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1. 2 OSs 10 509 59 5 s Malls 0 0 0 0 0 needs for Current version does 0 0 20 4 239 273 1671km 0632715007 Band Date Oss Callsign Ps M kd D Freq Op D d ADCW 29 11 09 18 31 497 WMU 4 3 1 14050 14 own Od 2 11 00 18 13 A98 KICH 5 3 A 5 14001 72 HCW 29 11 00 18 36 490 K 5 3 14002 67 79 11 09 18 59 500 OGEN 15 1 1805278 9 11 09 19 0 501 ORIN 15 1 A 14052 15 Crech Republic 20 16 Sun INSERT Release notes 14049 39 A OK 60 00 00 000 73 SP 427 K3 Radio 2 Thishr 0 Rate 0 COtetako 35 WPM i Footsw OFF CQ JOTO WH t ORZPDT Support of more then 140 contests Support of Two Radio mode Radio interface with HF VHF transcivers including Yaesu Icom Kenwood and TenTec Interface via serial COM ports or USB lt gt RS 232 serial adapters Support of Winkeyer USB Built in telnet DX cluster SO2R Client server model TCP protocol Control of antenna band decoder via LPT port Antenna rotators control Support of networked mode Scalable size of the main window depending on your monitor resolution Built in on fly recorder CW manipulation via COM and LPT ports CW monitor via computer speaker Log backup to US
2. 50 42 2 SOZR BASIC OPERATIONS dedu frs 51 42 5 SOZR Advyanced Operatioii u DE 53 4 3 56 4 sedie S 58 2s MM deduci Eee d 64 4 6 Recording and Using Contest Messages audio 67 Ando pia y u a rare ener rear E D Ei 67 4162 TNE VOCATION OF audTO I eS uuu u ptt 67 Zo y i m u 68 4 6 4 Record and edit sound fileS U U U 70 4 6 5 Automatic generation of DVP audio messages eese 71 4 6 6 The process of working on 72 T 72 ASS IFarriswortih GOW ctr 73 4 9 Recording Contests ssns aS a EAA AAEREN aih 74 ANG Foot SWCD us 77 42171 Rotator COBDlFOL u uu u unn na ua taa sa 79 14 12 Countiy bistChapgegu s uu h maqa 79 4 13 Non Supported Contest Configuration 80 1 131 NewconiestSetupTrocediureu una cod nau eh an en ads 80 4 13 2 Configuration File Template aS h
3. 132 9 3 Addibional Cir i ioi cae cease 133 DA 5 EIC EL I IE 133 8 5 aut ipM m R R M 133 8 02 Special Koy SS Qu kuu ER RUE a Qusa 134 8 7 Supported lu 135 8 8 Supported COHL6SLS u a ERR 137 8 9 Sub Window default colors IILI III 141 9 Appendix A Configuration Statements eene eene eene nennen nennen nnns 142 LIST OF FIGURES Del odit amma dt dian 14 gt ah a ua mu ahua a 15 Idus RTT 15 e 16 Feur dte DNE un teris Ui cet 17 RTT 17 our ST RE TTE T 18 Ryo unum umu E E asan 20 Figure 1 9 Figure a sum utku a 21 s r EE 22 CPP 27 28 Foure 2 y a E E 29 19 Ute 30 D
4. gt file Where CONTEST NAME is of the TRAW CONTESTS Normally customization is just done from within TRAW by pressing lt ALT P gt Memory program function Press E to program an exchange search and pounce function key Fress to program the other non Function messages Figure 2 20 Messages are broken down by their function CO e Exchange e Other Special characters in messages are summarized as follows A complete list of message characters follows Symbol Function m Passes the number of QSO be accompanied by or and a single integer to change the num ber Sends callsign entered in callsign box Sends greetings and name if known ie GM JOHN Adds a space at the end of message 0 o Passes the name of the database name add a space at the end if there is a name Sends the characters from the keyboard until you press ENTER or ESCAPE Transmits appropriate greetings with no name GM or GE based on callsign Sends call sign used in the competition as determined by MY CALL Passes the name that has been copied to exchange window RST NAME Exchange Expects the number to be entered to use as RST and give it to CW Repeats the complete RST as the team was transferred to E Space used at the beginning or end of your message as gaps in the CFG ignored Half of the space in any location messages
5. ae 119 6 1 Menus and Sub Menus of Main Windowd 120 G lol MODUS diete iar esu mese un CLE 120 OLL SENES MENU aaae a 122 3 Mei uy aite etit atttem tai c iat et 122 OLIA kk ti Sua SML EA 122 Ost uu umasa dE 123 ELELO Commands oben n aio oci ros 124 uu Sous es obs 125 OLLO 22456 125 OLLES HET E T 125 Appendix Suggested Interface Circuits 126 Z 1 y m 126 b 7c ohn rol na una eei en ae 126 7 222 Serial keying and PTT control uy tede dete pU us me 126 7 1 3 Parallel Port LPT keying and PTT control 127 Cuan c r 131 GL NIME III NI UE 131 MI Na pe
6. E DOMESTIC QSO NUMBER QTH ARRL DX CW ARRL DX SSB k FD TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE CLASS DOMESTIC OR DX QTH ARRL ker CW FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE QSO NUMBER PRECEDENCE CHECK SECTION 16 ARRL SS SSB FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE QSO NUMBER PRECEDENCE CHECK SECTION ARRL VHF QSO ARRL VHF SS COORDINATES SUM COORDINATES SUM 23 CALIFORNIA QSO TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE QSO NUMBER DOMESTIC iE QSO NUMBER CONTEST QSO QSO MULT MULT EXCHANGE RECEIVED BY BY BY BY BAND MODE BAND MODE QTH QTH 36 DARC 10M FALSE TRUE FALSE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER OR DOMESTIC QTH DARC WAEDC TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER CW DARC WAEDC TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER SSB 39 DARC XMAS TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER OR DOMESTIC QTH EU SPRINT EUROPEAN HFC 42 EUROPEAN TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER AND GRID SQUARE TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE RST DOMESTIC OR DX QTH TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE RST NAME AND FISTS NUMBER OR POWER BI SA CW GAGARIN CUP GENERAL QSO GRID SQUARE QSO NUMBER ka sss FALSE FALSE RST 050 NUMBER AND POSSIBLE DOMESTIC QTH SPRINT DOMESTIC OR DX QTH 53 JALONG FALSE TRUE FALSE FALSE RST LONG JA TE PASS PASS q KIDS DAY 58 KING OF SPAIN TRUE F
7. files that delimit by 20 spaces or x 09 tabs like perhaps a club roster Tip Using Open Source spreadsheet LibreOffice you can read in variable column data then SAVE AS with Edit filter settings checked This will produce the following dialog where you can specify fixed columns Organize New folder Name Date modified RECYCLED RECYCLER k restore k CWops Roster files 12 28 201110 03 folder k FOC 3 2 2010 7 53 File folder pvrc files 12 24 2011 9 22 AM File folder fof Icroso E f al f 3 2 2010 7 50 AM M ft Office E k sprint EN pvrcroster 11 1 2009 8 05 AM Microsoft Office E System Volume Information i BL rosternm 11 1 2009 7 49 AM Microsoft Office E TFC TR trdw k trfree k CWops Roster files mm File name initial Save as type Text CSV csv hd Automatic file name extension _ Save with password Edit filter settings a Hide Folders Export Text File Field options Character set Western Windows 1252 WinLatin 4 Save cell content as shown z 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 tabl
8. mia With the area still highlighted do a lt CTRL gt holding down ctrl press and Cwops Roster htm LibreOffi t Formal Window Help id EWel s asgivetv iXoc0 5 axeDioowsQiIi E aia Bh El A AA 14 OU rssCE H lt aa H T DOOaDUIIIAI9Asa A SSS SSS a SS Taal on ____ BaGirs 5 Yami 49 cgatecoi 4X KF Moshe Winkler 69 Zoin 6 Mak Stem 6Y5WI SPONX Peer 33 9N7DX Dov Gavish 152 9VIYC James Brooks 6 Don Mies 52 Bob Delamater 97 AA3B Bud Trench 22 AAANN Blekwel 34 AASEG Richard Funk 454 AAA Mike Tindor 96 AAK Bob Rounds 106 ABIG Ke ABSTY Lea Hime 38 35 ACACA John Huecksteadt 60 Wes Spence s ACHW Jason Ree 67 ACT Dog Payne f 1 E E E E E 5 E E E E E 2 E 2 2 E E E E E EJ Let s get rid of the cells in column A whilst holding down lt CTRL gt click on header
9. Note The Board does fit between the 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 8 Appendix 8 1 Alt keys Alt Sub menu uti Med iu Spy pnis FH rens in lh ap wis Shortcut Keys Description User s Guide Set Time 8 2 Ctrl keys Ctrl Sub menu Shortcut Keys Description Send Keyboard Input t key board ct Packet port QSL Interval Increase 0 multipliers View Edit log t Interval Missing muks report t Interval QTC functions t Recall last entry t commands window View packet spots ct petition 2 Execute configuration fle Qt Mei qe Cusine dow Cursor in Cluster window CTIBOH info screen Cr Ctrl S SH call sign Add bandmapplaceholder Ctrl U Show packet spots Addtional information Ctrl Y Refresh band map radios map window sending DX Cluster 1 i 8 3 Additional Ctrl keys Shortcut Kevs Description 8 4 Shift Ctrl Keys Shortcut Keys Description Shift Send a message Shift Ctrl Map of the range Shift Ctrl 0 Open MP3 recorder Shift
10. 31 DIO UE oet ior 33 sur e 34 O 34 usus xr 35 Furo ias oiu 36 Siro 37 Pioute Sl REN Sed dotate EE 37 Ima 37 m 36 Pouro 29 oboe e mM 36 S iO TERR 38 1 Introduction TR4W 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 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 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 UAAWLI File Settings Windows At Cr Commands Tools t
11. program will automatically try to connect to the server every 5 seconds When you close the Network already existing connections will be terminated All Information displayed in the window Network comes from a server over a TCP connection even if the server is started locally Each computer must now run WINDOWS NETWORK to successfully connect In case of unsuccessful attempts to connect Check the command parameters SERVER ADDRESS and SERVER PORT and ensure the server port is not blocked by a firewall Make sure that the COMPUTER ID is a unique value on each PC Ensure that the program TR4WSERVER is running Make sure you can ping the server address You can use the menu item Tools gt Ping SERVER ADDRESS When you click this item will ping the address specified in the command SERVER ADDRESS Make sure that the port is not blocked by firewall The Network connection window provides the following information about each station in the network identifier ID COMPUTER network name TRAW COMPUTER NAME current range and type of modulation current frequency mode CW or SSB status of the work CQ or S amp P state PTT ON or OFF number of connections current call sign in the window CALLSIGN WINDOW Network Connected I Band Freq St PTT Qs Callsign D POS BB B 20CW 14 0 0 21 C 0 9 If you change one of these parameters in any station this information
