[TRLog] Release notes - Version 6.47

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             Release notes for TR Logging Program - Version 6.47
                               13 January 2000

Version 6.47 - Released 13 January 2000.

 - Added NAQP.DOM for the NAQP contest which includes VY0.

 - Improved the operation of the Base64 decoder (TR B64DECODE).

 - Fixed Cabrillo format for putting space after number sent in SS.  The
   Cabrillo format is still not totally implemented for contests other
   than the SS and CQ WW.  I will be getting to more for the next release.

 - Big changes to the bandmap.  Separate bandmaps are now stored for each
   band and mode.  This means a call can appear on more than one band/mode
   at a time.  New commands to support this include:

   BAND MAP ALL BANDS and BAND MAP ALL MODES (both in Control-J) to allow
   you to view all bands - or both modes - on one band map.  The default
   value is FALSE.

   BAND MAP CUTOFF FREQUENCY - used to set the CW/SSB transition frequency
   for a band.  The defaults are shown below.  The program will figure out
   the right band based upon the frequency you input (in Hertz).

    BandMapModeCutoffFrequency [Band160] :=   1840000;
    BandMapModeCutoffFrequency [Band80]  :=   3700000;
    BandMapModeCutoffFrequency [Band40]  :=   7100000;
    BandMapModeCutoffFrequency [Band30]  :=  10150000;
    BandMapModeCutoffFrequency [Band20]  :=  14100000;
    BandMapModeCutoffFrequency [Band17]  :=  18110000;
    BandMapModeCutoffFrequency [Band15]  :=  21200000;
    BandMapModeCutoffFrequency [Band12]  :=  24930000;
    BandMapModeCutoffFrequency [Band10]  :=  28300000;
    BandMapModeCutoffFrequency [Band6]   :=  50100000;
    BandMapModeCutoffFrequency [Band2]   := 144200000;

 - Added NEXTBANDMAP CW function key command.  This will advance you to
   the next non dupe entry in bandmap.  Also added as a footswitch mode.

 - Added CW GRANT footswitch mode.  When starting to send CW, the PTT
   signal will be asserted, but CW won't be sent until the footswitch
   input is asserted (grounded).

 - Added digital filter for Icom frequency reading.  This is an attempt
   to eliminate the problems with missing band information.

 - Fixed multi/network crash by increasing stack size to 24500.  This may
   also result in more stable operation even when not using the multi
   network and packet.

 - Removed LOGDUPE and LOGSTUFF from overlays.  Reduced overlay buffer to
   100K.  This was done to try an improve some of the slow responses.

 - Totally reworked bandmap stuff - increased speed - reduce memory used.

 - Added BAND MAP DUPE DISPLAY to the config file commands.

 - Removed AutoStartSend arrow showing up after Control-J in S&P mode.

 - Made MULTI INFO MESSAGE changed in Control-J be sent right away.


Version 6.46 - Released 24 November 1999

 - Implemented new packet unit - improved QSX parsing.

 - Changed .CAB Cabrillo file extension to .CBR.

 - Improved Alt-T to allow input of seconds.

 - Increased the size of the overlay buffer.  This will result in
   slightly less free memory, but reduce the amount of activity of
   overlays being loaded.  On some slower machines - the new setting
   was too aggressive and resulted in poor performance.  This might
   also be the fix for some of the packet/netowrk issues seen by some.

 - Fixed floppy error message not displayed long enough to see it.

 - Tried to fixed Icom radios sometimes showing NON for the band due
   to missing byte in communication.  However, I am not sure I have
   really fixed anything yet.

 - Added PACKETINPUTFILE startup command.  Next parameter is filename
   of ASCII file to process.  Spots will be loaded in from the file
   two per second.  They will be passed around to the network just as
   if they were received from a TNC.  There is also a file PACKET.ZIP
   included with the program with one month's worth of data to play
   with.  The format for the file is the same as the generated when
   using the PACKET LOG FILENAME command.

 - Fixed JIDX summary sheet not showing multipliers.

 - Sometimes notes entered into the log would be processed for partial
   call and initial exchange data.  This would result in some strange
   entries into the partial/possible call list.  This has been fixed.

 - Fixed delay when starting a CW message with ALL CW MESSAGES CHAINABLE.
   Before - a space character would always be added to the start of the
   message.  This now only happens if CW is still being sent.

