00 00 000 0 SP 0 G4AMJ 5NN 03 Note The 03 is the Zone that was entered when the CQ WWDX contest was selected You may see it by lt CTRL J gt MY ZONE parameter As soon as you pressed the Enter key the Exchange window will have entered into it TR4W s guess at what the station will send you without the RST which is assumed to be 599 In this case it will be a zone that has been selected based upon the country prefix RAW v 4 242a 2011 CQ WW CW KOTO mes File Settings Windows Alt Ctrl Commands Tools Net Help 0 Pts 050 needs for G4AMJ 40 20 15 10 AN 160 80 40 20 15 10 QSOs DX Mults Mult needs for G4AMJ Zones 3oth 160 80 40 20 15 10 Band Date UTC QsS Callsign DX Pts
25. Ctrl 2 CW Speed Ctl 3 Band Ctrl 4 a DDFileCatcher Irfanview Clear dupesheet Ctrl K View Edit log Note Ctrl N me QTH Pts Missing mults report Ctrl O Redo possible calls Ctrl P QTC functions Ctrl Q Recall last entry Ctrl R SHIDx callsign Ctrl 5 114 6 1 1 6 Commands Menu omms Tool Met Help Focus in main window Pause Toggle insert mode Ins Escape Esc CW Speed Up PgUp CW Speed Down PgDn CW Speed Up for the inactive radio Ctrl Pgup CW Speed Down for the inactive radio Ctrl PaDn CQ Mode Shift Tab Search amp pounce mode Tab Login Send spot Rescore 6 1 1 7 Tools Menu Tools Help Synchronize PC time Ckri Alt N Beacons monitor Windows control Ckrl Alt M Set time zone Device Manager Ping SERVER ADDRESS Run TRAWSERVER DYP volume control Recording control Rules For GENERAL QSO contest on WA7BMM Contest Calendar Rules For GENERAL QSO contest on QRZ RLU A 5 Contest Calendar Calculator 7 6 1 1 8 Net Menu 115 6 1 1 9 Help Menu Send bug report Check the latest version TR4W Home Page 116 7 Appendix B Suggested Interface Circuits 7 1 CW Interface 7 1 1 CAT Control Table B 1 TNC Radio Network Wiring DB 25 Pin DB 9 Pin Signal 2 3 Serial output from CPU 3 2 Serial input to CPU 7 5 Ground
26. ENABLE FALSE the DVP Status window displays DVP DIS showing that the DVP function is disabled When DVP ENABLE TRUE and no DVP Message is being sent the DVP Status window displays DVP OFF When DVP ENABLE TRUE and a message is being sent the window displays DVP ON The default audio files corresponding to each Function Key are shown in the table below CQ Mode S amp P Mode F1 CQF1 WAV MYCALL WAV F2 CQF2 WAV S amp P SSB XCHANGE F3 CQF3 WAV EXF3 WAV F4 CQF4 WAV EXFA WAV F5 CQF5 WAV EXF5 WAV F6 CQF6 WAV EXF6 WAV F7 CQF7 WAV EXF7 WAV F8 CQF8 WAV EXF8 WAV F9 CQF9 WAV EXF9 WAV F10 CQF10 WAV EXF10 WAV F11 CQF11 WAV EXF11 WAV F12 CQF12 WAV EXF12 WAV 66 MIU SL rAUUIYV IIG HAING MyCall WAV SSB S amp P Exchange SAPEXCHNG QSL SSB MESSAGE QSL WAV CQ SSB EXCHANGE CQEXCHNG WAV The default audio files for the Contest Logging messages are In CQ Mode pressing the F4 key will play the file CQF4 WAYV In S amp P Mode pressing the F4 key will play the file EXF4 WAV You can change the message audio file associated with a specific function key the way you change the message text string associated with a specific function key when operating in CW lt Alt P gt to open the Program Messages window Select C E or O to access the function key group you wish to change Once you are in the desire
27. Last 60 0 Rate 0 total 0 Paddle Footsw 7 OF a WK2 v23 Server and local logs are identical 7 ulldown item Compare and synchronize logs gs do not match the following dialog will pop up E But assume a PC You may alway If the client and SERVER LOG LOCAL LOG 256 Records 58 0 CRC32 Ox3f9c718d 0x135b353d USQ 0 USQE 0 RDAC RDXC Clear all logs in network You may either clear all logs to begin over Exit Exit will produce the following 59 sync Dialog Band Synchronize og Received 050 Received records __UTC Received bytes records Get server log Show server log content Help Close 955 Callsign QsR DX m Pts M Id D Fn Select GET SERVER LOG You will now see the Server log and can c it to USE NEW LOG Received 050 Received records Band Date Received bytes Sended records m 15104 Create and Show server log new log content QsS Callsign DX M Id cal log via AND nn oan 09 12 09 12 09 12 09 12 09 12 09 12 09 12 09 12 09 12 09 12 09 12 09 12 09 12 09 12 09 12 09 12 09 12 09 12 09 12 N3ZZ W6SX KOAD NSEA N1LN W6NF 7 WANZ K9BGL WDOT WORE W1UJ N3SD KY4F KOAD K8MR WI2E K9BGL h M oM HM M M m Rm i
28. METAL or a METALIZED plastic hood BE SURE TO place some form of insulator between the top AND bottom of the PC board and the metal inside of the hood to prevent the components from shorting to the hood NON METALLIC hoods are strongly recommended 121 8 Appendix C 8 1 Alt keys Alt Sub menu 1 Wem A Me 4 A mume 1 1 Tamen 4 n Mg 1 ie teen A bet Mew Shortcut Keys Description Alt A Set Alarm Alt B Band Up Alt C Resume Auto CQ Alt D Check Dupes Alt E Edit Alt F Backup log to disk Alt G Switch Multiplier View Alt H User s Guide Alt 1 Increment number Alt J Config Com Window Alt K Disable CW Alt L Search Log Alt M Set Mode Alt N Set Transmit Frequency Alt O Set Reminder Alt P Program Messages Alt Q Setup Auto CQ Alt R Toggle Radios Alt S Set CW Speed Alt T Set Time Alt V Band Down Alt W Clear Call Window Alt X Exit program Alt Y Delete last entry Alt Z The exchange number Alt Toggle Auto CQ Alt Toggle sidetone 122 8 2 Ctrl keys Ctrl Sub menu Send Keyboard Input Communicate with packet port Ctl Clear multsheet Auto QSL Interval Decrease
29. TRAW Fortunately that is far from the actual situation The good news is that unless you choose to do something extraordinary you can set things up and start using the program very quickly Then as time permits you can read the sections describing various ways to use the program study the information in the Reference Manual ask questions of other users and try some of the alternatives for yourself In the end you can select the things you need for your type of contest operation and save that configuration Once that 1s done you will need only tweak things when you feel like doing something different or when you work a new contest The rest of the time you will be able to load and using your personal configuration for each contest Don t expect to be an expert during the first contest season of using this program or any logging program for that matter It takes time to get the feel of the program and then make the small adjustments that you think will work best for you With time you will find that it can do everything that you might imagine you want to do as you operate If not you can always suggest improvements to the program author via the TR4W user reflector that is found on tr4w googlegroups com 1 1 Typographical Conventions 1 1 47 Configuration Statements These statements are in all capitals and are bold For example TWO RADIO MODE TRUE 1 1 2 File names These names are in all capitals bold
30. User Grid Name User Check Speed User QTH FOC Number User Select field 8 12 or escape to quit 90 is the easier to understand the log w o header ox 0 74 Cpu speed max 1 Old data will be ouer uritten if the overwrite flag for the data field is set true Execute the 0 command on the menu to vieu edit these flags Enter the name of the file to process none to quit 04 109 Is this TR log file Y N n You can use most any ASCII format with this routine The only requirement is that the callsign and data must appear on the same line and there must be one entry per line Lines with no data or calls that does not look like a callsign will be ignored You will need to specify the character ositions to use for the callsign and any data you want to save If there is a space found at the data position the data is assumed to be blank Also I can get fancy and ignore a certain number of entries starting at he data position You would need to do this if you wanted to access the hird entry in the exchange and the first two entries were not always the same length 950 28836 CU 2884 11 86 2188 0666 B 58 NC NERC 6661 M 61 SCY 123456789112345678921234567893123456 7894123456 78951234567896123456789712345678 B 8 8 B 8 8 B Enter cursor position for callsign 56 Enter cursor position to start looking for data zero for none 74 We have told POST to read column 74 which is the
31. a dupe TRAW will not call the station a e program will clearly display the word DUPE on the screen if you are performing some o being sent such as ch Sometimes you wall want to switch to S amp P Mode and send your call all in a single ical ens when you are scanning the band and have found a place ur call perhaps to call someone You can do this by simply pressing the ks if you are in CQ Mode and there are no characters in the Call if the callsign of the station you are calling you can type it into the Call hile your call is being sent After you type it in you should type alt Z This will cursor down to the Exchange Window Unless the default though is TRUE Now enter any initial exchange information you receive e g name and Note that if you have a rig interfaced to the computer you can cause TR4W to switch automatically to S amp P Mode as soon as you begin to scan the band by using the AUTO S amp P ENABLE command As we have seen when TR4W begins to run it reads a configuration file usually lt contest_name gt CFG contained therein to set many of its internal parameters You can make changes to the configuration file either within TR4W itself or by using an editor like 29 Notepad In this way you can personalize the operation of TR4W so that it works in a way that suits you Note TR4W uses configuration files The global file is TR4W CFG in the main TRAW directory and lt contest_name
32. aS Susa D asss 54 AA Multi Operation 56 4 5 RTTY 74 4 62 4 6 Recording and Using DVP Contest Messages audio u u 65 4 6 1 Audio file format ese ttt ttt trt stt stesso 65 4 6 2 The location of audio files uuu trente ttn tta 65 4 6 3 Using the DVP RE 66 4 6 4 Record and edit sound files a 68 4 6 5 Automatic generation of DVP audio messages u 69 4 6 6 The process of working oontheair L 70 4 7 es 71 4 8 Farnsworth CW cisscccssisssccsscssccecssascentandandsvevesusccessncsuessescacduncsiesecresancessopascecsersnecasdssncranedsnciogAM sacet 71 4 9 Recording Contests eese nnne tens Error Bookmark not defined 4 10 SWitCH z 75 4 11 Rotator Control 77 4 12 Country List Changes AL i 78 4 13 Creating a non supported Contest Configuration ee 79 4 13 1 Selecting Contest Parameters
33. can read the frequency at which the radio is tuned If you want need to not exploit CAT the program will ask for the frequency every time you add a new call If you do not use CAT set lt CTRL J gt ASK FOR FREQUENCIES TRUE When you are in S amp P mode and tune in a station that is already inthe bandmap the call will load into the CALL window Usually you have to be within 200 hertz of this point this value can be adjusted via lt CTRL J gt BAND MAP GUARD BAND zNNN HZ The callsign will be displayed in the callsign window you can update your information simply by pressing the spacebar If you set the command lt CTRL J gt BAND MAP CALE WINDOW ENABLE FALSE or do not have a CAT connection this feature will be disabled But you may still update the timestamp for a callsign by pressing Ctrl Y If you are tuned to a station callsign that is already in the bandmap and the callsign is displayed the keys lt CTRL DEL gt will remove the entry from the bandmap If you re tuned to a station which is not on the map and you do not want to work the station now you can enter his call and press the space bar His call will be entered into the bandmap for future reference When tuning parts of a band the bandmap will automatically switch to the frequency range where you are tuning When a callsign is firstdisted it will be white on black and a minute later turns yellow and then gradually changes to the background color After 60 minute
34. click on column C header and press lt CTRL gt 3 keys CTRL to remove 102 the column We will do the same with column D leaving us with CALL NAME and We can now Copy Paste the data into file we will name INITIAL EX and save the file to our TRAW CWops contest directory Now bring up TRAW and lt CTR J gt INITIAL EXCHANGE FILENAME When you double click it you will be prompted to browse for the initial ex file to use Note INITIAL EX will prefill what it contains for a given call so ensure you capture data you want plugged into the EXCHANGE field of TRAW Double click on the entry and point it to the location of your INITIAL EX in the CWo directory Below is an example of exchange being built directly from the INITIAL EX file NOTE INITIAL EX will override TRMASTER DTA when both contain the s call an both are activated via their respective lt CTRL J gt settings 5 TR4W v 4 240d 2011 CWOPS 103 4 15 Entering a Hand Log When entering a log after the contest you may set lt CTRL J gt AUTO TIME INCREMENT to increment the time x minutes after each logged qso You may also wish to set CTRL J AUTO DUPE ENABLE FALSE to allow entry of dupes You probably also want to set lt CTRL J gt INCREMENT TIME ENABLE TRU allow time increment via the ALT key 5 Post Contest Reports amp Log Utilities 5 1 Reports e TR4W can generate a number of useful reports All callsigns
35. have selected previously Once you have made and using a particular contest selection then next time you start TR4W you can simply double click on the Contest Folder you wish to use The program will start that contest using the configuration settings that you had previously entered when you last used it TR4W v 4 239 Open configuration file or start a new contest c program filesstr4w MY CALL CONTEST CATEGORY BAND ary CATEGORY MODE CATEGORY OPERATOR zmiLE OP CATEBORYPOWER ug U CATEGORY TRANSMITTER our To make a new co pull down list in the C time we sugges ill in your call and select a contest from the ox If you are starting TR4W for the very first by selecting General QSO in the pull down list Then select the desi value for each of the CATEGORY boxes in the lower left part of the click on t Keys Window Main Window e program will open two windows the Main Window and TRAW v 4 240c 2011 General QSOs KOTO File Settings Windows Alt Ctrl Commands Tools 40 20 15 10 CW 0505 0 0 0 OTH Pts M Id D Freq 160CW 30 11 11 05 53 Radio 1 35WPM Figure 0 4 Function Keys window i F2 F3 F4 F9 F10 F11 F12 os LASTCQ TU LQP EXCH R CQ R2 DE R2 LQP w Figure 0 5 The Main Window name shows the v rsion R4W that is running and the name of the contest that has bee the call
36. italicized and have a extension extent For example followed by an TRAW INI 1 1 3 Window Names These names have each word in the name capitalized bold and italicized They generally 11 have the word window sub window or box following the actual name of the window sub window or box Sub windows and boxes are located inside windows Examples of these names are Possible Calls window Call window Exchange window Operating Mode box 1 1 4 Special Keys and Short Cut or Hot Keys The special keys are the control shift alternate end return delete insert In the text they are written as CTRL SHIFT ALT END RETURN INS DEL TAB The terms short cut key and hot key are used interchangeably They represented by lt Keyl Key2 gt lt Key2 Key3 gt where Keyl is CTRB ALT or SHIFT The indicates that these keys are to be pressed at the same time with to be pressed slightly ahead of Key2 For cases where there are three keys the first two should be pressed slightly before pressing the last key In the three key case will generally be SHIFT and Key2 will be CTRL or ALT Examples are lt gt lt AIt M gt lt Ctrl Shift 1 gt 1 1 5 Function Keys These are represented as lt F3 gt for function key held down alone lt Ctrl F3 gt for CTRL and the function key F3 held down at the same time lt
37. options shown can be selected at one time but you can change the option during a contest MP3 RECORDER DURATION EACH QSO EACH HOUR NON STOP EACH QSO writes a new file for each logged contact The file is named using the format YYYYMMDD HHMMSS BANDm CALLSIGN MP3 where YYYYMMDD date of the QSO HHMMSS logged time of the QSO BANDm band in meters callsign station worked EACH HOUR writes a new file for each operated hourwA new file will be created each hour The file is named using the format TEMP HH DD MP3 where HH hour recording starts DD day of the month If you operate a couple minutes in the hour and do not exit the program when you take a break the file will continue recording and be filled with silence until you start operating again If you exit the program you will need to restart the recording process when you restart the program NON STOP writes one file for the entire contest If you take a break and exit the program the recording file is closed and when you return you will need to restart the recording process A new file name will be created for this new time segment The file is named using the format TEMP HH DD MP3 where HH hour recording starts DD day of the month You can listen to the recorded files using any program that can play mp3 files AUDACITY EXE can play such files so it can be used to review the recorded contest You may wish to convert the files to other formats s