12. 1 1 4 Special Keys and Short Cut or Hot Kevs 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 are represented by lt Keyl Key2 gt or lt Keyl Key2 Key3 gt where Keyl is CTRL ALT or SHIFT The indicates that these keys are to be pressed at the same time with Keyl 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 Keyl will generally be SHIFT and Key2 will be CTRL or ALT Examples are lt Ctrl A gt lt Alt M gt lt Ctrl Shift 1 gt 1 1 5 Function Keys These are represented as lt F3 gt for function key F3 held down alone lt Ctrl F3 gt for CTRL and the function key held down at the same time lt Alt F3 gt for ALT and the function 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 p
13. Some transceivers e g Kenwood do not support the change of VFO B when 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 left mouse button pressing Ctrl End and moving with the keyboard arrow keys left right up down Information on the spot that currently has 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 Station sending the spot Any comments sent with the spot The total number of spots i
14. 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 03MM GRABLASTCALL 04 lt 03 gt CLEAR THE TX BUFFER 04 lt 03 gt SWITCH TO lt 04 gt lt 03 gt SWITCH RX IMMEDIATELY lt 04 gt lt 03 gt SWITCH TO RX AFTER THE TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETED 04 4 0 Recording and Using DVP Contest Messages audio TRAW has 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 radio 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 s
15. Calculator 6 1 1 8 Net Menu 6 1 1 9 Help Menu Send bug report Check the latest version Home About 7 Appendix B Suggested Interface Circuits 7 1 CW Interface 7 1 1 CAT Control Table B 1 TNC Radio Network Wiring 3 sSenalouputfomCPU E 3 22 Serial input to CPU 7 5 7 1 2 Serial Port and PTT control Table B 2 Serial Port Keying and PTT Interface DB 25 Pin DB 9 Pin A PTT out use another Circuit A TB Some TNCs or radio interfaces may require one or both of the following jumpers to work properly these jumpers are 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 pin 1 to 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 a DB9 they pins 7 and 8 Eu ce p o sitive er Aw SS or equis cm mat Figure B 1 Circuit A Use this for serial port CW and PTT 7 1 3 Parallel Port LPT keying and PTT control Table B 3 Parallel Port Interface DB 25 Pin 1 Strobe Goes to emitter of all Circuit B transistors 2 Band Data output bit 0 Band Data output bit 1
16. Set the type of radiation AM lt 03 gt 5 5 5 04 Set the type of radiation FSK LOREMS DE lt 03 gt 5 5 6 04 Set the operating mode CW R s EE EIE lt 03 gt 5 5 7 lt 04 gt Set the operating mode FSK R SSIES TSI ll Dh ers lt 03 gt 5 5 09 04 Insert IDOL lt 03 gt 5 5 1 lt 04 gt Disable lt 03 gt 5 5 04 the minimum LOW PITCH Sn Set the maximum PITCH o Pl LG P L PC sar SEE PITCH value changes discretely and can have 9 values from 00 to 08 Clear frequency RIT XIT works w K3 also CACHE IE dex EST TI lt 03 gt 5 5 lt 04 gt Increase the frequency of RIT XIT Also l ph 03 SRS RU 04 Reduce the frequency of RIT XIT K3 Also XORI DONN lt 03 gt 5 5 lt 04 gt Set the display mode of SWR L ee lt 03 gt 5 5 1 lt 04 gt Set the display mode of ALC NC s l lt 03 gt 5 5 04 Set the display mode dB lt 03 gt 5 5 6 04 Turn lt 03 gt 5 5 1 lt 04 gt Disable RIT EE b REO Turn the transceiver on the transfer sj ON lt 03 gt 5 5 lt 04 gt Turn the transceiver receive RX ON lt 03 gt 5 5 lt 04 gt Reproduction of synthesized
17. 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 Comman Action d Ctrl 2 Toggle FARNSWORTH ENABLE value Ctrl 3 Set Farnsworth speed to 25 WPM Ctrl 4 Set Farnsworth speed to 35 WPM Ctrl 5 Set Farnsworth speed to 45 WPM Ctrl 16 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 or Alt 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 CW speed will be These commands may also be embedded in a text file that 1s 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 be 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 key pressed 4 9 Recording Contests TR4W can record contest activity using audi
18. and press lt CTRL gt B CWops Roster htm LibreOffice Calc m H e 2 S 2 X D D ALS Gi 7 lt gt i FH Times New Roman x AAAIE EJS E p s 2 e zJ I E A n D X wm Ha BarGiora 5 4XIFC 49 cgtecoi 4 Winkler 659 4ZIUF Zoin 6 infochen con joda gp je Poe 45 7A Rh 4 Hey Tennes 5 Pas Cos O Dew aera Blogspot Brooks Bob Delamere aam Bei Teh Joe 34 AASBG sa Mike Tidw 95 N Rounds Ke Tema Hm 3 ACK 35 John Huecksteat We Spence Ree Ac Dog Pam 32 AGW Ame Sheet 27 RE I While again holding down the lt CTRL gt key drag your mouse across the row columns A and B so that they highlight Do not release the lt gt key rather drag it down column all the way to the bottom of your screen and let the spreadsheet scro
19. receiving a long exchange and wanting to hold your run frequency on the run radio lt Ctrl A gt to the rescue since we need to QSL the exchange it makes sense to keep focus on the S amp P radio Solution lt Ctrl A gt can send 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 C CTRL D or use lt 03 gt lt 04 gt lt 05 gt lt 06 gt for simplicity we will use the latter If you use the CTRL X method you must first hold down the control key and press p then ctrl x where x is the control character selected This should apply to all control programming So that CW 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 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 and then press TAB to move the cursor to the Caption entry Note Mode set of COMODE or SAPMODE was not set here f 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 Now give the Function Key meaningful title something like R2
20. OR FRENCH DEPARTMENT 10 REGION 1 FIELD TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER FE ss aQ m 10 REGION 1 TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER Teen e mur mer me eremum mm 10 REGION 1 FIELD TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER mm 5 RF CUP SSB TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE QSO NUMBER AND GRID 6 ROPOCO TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE RST AND POSTAL CODE T RSGB 160 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE RST DOMESTIC QTH OR QSO NUMBER RSGB IOTA TRUE TRUE TRUE RST QSO NUMBER AND 9 POSSIBLE DOMESTIC QTH SAC CW TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER 0 SAC SSB TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER 1 CONTEST QSO QSO MULT MULT EXCHANGE RECEIVED BY BY BY BY BAND MODE BAND MODE 2 QTH 11 SOUTH TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST AND CONTINENT Tema 4 QSO NUMBER ndi 11 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER AND POSSIBLE DOMESTIC TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE NAME AND 8 POSSIBLE TEN TEN E j j j NUMBER 9 QSO PARTY Fak QTH B UBA DX Hon m FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER AND POSSIBLE DOMESTIC QTH 12 UBA DX SSB TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER AND POSSIBLE DOMESTIC QTH F a TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER 5 a TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE QSO NUMBER DOMESTIC CHAMPIONSHIP
21. Usually you have to be within 200 hertz of this point this value can be adjusted lt CTRL J gt BAND GUARD 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 CALL 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 first listed it will be white on black and a minute later turns yellow and then gradually changes to the background color After 60 minutes 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 can 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 t
22. cluster node from the drop down list the 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 MY CALL and click the Sendbut ton 5 When this authentication process is 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 will be displayed In a window around the following form Ub oU some Ou 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 he indicated that 9GSTT heard very loudly To access Reverse Beacon Network 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 4 4 Multi Operation Reference NETWORKING 5 5 Network Operation TRAW network operation is based on the use of the built in program TRAWSERVER This program uses a TCP connection to relay all
23. notepad exe and when it initializes press lt CTRL V gt to paste the data in Now save the data wherever your POST is located You can now write the data into TRMASTER DTA and copy it into your TR4W directory Note that TR4W must not be initialized as he enqueues TRMASTER DTA and you cannot overwrite it when TRAW 15 up Now with lt CTRL J gt INITIAL EXCHANGE CUSTOM and lt CTRL J gt CUSTOM USER STRING NAME you should see the stations name display when you enter their call TRAW v 4 242b 2012 General QSOs NAAF File Settings Windows Alt Ctrl Commands Tools Help 160 80 40 15 10 0505 1 3 Date 05 01 05 01 05 01 05 01 05 01 UTC 13 10 13 11 13 13 13 14 13 16 07 01 12 1 48 055 Callsign RW4WN RX3 L G3ICH USSVX 56 DJ5AZ_ MASTER 2 22 KIEL Name LEE ALEX ALEX PETE GENE 1 CW 55 Mult needs for DJ5A7 Joth DL 469 4259m 07227 1530z Pts M Id D Freq O 14022 03 14022 03 14022 03 14022 03 14022 03 VERRID 55 SP 0 CQ total 0 QTH Kiel Germany 10 00 00 00 Last 60 0 Rate 2051 WK v23 Hopefully this illustrates some of power of the TRMASTER DTA customization One caution POST is looking for data in columns you specify This implies the data being read by POST must be in fixed columns Not a problem for contest logs but something to be careful about regarding
