V15.04 1st May 2010
IOTA Contest:
SD now directly supports the IOTA contest,
including all custom features (and more)
from SDI. SDI is discontinued, and is no
longer supported.
Here are some of SD's IOTA features.
As you type callsigns, SD identifies the
country or call area and displays all
coresponding IOTA references - those
available as multipliers on the current
band and mode are highlighted.
SD identifies the continent, as calls are
typed, and pre-fills the abbreviation in the
IOTA Reference field. Hit Enter to log a
blank reference (no need to delete the
continent), or simply add the reference
number. Leading zeros are not required. For
example, add 4 to a pre-filled "EU" to log
EU004.
When editing IOTA references, leading
zeros (if any) are dropped and the cursor
is positioned after the continent. SD
adds the zeros, as necessary, after edits.
When entering a callsign which can only,
or is very likely to, belong to a specific
IOTA reference, the reference is pre-filled.
You may overtype the numeric part, or use
Esc to delete the field, as appropriate,
before logging the QSO with Enter. This
feature is controlled by storing the first
IOTA reference, for the corresponding
country in SDIOTA.CTY, in lower case.
When entering island callsigns worked
previously, or any callsign associated
with a specific IOTA reference, the mult
status, by band and mode, is displayed
under the callsign. You can instantly
decide whether it's worth asking for a
QSO on another band or mode.
When you enter any call worked earlier,
you see a display of band/mode slots
worked and needed. Those already worked
(including the current band & mode) are
shown in black - so you can say, for
example, "Thanks for 4 QSOs". When it
is the callsign of an island station,
multiplier bands/modes are highlighted.
To see the band/mode multiplier status
for a specific IOTA reference, type it
in the callsign field. For example, type
EU5 to see the information for EU005.
Add 1 to see the information for EU051.
Use Esc to clear the field, ready for
callsign entry.
Key File:
It was not possible to run SD two or more
times simultaneously because the key
file was locked by the first program to
access it. Fixed - thanks VK4TT.
SCAG Sprint:
Added template & scoring support. Thanks
SM1TDE.
Marking QSOs for Deletion:
The /Z and /ZAP callsign suffixes didn't
always work. Fixed.
Cosmetic:
Fixed some cosmetic errors related to
multiplier windows overlapping.
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You should replace previous V15 releases with
this version.
If you find any bugs, please post the details
to this mailing list.
Some older versions are available at
http://www.ei5di.com/sd/vaults
73,
Paul EI5DI
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