38. to hold it TIP RE F2 repeat Check lt CTRL J gt AUTO QSO NUMBER DECREMENT if the contest involves a serial number Normally change this to TRUE 42 3 SO2R Advanced Operation This section documents programming SO2R function specifically setting up F keys Function Key Memories to control radio selection focus mode and messages Tip Those function key settings which are NOT contest specific can be stored in the folder COMMONMESSAGES INI which should be created in the main TRAW folder One of the advantages of programming SO2R Function Keys is the degree of granularity it affords the user On the other hand TRAW is designed to permit minimal keystrokes This means using basic SO2R when it will suffice but having advanced SO2R available in your SO2R arsenal Perhaps the most common scenario is calling a new station on the S amp P getting a comeback receiving a long exchange and wanting to hold your run frequency on the run radio Ctrl A to the rescue Since we need to QSL the exchange it makes sense to keep focus on the S amp P radio Solution 2 lt CtrI A gt can send CQ on the run inactive radio but NOT switch to it So lets get started Firstly note there are two ways to program the F keys You can enter the codes as CTRL A CTRL B CTRL Door use lt 03 gt lt 04 gt lt 05 gt lt 06 gt for simplicity we will use the latter If you use the CTRE X method you must first hold down the control
39. with the option to write it to NOTES TXT int contest directory In the heat of a contest this can be very useful for noting condition busted call TRAW Enter note contro N to enter y OK Cancel 43 4 Special Operating Modes 4 1Using the Bandmap The bandmap is central to identifying calls and their frequencies on a band The entries in the bandmap are from the DXCluster spots or from entries made by the contest operator as he tunes across the band Bandmap may be activated via lt CTRL J gt BAND MAP ENABLE TRUE The Bandmap window may be toggled via lt Ctrl Shift gt default it shows the stations on the current band and mode By pressing the right mouse button the window the Bandmap menu appears Additional commands allow you to change the options ALL BANDS BAND MAP display spots on all bands BAND MAP ALL MODES display all types of modulation CW and SSB BAND MAP DISPLAY CQ display thedast run frequency BAND MAP Dupe DISPLAY display repeats dupes SELECTED SPOT DELETE to delete the selected spot REMOVE ALL SPOTS remove all the spots SEND INACTIVE RIG TO THE FREQUENCY SO2R set the inactive radio to the frequency of the spot At ranges up to 144 MHz the program allocates two modes CW and SSB determining the value of the frequency above SSB following CW with respect to a high point By default set SSB to the follow
40. 0 OK 4800 5 450 OK OK 4800 6 FT736R 4800 7 FT747GX OK 4800 8 767 OK 4800 9 FT817 4800 10 FT840 OK OK 4800 11 FT847 4800 12 FT857 OK 4800 13 FT890 OK OK 4800 14 FT897 4800 15 FT900 OK QK 4800 16 920 4800 17 FT950 OK OK 4800 18 FT990 OK OK 4800 19 FT1000 OK OK 4800 20 FTLOOOMP OK OK 4800 21 FT2000 OK OK 4800 22 FTDX9000 4800 23 IC706 OK 1200 48 24 IC706II 1200 4E 25 IC706IIG OK 1200 58 26 707 1200 27 718 1200 5E 28 IC725 OK 1200 28 29 IC726 OK 1200 30 30 IC728 OK 1200 38 31 729 1200 3A 32 IC735 OK 1200 04 33 IC736 OK 1200 40 34 IC737 OK 1200 3C 35 IC738 1200 44 36 746 1200 56 37 746 1200 66 38 IC756 OK 1200 50 39 IC756PRO OK 9600 5C 40 IC756PROII OK E 9600 64 41 IC756PROIII OK 9600 6E 42 IC761 9600 126 QS Transceiver Polling PTT VIA Baud Radio COMMANDS Rate Address 43 IC765 OK 9600 2C 44 IC775 OK 19 200 46 45 IC781 OK 9600 26 46 IC910H OK 9600 60 47 IC970D OK E 9600 2E 48 IC7000 OK 9600 70 49 IC7600 OK 9600 7A 50 IC7700 OK 19 200 74 51 IC7800 OK 9600 A 52 16 OK 9600 53 ORION OK 57 600 127
41. 00 00 004 0 55 SP 0 RIGHT Last 60 0 Rate 0 CQ total 0 MASTER Paddle Footsw KIEL FOSCO 2051 WK2v23 08 save As x COU O Computer trfree Search trfree p Organize folder 950 Date modified Type 15 RECYCLED J RECYCLER restore CWops Roster files 12 28 2011 10 03 File folder FOC 3 2 2010 7 53 AM File folder pvrc_files 12 24 2011 9 22 AM File folder k gt foc 3 2 2010 7 50 AM Microsoft Office E k em P ES pvrcroster 11 1 2009 8 05 AM Microsoft Office E Bl System Volume Information rostemm 11 1 20097 49AM_ Microsoft Office E TFC TR tr w trfree ES Can gt 1 r File name initial M ww V Automatic file name extension Save with password V Edit filter settings Field options Character set Western Europe Windows 1252 WinLatin ix Field delimiter Text delimiter Save cell content as shown Quote all text cells For our next scenario we will try to load the TRMASTER DTA database with a club roster We navigate to http cwops org roster html and view the complete current roster for CWOPS The roster appears to be in some sort of table Firstly we right click on the roster choose SAVE AS
42. 11 ARRL 160 N4AF 2011 ARRL DX CW NY4A E CATEGORYASSISTED uowassiTED gt 2011 ARRL FD N4AF 2011 ARRL FD NY4A CATEGORY BAND 2011 ARRL SS CW N4AF CATEGORYMODE ew 2011 CQ WW CW 2011 CROATIAN N4AF CATEGORY OPERATOR SINGLE DP Y 2011 CWOPEN N4AF HON IARI CATEGORY POWER ram 2011 DARC WAEDC CW NY4A CATEGORY TRANSMITTER oye 2011 GAGARIN CUP N4AF 2011 GENERAL QSO N4AF 2011 IARU HF 2011 NAQP CW N4AF program fes ES 2D il Note that the LAST a onfiguration is listed at the bottom You may just select this to go back to the last conte tere It is extremely i rt tention be paid to all prompts on this initial dialog It governs o log will be generated 31 TR4W v 4 242b Open configuration file or start a new contest Re x cprogram files 8 4 MY CALL I CI as 2010 ARRL 160 N4AF 2010 ARRL SS CW N4AF 2010 CQ M N4AF 2010 LZ DX N4AF 2010 NA SPRINT CW N4AF 2010 NCCC SPRINT N4AF p 2010 RDAC N4AF 3 2010 SAC CW N4AF 2011 7QP N4AF 2011 ARRL 10 2011 ARRL 160 N4AF 2011 ARRL DX CW NY4A E CATEGORYASSISTED NONASSISTED 2011 ARRL FD N4AF 2011 ARRL FD NY4A CATEGORY BAND ALL 1 2011 ARRL SS CW N4AF CATEGORY MODE w 2011 CQ WW CW 2011 CROATIAN N4AF CATEGORY OPERATOR SINGLE DP x 2011 CWOPEN N4AF 2011 CWOPS NAAFI CATEGORYPOWER
43. 2011 GENERAL QSO NAAPRCUSTOM INIIALEX E E i j File Edit callsign 7 Now using editor select all but the Wer and lt CTRL C gt it onto your clipboard memory From STAR g exe and when it initializes press lt CTRL V gt to 96 Ed TRAW vA 242b jm w ER DTA customization is implies the data being st logs but something to be or x 09 tabs like perhaps a Hopefully this illustrates some of the power of tlie T One caution POST is looking for data in columns y eci read by POST must be in fixed columns Not a proble co careful about regarding ascii files that delimit 0 sp club roster u can read in variable column data then ill produce the following dialog where Tip Using Open Source spreadsheet SAVE AS with Edit filter settings chec you can specify fixed columns QS 97 File Settings Windows _Alt Ctrl Commands Tools Net Help 11 38 34 55 Pts 160 80 40 10 All cw CWQSOs 1 3 48 2 55 SSB Mult needs for DJ5AZ 3oth DL 46 4259m 07227 1530z Band Date UTC 055 Callsign Name Pts M Id D Freq Oj 20CW 05 01 13 10 RW4WN LEE 1 14022 03 20CW 05 01 13 11 RX3ZL ALEX 1 14022 03 05 01 13 13 RD3FF ALEX 1 14022 03 05 01 13 14 G3ICH PETE 1 14022 03 05 01 13 16 US5VX GENE 1 14022 03 07 01 1288 56 1 Kiel Germany DVERRID DJ5AZ I 0
44. 8 B B B Enter cursor position for callsign Enter cursor position to start looking for data zero for none 8 Enter number of entries to ignore zero for none Post now asks whether we want to skip any lines For example a log file might have Cabrillo header information which you want to skip In our case we will enter 0 for none Post now prompts for the TYPE of data that will be customized into TRMASTER DTA We 86 will respond that it Is NAME by entering 7 d DOSBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST is a space found at the data position the data is assumed to be blank Also I can get fancy and ignore a certain number of entries starting at he data position You would need to do this if you wanted to access the hird entry in the exchange and the first two entries were not always the same length 4X1DF Karl 599 nter cursor position for callsign 1 nter cursor position to start looking for data zero for none 8 nter number of entries to ignore zero for none 8 ere are the available places to save your data Choose none if you only ant to process the callsigns None CQ Zone TenTen Number F User 5 RRL Section ITU Zone User 1 Grid Name User 2 Check Speed User 3 QTH FOC Number User 4 Select field 12 or escape to quit 7 more complex scenario our file could contain oes we wish to add to TRMASTER DTA This pro
45. A record of the frequency of a CQ will also be added to the bandmap in the form of CQ amp where is the latest issue CQ If you exit the bandmap is saved in file in the current contest directory This means that the bandmap will not be lost if you want to stop and restart the program Note some bandmap fonts are not advisable because of their je example Verdana potentially causing the bandmap display to scroll SPOTTING When connected to DX Cluster spotting may be accomplished via pressing the tilde key normally extreme upper left of the keyboard Callsign Frequency 21033 30 Comment Contest name in comment OK Cancel Note that you may check contest name in comment to automatically comment the 4 Spot 47 4 2 SO2R Two Radio Mode 4 2 1 SO2R Configuration To enable full two radio support ensure that TWO be set in your configuration CTRL J via TWO ALT D ENABLE is set TRUE For SO2R to work properly TRAW sho reference basic SETUP section and fi Hotkeys You may verify ardware setup by pressing lt ALT R gt This sh you itch radios and be evidenced by the active radio display going i no longer grayed out reference figure so2r 1 NT The radio display shown in the figures identifies which radio has the focus Figure SO2R 1 Focus on Radiol then on Radio2 below 48 Band Date UTC 055 Callsign D
46. AND 116 STEW PERRY FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE RST AND OR GRID 117 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER AND POSSIBLE DOM STIC QTH 118 TEN TEN TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE NAME QTH AND POSSIBLE TEN TEN NUMBER 119 TENNESSEE TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST DOMESTIC QTH QSO PARTY 120 TEXAS QSO TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE RST DOMESTIC OR DX PARTY QTH 121 TOEC TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST DOMESTIC 122 UBA DX CW TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER AND POSSIBLE DOMESTIC QTH 123 UBA DX SSB TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER AND POSSIBLE DOMESTIC QTH 124 UCG TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER 125 UKRAINE TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE QSO NUMBER DOMESTIC CHAMPIONSHIP QTH 126 UKRAINIAN TRUE TRUE FALSE RST 050 NUMBER OR DOMESTIC QTH 127 UN DX TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST DOMESTIC OR QSO NUMBER 128 URAL CUP TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE QSO NUMBER DOMESTIC QTH 129 WAG TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER OR DOMESTIC QTH 130 WISCONSIN QSO TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE RST DOMESTIC PARTY 131 WRTC TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST ZONE OR SOCIETY 132 WW PMC TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE RST ZONE OR SOCIETY 133 WWL TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST AND GRID 134 XMAS TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER AND RANDOM CHARACTERS 135 YO DX TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER OR DOMESTIC QTH 136 YUD
47. BTNFACE 2 BLACK TENMINUTES BTNFACE BLACK LOCAETIME BTNFACE BLACK TOTALSCORE BTNFACE BLACK GR D 1 2 iu ron BTNFACE BLACK USER INFO BTNFACE BLACK 2 WHOLE 1 amp 2 MASTER BLUE WHITE loas BTNFACE BLACK WINKEYER BTNFACE BLACK 10 Appendix A Configuration Statements See TR4W Reference Manual 133
48. Configuration Statement would be created as SSB MEMORY F1 CQ WAV CONTEST WAV CQ WAV 7 CONTEST WAV MYCALL WAV CONTEST WAV Which will be understood much easier when played This ability to concantenate files allows us to record small parts of messages one at a time and then merge them into the desired message It also allows to do some other things that take advantage of the DVP program s ability to string together audio files into a desired audio message We will talk about this little later 4 6 4 Record and edit sound files Creating playing and editing WAVE PCM files for your computer requires program that performs these actions It must be capable accepting the filename as an input and then playing that file using a sound There are many such programs but a recommended one is the free program Audacity It can be downloaded from http audacity sourceforge net Once you have downloaded and installed Audacity or a similar program you must tell TRAW its name and where it is located To do this type lt Ctrl J gt to enter the Configuration Statements window and set the statement DVP RECORDER This value must specify the drive the folder and the name of the program that you have installed your computer to handle DVP recording editing and playback For example the likely placement of the Audacity program is on the C drive and in the Program Files folder and in the sub folder Audacit
49. GND y s L Full size PC board drawing To TX CW PC board size is 1 7 16 3 4 Pos Keying Adjust the size of your negative ToTXPIT ToTXPIT ToTX 1k to obtain these measurements Ground Relay CWGND AIW To Padde D1 1N400x L Ground Cath Up To Paddle DIT amp DAH Qt 02 Pin12 2 2222 Pin 14 Pin 16 SVDCJ tk 10k Vw dw Pint pn17 Pnie Pn25 Pin 13 GND GND DAH Enlarged x2 PC board wiparts layout shown from foil side of PC board components mount on non foil side TX Key Output Conn Mtg Plate Pre cut amp stripped wire lengths for connecting this PC board to a male see text DB 25 connector Strip 1 8 of insulation from each end then tin the wire F Pin number 1 12 143 14 16 17 18 25 Key GND t Wire Length 3 4 3 4 7 8 134 34 T 3 4 7 8 1 14 1 1 4 si Wire Color To prepare the DB 25 male connector With the connector assembled drill holes in the center of the two diagonal sides The size of the holes should be no larger than the outside diameter of the wires to be used for the PTT output and Electronic Keyer paddle input The TX Keying Output Jack is a chassis mount RCA jack Cut a mounting plate 15 16 x 7 16 out of left over PC board and drill a hole in the middle of this plate The hole should be just large enough to pass the mounting shank of the chassis mount phono connector This connector and mounting plate will slip in the space immedi
50. LSE CQCZ one F 0C G rid H its I TUZone Chec k N ame 0 14 11 Q TH S peed TenTen Usert1 User 2 User 3 User 4 User 5 l H H H n H H n Hn H m H H Hn H H Hl Enter field ID to change RETURN to start or ESC PE to exit 88 We may now press the ENTER key to begin processing the file This will show the new size of the TRMASTER DTA file created Additionally TRMASTER ASC was generated which gives you an opportunity to explore the TRMASTER database file in a text processor such as NOTEPAD Now navigate to your TR4W directory and RENAME TRMASTER DTA to TRMASTER DTA BAK and copy the new TRMASTER DTA into the NTR4W directory If something went wrong we will still have the original TRMASTER callsign that was customized into the database we see TRAW v 4 240d 2011 ARRL SS CW etting indo Net F You will note the because we had lt ER INFO SHOWN NAME set Please also note that TR4W display rror message if TRMASTER DTA cannot be located It is worth noti t you could program an FKey to say 96 or you could program your GE KEY to do something like B 52 ID and then set SAY HI RATE CUTOFF to a value to limit greetings Or default just display then so you can respond in kind should the situation warrant OK we will now move to a new scenario This time we want to process a Sweepstakes log reading the CHECK and SECTION
51. M Id D Freq Op 31 12 11 21 England INSERT 14020 4 B GA4AMJ 0 00 00 00 00 02 05 CQ 0 SP 0 RIGHT Last 60 1 Rate 15 CQ total 0 35 WPM ua MULT OFF SP WK2 v23 Figure 1 15 Additional information will have been entered into several different sub windows and boxes based upon the callsign you just typed The name England has been loaded into the box The Multiplier Needs sub window and the QSO Needs sub window have been activated The MULT box has been loaded and the color changed to show this is a needed multiplier The QSO Matrix sub window has the QSO s DX Mults and Zones rows identified The OP Mode box is now showing SP to indicate that we are no longer in CQ Mode but rather in Exchange mode The PTT box is showing OFF to indicate you are not transmitting at the moment The LOG Entries sub window is still blank because we not logged the contact yet But on the left side just below that sub window we see the entries that will be logged When we are finished From left to right we see the band date time and number 40CW Dec 31 2011 11 12 UTC 1 The Call window has the call and the Exchange window shows the zone that TRAW thinks this station will be sending After the computer has finished sending pretend that you have received an exchange from the station you are working If the information is different from what the computer has guessed it to be then simply replace the guess with the received i