24. 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOTAL SCORE 42 14 48 48 90 62 90 62 0 006 1 1 1 1 91 63 0 006 M D1 0 0 42 14 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 63 TO 0 0 42 14 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 63 Here and Total are same Summary gives a nice overview that is suitable for cut paste to 3830 CWOPS SUMMARY SHEET CONTEST START DATE CALLSIGN USED LOCATOR CATEGORY ASSISTED CATEGORY BAND CATEGORY MODE CATEGORY OPERATOR CLUB NAME ADDRESS ADDRESS CITY ADDRESS STATE PROVINCE ADDRESS POSTALCODE ADDRESS COUNTRY EMAIL OPERATING TIME CWOPS 29 12 11 N4AF FM15 NON ASSISTED ALL CW SINGLE OP HIGH Potomac Valley Radio Club Howard Hoyt 549 Bluebird Trail Blounts Creek NC 27814 USA n4af blountscreek org 01 00 00 CQ COUNTER 0 RUN SEARCH 91 0 Qs UNIQUE CALLSIGNS 63 BAND Raw 0505 Valid 0505 Points Prefixes 80CW 42 41 41 14 40CW 49 49 49 49 Totals 91 90 90 63 Final Score 5 2 Export Files 5670 points 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 LOTW processing is a good practice to export your log to a unique named ADIF file at the conclusion of a contest TR4W export will normally be to the specific contest directory under name
25. Basic SO2R 15 built into TRAW It can be deployed by using the conventional dupe check feature of ALT D except with lt CTRL J gt TWO RADIO MODE set to TRUE in your CONFIG file and TR4W displaying correct frequencies from both radios On the run active radio dupe checking 15 achieved by entering a call or pressing the space bar after call entry For S amp P inactive radio press lt Alt D gt Dupe check will now display a dialog box looking like the screen below Dupe Check On Inactive Radio Enter to be checked on 80CWw While on the run radio when you tune across a call on the S amp P radio if you enter the callsign via lt ALT D gt not only will the call be dupe checked but if not a dupe you will receive confirmation call 15 good to work on the S amp P radio see the screen below TRAW v 4 240d 2011 ARRL 160 File Settings Windows Alt Ctrl Cor 160 80 40 QSOs 1121 Dom Mults DX Mults 219264 Pts QSO needs for XE2S Band Date UTC 055 Callsign D Freq Op 160CW 04 12 11 11 44 1117 KBOLF 1833 31 160CW 04 12 11 11 45 1118 N2WN 1834 04 160CW 04 12 11 11 46 1119 K1GU 1840 17 160CW 04 12 11 11 47 1120 W7YAQ 1841 28 160CW 04 12 11 11 51 1121 W5LE 1806 18 20CW 04 12 11 20 37 4122 INSERT 14025 00 B 00 00 00 000 1006 5 115 RADIO 1 1 516050 Rate 0 CQ total 3233 WK2 v23 Bandmap NOTE Additionally bandmap entries will
26. C gt will now load 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 1s 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 ZNITIAL ex INITIAL EXCHANGE file This time we click on column C header and press lt CTRL gt 3 keys CTRL to remove the column We will do same with column D leaving us with CALL NAME and We can now Copy Paste the data Into a file we will name INITIAL EX and save the file to our TR4W CWops contest directory Now bring up TR4W 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 CWops directory Below is an example of exchange being built directly from the INITIAL file NOTE INITIAL EX will override TRMASTER DTA when both contain the same call and both are activated via their respective lt CTRL J gt settings TRAW v 4 240d 2011 CWOPS N4AF va
27. PTT with programmable delay to ensure that antenna relays are cold switched support of Winkeyer USB Automatic super check partial and possible call checking Expanded DTA database format supports names grid SS check and other in formation Band map with color coded aging information Built in telnet DXCluster interface with automatic insertion of spots into band map Provision for responding to tail ending stations on CW Dynamic speed and weight control adjustments during sending of stored CW mes sages support for RTTY using MMTTY engine support for working rover stations in VHF UHF contests All amateur bands from 160 to Light supported Beam headings 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 2 Radio interface for Elecraft Icom Japan Radio Kenwood Ten Tec and Yaesu 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 func tions 24 Antenna Band decoder output using LPT port 25 Antenna rotators control 26 Integrated two radio support SO2R 27 Built in on the fly MP3 recording of contests 2
28. a parameter with the Ctrl J command TR4W will ask if you want to make that change in the configuration file so that it will be remembered the next time that you start TRAW Almost all the parameters that can be changed in the configuration file will be given a default reasonable value 1f TRAW finds no specific entry for that parameter in the file You may examine a configuration file by using an editor to view the TR4W CFG in your TR4W directory or contest name gt CFG the contest name directory For example CW CFG also accessible by FILE then OPEN LOG DIRECTORY 2 3 Regular Operation 2 3 1 Selecting a Supported Contest Contest selection occurs at TR4W initialization You have two options 1 Select an contest directory that already exists on your PC 2 Select a new contest In the case of option 1 you will be presented with the following dialog lt i TR4W v 4 242b Open configuration file or start a new contest c program files x86 trdw MY CALL CONTEST 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 2011 ARRL 10 N4AF 2011 ARRL 160 N4AF 2011 ARRL DX CW 4 CATEGORY ASSISTED NON ASSISTED 2011 ARRL FD N4AF 2011 ARRL FD 4 CATEGORY BAND Air 2011 ARRL SS CW N4AF CATEGORY MODE lt 2011 CQ WW CW K0TO 2011 CROATIAN N4AF CATEGORY OPERATOR
29. and press ENTER Das ig DOSBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST DlA data will be over written if the overwrite flag for the data field 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 myfile txt Is this a TH 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 the callsign and any data you want to save If there 15 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 cane length 4X1DF Karl 599 123456789112345678921234567893123456 789412345678951234567896123456789712345678 H H H H H H H Enter cursor position for callsign Enter cursor position to start looking for data zero for none 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 ente
30. and select 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 needs to be upper case When you test this you should see that a CQ 15 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 1s to QSL the 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 a good typist It 1s also advisable to have a Function Key set to 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 15 best handled with a programmed Function Key Set an unused function key to lt 01 gt 5nn and label 1 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 inact
31. button on the microphone zip SIRS pec Reconstructed below Equivalent to pressing DOWN on the microphone DOWN suc Sho DN d Filter width 8 83 MHz 500 Hz and 445 kHz filter width 500 Hz Pld ipa I Sie bse ENSIS pc OA Filter width 8 83 MHz 2 4 kHz 445 kHz filter width 500 Hz Pp M bh Oo kis 065 6 Eh OV Filter width 8 83 MHz 2 4 kHz filter width 445 kHz 2 4 kHz ARES I ae ee lala ele OS Iw Shi GO FONG Select mode ANEO Pk lt 03 gt 5 5 04 Select mode Is MOND ans 09 coRSERD CUT Select MEMORY mode MEMORY lt 03 gt 5 5 2 04 gt To include FINE STEP On P Tl lt 03 gt 5 5 51 045 FINE STEP Off SPINE STREP seus D sh 05 Transceiver block LOCK ON Oo O Unlock the transceiver b T SOPE lt 03 gt 5 5 04 Set the memory channel 2 Op MEMORY CHANET MC Set the memory channel 75 MEMORY CHANEL 75 s Op ces Set the type of radiation LSB lt 03 gt 5 5 1 lt 04 gt Set the type of radiation USB oP DE lt 03 gt 5 5 2 04 Set the operating mode CW odes IE C hi Dd lt 03 gt 5 5 03 04 Set the type of radiation FM POET EM MODE lt 03 gt SRS MD4 lt 04 gt
32. filename WAV such as UAAWLI WAV Files with serial numbers must have a filename WAV such that there will be T 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 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 Files with serial numbers should 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 The words are separated only by spaces there are no delays built into the message which will
33. 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 28636 2131 1106 2416085 NERC HHT M 61 SCU nter cursor position for callsign 56 nter cursor position to start looking for data Czero For none YY nter number of entries to ignore zero for none ere are the available places to save your data ant to process the callsiqns Choose none if you only ch Zone ITU Zone TenTen Humber User 5 User 1 User User User d Hone AREL Sect ion Grid Name Check Speed Humber at the same time CYNY 22 es to checking overwrite flags TA DOSBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST OUERURITE FLAG STATUS Section CU Z Jone H it TUZone Check 1 11 3 TH S peed TJ enTen 1 2 User s User 4 User 5 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE The flags listed determine what will happen if there is data found in the File being processed and there is existing data for the same field already in the database If the flag is TRUE the data will be updated to value found in the file H flag determines if the hits count 1s incremented for each loy a call iz found
34. in CC74 1 51 12004 1 Notepad oi Ee START OF LOG 2 0 2 ARRL SECTION 3 CALLSIGN 4 CLUB Potomac Valley Radio Club 5 CONTEST ARRL SS CW 6 CATEGORY SINGLE OP ALL HIGH CW CLAIMED SCORE 193280 8 OPERATORS N4AF 3 NAME Howie Hoyt ADDRESS 549 Bluebird Tr ADDRESS Blounts Creek NC 27814 2 ADDRESS USA 3 CREATED BY N1MM Logger V4 0 168 28036 CW 2004 11 06 2100 N4AF 0000 B 58 0001 M 61 SCV 21050 CW 2004 11 06 2102 N4AF 0002 B 58 KA6SAR 0003 U 86 LAX 21047 CW 2004 11 06 2102 N4AF 0003 58 NC KX7M 2 0906 U 81 EB 21046 CW 2004 11 06 2103 0004 B 58 NC N6TV 9005 B 72 SCV 21041 CW 2004 11 06 2104 NAAF 0005 B 58 NC K6PB 0004 U 58 SCV 21040 CW 2004 11 06 2104 0006 B 58 NC NONI 0003 B 77 21038 CW 2004 11 06 2105 0007 B 58 NC W OM 0003 A 49 WWA 21037 CW 2004 11 06 2106 NAAF 0008 B 58 NC WOZP 52 21027 CW 2004 11 06 2106 N4AF 0009 58 NC WISRD 0010 B 74 SV 21024 CW 2004 11 06 2107 N4AF 0010 B 58 02 0014 A 77 SD 21016 CW 2004 11 06 2107 0011 B 58 x 0008 B 60 MAR 21019 CW 2004 11 06 2108 N4AF 0012 B 58 0012 A 63 ORG 21020 CW 2004 11 06 2109 Stouts SENE 0014 A 70 WWA 21023 CW 2004 11 06 2109 0014 B 58 NC 0015 B 69 21027 CW 2004 11 06 2110 0015 B 58 0011 55 STX 21028 CW 2004 11 06 2111 0016 58 DE 0014 U 79 NV 21