 - Fixed TWO RADIO MODE getting confused if you hit ESCAPE while
   the program is calling the station you did Alt-D on.  Before,
   if you pressed ESCAPE before the program finished calling the
   station (i.e., "DE W5WMU") - the two radio state machine would
   be in the wrong state.  Also, note that the SPRINT QSY MODE
   is not to be used in SS with TWO RADIO MODE.  It will result
   in the QSO not being cleared out properly.

 - Moved display with AUTO DISPLAY DUPE QSO to after CW starts up.
   This removes a small delay that might happend before the QSO
   BEFORE message is sent.

 - Removed a blank line in the Control-J menu before the TAB MODE entry.
   Also - fixed the RADIO TWO TRACKING ENABLE DISPLAY entry to show the
   correct data.

 - Fixed the RADIO ONE TYPE command so it will accept lower case entries.

Version 6.45 - Released 24 October 1999?

 - POST Q C would sometimes ignore you if you wanted to process names.
   It should be more reliable now.

 - POST U E S (sort TRMASTER file) will remove dupes from the file.  Data
   will all be merged into one record.

 - POST U E F V (vanity call update) would not work properly when not
   saving all calls to the the database.  This has been fixed.

 - The TRMASTER.DTA format has been modified so that the JA cell is
   not used.  This should have no impact to the portability of
   MASTER.DTA files to TR.  There is no impact to the operation.
   However, your TRMASTER.DTA file will be a little smaller the
   next time you build it from the ASCII file.

 - Improved error detection in the case of file read errors with
   TRMASTER.DTA.

 - Fixed U E F F for non TR logs and no data (just callsigns).  It
   was totally broken in this mode.

 - Added HEXCONVERT startup command.  Convert either Hex to Decimal or
   Decimal to Hex.  Enter hex values with an H at the end of them.

 - Fixed bug with SS start up information not being saved to config file.

 - Made ] send last RST even after QSO is logged.

 - Added initial attempt at Cabrillo format for SS and CQ WW.  Still some
   improvements to be made.  There will probably be a better attempt
   made in the next release - but what is there should work for the
   CQ contest.  It can be found in the main menu of POST.

 - Added SWAP RADIO RELAY SENSE to allow the polarity of the radio control
   relay to be reversed.  It is available on the Control-J menu and the
   default value is FALSE.

 - Improved GetGrid defaults for YB and BY (Thanks VR2BG).

 - Fixed precedence question for startup for SS.

 - Fixed WAE bugs with QTCQRS and QTC EXTRA SPACE.

 - Fixed packet spots > 2 GHz from crashing program.

 - Fixed FT1000MP acting like FT1000 (1/16th frequency displayed).

 - Added ViewRadioDebug startup command.  Allows you to view the contents
   of a radio.dbg file (created with the startup command radiodebug) using
   the same algorithm that the program would use if it was interfaced to
   the radio.

Version 6.44 - 27 September 1999

 - Fixed Icom radios not displaying frequencies over 100 MHz.

 - Added BAND MAP DUPE DISPLAY (default = TRUE, Control-J).  When FALSE,
   dupes are not shown in the band map.

 - Made STDCFG.DAT commands execute before the .CFG file.  This means
   changes you make to the .CFG file with Control-J will take effect.

 - Added SWAP PACKET SPOT RADIOS (default = FALSE, Control-J) which will
   reverse which radio gets selected when sending a packet spot to a
   specific radio when using the Alt-U command and left or right keys.

 - Changed IC756 to operate like IC781 with respect to setting the narrow
   filter when updating frequency.

 - Fixed mults for OJ0 in SAC contest.

 - Improved default grid calculations for bunch of countries which improves
   the accuracy of sunrise/sunset, distance and beam headings.  Countries
   that now use prefix include CE, CP, EA, EU, HK, JA, K, LU, OA, OH, PY,
   SM, UA, UA9, UK, UN, UR, VE, VK, XE, YV, ZL, ZP and ZS.  UA, UA9, UK, UN
   and UR use full oblasts for even better resolution.

 - Disabled AUTO SEND CHARACTER COUNT feature if the call entered so far
   has / in it.  This keeps it from starting for calls like JA1/WB6ZVC.

 - Fixed REMINDERS and TOTAL SCORE MESSAGES in config file.

 - Attempted to fix bug with band map call sometimes blank in call
   window.  For those of you who have seen this - please let me know
   if I have succeded.

 - Updated SWEEPSTAKES to accept U M and S for precedences.

 - Fixed jerky CW with Keyboard Sending if radio interfaced.

 - Fixed PADDLE BUG ENABLE command in config file.