52. M M HM HM pmb pab pmb panh pab job pob pab Create and use new log does the following The current log file will be renamed to LOGBACKUP_ TRW where is consecutive nr The current RESTART file will be renamed to the name of RESTART BACKUP RST 60 File SERVERLOG TMP will be renamed to the current log file TRW Rescore will recalculate score of the new log file You should now be synchronized again TIME SYNCHRONIZATION Net pulldown SYNCHRONIZE TIME ON ALL COMPUTERS or hotkey lt CTRL ALT T gt will send the UTC time on the invoking PC to all PC s on the network NUMBER LOCKOUT You may lock serial numbers by adding the following section to the PC s TRAWSERVER INI file which must reside in the windows directory tr4wserver SERIAL NUMBER LOCKOUT 1 Note If SERIAL NUMBER LOCKOUT 1 in tr4wserver exe settings then locked numbers will be displayed with the L suffix in QSO NUMBER window You should exploit serial number lockout when operating a multi station and not using separate serial numbers by band It is critical you test the multi TRAWServer setup carefully Try removing each PC from the network and make 6505 on the other PCs while removed Power down the PC holding TRAWSERVER make qsos on the other PCs and test how you cansresync to recover your logs 61 4 5 RTTY Oper A 1 Download an Il sp version of TRAW with _mmtty suffix fr
53. MBER CW 38 DARC WAEDC TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER 55 39 DARC XMAS TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER OR DOMESTIC QTH 40 EU SPRINT TRUE FALSE FALSE FAESE QSO NUMBER AND 41 EUROPEAN HFC TRUE TRUE TRUE FAESE RST ZONE 42 EUROPEAN VHF TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER AND GRID SQUARE 43 FCG FQP TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE RST DOMESTIC OR DX QTH 44 FISTS TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE RST AND FISTS NUMBER OR POWER 45 GACW WWSA TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST ZONE CW 46 GAGARIN CUP TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST ZONE 47 GENERAL QSO TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE RST NAME QTH 48 GRID LOC TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE NAME AND POSSIBLE GRID SQUARE 49 HA DX TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST DOMESTIC QTH OR QSO NUMBER 50 HELVETIA TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER AND POSSIBLE DOMESTIC QTH 51 IARU HF TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST ZONE OR SOCIETY 52 INTERNET TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE QSO NUMBER NAME SPRINT DOMESTIC OR DX QTH 53 JA LONG FALSE TRUE FALSE FALSE RST LONG JA PREFECT PREFECTURE 54 JIDX CW TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST ZONE 55 JIDX SSB TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST ZONE 56 KCJ TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST DOMESTIC 129 CONTEST QSO QSO MULT MULT EXCHANGE RECEIVED BY BY BY BY BAND MODE BAND MODE 57 KIDS DAY FALSE
54. O QSO PARTY RADIO 160 ARST QSO NUMBER AND GRID SQUARE EUROPEAN VHF RADIO VHF FD ARST QSO NUMBER AND POSSIBLE DOMESTIC QTH HELVETIA RSGB IOTA UBA CW UBA SSB TAC ARST 050 NUMBER AND RANDOM CHARACTERS XMAS ARST 950 NUMBER OR DOMESTIC ARI ALRS UA1DZ CUP OK OM DX PACC CANADA WINTER UKRAINIAN DARC XMAS WAG YO DX ARKTIKA SPRING ARST QSO NUMBER AP SPRINT BALTIC CQ WPX CW CQ WPX SSB CROATIAN MINITEST OCEANIA DX CW OCEANIA DX SSB REGION 1 FIELD DAY REGION 1 FIELD DAY RCC CW REGION 1 FIELD DAY RCC SSB SAC CW SAC SSB UCG DARC WAEDC CW DARC WAEDC SSB ARSTLQTH NAME AND FISTS NUMBER OR POWER FISTS ARST QTH COUNTY HUNTER RST ZONE AND POSSIBLE DOMESTIC QTH ARST ZONE OR DOMESTIC QTH CQ 160 CW CQ 160 SSB LZ DX ARST ZONE OR SOCIETY IARU HF OZCHR TEAMS OZCHR WW PMC WRTC ARST ZONE CQ WW CW CQ WW SSB EUROPEAN HFC GACW WWSA CW GAGARIN CUP JIDX CW JIDX SSB MONGOLIAN DX KVP YUDX UNKNOWN DUMMY CONTEST Typically EXCHANGE RECEIVED resides in contest name gt CFG configuration file and is set by default for a known contest 80 4 13 1 4 Initial Exchanges The INITIAL EXCHANGE filename INITIAL controls prefill data loaded into the EXCHANGE WINDOW of TR4W NOTE Unlike TRMASTER POST file input the INITIAL EX file is space delimited not fixed column INITIAL EXCHANGE is not controlled by the CUSTOM INTIAL EXCHANGE STRING or CUSTOM USER STRING Rather i
55. R QSO NUMBER 98 REF CW TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST AND QSO NUMBER OR FRENCH DEPARTMENT 99 REF SSB TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST AND QSO NUMBER OR FRENCH DEPARTMENT 100 REGION 1 FIELD TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER DAY 101 REGION 1 FIELD TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER DAY RCG CW 102 REGION 1 FIELD TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER DAY RCC SSB 103 RF CHAMP CW TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE QSO NUMBER AND ZONE 104 RF CHAMP SSB TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE QSO NUMBER AND ZONE 105 RF CUP CW TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE QSO NUMBER AND GRID 106 RF CUP SSB FALSE TRUE FALSE QSO NUMBER AND GRID 107 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE RST AND POSTAL CODE 108 RSGB 160 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE RST DOMESTIC QTH OR QSO NUMBER 109 RSGB IOTA TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE RST QSO NUMBER AND POSSIBLE DOMESTIC QTH 110 SAC CW TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER 111 SAC SSB TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER 131 CONTEST QSO QSO MULT MULT EXCHANGE RECEIVED BY BY BY BY BAND MODE BAND MODE 112 SALMON RUN TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE RST DOMESTIC OR DX QTH 113 SOUTH TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST AND CONTINENT AMERICAN WW 114 SP DX TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST DOMESTIC OR QSO NUMBER 115 SRR JR TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE QSO NUMBER
56. RF CUP CW RF CUP SSB 4QSO NUMBER AND NAME EU SPRINT QSO NUMBER AND POSSIBLE DOMESTIC QTH 4QSO NUMBER AND PREVIOUS QSO NUMBER RADIO YOC AQSO NUMBER AND ZONE RF CHAMP CW RF CHAMP SSB R4N CHAMP R9W UW9WK MEMORIAL 4QSO NUMBER DOMESTIC OR DX QTH CALIFORNIA 050 PARTY AQSO NUMBER DOMESTIC URAL CUP MICHIGAN QSO PARTY R4W CHAMP UKRAINE CHAMPIONSHIP 4QSO NUMBER NAME CHAPTER AND QTH QCWA QCWA GOLDEN 4QSO NUMBER NAME DOMESTIC OR DX QTH INTERNET SPRINT NA SPRINT CW SPRINT SSB NCCC SPRINT LQP QSO NUMBER PRECEDENCE CHECK SECTION ARRL SS CW ARRL SS SSB ARST AND POSSIBLE SK RADIO MEMORY RST AGE ALL ASIAN DX CW ALL ASIAN DX SSB RADIO ONY RST ALL JA PREFECTURE AND PRECEDENCE ALL JA ARST AND CONTINENT SOUTH AMERICAN WW ARST AND GRID WWL ARST AND OR GRID STEW PERRY ARST AND POSTAL CODE ROPOCO ARST DOMESTIC OR DX QTH 7QP ARRL 160 FCG FQP NEQP SALMON RUN TEXAS QSO PARTY ARST DOMESTIC OR QSO NUMBER ARRL 10 CIS HA DX RDAC RSGB 1 8 RDXC SP DX UN DX KING OF SPAIN CW KING OF SPAIN SSB ARST DOMESTIC ARRL VHF QSO ARRL VHF SS VHF TOEC WISCONSIN QSO PARTY NEW YORK QSO PARTY TENNESSEE QSO PARTY ARST LONG JA PREFECTURE JA LONG PREFECT ARST NAME QTH GENERAL QSO ARST POSSIBLE DOMESTIC QTH AND POWER ARCI ARST POWER ARRL DX CW ARRL DX SSB ARST PREFECTURE ARST QSO NUMBER AND DOMESTIC NRAU BALTIC CW NRAU BALTIC SSB OHI
57. RUE TRUE FALSE TRUE RST QSO NUMBER AND PARTY DOMESTIC QTH 80 OK OM DX TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER OR DOMESTIC QTH 81 OZCHR TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST ZONE OR SOCIETY 82 OZCHR TEAMS TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST ZONE OR SOCIETY 83 PACC TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER OR DOMESTIC QTH 84 QCWA GOLDEN FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE QSO NUMBER CHAPTER AND QTH 130 CONTEST QSO QSO MULT MULT EXCHANGE RECEIVED BY BY BY BY BAND MODE BAND MODE 85 QCWA TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE QSO NUMBER NAME CHAPTER AND QTH 86 R4N CHAMP TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE QSO NUMBER AND ZONE 87 R4W CHAMP TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE QSO NUMBER DOMESTIC QTH 88 R9W UW9WK TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE QSO NUMBER AND ZONE MEMORIAL 89 RAC CANADA TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE RST QSO NUMBER OR WINTER DOMESTIC QTH 90 RADIO 160 FALSE TRUE FALSE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER AND DOMESTIC QTH 91 RADIO MEMORY TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE RST AND POSSIBLE SK 92 RADIO ONY TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE RST AGE 93 RADIO VHF FD TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER AND GRID SQUARE 94 RADIO YOC TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE 05 NUMBER AND PREVIOUS QSO NUMBER 95 RAEM TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE QSO NUMBER AND GEO COORDINATES 96 RDAC TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST DOMESTIC QTH OR QSO NUMBER 97 RDXC TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST DOMESTIC QTH O
58. Radio F Wa Z u uu 20 18 2 Configuring the Station Contro eene tenente uuu 22 18 3 Configuring the Computer Sound Interface eerte 23 18 4 Testing the Configuration Setup 23 2 Beginning Operating 24 2 1 First QSO CQ Mode SR ullu u u u QQ 24 2 2 First QSO in S amp P 002 n uU u uu uu uuu u u UU Q 27 23 Regular Operation AR E A 31 2 31 Selectinga Supported Contest a aaa 31 2 3 2 QJ A 32 2 3 3 Sending Messages to the Rig I I 37 141 1 Other Kenwood transceivers CAT commands esent 37 2 929 Pgrsonalized Greetings I u u u uuu 41 Notes E aaa a aaa iria ida pH So Di epulis 43 4 Special Operating Modes 44 4 1 Using the Bandmap u 44 4 2 SO2R Two Radio Mode T U ants tein daas 48 4 2 1 SO2ZR Configuration u asa ananassa A tna sonia 48 4 222 SO2R BASIC OPERATION 49 4 2 3 SO2R Advanced u 51 4 3 Using the DXCIUSIeTr I
59. TR4W User Manual English Version Version 3 01 AN N D Q TR4W User Manual English Version Contributors Larry Tyree N6TR Doc Evans N7DR Dmitriy Gulyaev UAAW Howard Hoyt re Edi Tod 2 QS TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS USE ON uA ORAE a aa do ud 3 LIST OE FIGURES 6 1 Introd ction ERREUR mem 7 1 11 Typographical Conventions I u u U u uu A nnne rne teas 11 1 1 1 Configuration Statements I u 11 112 22 40 Nl ae 11 1 13 Window Names u I u uuu u K bea 11 11 4 Special Keys and Short Cut or Hot KEyS 0 12 1 15 Function Keys eene Ay eai 12 1 2 System Requirements i WN 12 1 3 Files used by the Program J89 WSIM 14 1 4 Folders used by the Program 14 1 5 Program Wa 3W 15 1 6 Program Startup Screens ess aeree reciente nete inte tet e te nana 16 1 7 Program Windows Names and Colors 19 1 8 Configuring TR4W for your station 20 1 8 1 Configuring the
60. TRAW directory Ensure the FILENAME is TRMASTER DTA NOT MASTER DTA N UNa Note a customized TRMASTER DTA may be stored in the contest directory under TRAW This allows customized TRMASTER DTA files specific to individual contests When you next bring up ensure the System Check Partial window is active It is selectable from WINDOWS SCP or toggled via hotkey lt SHIFT CTRL 3 gt Now when you enter a callsign the SCP window will show whether there is a know callsign matching what was entered The automatic callsign partial check will commence when you have entered the umber of characters specified by lt CTRL J gt SCP MINIMUM LETTERS For example with SCP MINIMUM LETTERS 3 G3U is entered SCP looks for any match for G3U and finds displays none As you enter the next letter of the call F the following will be presented indicating there are two calls matching G3UF in TRMASTER DTA 82 TRMASTER ADVANCED USAGE TRMASTER DTA may also be customized The TRMASTER DTA d b may be either placed in a contest directory and read specific to the contest or in the TRAW directory for global reference Customization permits either display or prefill of a wealth of data by callsign To customize TRMASTER DTA the TRAW SCP file you will need to download the TRLOG POST EXE program A copy may be obtained by navigating to http trlog com free shtml right clicking on http www trlog com post672a zip and saving to a direct
61. X Q1 160CW 04 12 11 11 44 1117 KBOLF N 160CW 04 12 11 11 45 1118 N2WN T 160CW 04 12 11 11 46 1119 K1GU T 160CW 1120 W7YAQ 1 04 12 11 11 51 1121 W5LE 04 12 11 MENEN 002 1809 19 3640 53 B um Gw OFF 160CW 04 12 11 11 44 1117 KBOLF 160CW 04 12 11 11 45 1118 N2WN 160CW 04 12 11 11 46 1119 160CW R 1120 W7YAQ 12 11 11 51 4 ade 12 11 4422 3640 53 B 4 2 2 SO2R BASIC OPERATION Basic SO2R is built into TRAW It can be deployed by feature of ALT D except with lt CTRL J gt TWO CONFIG file and TRAW displaying correct frequenci radios On the run active radio dupe checking is achi entering a call or pressing the space bar after call entry For S amp P inactive radio Dupe check will now display gios ike the screen below Dupe Check On Inactive Radio Enter call to be checked 80CW OK Cancel While CQ ing onthe radio when you tune across a call on the S amp P radio if you enter the callsign vi LT t only will the call be dupe checked but if not a dupe you will 1 the call is good to work on the S amp P radio see the screen below 49 TRAW v 4 240d 2011 ARRL 160 gt File Settings Windows Alt Ctrl Commands Tools Net Help m m 219264 Pts QSO needs for XE2S Dom Mults 71 DX Mults 25 Both Band Date UTC QsS Callsign DX QTH Pts ld D Freq 160CW 04 12 11 11 44
62. X TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST ZONE 132 8 9 Sub Window default colors Back Back E Window Color View Window Color View ground ground ARROW BTNFACE RED 2 MULT INFO WHITE BLACK 1 BAND MODE BTNFACE BLACK MULT YELLOW BLACK 1 BEAM 1 HEADING BTNFACE BLACK NAME BTNFACE BLACK 2 CALL WHITE BLACK ON AIR TIME BTNFACE BLACK CLOCK BTNFACE BLACK OP MODE BTNFACE B ACK 1 CODE SPEED BTNFACE BLACK PADDLE BTNFACE BLACK COMPUTERID BTNFACE BLACK 2 BTNFACE BLACK COUNTRY 1 PREVIOUS 2 ME BTNFACE BLACK OSOK BTNFACE BLACK CQCOUNTER BTNFACE BLACK PTT BTNFACE BLACK CQ TOTAL BTNFACE BLACK QSO B4 RED WHITE 2 QSO 1 OPERATOR BTNFACE BLACK ls WHITE BLACK DATE BTNFACE BLACK QSO NUMBER WHITE BLACK DUPE CALL 2 QUICK 2 ITO BTNFACE BLACK BTNFACE BLACK EDITABLE LOG WHITE BLACK FRED ONE BTNFACE BLACK EXCHANGE WHITE BLACK M ONE BTNFACE BLACK FOOTSWITCH BTNFACE BLACK EEG TWO BTNFACE BLACK FULL TIME BTNFACE BLACK SUE TWO BTNFACE BLACK 2 HOUR RATE BTNFACE BEACK 2 RATE BTNFACE BLACK INSERT BTNFAGE BLACK S amp P COUNTER BTNFACE BLACK 1 950
63. all the files if you expect to work over 1000 Q s in a contest The files with the call sign should be placed in the folder FULLCALLSIGNS 69 Files with serial numbers should be placed in the folder FULLSERIALNUMBERS As was the case with the LETTERSANDNUMBERS folder these folders should be located in the directory specified in the Configuration Statement DVP PATH default DVP Below is a sample of the Configuration Statements needed to produce automatically generated exchanges The Configuration Statements must be located in the CONTESTNAME CFG file CONTEST CQ WW SSB USE RECORDED SIGNS TRUE CQ SSB MEMORY F1 CQF1 WAV QSL SSB MESSAGE QSL WAV CQ SSB EXCHANGE CQEXCHNG WAV CQEXCHNG WAV Five Nine One Six QSL WAV Thanks United Alpha Four Wiskey Lima Italy Contest CQF1 WAV United Alpha Four Wiskey Lima Italy Contest Note that except for the words Thanks and Contest the last three statements are composed of elements that were recorded previously are then stored in the LETTERSANDNUMBERS folder are separated only by spaces there are no delays built into the message which will cause it to sound natural if the recorded files have been recorded to sound continuous and have no pre or post audio silence Getting these files to produce natural phonetics such as might generate in speaking the calls requires a lot of practice with the recording and much editing 4 6 6 The proce
64. ately behind the normal cable hole in the D 25 connector with the RCA con nector protruding out of the cable hole for easy access The PC board connects to the DB 25 via short flexible wires see wire lengths table Once completed the DB 25 should be positioned with respect to the PC board so pins 1 13 are at the bottom and pins 14 25 are on the top Solder the wires to ALL of the PC board holes first and then solder the wires to D 25 pins 1 12 amp 13 first with DB 25 pins 1 13 on top and the PC board upside down Then turn both the DB 25 and the PC board over and complete soldering the wires to pins 14 16 17 18 amp 25 Pins 14 thru 25 Note PC Board fits just below P the edge of the plastic insulator of the DB 25 b Complete the assembly by installing the two wires going to the TX key output jack and the PTT and Paddle input wires Attach connectors appropriate to your installation to the ends of these wires y 01 01 2002 Nass Parallel Port CW and PTT Keying Adapter and Paddle Input for Internal Keyer from NOSS 120 Pins 14 thru 25 on the TOP Screw boss Note The PC Board does NOT fit between the DB 25 pins but just below the edge of the plastic insulator of the DB 25 connector It will be held in place by the two screw bosses in the shell of the connector once the shell has been fitted to the connector C Paddle PIT Out ut NOTE if you use a