35. incoming messages on the network to TRAW clients The program TRAWSERVER EXE is included with TRAW 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 TRAW Identifying computers in a network is determined by the CTRL J COMPUTER ID parameter This parameter must be a unique ID for each TRAW PC For example A or B y f TR4W EXE TR4wW EXE COMPUTER IDEA COMPUTER 192 168 80 77 192 168 80 75 TRAWSERVER EXE TRAW EXE COMPUTER ID D E UTER IDE 1921688074 192 168 80 73 First of all one of the computers must be running TR4WSERVER EXE After starting TRAWSERVER 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 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 TR4WSERVER Server port Server P address 192 168 1 122 Clients Received 0 Send 0 Records in server log 0 Clients 132 168 1 103 4 When attempting to connect well any breakage the connection
36. 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 4 11 Rotator Control Rotator control 1s useful for a remote site operation To exploit this feature you need a separate port and a rotator controller lt CTRL J gt ROTATOR PORT must be set to 1 6 signifying the serial port used lt CTRL J gt ROTATOR TYPE may be set to supported types of DCU1 ORION or Y AESU Upon entering a call TR4W provides the azimuth setting for the station In the BEAM HEADING window Replace the call with the three digit beam heading and press lt CTRL P gt to send the new heading to the rotator controller over the ROTATOR PORT 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 4 13 Non Supported Contest Confi
37. master file what TRAW calls TRMASTER 15 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 a match it 1s 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 TR4W directory Ensure the FILENAME is TRMASTER DTA MASTER DTA C5 N Note customized TRMASTER DTA may be stored in contest directory under TR4W This allows customized TRMASTER DTA files specific to individual contests When you next bring up TRAW 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 SCP window will show whether there 15 a know callsign matching what was entered The automatic callsign partial check will commence when you have entered the number 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 TRMASTE
38. 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 TR4WServer setup carefully Try removing each PC from the network and make qsos on the other PCs while removed Power down the PC holding TRAWSERVER make qsos on the other PCs and test how you can resync to recover your logs 4 5 Operation 1 Download and install special version of TRAW with _mmtty suffix from http www tr4w com download mmity 2 Download and install MMTTY in the TR4W folder Install add ons if necessary Start the MMTTY program and set the correct settings for the type of operation that you plan AFSK or FSK You will select the Serial Port that you want to 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 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 MMTTY The be
39. 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 such as wav file which can be sent to people 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 A foot switch can be interfaced to your computer and used to help make TR4W more efficient The foot switch connects to a parallel port as shown in Appendix B Some computers might require a pull up resistor similar to the one used for the paddle input The foot switch needs to be a normally open switch that closes when pressed The program de bounces the switch so you should not see action occur when releasing the switch The Configuration Statement FOOT SWITCH MODE will determine what will happen when you press the foot switch The supported modes are listed below Y ou can change the FOOT SWITCH MODE value by using lt Ctrl J gt to open the Configuration Statements window then selecting that statement and assigning one of values shown in the table following Only one Value can be selected at a time 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 D
40. sINGLE OP 2011 CWOPEN N4AF 2011 N4AF CATEGORY POWER HIGH 2011 DARC WAEDC CW 4 CATEGORY TRANSMITTER ONE 2011 GAGARIN CUP N4AF 2011 GENERAL QSO N4AF 2011 IARU HF 2011 NAQP CW N4AF Latest config c program files 85 Ntrdw 2011 cq wu cu k to cq ww cw cfg Figure 2 17 Note that the LAST active configuration 15 listed at the bottom You may just select this to go back to the last contest entered It is extremely important that attention be paid to all prompts on this initial dialog It governs HOW your Cabrillo log will be generated When you select a contest you will be presented with the configuration file name found in the contest directory Normally you can just select it and TRAW will initialize Option 2 will start the new contest dialog This occurs when you make a selection with the CONTEST radio button TR4W v 4 242b Open configuration file or start a new contest lie c program files x86 trdw MY CALL N 4AF Lut asa CATEGORYASSISTED NONASSISTED CATEGORYBAND a CATEGORYMODE j CATEGORY OPERATOR CATEGORYPOWER 2011 DARC WAEDC CW NY4A CATEGORY TRANSMITTER ONE 2011 GAGARIN CUP N4AF 2011 GENERAL QSO N4AF Latest config file c program files 86 Ntrdw 2011 cq ww cw k te cq ww cw cf Exit Figure 2 18 TR4W v 4 242b Open configuration file or s
41. see the roster something like above What we now want to do 15 remove the headers much like we did with logs Hold down your lt CTRL gt key and click on 1 11 so they are all highlighted whilst holding down lt CTRL gt I pulled my mouse pointer from 1 to 11 producing below CWops Roster htm LibreOffice Calc Format Tools Data Window Help ig iB 15582199 0 oix xe DIOS Hv Haaa paneele saaan 2 rss MEMBER ROSTER Send changes to fe Lifetime Members Last Update 22 Dec 11 Callsign Loo Shown In Green 1600z ID amp 4XIFC 49 cgatecoi 4X6KF Moshe Winkler 659 4ZIUF Zoin 6 cgibin logform cgi 4z4d AZAKX Stem 38 omarm coid info chan shwa 70 Joe Poode SPONX Cross SN7DX 175 hemera blogspot com vive James Brooks 6 AAIV Don Mikes 53 AAQZW Delamater 97 AASB Bud Trench 20 philipsburg ara org AAGA Lee 93 jeww asdga com AAANN Blake 34 i m 47 l 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 10 iN ES E E E E 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 E 2 2 E E EN
42. set to CUSTOM Now set lt CTRL J gt CUSTOM INITIAL EXCHANGE STRING by double clicking it and entering CHECK SECTION and saving TRAW v 4 240d 2011 ARRL SS CW N4AF 20 1 N6RC 175122801 scv That did it Note that we still are set to display in the USER INFO Window also Tip you should already be aware you can add to the exchange field corrections like la 60eb after 61 to update the exchange when the d b is wrong Likewise with lt CTRL J gt CALLSIGN UPDATE ENABLE TRUE we could type 1 60eb into the exchange field to correct not only the exchange but the call also Tip Ensure lt CTRL J gt SCP MINIMUM LETTERS is NOT set to zero Now we will show a scenario where we used TR4W as our general logging program and want to propagate TRMASTER DTA with the names of the stations we have qso d We will choose the simple case where only signal report and NAME were logged Otherwise you will need to use something like a spreadsheet to select out call and names or at least ensure they are consistently the same columns So the first step will be to export our GENERAL QSO log to INITIAL EX CAProgram Files x86 TRAW 2011 GENERAL QSO N4AF CUSTOM_INITIALEX f n sa File Edit callsign exchange DJ5AZ DJ6z2C Di 2D5L AME Now using an editor select all but the header and lt CTRL C gt it onto your clipboard memory From START enter
43. the CO 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 File Settings Windows Alt Ctrl Commands Tools Net Help 11 12 19 QSO needs for 4 160 80 40 20 15 10 All 160 80 40 20 15 10 QSOs DX Mults Mult needs for 4 Zones 3oth 160 80 40 20 15 Band UTC 055 Callsign DX Zn Pts M Id Freq Op England INSERT 0 00 00 00 00 02 05 CQ 0 SP 0 es Paddle root i OFF SP v23 Figure 2 13 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 OTH box The Multiplier Needs sub window and 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 1s still blank because we have logged the contact yet But on the left side just be
44. the available places to save your data Choose none if you only ant to process the callsigns Hone CQ Zone TenTen Number F User 5 RRL Section ITU Zone Uzer Grid Hame User Check Speed User FOC Humber User Select field 8 12 or escape to quit Here 1s the easier to understand the log w o header 0 74 Cpu speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program flag for the data field is set view edit these flags Enter the name of the file to process none to quit 64 log 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 one entry per line Lines with no data or calls that does not look like 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 two entries were not always the zame length 450 28036 CW 4664 11 66 2100 HHHH B 58 H6RC HHH1 M 61 1234567891123456789Z1234567893123456789412345678951Z234567896123456 789712345678 H H H H H H H Enter cursor position for callsign 56 Enter cursor position to st
45. 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 first time that you make a logging entry error and you realize 1s 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 1s being sent to you by the station you are working you will never experience such a situation For the rest of us there 15 a quick procedure for making a correction to a previous entry particularly one of the last five or so log entries For now let s assume we are members of the golden log group and have never made an error in our logging entries Later we will consider what to do 1f somehow it is imperative that we change a log entry before it becomes permanent TRAW v 4 241 2011 CQ WW CW EL File Settings Windows Alt Ctrl Commands Tools Help 20 00 18 80 40 20 15 40 0505 DX Zones Oss Callsign Freq Op 160CW 22 12 11 20 00 1 INSERT 00 00 00 000 CO 0 SP 0 Radio 1 This hr 0 Rate CO total 0 35 WPM CQ Figure 2 12 The screen above 15 one for a CO WWDX CW contest The name of the contest 15 on the top line of the Main Window together with the TRAW version number This 1