 - Fixed DIGITAL MODE ENABLE entry into config file when being saved
   from Control-J menu.

 - Made IOTA summary sheet ask if you were at home or DX-pedition.

 - Added UKRAINIAN contest and QSO POINT METHOD = UKRAINIAN.

 - Added BALTIC contest and QSO POINT METHOD = BALTIC.

 - Updated Russian contest - HFC - KVP - CROATIAN contests.

 - Added QTC QRS (Control-J - True) will slow down QTCs being sent.

 - Added QTC EXTRA SPACE (Control-J - True) will add extra spaces to
   QTCs being sent.

 - Made ESCAPE KEY abort sending of "QTC?" message.

 - Made ControlEnter and AltK key work when receiving QTCs.

 - Allowed cursor keys to edit QTC received message.  Also, INSERT and
   the cursor control keys (ControlA, S, D, F, G and T).

 - Fixed sending QTCs to a station that is contained in the QTC.

Version 6.43 released on 18 August 1999.

 - Updated HFC contest and improved defaults.

 - Made Domestic mult status from initial exchange use last entry first.

 - Fixed SENDCW command.

 - Fixed ARRL FD exchanges coming from TRMASTER when using simulator.

 - TUNE FOR DITS (control-J false).  Sends dits at 75 WPM when left shift
   and control keys depressed.

 - Fixed floppy save crashing.  Under certain amounts of available memory,
   an amount of memory exceeding the amount available was attempted to be
   secured.  This resulted in an IO error, which would result in either a
   program crash or strange behavior.

 - Reworked much of the memory stuff in LogSCP.  I did find one or two
   things that might have been risky and could explain some of the
   flaky operation people have seen when using the TRMASTER.DTA file.

 - Improved memory usage of TR by using more overlays.  I believe I
   have saved 30K without affecting program performance.  If you notice
   some slower operation, please let me know.

 - Fixed POST not allowing you to specify log name if no .CFG files.


Version 6.42 released on 5 July 1999.

 - Undid problem with IARU and countries created in 6.30.

 - Fixed cursor in wrong window after sending keyboard CW.

 - Fixed QUESTION MARK CHARACTER and SLASH MARK CHARACTER to work
   even if USE BIOS KEY CALLS = TRUE.

 - Made REGION ONE FIELD DAY /m stations count as /p stations.

 - Made initial exchanges for FD come up using MY FD CLASS and MY SECTION.

 - Fixed FT100 frequency display.

Version 6.41 - Released on 7 June 1999.

 - Added KIDS DAY contest.  Simply logs whatever you put into the
   exchange window.  Added KIDS exchange received.  This is probably
   a useful thing for other applications as well.

 - Added USE BIOS KEY CALLS - (default = TRUE, Control-J).  In order to
   use the F11 and F12 keys, TR had to interface directly to the hardware
   because many older BIOS programs didn't know about these keys.

   However, this makes it impossible to use other TSR program with TR.

   TR will now use BIOS calls as a default.  If your BIOS doesn't support
   F11 and F12, you can go back to the old method by setting USE BIOS KEY
   CALLS = FALSE.

 - Made many TRMASTER improvements.  Found some minor bugs that probably
   explain some of the crashing some of you have noticed.  I also
   improved the memory management so that less memory is used for
   smaller databases.  This will result in very "random" memory
   available displays, but unless you are using a monster database,
   there should be more memory free than before.

 - Fixed bug with POST U E F D (merge two .DTA files).  I have now used
   this to combine two very large databases.  It does take awhile to do,
   but it does work.

 - Fixed POST U S (generate summary of restart file) command to work with
   new filename standard.

 - Made POST U E F F (load data into TRMASTER from ASCII file) to process
   up to 10 different data items at once.

 - Made POST less memory hungry.

 - Added single line display buffer for unsent characters when using the
   keyboard send feature.  You can use the delete or backspace character
   to correct typing mistakes before the code goes out on the air.

 - Allow HELLO.DAT in same directory as other files (CTY.DAT).

 - Fixed QUICK QSL KEY 2 command (was setting value for KEY 1).  The
   QUICK QSL KEY 2 is normally the equal sign and it sends the
   QUICK QSL MESSAGE 2 (default is dit-dit).  This gives you an
   additional way to end CQ QSOs.  This was a previously undocumented
   feature.

 - Made Control-U use call in exchange window string if CALLSIGN UPDATE
   ENABLE is enabled.  Before, the program would use the call in the
   call window.



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