65. ation to reflect QSO you just made But what are you waiting for cursor is sitting blinking waiting for you to make another QSO Quick Tinie is awasting Somebody will steal your frequency if you don t hurry Call CQ again by pressing k lt And now you re off running stations for the first time with TRAW 2 2 First QSO in S amp P Mode What if you waht to call a station instead of calling CQ That s what S amp P Mode is for put yourself in S amp P Mode simply press the Tab key The Exchange window appears if are using a color monitor this window will be in a different color than it has in CQ Mode to remind you that you are in S amp P Mode as shown in Figure 2 23 Also the OP MODE Window will switch from CQ to SP Notice that your cursor has not yet moved from the Call Window since TRAW does not yet know whom you intend to call 27 TRAW v 4 242a 2012 CQ WW CW KOTO i File Settings Windows Alt Ctrl Commands Tools Net Help 160 80 E 20 15 10 AI EH QSOs Ima 2 DX Mults 2 2 Zones 2 i uy 3oth Band Date UTC 055 Callsign DX Zn Pts M Id D Freq Op 40CW 31 12 11 13 1 G4AMJ G 14 3 2 B 7025 00 40CW 31 12 11 19 2 9V1YC 94 28 3 2 B 7025 00 02 01 2 3 INSERT ENS 0 00 00 004 owo Last60 0 Rate 0 CQ total 11 OFF 2 v23
66. been selected The first time a change is made from any of the default values a corresponding Configuration Statement will be created and stored in the TR4W INI file Successive changes of that entry will modify that Configuration Statement In Figure 1 10b shown above when the RADIO 20 ONE TYPE box was changed from NONE to 00 the following Configuration Statement was generated and stored TRA4W INI RADIO ONE TYPE FT1000MP The other changes between Figures 1 10a and 1 10b produce the following Configuration Statements which are also stored in TRA4W INI RADIO ONE CONTROL PORT SERIAL ONE RADIO ONE CAT RTS OFF RADIO ONE CAT DTR OFF RADIO ONE BAUD RATE 4800 KEYER RADIO ONE OUTPUT PORT LPTI RADIO ONE NAME Right The next time that you start the program these saved Configuratic ou will not need to changes these Configuration Statements values until you ie radio type or control port or the keying port In the example above Figure 1 10b shows that Seri was selected to communicate with the radio The FT1000MP value was selecte 1 down Type list The RTS and DTR lines are not used to communicate be set to OFF Radio 1 will be keyed using LPT1 whi ans there are no Serial Port lines used in controlling PTT or keying the r the RTS and DTR lines are set to OFF We have changed the Radio Radio 1 to Right to indicate its position on the operating desk We cked any other text we w
67. by Larry Tyree N6TR author of TR LOG The basic idea of the TRAW project is porting TR LOG code to the Windows environment TR4W is written in pure Windows API application programming interface and designed to be as small and fast as possible Size of the executable file is only 160 kB At the same time the program contains almost 40 windows and consists of more than 100 000 lines of code The TRAW project was started in March 2006 by Dmitriy Gulyaev UA4WLI Z maw vaten zoo rowwe O BET File Settings Windows At Oul Commands Tools 160 80 40 1 10 n 0505 50 0 0 So 0 88 8 needs for Current version Zones 0 0 0 20 0 2 4 239 OK 273 1671km 0637115002 Band Date ure QsS Callsign DX D 20CW 29 11 09 18 34 497 WIMU K s saan 6 14050 14 Download 20CW 29 11 00 12 33 198 KJCR K 5 1 A 14001 72 HCW 204109 18 36 199 KIAR K 5 3 A 14002 67 20CW 29 11 09 18 59 500 OGEN 15 1 A 11052 78 79 11 09 19 02 501 OH7N OH 15 1 A 14052 15 T Crech Republic 20 16 Sun INSERT Release notes 14049 39 D0 00 00 000 CQ 73 SP 427 Radio Thishr 0 Rate 0 C lefat 35 WPM Patle Footsw OFF WE 1124 OKIHX OK1KT OK1FZM OK2PDT OK3MAD Support of more then 140 contests is Support of Two Radio mode Scalable size of the main window Radio interface with HF VHF SO2R dependin
68. d 30 seconds 4 6 27 The location of audio files The default folder in which to place the sound files is the folder named DVP which is located in the TRAW folder The DVP folder is created automatically when you install the program The program looks in this folder for the files you specify to be played If desired the folder looked for by the program can be changed by modifying the Configuration Statement DVP PATH For example to work in an international competition you can use the default 65 folder DVP in which the files will reside with messages in English When operating in Russian contests you can create a folder named DVPRUS in the TR4W directory Then to tell the program where to find the Russian contest files you use lt Ctrl J gt to open the Configuration Statement window Then locate the DVP PATH and modify it to read DVP PATH DVPRUS The recorded Russian audio files must be placed in the DVPRUS folder and that folder must be in the TR4W folder If you have a multiple operator station operating a contest you have each operator create their own audio files and then change the DVP Path statement when each different person is operating Each person s audio files should be stored in a folder with their name inside the TRAW folder 4 6 3 Using the DVP To enable DVP playing of messages you must Set the Configuration Statement DVP ENABLE to TRUE In SSB Mode when that Configuration Statement is DVP
69. d group select the function key and change the name the function window to the desired audio file name Remember all audio files must have a WAV extension as a part of the filename to be recognized as a DVP file You can set up the function key audio messages so that more than one file is played when the key is pressed This allows you to record message fragments and then concatenate them single message To do this you separate the names of each of the audio files by one space For example if you have audio files named CQ WAV CONTEST WAV and MYCALL WAV which have only one word in each file you can string them together to get CQ CONTEST CQ CONTEST KOTO CONTEST for use as a CQ When you enter them into the CQ Mode F1 function key window a statement will be stored in the CFG file that looks like this CQ SSB MEMORY F1 CQ WAV CONTEST WAV CQ WAV CONTEST WAV MYCALL WAV CONTEST WAV In this case when you press F1 the audio files CQ WAV CONTEST WAV CQ WAV CONTEST WAV MYCALL WAV and CONTEST WAV will be played one after the other with no time separation between them For this particular set of files that would be confusing to hear It is desirable to add some amount of time between each of the words To do that we insert an between the filenames Each is a delay of 20 milliseconds If our entry for function key F1 67 is CQ WAV CONTEST WAV CQ WAV CONTEST WAV MYCALL WAV CONTEST WAV then the
70. ent reports that can be generated and finally the Utility procedures menu has a number of little programs to make your life easier get more information on any of these go into the desired enu and execute the procedure you are interested in An explanation of the procedure will be displayed and you will always be able to exit the procedure before actually doing anything use ESCAPE or RETURN with no input Free memory 382886 Change active log filename active logfile LOG DAT Create Cabrillo File Log procedures menu Post contest log processor steps you through most everything QSL procedures menu Report procedures menu Utility procedures menu Exit progran Enter command TRMASTER DTA This provides a prompt for the file name and whether it log file We will respond with myfile txt and n which produces this cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST Enter the name of the file to process none to quit myfile txt Is this TR log file Y N n You can use most any ASCII format with this routine The only requirement is that the callsign and data must appear on the same line and there must be one entry per line Lines with no data or calls that does not look like a callsign will be ignored You will need to specify the character If there is a space found at the data position the data is assumed to be blank I can get fancy and ignore a certain number of entries starting at he data po
71. ercom Shift Ctrl 7 Post score Shift Ctrl 8 Stations 5hift Ctrl 9 MP3Recorder Shift Ctrl 0 112 6 1 1 4 Alt Menu ctr Commands Tools et Help Increment time 1 Alarm 2 Alt 2 Auto CQresume 3 Alt 3 Dupe check 4 Edit AIL E 45 Alt 5 Save to floppy Alt F 46 Swap mult view Alt G 7 Increment number Al I 8 Alt 8 Toogle multiplier bell Alt J 49 Kill CW 10 Alt 0 Search log Transmit frequency AR N Reminder huto CQ Toggle rigs Alt R y CW speed Alt 5 pa Set system date time Initiale QSO Reset wakeup Alt Ctrl W Delete the last Q50 Initial exchange Toggle sidetone Toogleautosend Alt Band Up Alt B Band Down SSBICW mode Alt M 113 6 1 1 5 Ctrl Menu Commands Tools ct Help Send Keyboard Input 0 Pts Communicate with packet port Ctrl B Clear multsheet Ctrl C Auto QSL Interval Decrease Ctrl D Auto QSL Interval Increase Ctrl I Execute configuration File Refresh bandmap Ctrl Y 00 00 00 00 Dualing CQs Ctrl Thishr Q Cursor in bandmap window CtrHEnd Cursor in DX Cluster window Ctrl Home OFF 050 with no CW Ctrl Enter CT1BOH info screen Ctrl Add bandmap place holder Ctrl Ins Additional information QSO number Ctrl 1 E VT Callsign
72. es to insert a half space between CQ and TEST You can press enter whilst F e is selected or double click on it CQ CW MEMORY F1 Message CQTEST X TEST Caption Edit OK Cancel Select the line with your mouse and change CQTEST CQ TEST 34 CQ CW MEMORY F1 Message C TEST X N TEST Caption Edit Cancel List of commands Note the OK button is now selectable Before selecting it give the 1 CQ typing in CQ CQ CW MEMORY F1 Message JCO TEST N TEST Caption CQ Hotkey lt CTRL SHIFT 2 gt One more example We want reset Again lt ALT P gt to we will choose O th R ange the defaults for the QSL message so that our RIT is the MEMORY PROGRAM FUNCTION window But this time 35 Command Hessage CQ CW EXCHANGE SNN NC CQ CW EXCHANGE NAME KNOWN 5 NC QSL CW MESSAGE TU N TEST QSO BEFORE CW MESSAGE SRI QSO B TU N TEST QUICK QSL CW MESSAGE TU REPEAT S amp P CW EXCHANGE SNN NC S amp P CW EXCHANGE 7 ONN NC TAIL END CW MESSAGE R SHORT 1 SHORT 2 Now select QSL CW MESSAGE Program message OC essage SL CW MESSAGE Message TU X TEST Caption List of commands QSL CW MESSAGE Message TU X TEST gt Caption E dit Cancel List of commands Note that O ther programmed messages do not have a caption so select OK and X out Note No
73. eter must be a unique ID foreach TRAW PC For example or B TRIWEXE COMPUTER 1824688075 COMPUTER ID TRAW EXE COMPUTER IDEE 1924688073 TRAWERE GOMFUTER IDS First of all one of the computers must be running TRAWSERVER EXE After starting TR4WSERVER immediately goes into the server waiting for client connections Server settings reside in TRAWSERVER INI To configure for Networking use CTRL J and specify the following COMPUTER ID e COMPUTER NAME e SERVER ADDRESS IP address of computer use IPCONFIG from CMD Prompt to determine SERVER PORT After opening the windows Network program TR4W automatically connects to the server TRAWSERVER 57 Severpot 1061 Server IP address 192 168 1 122 Clients 1 Received kB 0 Send kB 0 Records in server log 0 Clients 192 168 1 103 NY4A C When attempting to connect as well as any breakage of the conne program will automatically try to connect to the server every 5 s ds you close the Network already existing connections will be ter ed All information displayed in the window Network comes from a server over a connection even if the server is started locally Each computer must now run WINDOWS NETWO O SU fully connect In case of unsuccessful attempts to connect Check the command parameters SERVER ESS and SERVER PORT and ensure the server port is not blocked by a fire Make sure that
74. ets you tailor the program to your personal operating taste 2 Over 140 contests supported by the program others can be added easily 3 Capacity for more than 50 000 QSOs 4 Simple operation with intelligent ENTER key TRAW at you want to do 5 CW keying via Serial Port LPT Port or Winkey C 0 99 WPM 6 Paddle input via LPT lets the program act as you r Touching a paddle aborts computer generated CW 7 Support for PTT with programmable d switched ensure that antenna relays are cold 8 Support of Winkeyer USB 9 Automatic super p d possible call checking 10 Expanded DTA databa t supports names grid SS check and other information 11 Band 1 ovision for responding to tail ending stations CW oded aging information in te XCluster interface with automatic insertion of spots into band map 14 Dynamic speed and weight control adjustments during sending of stored CW messages 15 Support for RTTY using MMTTY engine 16 Support for working rover stations in VHF UHF contests All amateur bands from 160 to Light supported 17 Beam headin s and sunrise sunset times displayed for countries as you work them 18 WAE QTC support for both inside and outside Europe 19 POST program used to create summary sheets maintain DTA database reports and QSL labels 20 Remembers exchange information from band to band 21 Radio interface for Elecraft Icom Japan Radio Kenwood
75. f radiation FM 2m Jai MODUS 03 SRS MD4 04 bl 7 Set the type of radiation SET AM MODE lt 03 gt SRS MD5 04 Set the type of radiation FSK a 2 g Sum DO lt 03 gt SRS MD6 04 d ge Sm ON MO lt 03 gt SRS MD7 lt 04 gt Set the mode FSK R Set FSK MODE R lt 03 gt SRS MD9 lt 04 gt Insert AIP PEA ON 39 lt 03 gt SRS MX1 lt 04 gt Disable AIP OFF lt 03 gt SRS MX0 lt 04 gt Set the minimum PITCH 03 SRS PT00 04 Set the maximum PITCH GF RP ipe al 03 SRS PT08 04 PITCH value changes discretely and can have 9 values from 00 to 08 Clear frequency RIT XIT works w K3 also CLEAR RIT XIT lt 03 gt SRS RC lt 04 gt Increase the frequency of RIT XIT K3 Also RIT XIT UP lt 03 gt SRS RU lt 04 gt Reduce the frequency of RIT XIT K3 Also Qa RIT XIT DOWN lt 03 gt SRS RD lt 04 gt 7 Set the display mode of SWR DISPLAY SWR lt 03 gt SRS RM1 lt 04 gt Set the display lt D TSEPBAY ALG lt 03 gt SRS RM3 lt 04 gt 7 Set the y mode dB DHE SISI aN lt 03 gt SRS RM6 lt 04 gt Turn RIT PAESE INI lt 03 gt SRS RT1 lt 04 gt Disable RIT Y mes y gt 40 PRESIDE TENES lt 03 gt SRS RTO lt 04 gt Turn the transceiver on the transfer lt 03 gt SRS TX lt 04 gt Turn the transceiver to
76. f the band and mode of that entry Also puts you into S amp P Mode NEXTMULTBANDMAP Advances you to the frequency of the next higher frequency displayed entry that is a needed multiplier in the band map for the current band mode Also puts you into S amp P Mode NEXTMULTDISPLAYEDBANDMAP Advances you to the frequency of the next higher frequency displayed entry that is a needed multiplier in the band map regardless of the band and mode of that entry Also puts you into S amp P Mode NORMAL The normal mode makes the foot switch behave just as if it was connected to the PTT of the active transmitter This allows you to use TR4W to route your foot switch to the proper radio QSO NORMAL In this mode the foot switch is used to advance the normal QSO process one step This means that hitting the footswitch will behave just as if you pressed the ENTER key QSO QUICK Same as 050 NORMAL except when finishing a CQ Mode QSO when the QUICK QSL MESSAGE will be sent in place of the QSL MESSAGE SWAP RADIOS Acts just as if you pressed the alt R key START SENDING Acts just as if the START SENDING NOW KEY was pressed This will start sending the characters in the Call Window and allows you to continue entering characters until you press ENTER 76 4 11 Rotator Control Rotator control is useful for a remote site operation To exploit this feature you need
77. first time that yousmake a logging entry error and you realize is incorrect just after you type ENTER to record it in the log Naturally if you make no typing errors and you never miss something that is being sent to you by the station you are working you will never experience such a situation For the rest of us there is a quick procedure for making a correction to a previous entry particularly one of the last five or so log entries For now let sassume Weare members of the golden log group and have never made an error in our logging entries Later we will consider what to do if somehow it is imperative that we change a log entry before it becomes permanent 24 The screen below is one for a CQ WWDX CW contest The name of the contest is on the top line of TRAW v 4 241 2011 CQ WW CW KOTO File Settings Windows Alt Ctrl Commands Tools Help AMP 80 40 20 15 10 DR 0505 DX Mults Zones Band Date UTC QsS Callsign DX zn Pts M Id D Freq 160CW 22 12 11 Radio 1 35 WPM This hr 0 Rate 0 CO total 0 co the Main Window together with the TRAW vers will appear whenever you start TRAW in aco see that displayed in the Op Mode sub wi the UTC time The cursor is initially at the isis the CQ operating mode You can shown on startup is the CW Speed and gt e of the Call window Let s log an imaginary For now assume that this is a contest How do you call
78. g on your monitor transcivers including Yaesu Support of networked mode resolution Icom Kenwood and TenTec Client e server model TCP Built in on fly recorder Interface via serial COM protocol CW manipulation via COM and LPT ports or USB lt gt RS 232 Control of antenna band ports CW monitor via computer serial adapters decoder via LPT port speaker Support of Winkeyer USB Antenna rotators control Log backup to USB Flash drive Built in telnet DX cluster Super Check Partial 7 TR4W web site information gives only outline of the many many options for computer radio station and operator interaction during a contest Like other very sophisticated contest programs such as NIMM TR Log NA CT etc there are many ways to set up the interactions between operator station equipment and the program to achieve maximum satisfaction with the contest logging scoring and post contest reporting Any of the mentioned programs requires much study of alternatives and experimenting to get the best configuration for a particular operator TRAW is almost identical in use to TR Log a DOS program but it has the advantage that it will run on all of the newer Windows Operating System platforms Windows XP Windows Vista and Windows 7 TR4W is a high performance software package suitable for contests DXpeditions or day to day operation Some of its features are 1 Unsurpassed flexibility l