46. voice C ED EL Top p AQUI 05 gt cM Include XIT BOC ICE lt 03 gt 5 5 1 lt 04 gt Disable Fl 03 SRS XTO 04 2 3 5 Personalized Greetings Messages can be programmed so as to include the names of station operators and appropriate greetings Symbol Function name must be customized in TRMASTER GM GE depends on the local time correspondent GM and name If the name specified CLUB this name is ignored Greetings may also depend on local time and the individual values determined from the file HELLO DAT It should be a simple text file from the working directory TRAW as follows the abbreviation of the country a gap a greeting such as DL MOIN EA GRS More data on TRMASTER customization may be found in the TRMASTER Advanced section 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 TRAW will sound a beep every minute until you work another station NOTES The NOTE facility allows entry of notes into the log via CTRL N At the end of the contest notes can be read by selecting EXPORT then NOTES This will produce a screen listing NOTES with the option to write it to NOTES TXT in the current contest directory In the heat of a contest this can be very useful for noting conditions o
47. was only one radio there would be no need to select radios and this entry would be NONE Clearly there are many options because contemporary Radio Contest stations may have very elaborate station control that is managed by the computer as the contest activity happens 1 8 3 Configuring the Computer Sound Interface 1 8 4 Testing Configuration Setup 2 Beginning The TRAW Main Window Figures 1 7 and 1 8 shows lot of information which you can use to keep you abreast of your status within the contest This information 1s presented within the Main Window 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 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 operating mode using the Search and Pounce S amp P operating mode 2 1 First QSO in CQ Mode TR4W has two operating modes operating mode and Search and Pounce S amp P What this means in practice is that the responses of the TR4W program will be different to the things you type depending on which of the modes it 1s 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 15 neither steep nor long You can count on being able to handle most of the
48. width 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 90 Comment Contest name in comment OK Cancel Note that you may check contest name in comment to automatically comment the Spot 4 2 SO2R Two Radio Mode 4 2 1 SO2R Configuration To enable full two radio support ensure that TWO RADIO MODE 15 set to TRUE This can be set in your configuration CTRL J via TWO RADIO MODE Additionally ensure that ALT D ENABLE is set TRUE For SO2R to work properly TR4W should correctly display the frequency of BOTH radios reference basic SETUP section and figure below Hotkeys CTRL Alt 1 Radio I setup CTRL Alt 2 Radio 2 setup CTRL W Winkey setup You may verify proper SO2R hardware setup by pressing lt ALT R gt This should allow you to switch radios and be evidenced by the active radio display going gray and the inactive no longer grayed out reference figure so2r 1 IMPORTANT The radio display shown in the figures identifies which radio has the focus Figure SO2R 1 Focus on Radiol then on Radio2 below 055 Callsign Q1 160CW 04 12 11 11 44 1117 KBOLF N 160CW 04 12 11 11 45 1118 N2WN T 1119 K1GU T 1120 W7YAQ O 1121 W5LE 1117 KBOLF 1118 N2WN 1119 K1GU 1120 W YAQ 4 2 2 SO2R BASIC OPERATION
49. will be 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 TRAWSERVER 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 fal TRAW v4 242a 2011 Russian DX Contest NAA File Settings Windows Alt Ctrl Commands Too Network Connected to LOCALHOST 1061 160 80 40 Name L Band Freq St PTT Qs Callsign D 5 B 20CW 14 0 0 CW 0505 15CW 21 0 9 Oblasts DX Mults Band QsS Callsign QsR DX QTH Pts M Id 0 00 00 00t CQ 0 Last 60 0 Rate 0 CQ total 0 WK2 v23 But assume a PC failure You may always select NET pulldown item Compare and synchronize logs If the client and server logs do not match the following dialog will pop up n omm SERVER LOG Size bytes 15104 256 Records 58 0 CRC32 Ox3f9c718d 0x135b353d USO 0 USOE 0 Contest RDAC RDXC Ze Clear all logs in network You may either clear all logs to begin over or Exit Exit will produce the following Sync Dialog Received 050 Received bytes ONE eate and us Show server lag records Sended records 9 cantent Band Date 055 Callsign QsR DX Q M Id Select GET SERVER LOG You will now see the Server log and c
50. with headers removed we specify 0 and press ENTER DOSBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 10055 cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST ILI zm 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 this if you wanted to access the hird entry in the exchange and the first two entries were not always the cane length 450 28036 CU 2664 11 66 21HB HHHH B 58 HC NERC HHH1 M 61 SCU 1234567891123456789Z1234567893123456789412345678951Z34567896123456789712345678 H H H H H H H Enter cursor position for callsign 56 Enter cursor position to start looking for data zero for none 77 Enter number of entries to ignore zero for none ere are the available places to save your data Choose none if you only ant to process the callsigns Hone 5 Zone TenTen Humber F User 5 RRL Section 6 ITU Zone User Grid User Check Speed User 9 FOC Humber User elect field 8 12 or 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 POST iz Space found at the data position the data i assumed to be blank DOSBox 0 74 pu speed max 1005 cycles Frarmeskip 0 Program I can get fancy and ignore certain number of entries starting at
51. 0 30 FT1000Mp o 21 Fr2000 ox 480 17 722 OK o 2316706 10 48 35 I1c7068HG ok 1200 58 2616707 no 27 I718 10 281725 28 2916726 x 30 10 38 3106729 3 3216735 10 04 OK 1200 40 34 1737 35 1738 1200 44 3616746 56 37 1 i20 66 jeze ox 120 50 39 IC756PRO 9600 5C IC 56PROH 9600 64 Ai IC756PROHI OK 9600 42 1761 900 IE 0k e 2 _ PP COMMANDS Rate Address COMMANDS Rate Address 4416776 46 4s i781 9 26 OK 960 6 amp 0 47 icozD jx 9 2t 4816700 OK 960 70 980 7A rczz00 x 74 Ic7800 o a 52 04 53 8 8 Supported Contests CONTEST QSO QSO MULT MULT EXCHANGE RECEIVED BY BY BY BY ue e er CW SSB CUP DOMESTIC QTH 6 LAP SPRINT TRUE FALSE FAGE Se TROT QSO QTH AND POWER DOMESTIC QTH
52. 034 CW 2004 11 06 2111 N4AF 0017 B 58 i 0017 B 62 CO 21037 CW 2004 11 06 2112 eis e 0920 U 59 AZ 21039 CW 2004 11 06 2113 0019 B 58 NC N5DO 0020 A 60 WTX 22 fen Cu 11 0112 MAVA R 8 mal 1 ER We also tell POST to skip the first 13 rows of Cabrillo header data Ok that 15 the hard er way An alternative 15 to edit the file with say Notepad delete the first 13 lines and SAVE AS MY2004 TXT Now we can let POST do the work by pointing it to the new file that exists without the header Just be sure not to save your file to it s existing name if you wish to preserve the Cabrillo headers Either way we are now here note the entries skipped 13 indicates this had headers DOSBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST a space found at the data position the data 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 cane length START OF LOG 2 8 1234567891123456789Z2123456789312345678941Z3456789512Z34567896123456 789712345678 H H H H H H H 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 are
53. 15 1 7 Program Windows Names and Colors 19 1 8 Configuring TR4W for your station U U uuu uu u nnn nennen nnn nnns 19 181 Conuguring the Radlo 3355 AM 20 1 8 2 Configuring the Station Contro s A 23 1 8 3 Configuring Computer Sound 24 184 Tesumnsthe Contisuratiom Seni p yu u ua uapa aaa sa 25 2 uu u uuu 26 2 1 JarstQsO am COMoOodezuu u u u u CR 26 2 2 First QSO In S amp P Mod u nix nis EDU IS ER RE EE ELS FECI 29 2 3 OP Gr AO mre 33 2 9 SClECHNG s SIpBporterPGoOntestu uuu w u ac atio NEA 33 2 9 2 Custom MESSAGES Ut 35 2 3 8 Sending Messages to the 39 2 3 4 Other Kenwood transceivers commands U U U a 39 2 28 91 Personalized GEOP S u uuu a aaa Qa a ree 43 Alarms dnd NoLlSu lu Temi ee dac icu c c III Ec esi cU 45 4 Special Operating sehen 46 4 1 Usnietlie Bandi apu yau Qayaw E Du Co 46 4 2 SO2R Two vivas aa PEE V va 50 AZ 502
54. 6 but this time we want to process SECTION af DOSBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST 5 CQ Zone TenTen Humber F User 5 RRL Section ITU Zone User Grid Mame User Check Speed D User FOC Humber E User Do you want to process another data field at the same time V NM u You can use most any ASCII format with this routine The only requirement iz that the callsign and data must appear on the same line and there must 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 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 zame length 450 Z66036 CW 4664 11 86 2100 HHHH B 58 H6RC HHH1 M 61 1234567891123456789Z1234567893123456789412345678951Z234567896123456 789712345678 H H H H H H H Enter cursor position for callsign 56 Enter cursor position to start looking for data zero for none 77 So we enter 77 and press ENTER We are again prompted for entries to ignore Since this is the version of log