79. gt CFG in the contest directory below TR4W Detailed information on how to make these changes is provided in chapter 5 The lt CTRL J gt key is used to display and control many of the program s operating parameters including most of those that are initialized by the configuration files If you change a parameter with the Ctrl J command TR4W will ask if you want to make TR4W Almost all the parameters that can be changed in the configuration file will b reasonable value if TR4W finds no specific entry for that parameter in the examine a configuration file by using an editor to view the TR4W CFG i directory or lt contest_name gt CFG in the contest_name directory F ple CW CFG also accessible by FILE then OPEN LOG DIRECTORY SS QS 30 2 3 Regular Operation 2 31 Selecting a Supported Contest Contest selection occurs at TR4W initialization You have two options 1 Selectan contest directory that already exists on your PC 2 Selecta new contest In the case of option 1 you will be presented with the following dialog TR4W v A 242b Open configuration file start new contest J c program files x86 trdyy MY CALL CONTEST Waw 2010 ARRL 160 N4AF 2010 ARRL SS CW N4AF 2010 CQ M N4AF 2010 LZ DX N4AF 2010 NA SPRINT CW N4AF 2010 NCCC SPRINT N4AF 1 2010 RDAC N4AF 4 2010 SAC CW N4AF 2011 7QP N4AF 2011 ARRL 10 N4AF 20
80. he active radio exchange and answer the caller on the inactive radio Note in your head the callsign calling then press enter to QSL the active exchange press the Function Key that executes SWAPRADIOS enter his call and press ENTER It takes practice but is doable for good typist It is also advisable to have a Function Key set to 42 Well what if I call a guy on the S amp P he gives me his exchange I give him mine basic so2r initiates a CQ on the run radio BUT the S amp P station needs a repeat Although this scenario was all basic so2r the remedy is best handled with a programmed Function Key Set an unused function key to 01 5nn and label it something like Exch R2 Recall that your Function Keys should be displayed lt CTRL SHIFT 2 gt so this makes things easier Pressing this Function Key will now halt your CQ and send the repeat exchange on the inactive radio Assuming he now QSL s you want to return to on the RUN radio Since your focus remained on run just press enter YES you can just F2 the S amp P exchange to start with This way you are set to repeat The only problem 1 the possibility of losing your run frequency partly depends on length of the exchange Before we move on to the special case of Sprint contests let s cover EXCHANGERADIOS Few of us have a totally balanced installation That is to say there will times when you want the OTHER radio to be your run radio or S amp P radio The Com
81. he exchange window RST QTH NAME Exchange 2 Expects the number to be entered to use as RST and give it to CW 44 Repeats the complete RST as the team was transferred to 2 used at the beginning or end of your message as gaps in the CFG ignored s 1 Half of the space in any location messages gt Transmits a prefix or suffix callsign only corrected Sends call sign in the last QSO editable window Passes the name obtained in the previous Sprint QSO at the bottom of the editable window gt Clears the detuning RIT be associated with the radio interface and works with Kenwood and Yaesu transceivers some End of message AR lt End of SK The double dash BT QRL SN 33 amp Wait AS Lets code up a cq message lt ALT P gt as above Now press lt C gt to view present CQ message settings Caption COTEST X X TEST LASTCQ SNN NC CQ CW MEMORY F4 TU TEST DE CQ CW MEMORY F SRI 050 TU TEST CQ CW MEMORY F8 vSURnPRRDIOSe SWAP CQ CW MEMORY F9 VEXCHANGERADIOS EXCH R CQ CW MEMORY F12 SWAPRADIOS SAPHODE DE R2 CQ CW MEMORY CONTROLF1 CQ CW MEMORY CONTROLF2 CQ CW MEMORY CONTROLF3 CQ CW MEMORY CONTROLF amp CQ CW MEMORY CONTROLFS We presently F1 assigned to TEST where 4 represents MYCALL as set on the initial CONTEST dialog So lets try to change the Q m
82. ing DOWN on the microphone DOWN lt 03 gt SRS DN lt 04 gt Filter width 8 83 MHz 500 Hz and 445 kHz filter width 500 Hz 1 lcs WINN 2 lt 03 gt SRS FL009009 lt 04 gt Filter width 8 83 MHz 2 4 kHz 445 kHz filter width 500 Hz EILTER 1 2 4kHz FILTER 2 0 5kHz lt 03 gt SRS FL007009 lt 04 gt Filter width 8 83 MHz 2 4 kHz filter width 445 kHz 2 4 kHz FILTER 1 2 4kHz FILTER 2 2 4kHz lt 03 gt SRS FL007007 lt 04 gt Select VFO A mode VFO A MODE lt 03 gt SRS FRO0 lt 04 gt Select VFO B mode MODE lt 03 gt SRS FR1 lt 04 gt B 7 Select MEMORY mode MEMORY MODE lt 03 gt SRS FR2 lt 04 gt To include FINE STEP On P 2 lt 03 gt SRS FS1 lt 04 gt PEINE STEP OFF lt 03 gt SRS FS0 lt 04 gt Transceiver b lt 03 gt SRS LK1 lt 04 gt Unlock the transceiver CN e 38 lt 03 gt SRS LK0 lt 04 gt Set the memory channel 2 SET MEMORY CHANEL 2 lt 03 gt SRS FR2 MC 02 lt 04 gt Set the memory channel 75 MEMORY CHANEL 75 lt 03 gt SRS FR2 MC 75 lt 04 gt Set the type of radiation 15 Set the type of radiation USB SE USB MODE lt 03 gt SRS MD2 lt 04 gt IMO DIE lt 03 gt SRS MD1 lt 04 gt Set the operating mode CW SET CW MODE 03 SRS MD3 04 Set the type o
83. ing frequencies in Hz Band Freq Hz 160 m 1840000 80m 3700000 40 7100000 30m 10150000 20m 14100000 17m 18110000 15m 21200000 12m 24930000 10m 28300000 6m 50100000 2m 144200000 The frequencies can be changed using CUTOFF FREQUENCY BAND MAP Some transceivers e g Kenwood do not support the change of VFO B when 44 using the VFO frequency setting If the local computer is connected via Telnet to one of the DX Clusters via the internet spots should appear in the band map window Spots are automatically sorted by frequency left to right up to down At the top of the column the most low frequency at the bottom the highest When filling in the leftmost column subsequent columns will appear to the right of the first Each spot in this window contains information about the frequency and callsign of the station If you have not worked the station and it is a new multiplier the letter M will be displayed If the call is already in your log for a given mode then the letter D Dupe will display If the station is operating split frequency SPLIT an icon is shown You may navigate the band map in two ways e Using the mouse moving the cursor to the desired call and clicking the left mouse button By pressing Ctrl End gt and moving with the keyboard arrow Keys left right up down Information on the spot that currently has
84. into TRMASTER DTA Building on the previous scenario some similar steps will be skipped NOTE TR4W logs are NOT in TR log format We now start POST back up and again specify ueff We give POST the location of the contest log and also will assume the log is not a TR log 89 Since the header information has not been removed we need to edit the file from another window with an editor that will show columns Notepad is recommended Now we can see calls begin in 56 and data begins in 74 2004 log Notepad Pm m with say Notepad delete the let POST do the work by pointing Ok that is the hard er way An alternative is first 13 lines and SAVE AS MY2004 TX is a space found at the data position the data is assumed to be blank Also I can get fancy and ignore a certain number of entries starting at he data position You would need to do this if you wanted to access the hird entry in the exchange and the first tuo entries uere not always the same length START OF LOG 2 8 123456789112345678921234567893123456789412345678951234567896123456789712345678 B B B B B 8 B nter cursor position for callsign 1 nter cursor position to start looking for data zero for none 56 nter number of entries to ignore zero for none 13 ere are the available places to save your data Choose none if you only ant to process the callsigns None CQ Zone TenTen Number F User 5 Section ITU Zone
85. ished instead of Right con ion selections we click on the button and de into the TRA4W INI file which is stored in the W folder located on the hard drive When we have finished m Configuration Statement File Edit Format View Help COMMANDS ae ee FILE D TR4W 2011 GENERAL QSO KOTO GENERAL QSO CFG Radio RADIO ONE TYPE FTLOOOMP RADIO ONE CONTROL PORT SERIAL 2 KEYER RADIO ONE OLITPUT PORT PARALLEL 1 KEYER RTS OFF KEYER DTR OFF BAUD RATE 4800 NAME Ri ght RADIO ONE Figure 0 8 21 The COMMANDS and Radio lines are comments Comments are enclosed The next line LATEST CONFIG FILE D TR4W 2011 GENERAL QSO KOTO GENERAL QSO CFG was created when we selected the Contest earlier The current year and the MY CALL entry were added to the name of the contest and used to create a new folder with that name This new folders contains the GENERAL QSO CFG file By putting this line in TR4W the program knows which folder is being used for the contest you desire to operate If wedocate the 2011 General QSO KOTO folder which is in the TRAW folder and then open t GENERAL QSO CFG file inside it with notepad we will see GENERAL QSO CFG Notepad MOR File Edi Format View Help Created by TR4w v 4 240c MY CALL K TO CATEGORY BAND ALL CATEGORY MODE CW CATEGORY OPERATOR SINGLE OP CATEGORY POWER LOW CATEGORY TRANSMITTER ONE CONTEST GENERAL 050
86. ives a nice overview that is suitable for cut paste to 3830 CWOPS SUMMARY SHEET CONTEST CWOPS START DATE 29 12 11 CALLSIGN USED N4AF LOCATOR 15 CATEGORY ASSISTED NON ASSISTED CATEGORY BAND ALL CATEGORY MODE CW CATEGORY OPERATOR SINGLE OP CATEGORY POWER HIGH CLUB Potomac Valley Radio cl NAME Howard Hoyt ADDRESS 549 Bluebird Trail ADDRESS CITY Blounts Creek ADDRESS STATE PROVINCE NC ADDRESS POSTALCODE 27814 ADDRESS COUNTRY US A EMAIL af blountscr OP OPERATING TIME COUNTER RUN SEARCH UNIQUE CALLSIGNS BAND Raw QSOsS va Prefixes 80 42 40cw 49 Totals Final Sc 5670 points 5 2 Export Files 108 5 2 1 ADIF File Amateur Data Interchange Format can be imported at any time into TR4W to recreate the log It s more global function is to move log data BETWEEN programs For example to export data from TR4W for import to Logger32 or LOTW processing is a good practice to export your log to a unique named ADIF file at the conclusion of a contest TRAW export will normally be to the specific contest directory under name of your call ADI It is worth noting the ONLY way to re load contest information back into TR4W at a later date As via IMPORT of the ADIF 5 2 2 Cabrillo File Cabrillo serves as the interface between the logging program and the contest sponsor The Cabrillo file will be what you email to the contest sponsor At contest conclusion the log should al
87. key and press p then ctrl x where x is the control character selected This should apply to all control programming So message speed up would be ctrl p ctrl f as an example To send the CQ on the inactive radio typically copying long exchange on S amp P radio you can simply do a lt CTRL P gt to enter Function key programming then specify to specify a CQ function Now choose an un occupied key and double click on it To the right of MESSAGE type lt 01 gt CQ N and then press TAB to move the cursor to the Caption entry Note Mode set of COMODE or SAPMODE was not set here Jf the function key command will change mode mode set is mandatory Additionally you must ensure that you are setting the right function key Did you want C Q E xchange or O ther 51 Now give the Function Key a meaningful title something like CQ R2 and select OK Tip lt SHIFT CTRL 2 gt toggles the Function Keys display Note this is germane to TRAW messages not SO2R but is worth repeating ENTER THE ACTUAL MESSAGE IN UPPER CASE So in this case CQ needs to be upper case When you test this you should see that a CQ is sent on your other radio but the radio selection see figures in SO2R setup did not switch focus Ok I tried a CQ from the inactive radio and got a caller but I am receiving an exchange Now what Typically the caller will dump his call in again your job is to QSL t
88. l and uncheck the components you don t want to install Click Next to continue Space required 482 0KB Figure 0 1 ne ntinue the installation click on next you will be asked where you want to store the TR4W am Windows suggests that you store it in the Program Files folder but it will be better to store it on the hard drive in its own folder Make the destination folder be C TR4W rather than C Program Files x86 TR4W That will make it easier to aces to make text file changes when you want to do so 15 TRAW v 4 242b Setup Installation Folder e Setup will install TR4W v 4 242b the following folder To install in a different folder click Browse and select another folder Click Install to start the installation Destination Folder C Program Files x86 TR4W Browse Space required 482 0 Space available 21 0GB _ Canel Nullsoft Install System tall When the installation is desktop see below Clicking on the Click on the Install button and the completed a TR4W icon will appear on yot icon starts the program lt Figure 0 2 S creens windo is the one that will appear each time you start You will be d to enter your call and select a contest to initiate After the first time you the program the window on the left will contain additional folders one for ontest that you
89. les apply Additionally TRAW will switch modes automatically in accordance with sprint rules REF lt CTRL J gt SPRINT QSY RULE SO2R takes a lot of practice but can pay dividends TIP Weekly NCCC sprints every Thursday are perfect for honing SO2R skills Advanced 502 Command Codes String examples Action Taken Command Codes string Send CQ on R2 Focus stays on lt 01 gt CQ Send My all on R2 Focus stays lt 01 gt lt 03 gt lt SAPMODE gt lt 04 gt on Repeat Exchange on R2 0125NN Swap set Op Mode and send lt 03 gt SWAPRADIOS lt 04 gt lt 03 gt SAPMODE lt 04 gt MyCall Swap set Op Mode and send CQ lt 03 gt SWAPRADIOS lt 04 gt lt 03 gt CQMODE lt 04 gt CQ Swap Radios with no Op Mode lt 03 gt SWAPRADIOS lt 04 gt Change Exchange Radios transfer all lt 03 gt EXCHANGE RADIOS lt 04 gt settings 53 Action Taken Command Codes string Send CQ on R2 Focus stays on lt 01 gt CQ V Dueling CQs lt 03 gt SWAPRADIOS lt 04 gt CQ TEST 4 3 Using the 2 The DX Cluster ned through the menu Windows DX Cluster DX Cluster f Connect 8 Disconnect Freeze Clear Comme nds sk3w se 3000 se 3000 EE The composition window consists of The drop down list with the addresses of DX Cluster Command Line Toolbar A window that displays the information sent and received from the server Button sending commands 54 Bu
90. library routine lame enc dll This library should be located in the TR4W folder or in the Windows System32 folder This dll Library can be downloaded from http tr4w com otherfiles Save the file in the TRAW directory 72 You must provide the interface between the radio and the sound card There are some commercial units that are available and you can use the UU2JJ interface shown in the Appendix references if you wish to build your own The basic job of the interface is to eliminate ground loops that would cause hum and to match the impedances of audio output from the radio to the impedance of the audio input to the sound card in the computer You may also wish to adjust the audio level between the output and input in the interface circuit In special fortunate cases you may be able to connect the audio output of the transceiver directly to the input of your sound card But in general you should anticipate that you will want to adjust the signal levels and impedances using transformers and potentiometers to avoid over driving or under driving the sound card audio input and reduce hum To start recording use the Main Window menu WINDOWS and select MP3 Recorder or press the hot key combination lt Shift Ctrl 0 gt That will bring up the MP3 Recorder window MP3 Recorder 8000Hz 32kbps z This window shows the following elements Enable Button enables disables the MP3 recording mode Window Elapsed Time displays the du
91. lier Types Specify whether multipliers are by band MULT BY BAND TRUE or FALSE whether DX multipliers are used in the contest DX MULTIPLIER where valid parameters NONE ARRL DXCC WITH NO USA OR ARRL DXCC WITH NO ARRL SECTIONS ARRL DXCC WITH NO USA CANADA KH6 OR KL7 ARRL DXCC WITH NO I OR ISO ARRL DXCC WITH NO JT ARRL DXCC CQ DXCC CQ DXCC WITH NO USA OR CANADA CQ DXCC WITH NO HB9 CQ DXCC WITH NO OK CQ EUROPEAN COUNTRIES CQ UBA EUROPEAN COUNTRIES CQ NON EUROPEAN COUNTRIES NORTH AMERICAN ARRL DXCC WITH NO USA CANADA OR KL7 NON SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES COUNTRIES AND PREFIXES CQ NON EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND WAE BLACK SEA COUNTRIES A Default value NONE 4 13 1 2 QSO Point Methods Specifies how many points per qso For example if each qso is one point then QSO POINT METHOD ONE POINT PER QSO 4 13 1 3 Exchanges Exchange format is controlled via lt CTRL J gt EXCHANGE RECEIVED valid data is AND CHAPTER OR QTH EXCHANGE CLASS DOMESTIC OR DX ARRL FD KIDS DAY EXCHANGE KIDS DAY AND POSSIBLE GRID SQUARE GRID LOC NAME DOMESTIC OR DX QTH MINNESOTA QSO PARTY NAQP CW NAQP SSB COLORADO QSO PARTY AND POSSIBLE TEN TEN NUMBER TEN TEN 79 ANZ FIELD DAY NZ FIELD DAY 4QSO NUMBER AND AGE SRR JR 4QSO NUMBER AND COORDINATES SUM AS CHAMP CW AS CHAMP SSB QSO NUMBER AND GEO COORDINATES RAEM QSO NUMBER AND GRID
92. lt M gt hot key command to switch to from FM You can disable the HF bands by setting the Configuration Statement HF BAND ENABLE FALSE This is the default for VHF UHF contests allows operation on all VHF UHF bands including light 4 8 Farnsworth CW TR4W allows you to send CW with Farnsworth spacing when sending messages or sending the contents of a file using the SENDCW command Farnsworth CW adds additional space between characters in order to achieve slower CW speeds while using a constant speed for the characters themselves typically 18 WPM This is useful for training purposes and in some situations on the air The Configuration Statement FARNSWORTH ENABLE controls whether or not Farnsworth spacing is used The Configuration Statement FARNSWORTH SPEED controls the code speed at which the Farnsworth feature is enabled As you decrease your code speed below this rate you will find more and more space added between CW characters The characters will be sent at the displayed code speed so your actual code speed will be less than that displayed The default value for FARNSWORTH SPEED is 25 WPM If you want the Farnsworth effect to be more pronounced increase this value You can dynamically control both of these parameters during the process of sending CW from a memory or file by using the Configuration Statements listed in the table below 71 Command Action Ctrl 2 Toggle FARNSWORTH ENABLE value Ctrl
93. mand Codes string lt 03 gt EXCHANGERADIOS lt 04 gt does just that You should see your radios switch bands with each other TR4W does not formally support dueling CQ s Want it lt 03 gt SWAPRADIOS lt 04 gt CQ 52 Assign that to a free F key and launch the CQ When tt ends Immediately press the F key again to launch your CQ on the other radio Sprint contests are a special challenge as they tend to be high speed with short exchanges and QSY rule that nullifies bandmap usage TR4W addresses them in several ways firstly dupesheets for both radios were added so the operator can visually determine if a station is a dupe on either radio without typing in a call a faster form of Alt D But if not in the dupesheet how to call without the Alt D spacebar lt 03 gt SWAPRADIOS lt 04 gt lt 03 gt SAPMODE lt 04 gt will swap radios place you in S amp P mode and send your call in one keystroke Normally after you are called by another station you are required to qsy But an alternative is to generate a CQ on the inactive radio lt 03 gt SWAPRADIOS lt 04 gt lt 03 gt CQMODE lt 04 gt CQ V Tip When programming keys you must be aware of initiating mode and final mode Eg The above would not work if you are in S amp P but wrote the sequence to a CQ Memory Key Likewise the Mode setting must be appropriate to whether you want to end up in S amp P or CQ mode TR4W is set to present a message warningsthat Sprint QSY ru
94. mber E User at the same time Y N y You can use most any ASCII format with this routine The only requirement is that the callsign and data must appear on the same line and there must be one entry per line Lines with no data or calls that does not look like a callsign will be ignored You will need to specify the character save If there to be blank I can get fancy and ignore a certain number of entries starting at he data position You would need to do this if you wanted to access the hird entry in the exchange and the first tuo entries were not always the same length 950 28836 CU 2884 11 86 2188 N4 F 8888 B 58 NC NERC 6661 M 61 SCY 1234567891123456789212345678931234567894123456 7895123456 7896123456789712345678 B 6 B B B B B Enter cursor position for callsign 56 Enter cursor position to start looking for data zero for none 77 e So we enter 77 and press ENTER We are again prompted for entries to ignore Since this 15 the version of the log with headers removed we 0 and press ENTER OSBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program OST is a space found at the data position the data is assumed to be blank Also I can get fancy and ignore a certain number of entries starting at he data position You would need to do this if you wanted to access the hird entry in the exchange and the first two entries were not always the same length 050 28836 CU 2884
95. n The callsign sent will be the one you enter into the CALL window If you have a serial number in the exchange it will be generated from the logged serial number The balance of the exchange will needrto be pre recorded To enable automatic generation of audio messages you set the Configuration Command USE RECORDED SIGNS TRUE Then you create 37 audio message files each of which has one letter of the alphabet or one digit from 0 to 9 pre recorded Generally the letters should be pronounced phonetically to help the listener For example the A WAV file might be Alpha letter A the B WAV file would be Bravo letter B etc Similarly 1 WAV file would be the digit One etc For the slash in a callsign create named _ WAV These files are stored in the folder LETTERSANDNUMBERS which is a sub folder of the folder specified by the command DVP PATH default is DVP In addition full callsigns and numbers be played if the full call sign and number was previously recorded and stored with filenames which correspond to the callsigns and numbers stored in them For example files with the call sign must have a name filename WAV such as UA4WLI WAV Files with serial numbers must have a filename WAV such that there will be a 1 WAV 2 WAV 11 WAV 12 WAV etc Tip Remember you can concatenate the files so you could have 98 WAV be formed from concatenating 9 WAV with 8 WAV It still will take a long time to record
96. nformation If you made a mistake with the other station s call you can enter the correct call in the Exchange window and the program will automatically correct the other station s call before logging the QSO If the received information matches the guess you need do nothing Now press ENTER 26 which will cause the computer to send a brief message to end the QSO That s all there is to it The QSO is complete and has been logged It has been written to your disk and it also appears on the line above the Call Window a section of the screen called the editable log The editable log is important It shows the last few QSOs Every time that you make a new QSO the editable log scrolls upward by one line and the topmost QSO disappears off the screen If you need to change the contents of a QSO that has scrolled off the top of the screen you may press lt ALT L gt to bring up the search facility If the searched for call is found you may then edit the exchange or correct the call Search log Callsign G4AMJ Mode Band All Operator Band Date UTC 055 Callsign DX Zn Pts M Id D Freq Op 40CW 38 12 1 G4AMJ G 14 3 2 B 7025 w 1 entries ms Other things that happen once your QSO is compl te are that the Exchange Window disappears and the cursor returns to the left edge of the Call Window You will also notice that several other windows on the screen now updated inform
97. nputs using 10K resistor Alternatively the Pin 14 voltage can be used to control an external relay to switch between two transmitters 15 Foot switch input Connect a 10K pull up resistor between this pin and pin 14 16 PTT output Use separate circuit B goes to 1K resistor 17 CW output Use separate circuit B goes to 1K resistor 18 Ground for CW and PTT connect to rig 25 Groundifor paddle See RADIO ONE BAND OUTPUT PORT These lines supply information for band decoding used to selectifilters and or antennas See RELAY CONTROL PORT This line is used to select between Radio 1 and Radio 2 See FOOT SWITCH PORT 118 Figure B 2 Circuit B Use this for parallel port CW and PTT The next two pages contain details of an adapter from N0SS SK Thanks to bitmap files used to generate these two pages QS 119 Parallel Port CW and PTT Keying Adapter and Paddle Input for TRLog Keyer 79 TX POS Pinouts for transistors Pin 17 CW keying Base To TX PTT O Collector 24VDC 8 50mA NE 16 max may not key Type TO 18 LPT Connections some amps directly DB 25 Male Pin 1 C3 M GND Pin 18 01 02 24401 2N2222 i or 2N3904 Pin 14 Di 1N400x or equiv 5VDC 10k tla EN Type TO 92 NOTE For TO 92 plastic Pin 12 DIT TRLog o b transistors use the three Electronic pin43 DAH Keyer holes which are in line Keyer Connections Pin 25
98. ns 1 8 3 Configur mputer Sound Interface Md he iguration Setup 23 2 Beginning Operating The TR4W Main Window Figures 1 7 and 1 8 shows a lot of information which you can use to keep you abreast of your status within the contest This information is presented within the Main Window in a collection of sub windows and boxes To see the names of all of the sub windows and boxes you can examine Figures 1 7 and 1 8 preceding or look in the TRAW Reference Manual In the sections following we show the names and locations of the sub windows that are of primary interest when you are either using the CQ operating mode or using the Search and Pounce S amp P operating mode 2 1 First QSO in CQ Mode TR4W has two operating modes CQ operating mode and Search and Pounce S amp P What this means in practice is that the responses of the TRAW program will be different to the things you type depending on which of the modes it is in at the time you do the typing Initially this may sound confusing but fortunately the learning curve for becoming accustomed to the two modes is neither steep nor long You count on being able to handle most of the things you wish do in either mode without much effort Almost certainly as you begin to use the program you will find that something you wish to do will cause you frustration because it does not seem to be part of the regular pattern of operation in that mode An example of this might be the
99. nternet addresses text dxcluster_alert_list txt Call signs monitored in DX Cluster text cty dat Country prefixes and geographic parameters text cursor bmp Graphic image specified by CUSTOM CARET statement commands help xxx ini Command Statement help xxx in the filename specifies the language text Winkeyer bin Winkeyer configuration binary luconsz ttf If present slashed zeros in program Change ttf to tt to disable 1 4 Folders used by the Program Folder Application SETTINGS TRAW INI AND TRAW POS DOM Multiplier files text DXCLUSTER Dxcluster xxxx txt text SERVER Tr4wserver exe DVP files and FULLCALLSIGNS FULLSERIALNUMBERS and LETTERSANDNUMBERS FULLCALLSIGNS call wav files FULLSERIALNUMBERS serial wav files LETTERSANDNUMBERS number wav amp letter wav files 1 5 Program Installation get started go to the TR4W homepage at http www tr4w com and download the most current version of the program Click on DOWNLOAD to bring up a list of TR4W versions for several languages Select the latest release in the language that you wish to use This manual is written for users of the English version but may be useful to those using TR4W other languages see a window like this 5 TR4W v 4 242b Setup Installation Options Check the components you want to instal
100. o is the responsibility of the user A circuit that will accept both microphone input and computer generated audio and route them to the microphone input of the radio is required Users build their own circuit or buy a commercial unit that will do this It is crucial that these audio circuits not be affected by RF and not introduce hum or distortion to the audio going into the radio The audio files that will be played by TR4W are selected by Configuration Statements located in the CFG file Some of these statements are invoked by Function Keys others are declared in the Configuration Statements and invoked as a part of the contest logging sequence of TR4W The contest logging sequence audio files have default names which be changed if desired The audio files are stored the DVP folder which is located in the TR4W folder This is discussed in more detail later in this section When using the DVP on a computer running Vista TRAW program should be run in Administrator mode 4 6 1 Audio file format The audio files must be in WAVE PCM format and have the extension WAV The main parameters that determine the quality of the sound file are the sampling frequency number of samples per second and the sample size number of bits used to encode one sample For high quality playback of the file on the air these two parameters should be set to at least 22 000 Hz and 16 bits respectively The length of audio files should not excee
101. om ownload mmtty nd install MMTTY in the TRAW folder Install add ons if ssary rt the MMTTY program and set the correct settings for the type of eration that you plan AFSK or FSK You will select the Serial Port that you antto use for FSK control and also to provide the PTT line control The audio from the radio should go to the sound card line in jack Test the MMTTY settings prior to starting TR4W to be sure that you can copy the signals you are able to hear on your radio You may need to read the MMTTY manual to get everything adjusted You should also test the transmission settings of The best way to assure that MMTTY is operating correctly is to set it up and 62 make on the air tests and contacts Once it is functional you are ready to proceed to starting the TR4W MMTTY version 3 Run TR4W select or create new contest e g CQ WW RTTY There are very few RTTY contests that have been established as supported contests so you can expect that you may need to modify an existing RTTY contest to become the pattern for the RTTY contest you wish to participate in See Section 4 13 Creating a non supported Contest 4 In lt Ctrl J gt window set value of MMTTY ENGINE full filename of mmtty exe with path MMTTY ENGINE path MMTTY EXE in TRAW 4 Open Windows MMTTY in TRAW The special MMTTY version of TRAW is compiled with the following settings LEADING ZERO CHARACTER 0 SHORT 0 0
102. ory perhaps TRLOG you may extract POST EXE and POST OVR A partial list of what you might want to exploit TR POST to build into TRM by callsign is Name max char 12 Old Call up to 12 char ARRL Section 5 CQ Zone 2 FOC Number 5 Grid 6 ITU Zone 5 Sweepstakes check 2 QTH 10 Code Speed 2 Ten Ten Number 6 User Defined 1 5 12 tioning that although TRMASTER DTA 4W in most cases prefill can be more easily NGE file For that reason emphasis will be Before actually doing a build it might can both display and prefill data into accomplished by exploiting an L placed on display of data EXCHANGE data is actually inserted into the exchange AY refers to insertion of data into the USER INFO INDOW both being sub windows of the Main Window of Note prefill is where field of TR4W t D WINDOW or A TR4W Also notesthat T will not run under Win7 X64 It must be run in Windows 32 bit rt PO E which looks like this 84 H DOSBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST TR POST CONTEST PROGRAM Version 6 72 elcome to the TR Post Contest Program You vill find manu procedures and tilities here to help uou after the contest There are a number of procedures nder the Log procedures menu These will perform various things to your log The QSL procedures menu has everything you need to support QSLing The eport procedures menu has a number of differ
103. r the contest and warn you that you are going to overlay the existing config file if you proceed Normally you can safely overlay the config file and proceed to initialize TR4W 2 3 2 Custom Messages 32 TR4W will use default messages for a contest but it usually makes sense to customize messages You may customize messages with a text editor by editing your local contest messages CONTEST NAME CFG file Where CONTEST is one of the TRAW CONTESTS Normally customization is just done from within TRAW by pressing lt ALT P gt 1 Press E to program exchange search and pounce function key Press D to program the other non function key messages Messages are broken down by their function CQ e Exchange Other Special characters in messages are summ A complete list of message characters follows Symbol Function Passes the number of QSO ay b ompanied by or and a single integer to change the number A Sends the callsign entered in the callsign box Sends greetings and name if known ie GM JOHN Adds a space at the end of message Passes the name of the e name add a space at the end if there is a name Sends the char cters from the keyboard until you press ENTER or ESCAPE Transmits the appropriate greetings with no name GM GA or GE based on callsign Sends call sign Usedsin the competition as determined by MY CALL __Passes the name that has been copied to t