55. 8 output bit 2 9 Band Data output bit 3 Connect a 10K pull up resistor between this pin and pin 14 TIPP Connect a pull up resistor between this pin and pin 14 5 V pull up Connect to Paddle and Footswitch inputs using 10K resistor Alternatively the Pin 14 voltage can be used to control an external relay to switch between two transmitters Connect a 10K pull up resistor between this pin and pin 14 See RADIO ONE BAND OUTPUT PORT These lines supply information for band decoding used to select filters and or antennas See RELAY CONTROL PORT This line is used to select between Radio 1 and Radio 2 See FOOT SWITCH PORT 3 EX REESE zi ee iF lt ee Pin 1 Figure B 2 Circuit B Use this for parallel port CW and PTT The next two pages contain details of an adapter from NOSS SK Thanks to NOSS for the bitmap files used to generate these two pages Parallel Port CW and PTT Keying Adapter and Paddle Input for TRLog Keyer To TX POS Pinouts for transistors CW keying Base 9 To TX PTT Emitter o 24VDC 50mA gt max may not key Type TO 18 LPT Connections some amps directly DB 25 Male Pin 1 GND Pin 18 01 02 2N4401 2N2222 or 2N3904 Teo 01 1N400x or equiv 10k 1 4w 10k 1 4w Type TO 92 NOTE For TO 92 plastic Pin 12 DIT TRLog tra
56. 8 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 3 Programmable list of remaining country multipliers 32 User programmable window and sub window colors Through the use of a configuration file TRAW INI the program can be tailored to meet your specific requirements Most of the operating parameters used in the program can 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 QTH and other information for stations that you have worked before When the name feature 1s enabled on CW the program greets people as you work them and you can have it send GM GA GE or another appropriate greeting depending on the country of the station Care has been taken to create an efficient way to search and pounce S amp P CW When you are in the search and pounce mode typing a call and then pressing ENTER will either send your call if it 15 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 15 worth reading that last sentence again slow
57. ALSE TRUE FALSE RST DOMESTIC QTH OR CW QSO NUMBER CONTEST QSO QSO MULT MULT EXCHANGE RECEIVED BY BY BY BY BAND MODE BAND MODE 59 KING OF SPAIN TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST DOMESTIC QTH OR QSO NUMBER DOM DOMESTIC OR DX QTH QTH PARTY QTH MINITEST 65 MINNESOTA QSO FALSE FALSE NAME DOMESTIC OR DX PARTY QTH 66 MONGOLIAN DX QTH MEME GERE QTH E TRE PISS PISS ESS DOMESTICORDXQIH _ DOMESTIC OR DX QTH DOMESTIC OR DX QTH DOMESTIC OR DX QTH QTH PARTY CW DOMESTIC QTH SSB DOMESTIC QTH NZ FIELD DAY OCEANIA DX CW OCEANIA DX TRUE TRUE TRUE RST QSO NUMBER SSB 79 OHIO QSO TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE RST QSO NUMBER AND PARTY DOMESTIC QTH OK OM DX TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER OR DOMESTIC QTH OZCHR OZCHR TEAMS DOMESTIC QTH CHAPTER AND QTH CHAPTER AND QTH 86 RAN CHAMP TRUE 050 NUMBER AND ZONE RAW CHAMP TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE QSO NUMBER DOMESTIC QTH CONTEST QSO 050 MULT MULT EXCHANGE RECEIVED BY BY BY BY EE BAND MODE BAND MODE MEMORIAL RAC CANADA TRUE TRUE TRUE RST 050 NUMBER WR TE TRE NP Domestic gin PRBS PH Domestic DOMESTIC ar RADIO ONY RSTAGE GRID SQUARE PREVIOUS QSO NUMBER COORDINATES te er imr cr QSO NUMBER QSO NUMBER OR FRENCH DEPARTMENT
58. B Flash drive Super Check Partial The TRAW web site information gives only an 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 1s 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 Windows Vista and Windows 7 TR4W 15 a high performance software package suitable for contests DXpeditions or day to day operation Some of its features are l 10 11 12 I 14 5 16 17 Unsurpassed flexibility lets you tailor program to your personal operating taste Over 140 contests supported by the program others can be added easily Capacity for more than 50 000 QSOs simple operation with intelligent ENTER key TRAW knows what you want to do CW keying via Serial Port LPT Port or Winkey CW speed from to 99 WPM Paddle input via LPT lets the program act as your keyer Touching a paddle aborts computer generated CW support for
59. CIETY IARU HF OZCHR TEAMS OZCHR WW PMC WRTC EXCHANGE RECEIVED SUPPORTED CONTESTS RST 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 4 13 3 5 Multiplier Statements MULT BY BAND FALSE MULT BY MODE FALSE PREFIX MULTIPLIER NONE ZONE MULTIPLIER NONE The Mult by Band and Mult by Mode statements should be set to TRUE depending on the rules of the new contest For contests that have prefix multipliers the Prefix Multiplier Configuration Statement should be set to one of the values in the table following Prefix Multiplier choices NONE ASIAN PREFIXES BELGIUM PREFIXES CALLSIGN MONGOLIAN CALLSIGN PREFIX NON SOUTH AMERICAN PREFIXES NORTH AMERICAN PREFIXES PREFIX SAC DISTRICTS SOUTH AMERICAN PREFIXES SOUTH AND NORTH AMERICAN PRE FIXES YU PREFIXES GC STATION CQ NON EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND WAE 4 13 3 6 MY statements MY CHECK NONE MY CONTINENT NONE MY COUNTRY Y MY FD CLASS NONE MY GRID NONE NONE NAME NONE MY POSTAL CODE NONE MY PREC NONE MY QTH NONE MY SECTION NONE MY STATE NONE MY ZONE NONE The most fail safe way to set these configuration statements 15 to use the standard values for your location Unless the contest you are setting up needs them you can leave the FD CLASS POSTAL CODE PREC CONTINENT and IOTA values as they are The MY Configuration Stateme
60. Ctrl 1 Sheet repeats Shift Ctrl 2 Function keys Shift Ctrl 3 TRMASTER DTA Shift Ctrl 4 By default Shift Ctrl 5 Radio 1 Shift Ctrl 6 Radio 2 Shift Ctrl 7 Intercom Shift Ctrl 8 Send a report to GETSCORES ORG Shift Ctrl 9 Station Shift Tab CQ mode 8 5 Ctrl Alt Keys Shortcut Keys Description Ctrl Alt 1 Radio 1 Ctrl Alt 2 Radio 2 Ctrl Alt M Tiling Ctrl Alt S Compare and synchronize the logs Ctrl Alt T Time Synchronization Ctrl Alt W Reset the Alarm 8 6 Special Keys Shortcut Keys Del Enter Esc Ins Pause PgDn Pg Up Tab Description Delete the selected spot Enter QSO and transmit Exit S amp P mode Toggle insert replace The focus in the main program window Reduce CW speed Increase CW speed Enter S amp P mode Send spot to cluster 8 7 Supported Transceivers E E DS Rate Address o s 3 Ts880 OK 40 x almo X OK 40 s Fras0 40 6 FI7308R 400 7 FT7476X 40 x 40 9 47 OK 40 ofra Jo OK 480 1267667 480 OK 400 FT897 OK 480 is Fre00 OK OK 40 1646920 9 OK 40 i7 Frss0 X OK 480 i8 FT990 1981400 OK OK 48
61. DNE CONTROL PORT TE RADIO DNE CAT ATS FF 7 RADIO DNE CAT ATS RADIO ONE CAT DTA m RADIO ONE CAT DTA RADIO ONE BAUD RATE 1700 Y RADIO DNE BAUD RATE 4000 Y RADIO ONE OUTPUT PORT P RADIO ONE OUTPUT PORT RADIO ONE ATS PIT Y RADIO ONE ATS HF Y RADIO ONE KEYER Y RADIO ONE REYER RADIO ONE NAME Rado RADIO ONE NAME Fight eset ok Close eset LX Close Apply Figure 1 9 Figure 1 10 The Figure on the left shows the initial settings when the program is opened for the first time and no Radio configurations have 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 The figure on the right shows the changes when the RADIO ONE TYPE box was changed from to 100 The following Configuration Statement was generated and stored TR4W INI RADIO ONE TYPE FT1000MP The other changes between the figure on the left and the right produced the following Configuration Statements which were 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
62. NOWN EXCHANGE RECEIVED for the Supported Contests CHECK CHAPTERORQTHEXCHANGE NAQP SSB COLORADO 050 PARTY QSO NUMBER POSSIBLEDOMESTICQTH o CHAMP R W UW9WK MEMORIAL QSO NUMBER DOMESTIC URAL CUP MICHIGAN QSO PARTY R4W CHAMP UKRAINE CHAMPIONSHIP QSO NUMBER NAME CHAPTER AND QTH QCWA QCWA GOLDEN SPRINT SSB NCCC SPRINT LQP RST AGE ALL ASIAN DX CW ALL ASIAN DX SSB RADIO ONY RST ALL JA PREFECTURE AND PRECEDENCE ALL JA SALMON RUN TEXAS QSO PARTY RST DOMESTIC QTH OR QSO NUMBER ARRL 10 CIS HA DX RDAC RSGB 1 RDXC SP DX UN DX KING OF SPAIN CW KING OF SPAIN SSB RST DOMESTIC QTH ARRL VHF QSO ARRL VHF SS CQ KCJ TOEC WISCONSIN QSO PARTY NEW YORK QSO PARTY TENNESSEE QSO PARTY RST PREFECTURE S RST QSO NUMBER AND DOMESTIC QTH NRAU BALTIC CW NRAU BALTIC SSB RST QSO NUMBER AND POSSIBLE DOMESTIC QTH HELVETIA RSGB IOTA UBA CW UBA SSB TAC RST QSO NUMBER AND RANDOM CHARACTERS XMAS RST QSO NUMBER OR DOMESTIC QTH ARI ALRS UA1DZ CUP DX PACC RAC CANADA WINTER UKRAINIAN DARC XMAS WAG YO DX ARKTIKA SPRING RST QSO NUMBER AP SPRINT BALTIC CQ M 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 RSTZONE AND POSSIBLEDOMESTICQTH CQ 160 CW CQ 160 SSB LZ DX RST ZONE OR SO
63. OI BTNFACE BLACK OSOS BTNFACE cocouvre BINrACE 1 BINFACE BLACK CQ TOTAL BLACK 1 QSO B4 RED WHITE 2 QSO 1 OPERATOR BTNFACE BLACK BLACK DATE BTNFACE BLACK QSO NUMBER WHITE BLACK DUPE CALL 2 QUICK 4 BTNFACE BLACK COME BTNFACE EDITABLE 1 RADIO ONE iod WHITE BLACK FREQ WHITE BLACK RADICONE BTNFACE FOOT SWITCH BLACK FULL TIME BLACK RADIO TWO BTNFACE NAME HOUR RATE BTNFACE BLACK 2 BTNFACE INSERT BTNFACE BLACK S amp P COUNTER BTNFACE 050 BLACK TEN MINUTES LOCAL TIME BTNFACE BLACK TOTAL SCORE BTNFACE GRID 1 Toca BTNFACE BLACK USER INFO BTNFACE MASTER BLUE WHITE 9 Appendix A Configuration Statements See TRAW Reference Manual
64. ORY F1 Message CQ ITEST X X TEST Caption Edit Cancel List of commands Figure 2 23 Note the button is now selectable Before selecting it give the F1 CQ key a caption by CO CH MEMORV F1 Message CQ TEST X X TEST Caption 0 Edit Cancel List of commands Figure 2 24 Now select And X out of the Program message window Assuming you have your function keys displayed you should see the new caption TIP Hotkey lt CTRL SHIFT 2 gt One more example We want to change the defaults for the QSL message so that our RIT is reset Again lt ALT P gt to enter the MEMORY PROGRAM FUNCTION window But this time we will choose O ther Command m CALL OK NOW MESSAGE CQ CW EXCHANGE SNN NC CQ CW EXCHANGE NAME KNOWN 5NN NC QSL CH MESSAGE TU TEST 050 BEFORE CW MESSAGE SRI 050 TU TEST QUICK 081 CW MESSRGE TU REPEAT S amp P CW EXCHANGE SNN NC S amp P CW EXCHANGE W5NN NC TAIL END CH MESSAGE SHORT 0 SHORT 1 SHORT 2 SHORT 9 Figure 2 25 Now select QSL CW MESSAGE OSL CH MESSAGE x Message TU TEST Caption E dit Cancel List of commands Figure 2 26 and add the RESET RIT command gt Proqram message OSL CH MESSAGE Message TU N TEST x Caption E dit Cancel List of commands Figure 2 27 Note that O ther programmed messages do not have a caption