104. ration of the current MP3 audio file Window Level shows the relative level of the input signal There are several Configuration Statements that determine the operation of the DVP recorder ENABLE MP3 RECORDER default is FALSE MP3 RECORDER BITRATE default 8 RECORDER MP3 SAMPLE RATE default 8000 MP3 PATH path tofolder which will store recorded MP3 files MP3 RECORDER DURATION EACH QSO EACH HOUR NON STOP In general the bitrate and sample rates can be left at the default values The method of starting the MP3 recording is determined by the Configuration Statement ENABLE MP3 RECORDER default is FALSE If the Value is TRUE recording will start immediately after you open the MP3 Recorder window When the Value is FALSE you must click the Enable Button to start the recording MP3 PATH specifies the folder in which the MP3 files will be stored If you wish you can set the path to a folder for MP3 other than the default folder 73 MP3 RECORDER BITRATE default 8 RECORDER MP3 SAMPLE RATE default 8000 The above Configuration Statement determines the fidelity of the recording The recording bit rate should be at least 8 to record CW signals and at least 32 to record SSB signals The difference bit rates means that SSB recordings will be 4 times as large as CW signal recordings for the same period of recording The length of a recording snippet is governed by a Command Statement Only one of tlie
105. rd entry in the exchange and the first tuo entries uere not always the same length 4X1DF Karl 599 B 8 B B B B B Enter cursor position for callsign 1234567891123456789212345678931234567894123456 7895123456 7896123456789712345678 Post now requests the column number that data we wish to display TRAW is located in The column display shows the NAME begins 8 so we will type 8 and press ENTER Bs DOSBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 1 Frameskip 0 Program Old data will be over written if the overwrite flag for the data field is set vieu edit these flags Enter the name of the file to process none to quit myfile txt Is this TR log file Y N n You can use most any ASCII format with this routine The only requirement is that the callsign and data must appear on the same line and there must be one entry per line Lines with no data or calls that does not look like a callsign will be ignored You will need to specify the character positions to use for the callsign and any data you want to save If there is a space found at the data position the data is assumed to be blank Also I can get fancy and ignore a certain number of entries starting at he data position You would need to do this if you wanted to access the hird entry in the exchange and the first tuo entries were not always the same length 4X1DF Karl 599 123456789112345678921234567893123456789412345678951234567896123456789712345678 B 8
106. re going to copy the TRMASTER DTA file into our SWEEPSTAKES directory This is because the customized data is specific to the SS When we bring up TR4W and enter N6RC here is what happens 93 TR4W v 4 240d 2011 ARRL SS CW Nada Hmm perhaps it is time to examine our settings Aha the problem is lt CTRL J gt USER INFO SHOWN is sti For maximum flexibility we set it to CUSTOM We no CUSTOM USER STRING where we type in CHEC 4 240d 2011 ARRL SS CW N4AF Et EXCHANGE STRING by double clicking it and entering CHECK and saving 94 7 TRAW v 4 240d 2011 ARRL SS CW That did it Note that we still are set to display in the USER INFO Tip you should already be aware you can add to the exchange field correcti eb after 61 UPDATE ENABLE TRUE we could type la 60eb into the exchange fiel ly the exchange but the call also Tip Ensure lt CTRL J gt SCP MINIMUM LETTERS is NOT set Now we will show a scenario where we used TRAW want to propagate TRMASTER DTA with the es o ations we have qso d We will choose the simple case where only signal rep were logged Otherwise you will need to use something like a spreadsheet and names or at least ensure they are consistently in the same columns So the first step will be to exp rt our QS RAL QSO log to INITIAL EX 95 C Program Files x86 TR4W
107. receive RX ON lt 03 gt SRS RX lt 04 gt Reproduction of synthesized voice Ze Y GENERATION OF SYNTHESIZED VOICE lt 03 gt SRS VR lt 04 gt k Include XIT A PESE INI lt 03 gt SRS XT1 lt 04 gt Disable XIT 5 Messages be programmed so as t de the names of station operators and appropriate greetings PEN Oleg 03 SRS XT0 04 2 3 4 Personalized Greetings U U I IA 7 Symbol Function b stomized in TRMASTER e GM G E depends on the local time correspondent A NV specified CLUB this name is ignored Greetings may also depend on local time dividual values determined from the file HELLO DAT It should be a simple text file fro orking directory TRAW as follows the abbreviation of the country a gap a DL MOIN EA GRS EU ZDR E BJIR The HELLO LA HEI OH HEI OK AHOJ OM AHOJ SM HELLO AU ZDR UR ZDR VK GDAY 41 More data on TRMASTER customization may be found in the TRMASTER Advanced section QS 42 3 Alarms and Notes TR4W tracks how many minutes have passed since your last QSO By setting lt CTRL J gt WAKE UP TIME OUT X where X is the number of minutes elapsed TR4W will sound a beep every minute until you work another station NOTES The NOTE facility allows entry of notes into the log via lt CTRL N gt At the end of the contest notes can be read by selecting EXPORT then NOTES This produce a screen listing NOTES
108. rl 8 Reduce Auto QSL Interval Ctrl 9 Cursor in the map window range Ctrl PgDn Reduce CW speed to idle radio Ctrl PgUp Increase CW speed to idle radio 8 4 Shift Ctrl Keys Shortcut Keys Shift Shift Ctrl Shift Ctrl 0 Shift Ctrl 1 Shift Ctrl 2 Shift Ctrl 3 Shift Ctrl 4 Shift Ctrl 5 Shift Ctrl 6 Shift Ctrl 7 Shift Ctrl 8 Shift Ctrl 9 Shift Tab 85Ctrl Alt Keys Shortcut Keys Ctrl Alt 1 Ctrl Alt 2 Ctrl Alt M Ctrl Alt S Ctrl Alt T Ctrl Alt W Description Send a message Map of the range Open MP3 recorder Sheet repeats Function keys TRMASTER DTA By default Radio 1 Radio 2 Intercom Send a report to GETSCORES ORG Station CQ mode Description Radio 1 Radio 2 Tiling Compare and synchronize the logs Time Synchronization Reset the Alarm 124 8 6 Special Keys Shortcut Keys Description Del Delete the selected spot Enter Enter QSO and transmit Ese Ins Toggeimet repae nE window PgDn Reduce CWspeed Pgup Increase CW speed 0 1 Sendspottoduster 125 8 7 Supported Transceivers Transceiver Polling PTT VIA Baud Radio COMMANDS Rate Address 1 K2 OK OK 4800 2 OK OK 4800 3 5850 4800 4 10
109. s or values BAND MAP DECAY TIME it fades away This helps to quickly visually keep track of how much of the map you have recently visited You change the frequency of the radio to the frequency of a particular bandmap entry by using the lt Control End gt to place the cursor in the bandmap Then using the cursor keys select the desired callsign Press ENTER and the active radio VFO will be set to the frequency of the selected callsign If the callsign spot had QSX information the transceiver will be placed in a split frequency mode and will be ready to transmit on the split frequency 46 When the cursor is in the bandmap window there are several additional keyboard commands e lt Control End gt moves the cursor into the bandmap window The UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT arrow keys move the cursor when it is in the window ENTER sets the active radio VFO to the selected spot frequency amp loads the callsign into the Call Window lt DELETE gt deletes the callsign entry that is selected ESCAPE moves the cursor out of the bandmap window lt D gt toggles Dupe display lt M gt toggles all Mode lt B gt toggles all Bands If you are checking for a second spot by pressing the lt SPACE gt for the station which is already in the bandmap the previous call will be remo and new call will be added to the map If you qso another station on the same frequency the new call will overwrite the old callsign
110. s complete and you will receive information from the cluster Note To automatically login set the lt CTRL J gt CONNECTION COMMAND Window Configuration command to your call After that the authentication will happen automatically Information on the air any station spot willbe displayed in a window around the following form DX de HA2RX 14025 0 9G5TT Vy strong 08412 JN87 This line suggests that at this point at a frequency of 14025 0 kHz radio works 9GSTT This was reported by a radio amateur with callsign in HA2RX 0841 UTC Also as a comment indicated that 9G5TT heard very loudly To access Reverse Beacon Networky lt CTRL J gt TELNET SERVER should be set to telnet reversebeacon net 7000 or you can just select it off the dropdown list 1 above 55 4 4Multi Operation Reference NETWORKING A N Q 56 5 5 Network Operation TR4W network operation is based on the use of the built in program TR4WSERVER This program uses a TCP connection to relay all incoming messages on the network to TR4W clients The program TR4WSERVER EXE is included with TR4W and located in a directory TRAW SERVER The maximum number of concurrent computers on the network is 26 There may be only one server on the network The server can run on a single computer as LOCALHOST on a computer that is also running the program TR4W Identifying computers a network is determined by the CTRE J COMPUTER ID parameter This param
111. sign entered into the MY CALL box of initial window Inside the Main Window is a number Ib windows or boxes Some of these boxes already have values and others are greyed out or blank They are waiting window The Band box shows 160CW the Date box shows 30 11 11 DD MM Y Y the Clock box shows 05 53 UTC and the QSO Numb 1 These values are shown just below the bottom of the Editabl sub window These are the values that will be logged into that sub wi QSO is completed The cursor in locate er bottom of the Main Window we see the PTT box is OFF the JE box shows CW meters the Operating Mode box shows CQ program to log QSO s even though we did not have a control interface established between the computer and the radio The cursor is in the Call window and we simply type the call we wish to enter and then press the ENTER or RETURN key The cursor will move to the Exchange window Next we can enter a name and QTH state prefix city etc with a space separating name and QTH Then press ENTER to have it logged We can change the Band by using Alt B or Alt V and we can change the transmitting Mode by using AIt M We can delete the last log entry by hitting Alt Y If we delete it by mistake then we can restore it using Ctrl Y These commands and others are found in the sub menus under the Alt and Ctrl headings of the Main Window menu 1 7Program Windows Names and Colors QS 1 8 Confi
112. sition You would need to do this if you wanted to access the hird entry in the exchange and the first two entries were not always the same length 4X1DF Karl 599 123456789112345678921234567893123456789412345678951234567896123456789712345678 B B B B B 8 8 Enter cursor position for callsign This panel is the heart of customizing TRMASTER DTA Notice the column indicator below the first line that POST located in the file The column Indicator is showing the column numbers of the data We now want to enter the beginning column for callsigns in this case it 1s 1 so we will enter that and press ENTER POST SBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program ie once for names and again for QTHs Old data will be over written if the overwrite flag for the data field is set Execute the 0 command on the menu to vieu edit these flags Enter the name of the file to process none to quit myfile txt Is this TR log file Y N n You can use most any ASCII format with this routine The only requirement and there must be one entry per line Lines with no data or calls that does not look like a callsign will be ignored You will need to specify the character save If there is a space found at the data position the data is assumed to be blank Also I can get fancy and ignore a certain number of entries starting at he data position You would need to do this if you wanted to access the hi
113. ss of working on the air operation Audio sent Send pressing Function Key F1 CQF1 WAV United Alpha Four Whiskey Lima Italy Contest Types YU1QQ in Call amp presses ENTER Y WAV U WAV 1 WAV Q WAV Q WAV Yankee Uniform One Quebec Quebec The exchange is sent after the call above CQEXCHANGE WAV QSL Five Nine One Five YU1QQ provides his exchange When his exchange is entered press Enter to log the QSO QSL WAV Thanks United Alpha Four Whiskey Lima Italy Contest 70 4 7 VHF UHF Several features of TR LOG have been tailored for the VHF UHF contest operator TR LOG allows you to work rovers as they change grid squares Rover stations are logged with the suffix R added to their call When you work a rover for the second time on a given band mode you will be shown a list of grid squares for which you already QSOs If the grid square you enter into the exchange field is different you will receive full QSO points for the QSO If it is a duplicate grid you will receive zero QSO points for the contact When working the station in a new grid square you can simply type the new information over the initial exchange entry that TR LOG automatically enters from the earlier QSO When operating on VHF UHF TRAW adds FM as a supported mode This allows you to separate FM QSOs from SSB ones FM QSOs are treated just like SSB QSOs for dupe and multiplier checking Use the lt A
114. suring TR4W for your station To set up TR4W to interface with your radio we will open the Settings menu heading and show the sub menus Settings menus Radio 1 Ctri Alt L Radio2 CtrieAlte2 Callsign Figure 0 6 The Settings menu has several choices of sub menus The CAT an ub menu has been selected because we wish to set up the control of a radio by t That sub menu has two alternative choices Radio 1 or Radio 2 1 8 1 Configuring the Radio e We start by selecting the Radio 1 sub menu a icking ont to bring up the window that 15 used to select the radio type set the COM port an hand shaking between the computer and the radio Every box which has a sm ointing triangle contains a list of choices for that particular box By clicki iangle you will be shown the choices and RID ONE TYRE MOOONECINTROLFCRT fog ROB DNE CATRIS x ONE TYPE FADIO ONE CONTROL PORT RIDE ONE CT ATS ONE CAT DTR OFF ONE BAUD FATE F CWT T FADO ONE CAT DTR D 4 RODMERDREE mp Rp vl RIOD ONE CYERRTS Fu MOOOEEVEROTA KEYERRADOCHEOUTPJT PORT grs s RADIO ONE NENE rr ONE NAME Fiji Figure 0 7a Figure 0 9b The Figure 10a shows the initial settings when the program is opened for the first time and no Radio configurations have
115. t all transceivers support the reset rit command Please note that messages must be entered in UPPER CASE More message customization Is covered in the SO2R Advanced and TRMASTER DTA Advanced sections 2 3 3 Sending Messages to the Rig If your radio is connected through an interface to the comput en he control characters lt 03 gt and lt 04 gt can send commands Use the following sequence p We pase Eee onm tche active caclo lt 03 gt SRS string lt 04 gt 7 Pace VYerczing on non active alus 03 SRSI string lt 04 gt 8 Bass seing qoo acho 1 lt 03 gt SRS1l string lt 04 gt gp Pages io acio 2 lt 03 gt SRS2 string lt 04 gt For example for most Kenwood i al filters lt 03 gt SRS FL010009 switch narrowband fi 7 command while the program is using lt ALT P gt then to enter control charact P gt The hexadecimal value lt CTRL C gt 3 lt CTRL D gt 4 The program S e of commands between the two characters and lt CTRL C gt lt CTRL D gt Sot will e commands that contain the code 4 it will be perceived as the end of the c an uence For example the message CW MEMORY Eois lt 03 gt SRS1 xxx lt 01 gt lt 04 gt lt 04 gt will be reted as SRSI xxx 01 14 10ther Kenwood transceivers CAT commands Reconstructed above Is equivalent to pressing the UP button on the microphone gU 37 lt 03 gt SRS UP lt 04 gt Reconstructed below Equivalent to press
116. t is set by INITIAL EXCHANGE FILENAME pointing to its location in the contest directory What resides in the INITIAL EXCHANGE file dictates what will be p exchange field If a given callsign resides in both TRMASTER DTA and INIT receives precedence over TRMASTER DTA At completion of a contest selection of EXPORT INITIAL EX in writing a sorted CUSTOM INITIAL EX file to the contest4di extant INITIAL EX file used in the contest PLUS a list just concluded contest NOTE The INITIAL EXCHANGE FILENAM EXCHANGE It can be set to for example CUSTOM An example of Initial Exchange creati und at the end of the TRMASTER Advanced Usage section O Qs 81 4 14 TRMASTER Database Basic Usage TRMASTER DTA contains the callsigns of known contest active stations and is presently maintained by WA1Z TRMASTER DTA is NOT shipped with TRAW as it is not maintained by any single logging program The master file what TR4W calls TRMASTER is closely connected to the System Check Partial function used by practically every logging program The seasoned operator tends to observe the SCP window while a call is entered If the SCP does not show match it 15 doubly important to check that the unique call is valid since this can lead to a penalty when the contest sponsor initiates log checking To download and install Navigate to http www supercheckpartial com Right click on MASTER DTA Choose SAVE AS and save to
117. te TIP Because POST requires fixed columns an easy way to convert a file is to open it ina spreadsheet and copy paste the contents out You will need to scroll the results to guarantee you do not have calls that overflow their allotted space like portables You can now load TRMASTER DTA database with the complete current listing of CWops names NOTE unlike INITIAL EX format POST can handle intervening extraneous data so you could create an ascii table with extra data you did not remove between columns POST will read E Since we have the CWops spreadsheet still open why not build that would PREFILL the exchange for CWops contest 2 NAME we drag the cursor over all four fields D CWops Roster htm LibreOffice Calc Be Edt View Inset Format Tools Data Window Help BiBSSIVS ADO A 91 IQ us s l D 1 ls QI d JE EB b w ta 2 85 sto i lt CTRL C gt will now load the data into our clipboard and we can paste to file using Notepad and lt CTRL V gt as before We then save the file as CWO TXT into the directory where POST resides This illustrates how POST does not care about intervening data LAST NAME column so the capture can include extraneous data as long as it is always in the same fixed column Use the above procedures to build TRMASTER to PREFILL NAME and But what if you want to build an INITIAL ex INITIAL EXCHANGE file This time we
118. te greeting depending on the country of the station Care has been taken to create an efficient way to search and pounce S amp P on CW When you are in the search and pounce mode typing a call and then pressing ENTER will either send your call if it is a new station or tell you that it is a dupe Pressing ENTER again after copying the exchange will send your exchange and log the contact It is worth reading that last sentence again slowly to make sure that you understand how easy it is to make a QSO in TR4W Other useful tools for efficient search and pounce operation include a color coded band map and the way that the program highlights duplicate callsigns when using the partial call or super check partial features The program is also very efficient when running stations A contact can be completed by typing a call pressing ENTER waiting for the station to send their exchange e g 599 and a zone which is already automatically entered for you by the program and then pressing ENTER to log the contact and send a QSL message That is a total of just S keystrokes for a four character callsign Some operators even eliminate the first ENTER because the program can start sending the call after you have typed a programmable number of characters from the call and it will start the exchange when it has caught up to your typing See AUTO SEND CHARACTER COUNT and AUTO CALL TERMINATE the TR4W Reference Manual for details And just
119. the focus selecyed is displayed in the band map window information line located at the bottom of the Main Window This line is displayed from left to right as follows Call spotted Time elapsed since the spot The country of the call e Station sending the spot Any comments sent with the spot The total n mber of spots in the band map As spots age they change color The most recent spots are highlighted in white letters on a contrasting black background Then they gradually fade becoming first blue then black on white then gray and finally disappear altogether The duration that a spot will show in the band map window is by a Configuration Statement BAND MAP DECAY TIME MM where MM is the number of minutes Double clicking on the spot or pressing ENTER when the spot has the focus sets the active radio to the frequency of spot assuming that the radio is connected to the program via the CAT interface and enters the call sign of the spotted station in the CALL window of the Main Window By default the map shows all call signs including dupes 45 You may disable the dupe display via lt CTRL J gt BAND MAP Dupe DISPLAY FALSE If the bandmap exceeds the screen changing the frequency of the transceiver or when you move the map cursor keys will scroll automatically scroll the bandmap Bandmap works best when the transceiver is connected through an interface with the computer CAT so that the program
120. the COMPUTER ID i Ensure that the program TRAWS e value on each PC u can use the menu item Tools Ping is item will ping the address specified in the command SERVER ADDRES Make sure thatthe The Network connecti indow provides the following information about each station in the ne e i ifi OMPUTER COMPUTER NAME type of modulation status ofthe work CQ or S amp P state PTT ON or OFF ber of connections urrent call sign in the window CALLSIGN WINDOW Network Connected to LOCALHOST 106 Name as Band Freq st 95 Callsign D POS B 20CW 14 0 0 15CW 21 C 0 9 If you change one of these parameters any station this information will be 58 passed immediately to all computers on the network When you connect your fastest computer the cluster spots will be relayed to all computers on the network In operation the program TR4WSERVER EXE besides relaying information saves to file SERVERLOG TRW in the SERVER directory under TR4W RECOVERY When you first bring the network up you should find everything is synch d File Settings Windows Alt Ctrl Commands N Co ito LOCALHOST 1061 160 80 40 ES Name Band Freq St PTT Qs Callsign D 5 B 20CW E 0 CW QSOs Oblasts 15CW 21 0 9 3oth QsS Callsign DX QTH Pts M 7025 26 m 0 00 00 00 RIGHT
121. to make things insanely easy you even use a footswitch instead of the ENTER key A band map can be displayed showing stations for which you have recently performed dupe checks The display shows the calls sorted in frequency for the band which you are active and color coded to show the time that has elapsed since they were last checked Spots received via the DXCluster interface will also be shown on the band map Additionally you have a choice of two different QSL messages that can be sent while the contact is being logged When working a station yougwill automatically be shown the bands on which you need a QSO or multiplier from the station This is very useful when you might want to move the station to other bands You also are continuously shown a list of missing multipliers for your current band and mode For domestic multipliers a complete list of remaining multipliers is shown When the contest uses country multipliers a programmable list of more than 90 countries can be showh The multiplier status of countries not displayed be checked explicitly by simply performing dupe check You can switch between displays showing remaining zones domestic multipliers and countries with a single keystroke As you enter a callsign matching partial calls from the dupe sheet will be displayed automatically After entering the call a list of other stations with similar calls is displayed These calls may be easily selected if
122. ttons in the toolbar Connect Connect to the server at the address given in the address bar Disconnect Disable the already established connection Freeze window that displays information from the cluster In this case when a new spot a window with the spots will not scroll down something would display the last spot Clear Clear the window with the spots Clicking this button pops up a menu of commands that can be sent to the server The default list contains three commands HELP SHOW USERS SHOW WWV and SHOW FILTER If desired Commands the list can be added to their team To do this in the program directory you must create and register CLUSTER COMMANDS TXT the commands Each team must start a new line This file may contain no more than 100 teams Send a command to the server sh fdx 50 that displays the last 50 spots Depending on the cluster can be derived at least 50 spots Freeze 50 To connect to the cluster select the server cluster node from the drop down listXthe default server sk3w se and click Connect This will connect you to the selected server To start working with a cluster to receive information and send your need to log in ie authenticate Login is needed to tell the server your call Simply enter your callsign into the command line 2 by default the program will automatically default to the value of the command there lt CTRL J gt CALL and click the Sendbutton 5 When this authentication process i
123. ty to be initiated by the In this Main Window the Band is 160 meters the Mode i te is 11 30 2011 Nov 30 2011 The CW speed set as 35 WPM The e is 05 53 C Although Radio 1 is shown there is no frequency associated with it T ells been interfaced with a radio We can use the program to log contacts QS established between the computer and lt ALT B gt or lt ALT V gt and we ca other operations are listed under the the section following e can change the Band by using ode by using lt ALT M gt b These the Main Window which are described in Sub Menus of Main Window ile Menu 110 Clear log Open log directory Import Export Reports Exit 111 6 1 1 2 Settings Menu Settings Windows Alt Ctrl Configuration commands Ctrl Commands Tools Met Help 15 Colors Appearance 10 All 0 0 Radio 1 Ctrl Alt 1 Radio 2 Ctrl Alt 2 Program messages Alt P CAT and Cw Keying LPT Ctrl Alt L Winkeyer Ctrl Callsign 6 1 1 3 Window Menu Alt Ctrl Commands Tools et Help Bandmap Shift Ctrl 10 All Dupesheet Functionkeys Shift Ctr 2 0 0 0 SCP Shift Ctr 3 Remaining mults Default Shift Ctrl 4 Radio 1 Shift Ctrl 5 Radio 2 Shift Ctrl 6 i Dornestic DX Cluster Zones Network Prefixes Int
124. uch as wav file which can be sent to people 74 as email attachments and can generally be read without a special program Such files will be larger than the compressed mp3 files however 4 10 Foot Switch foot switch can be interfaced to your computer and used to help make TR4W more foot switch needs to be a normally open switch that closes when pressed Th bounces the switch so you should not see action occur when releasing the swi following Only one Value can be selected at a time N Qs 75 Foot Switch Mode Values CONTROLENTER Acts as if the ctrl ENTER key was pressed advancing the QSO one step without sending any CW CW GRANT When you try to send CW the PTT signal will be asserted but no CW will be transmitted until you depress the footswitch DISABLED Disables all actions associated with the foot switch DUPECHECK Executes the alt D command when the foot switch is pressed F1 Acts just as if you had pressed the F1 key LAST CQ FREQ Returns you to the last frequency on which you called CQ NEXTBANDMAP Advances you to the frequency of the next i e higher frequency entry in theband map forthe current band and mode and which you have not yet worked Also puts you into S amp P Mode NEXTDISPLAYEDBANDMAP Advances you to the frequency of the next higher frequency displayed entry in the band map that you have not yet worked regardless o
125. vides us the to s extra fields DOSBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST is a space found at the data position the data is assumed to be blank Also I can get fancy and ignore a certain number of entries starting at he data position You would need to do this if you wanted to access the hird entry in the exchange and the first tuo entries were not always the same length 4X1DF Karl 599 nter cursor position for callsign 1 nter cursor position to start looking for data zero for none 8 nter number of entries to ignore zero for none B ere are the available places to save your data Choose none if you only ant to process the callsigns None 5 CQ Zone TenTen Number F User 5 RRL Section 6 ITU Zone User Grid Name User Check 8 Speed User QTH 9 FOC Number User you want to process another data field at the same time Y N In this simple case we respond that we only want to add the names so we respond n to the option of processing more fields We are next asked about setting overwrite flags answer y to better understand this setting 87 ACT 0 74 Cpu speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST OUERURITE FLAG STATUS RRL Section CQ Z one F 0C G rid H its I TUZone Chec k N ame 0 14 11 Q TH S peed T enTem User 1 User 2 User 3 User 4 User 5 FALSE The flags listed determine what
126. ways be renamed toa unique Cabrillo name TR4W will export to the specific contest directory using filename lt your call LOG gt but you may wish to give it a more unique name You also m st ensure that upon export you fill out the STATION INFORMATION accurately as it serves as Cabrillo header data used by the contest robot to validate your entry and most of the fields are required 5 2 3 Initial Exchanges List TR4W will export a listing of calls and exchange data that may be used as PREFILL data in future logs submitted for the same contest If there is no specific to callsign data for example only serial number TRAW will only export a header If an INITIAL EX file already existed TR4W will export a file named CUSTOM INITIAL EX which contains BOTH the original initialyex data and new data extracted from the log Upon next running ofthe contest if you want prefills point lt CTRL J gt INITIAL EXCHANGE FILENAME to the newly created CUSTOM INITIAL EX file 6 Main Window The window below is the Main Window It is what appears when you start the program and select the name of a contest 109 TRAW v 4 240c 2011 General QSOs KOTO File Settings Windows Alt Ctrl Commands Tools 05 53 38 O Name F 160CW 30 11 11 05 53 INSERT 00 00 00 000 0 SP 0 Radio 1 Radio 2 This hr 0 Rate 0 CO total 0 35 WPM P co windows already have values and others are blank waiting fi statements to be set or for some activi
127. will FALSE happen if there is data found in the FALSE file being processed and there is FALSE existing data for the same field TRUE already in the database If the flag FALSE is TRUE the data will be updated to FALSE value found in the file FALSE FALSE The H flag determines if the hits count FALSE is incremented for each log a call is FALSE found in You can later filter out the FALSE calls that only appear in 1 or 2 logs FALSE FALSE To change the value of one of the flags FALSE just press the key of the highlighted FALSE letter FALSE Enter field ID to change RETURN to start or ESCAPE to exit This shows that N ame is set to FALSE What this me if PA an existing entry for this to TRUE EXISTING RUE This states that as an want the latest data written gOTH i older log as input this may NOT be appropriate OUERURITE FLAG STATUS FALSE The flags listed determine what will FALSE happen if there is data found in the FALSE file being processed and there is FALSE existing data for the same field TRUE already im the database If the flag FALSE is TRUE the data will be updated to FALSE value found in the file TRUE FALSE The H flag determines if the hits count FALSE is incremented for each log a call is FALSE found in You can later filter out the FALSE calls that only appear in 1 or 2 logs FALSE FALSE To change the value of one of the flags FALSE just press the key of the highlighted FALSE letter FA
128. y You would make the following entry for that case DVP RECORDER Program Files 1 Audacity V audacity exe Save the Configuration Statement change and exit from the Configuration Commands window Now open the window for editing function key messages by typing lt Alt P gt gt C or E or O gt gt Then click on the function key you want to create play or edit If the filename WAV already exists and is stored the DVP folder press Alt E EDIT and the program specified in command DVP RECORDER will be opened and the filename WAV file will be loaded into the Audacity program and the program will be ready to run This allows you to you to listen write or edit the file specified by the function key If this filename WAV does not already exist pressing Alt E will produce the statement This file does not exist Create an empty file for Editing If you type yes an empty file with a duration of zero seconds will be created in the directory specified by the DVP Path Configuration 68 Statement DVP PATH the default value is DVP You can now record edit and display this file using the program you specified 4 6 5 Automatic generation of DVP audio messages During a contest the program itself can generate a message from previously recorded words You can have TR4W use your logging entries to generate the message for the calling station To do this it must generate and play a callsign and exchange for that statio
129. you discover that one of them is the correct call Exchange parameters such as domestic QTH age power name ITU Society and field day class are stored and recalled automatically when working the station on another band ITU and CQ zones are automatically entered for you in contests that include them as part of the exchange With just the standard configuration settings the default settings the program allows operators to be effective in contests even without very complex stations In fact it is not necessary to control the radio with the program to have it function as a very efficient contest 10 logging program that logs contacts keeps track of duplicate QSO s scores the contest as you are working and provides excellent post contest reporting and log submission routines for use after the contest is completed With practice the user will improve their facility with the program and at the same time increase their proficiency as a contester As you read this manual you will encounter many tables and figures that accompany the text describing how to use various features of the program The smaller TRAW Reference Manual shows the tables and figures lists the supported radios and contests and lists all of the Configuration Statements in a table plus has definitions and discussion for each of the Configuration Statements If you are new to TR4W at this point you probably will expect that it will be quite difficult to set up and start using

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