65. QTH UKRAINIAN TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER OR DOMESTIC QTH 5 UN DX TRUE FALSE RST DOMESTIC OR QSO NUMBER URAL CUP TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE QSO NUMBER DOMESTIC QTH 5 WAG TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER OR DOMESTIC QTH WISCONSIN 080 TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE RST DOMESTIC PARTY TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST ZONE OR SOCIETY mme TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE RST ZONE OR SOCIETY u WWL pw AND GRID 5 XMAS lini sal baisse ANNE QSO NUMBER AND RANDOM CHARACTERS CONTEST QSO QSO MULT MULT BY BY BY BY BAND MODE BAND MODE EXCHANGE RECEIVED 13 YO DX TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE RST QSO NUMBER OR DOMESTIC QTH 5 TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE RST ZONE 6 8 9 Sub Window default colors Back Back Window Color View Window Color View ground ground ARROW BTNFACE RED 2 MULT INFO WHITE BLACK BAND MODE BINFACE BLACK MULT YELLOW BLACK BEAM 1 E IE BTNFACE BLACK NAME BTNFACE 2 CALL WHITE BLACK ON AIR TIME BTNFACE 2 CLOCK BTNFACE BLACK OP MODE BTNFACE 1 CODESPEED BTNFACE BLACK PADDLE BTNFACE 2 COMPUTER ID BTNFACE BLACK 2 2 COUNTRY 1 PREVIOUS 2
66. R DTA 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 http trlog com free shtml right clicking on http www trlog com post672a zip and saving to a directory perhaps TRLOG Now you may extract POST EXE and POST OVR A partial list of what you might want to exploit TR POST to build into TRMASTER DTA by callsign 15 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 Before actually doing a build it might be worth mentioning that although TRMASTER DTA can both display and prefill data into TR4W in most cases prefill can be more easily accomplished by exploiting an INITIAL EXCHANGE file For that reason emphasis will be placed on display of data Note prefill is where the EXCHANGE data is actually inserted into the exchange field of TR4W whilst DISPLAY refers to insertion of data into the USER INFO WINDOW or the NAME WINDOW both being sub windows of the Main Window of TRAW Also note that POST wil
67. RDER This value must specify the drive the folder and the name of the program that you have installed on 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 Audacity You would make the following entry for that case DVP RECORDER Program Files Audacity Y 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 gt gt Then click on the function key you want to create play or edit If the filename WAV already exists and is stored in 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 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 otatement DVP PATH default value is You can now record edit and display this file using the program you specified 4 6 5 A
68. TEST CONFIG FILE 0 7TR4W 2011 GENERAL O50 KOTONGENERAL O50 CFG Radia ONE OME COMTROL PORT SERIAL 2 RADIO ONE OUTPUT PORT PARALLEL 1 ONE CAT RTS 2OFF ONE CAT DTR2OFF ONE KEYER RTS OFF ONE KEYER DTR OFF ONE BAUD RATE 4800 ONE NAME R7 ght Figure 1 11 The COMMANDS and Radio lines are comments Comments are enclosed in 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 folder contains the GENERAL QSO CFG file By putting this line in TRAW INI the program knows which folder 15 being used for the contest you desire to operate If we locate the 2011 General QSO folder which 15 in the TRAW folder and then open GENERAL QSO CFG file inside it with notepad we will see GENERAL 050 Notepad 5 Edi Format View Help Created by TRAW v 4 240c ATEGORY OPERATORZSINGLE OP CATEGORY POWER LUW CATEGORY TRAMSMITTIERZOME CONTEST GENERAL 050 Figure 1 12 These are Configuration Statements that were created when we place the Call we wanted to use the contest in the MY CALL box made the CONTEST selection and then filled in the CATEGORY boxes when we were viewing the window shown in Figure 1 4 as we started the TRAW program 1 8 2 C
69. TR4W User Manual English Version Version 4 01 June 11 2014 TR4W User Manual English Version Contributors Larry Tyree N6TR Doc Evans N7DR Dmitriy Gulyaev UA4WLI Howard Hoyt N4AF Editor Tod Olson KOTO TABLE OF CONTENTS TABEEOECONTENIS Z u z u r LA DX asss 3 LIS hoo c 6 LIST OE TABLES Error Bookmark not defined nei ESO 7 LI Typographical Conventions 11 Coni is ration Stil mentua etatis titm vela eiii 11 EL UN 11 ELS IDIOMA hort t MM LE EI Mia 11 11 and Short Gut or Hot citi e iir rn ce rent puta 12 LLS ETE T 12 1 2 System Requirements uuu enisi au Vai ew 12 1 3 Files used by the PFOPEQHIIE 2a Dye eva peux vu Duo ve cud dva Vds CERES 13 1 4 Folders used by the Program u ibn u vo u a CH u u u 13 L5 Proprarinstallgtiibil cades Eid ord EUM n aa 14 1 6 Propram Startup Screens
70. aatun 92 4 13 3 Configuration Statements Modification sese nnns 83 4331 SEA Ee He DES uuu uo yuana aap a 83 4 13 3 3 Domestic File and Domestic and DX 84 4133A Exchange Received Statement cs u t u deum 85 113 3 5 Lu eme ta eeu een aed earn 89 MY stite ment ay a 89 OSO Stale a uc qiwa D 90 AND COLNE SLAE MENTS 90 4 19 39 Creating Domestic DOMMES tini i po tao abt nc 92 4 14 TRMASTER u m wawa 92 4 15 Entering a 115 Post Contest Reports amp Log Utilities u u u u u nnn 115 SE 115 5 2 118 119 5 22 ELO bic dba usnu pu unn sanman 119 523 Initial Exchanges aei ee 119 Main WIHGOW aiti cene ee
71. after they are created The contest title statement determines what will be used as the heading for the reports created TR4W 4 13 3 3 Domestic File and Domestic and DX Multipliers DOMESTIC FILE NAME DOMESTIC MULTIPLIER NONE DX MULTIPLIER NONE This set of Configuration Statement changes ts perhaps the most difficult to make because 1t involves files that are located in the DOM directory and 15 affected by the EXCHANGE RECEIVED Configuration Statement selected In the next section The Domestic File 15 used to examine the Exchange that you want to log to see if the values entered by you are permitted by the contest rules The Configuration Statement for the Domestic Filename will have a character string that 1s used by the program to find the file in the DOM directory that should be used to test the QSO values you enter The default value 15 set by the CONTEST statement Use the character string that you saved in the last step of Section 4 13 1 as the starting value for the DOMESTIC FILE NAME Configuration Statement Remove characters and add the character string you wrote down The character string from our example produces the following DOMESTIC FILE NAME C Program Files TR4W DOM NEQSO DOM Next change the Domestic Multiplier Configuration Statement so that 1 causes TR4W to look for the file set by the DOMESTIC FILE NAME statement DOMESTIC MULTIPLIER DOMESTIC FILENAME The
72. am will open two windows the Main Window and the Function Keys Window Main Window TRAW v 4 240c 2011 General 0505 File Settings Windows Alt Ctr Commands Tools jer Help IER 80 20 10 pm BENIN eene 0 EE EE 055 Callsign 160CW 30 11 11 05 53 1 INSERT w 00 00 00 000 CO 0 5 0 Radio 1 Radio 2 This hr 0 Rate 0 CO total 35 WPM Paddle Footsw DE See aa we Figure 1 5 Function Keys window Function keys F4 TU V LQP Figure 1 6 Main Window Areas TRAW v 4 240c 2011 General 0505 File Settings Windows Alt Ctrl Commands Tools Help 05 53 38 0 Pts 80 40 20 15 10 CW CW 0505 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SSB Both Band Date UTC 055 Callsign Name M Hi D Editable Log gt Entries Window 160CW 30 11 11 05 53 1 INSERT 00 00 00 000 CQ 0 SP 0 j dio 1 Thishr 0 Rate 0 CO total 0 35 WPM OFF v Figure 1 7 74 V The Window shows version number of TR4W that is running and the name of the contest that has been selected together with the year and the call sign entered into the MY CALL box of the initial window Inside the Main Window is a number of sub windows or boxes Some of these boxe
73. an copy it to your local log via CREATE AND USE NEW LOG Received 0505 5B Received bytes 15104 Create and use Show server log Received records Sended records new log content UTC QsS Callsign OsR DX M 02 19 3 12 Ca 02 20 5 13 02 21 K AD 22 Mn 02 22 NSEA 25 Mi 02 23 21 02 24 3 Nv 02 25 KI Y 8 02 26 WANZ 23 02 27 K9BGL 0 Il 02 28 WDOT 33 Sd 02 29 WORE 31 In D i 30 28 Ma 02 31 N35D 15 pa 02 32 KYAF 14 02 33 K AD 51 02 34 33 02 35 WI2E 13 02 356 K9BG 39 Il 02 37 35 m J LB CO CO GU CD DD C DD CO DD CO j w A FE Create and use new log does the following The current log file will be renamed to LOGBACKUP where is consecutive nr current RESTART file will be renamed to the name of RESTART BACKUP RST 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 CTRL ALT T gt will send the UTC time on the invoking PC to all PC s on the network NUMBER LOCKOUT You
74. art looking for data zero for none 74 We have told POST to read column 74 which is the CHECK field We choose 3 for Check and are asked if we want to process more This time we say y es Post now knows to provide the column display again DOSBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST None CQ Zone TenTen Humber User 5 RRL Section ITU Zone User Grid Hame User Check Speed User FOC Humber User Do you want to process another data field at the same time u You can use most any ASCII format with this routine The only requirenent is that the callsign and data must appear on the same line and there must one entry per line Lines with no data or calls that does not look like 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 two entries were not always the cane length 28036 2644 11 86 2100 HHHH B H6RC HHH1 M 61 1234567891123456789Z123456789312345678941Z34567895123456 7896123456 789712345678 H H H H H H H Enter cursor position for callsign We again provide the column for callsign 5
75. ate UTC QsS Callsign QsR Pre Ck QTH Pts M Id D F Bud United States 17 00 Thu INSERT 00 00 000 0000 SEO 20CW 22 12 11 22 00 Pare ES uv RIGHT LZFT This hr 0 Rate 0 total 0 29 WPM MASTER Footsw Bud OFF wk You will note the NAME appears in both the USER INFO and NAME windows because we had lt CTRL J gt USER INFO SHOWN NAME set Please also note that TR4W displays an error message if TRMASTER DTA cannot be located It is worth noting that you could program FKey to say HI or you could program your CQ EXCHANGE KEY to do something like 9o B 52 ID and then set lt CTRL J gt SAY HI RATE to a value to limit greetings Or default just display the name 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 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 We give POST the location of the contest log and also will assume the log 15 not a TR log 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 CC 56 and data begins
76. ation Statements Modification 4 13 3 1 Category Statements CATEGORY ASSISTED NON ASSISTED CATEGORY BAND ALL CATEGORY MODE MIXED CATEGORY OPERATOR SINGLE OP CATEGORY POWER LOW CATEGORY TRANSMITTER ONE The category statements are only used in the preparation of reports and the creation of the Cabrillo file The values are the same ones that you would have entered if this was a supported contest 4 13 3 2 Contest Statements CONTEST NEQP CONTEST NAME NEW CONTEST CONTEST TITLE NEW CONTEST The contest statement is used by TRAW to set up the initial default values for the various Configuration Statements that govern the contest operation Although you plan to change some or all of those default values TRAW has to go through an initialization process before it can allow the default Configuration Statement values to be changed If you pick the contest carefully you could delete some of the template statements and just use the default values Using the template requires that all of the template statements be set properly but it does eliminate needing to remember what the default values of the supported contest are By setting all of the template values you can essentially use any of the supported contests as the contest name The contest name statement appears the ADIF file that 1s generated for export and in the Cabrillo file generated for export Whatever you pick you will still have to make small changes to those files
77. automatically load into the Alt D window When you are ready timing 15 everything press the spacebar and TRlog will halt your run and simultaneously call the station on the S amp P rig for you Tip whether DE is sent is controlled by your lt CTRL J gt DE ENABLE What happen next depends on whether the station comes back to you If he does not you can either wait easiest on the S amp P freq whilst continuing to CQ on run or move on To continue to CQ press escape to terminate focus on the S amp P and press enter TIP the moment you Alt D the call TRAW will build a bandmap entry for you This makes coming back to the station later a LOT easier SO2R bandmap works the same as SOIR with the following exception must be aware of which radio presently has the focus when you click on a bandmap spot Just clicking on the spot will send the ACTIVE focus radio to the spot If that is not what you wish you may right click on the spot and choose Send inactive rig to the frequency Alternatively you can execute SWAPRADIO before clicking on the spot described in Advanced SO2R Now assume you are waiting to call a new station S amp P radio and CQ ing on run and the timing 18 right for another spacebar try OR that you got the station when you called the first time Tip 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 brea
78. call in one keystroke Normally after you are called by another station you are required to qsy But an alternative 15 to generate a CQ on the inactive radio lt 03 gt SWAPRADIOS lt 04 gt lt 03 gt COMODE lt 04 gt CQ 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 to Memory Key Likewise the Mode setting must be appropriate to whether you want to end up in S amp P or mode TR4W is set to present a message warning that Sprint QSY rules apply Additionally TR4W 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 SO2R Command Codes String examples Action Taken Command Codes string Send CQ on R2 Focus stays on lt 01 gt RI Send MyCall on R2 Focus stays lt 01 gt lt 03 gt lt SAPMODE gt lt 04 gt on RI Repeat Exchange on R2 lt 01 gt 5NN 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 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 Command Codes st
79. 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 you might generate in speaking the calls requires a lot of practice with the recording and much editing 4 6 6 The process of working on the air Send CQ by pressing Function Key F1 CQF1 WAV United Alpha Four Whiskey Lima Italy Contest Types YU1QQ in Call amp presses Y WAV U WAV 1 WAV Q WAV Q WAV ENTER Yankee Uniform One Quebec Quebec The exchange is sent after the call CQEXCHANGE WAV QSL Five Nine above Five YU1QQ provides his exchange When his exchange is entered press HGSLWAV man AGS Fa WAV Thanks United Alpha Four Enter to log the QSO Whiskey Lima Italy Contest 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 have 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 ent
80. ck 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 15 written for users of the English version but may be useful to those using TR4W in other languages As of this writing the current English TRAW version release is 4 242 Click on tr4w setup 4 242 zip to initiate a download of a compressed zip file which you should save When the download is completed and saved extract the file and you will see a window like this Select components to install tr wserver exe duster commands txt Space required 482 0KB trduster dat E Figure 1 1 Click on next to continue the installation When click on next you will be asked where you want to store the TRAW program 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 rather than C Program Files X86 TRAWA That will make it easier to acess to make text file changes when you want to do so T TRAW v 4 242b Setup Installation Folder different folder click Browse and select another folder Click Install to start m Setup will install TR3W v 4 242b in the following folder To install in a the installation Destination Folder Program Files x86 Space required 482 0 Space available 21 0GB Figure 1 2 Click on the Install button an
81. contest TR4W v 4 240c 2011 General QSOs File Settings Windows Alt Ctrl Commands Tools Help 05 53 38 UE CW 0505 0 0 0 055 Callsign Name 0 Freq 160CW 30 11 11 05 53 INSERT 00 00 00 000 CQ 0 SP 0 Radio 1 This hr 0 Rate 0 CO total 0 35 WPM The Main Window has a number of sub windows located within it Some of these sub windows already have values and others are blank waiting for additional configuration statements to be set or for some activity to be initiated by the user In this Main Window the Band 15 160 meters the Mode 15 the Date 15 11 30 2011 Nov 30 2011 The speed set as 35 WPM The Time 15 05 53 38 UTC Although Radio 1 15 shown there 1s no frequency associated with it That tells us that the program has not yet been interfaced with a radio We can use the program to log contacts QSO s even though we do not have any interface established between the computer and the radio We can change the Band by using lt ALT B gt or lt ALT V gt and we can change the Mode by using lt gt These and other operations are listed under the Menu items of the Main Window which are described in the section following 6 1 Menus and Sub Menus of Main Window 6 1 1 1 File Menu TRAW v 4 240c 2011 JM Settings Windows Al Open log directory Import Export Band Date MH 6 1 1 2 Settings Menu Windows Confi
82. creation of a domestic file to be used for a new contest 1s discussed a later section Once that domestic file exists 11 will be necessary to revise the DOMESTIC FILENAME Configuration Statement to use that name The DX Multiplier Configuration Statement should be changed if the new contest permits DX stations to be worked AND the DX stations can be multipliers If the stations can be worked but they have no multiplier value as 1s the case in ARRL SS contests leave the statement as DX MULTIPLIER NONE If the DX stations can be multipliers you need to set the DX Multiplier Configuration Statement to show what are the DX Multipliers The table below shows the choices available DX Multiplier choices NONE 4 13 3 4 Exchange Received Statement The exchange used contest 15 controlled by the EXCHANGE RECEIVED Configuration Statement For a state QSO party the statement might be EXCHANGE RECEIVED RST DOMESTIC OR DX or something similar The statement above means 15 that you expect to receive and log RST a state province county or similar QTH or some DX QTH The values you enter during the contest will be validated as permitted by looking for them in the DOMESTIC FILE that was discussed previously in Section 4 13 3 Choices for EXCHANGE RECEIVED NAME AND POSSIBLE GRID SQUARE NAME DOMESTIC OR DX QTH NAME QTH AND POSSIBLE TEN TEN NUMBER NONE EXCHANGE RECEIVED UNK
83. d the program will install When the installation is completed a TR4W icon will appear on your desktop see below Clicking on the icon starts the program Figure 1 3 1 6 Program Startup Screens The window below is the one that will appear each time you start You will be asked to enter your call and select a contest to initiate After the first time you use the program the window on the left will contain additional folders one for each contest that you have selected previously Once you have made and started 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 TRAW v 4 239 Open configuration file or start a new contest pragram Files M Y CALL CONTEST CATEGORY BAND CATEGORYMODE y CATEGORY OPERATOR sig Ege CATEGORYPOWER CATEGORY TRANSMITTER ONE Figure 1 4 To make new contest selection fill in your call and select contest from pull down list in the CONTEST box If you are starting TRAW for the very first time we suggest that you start by selecting General QSO in the pull down list Then select the desired value for each of the CATEGORY boxes in the lower left part of the window If everything has been entered correctly you will be able to click on the OK and the progr
84. e Firstly we right click on the roster choose SAVE AS and save roster as CWops Roster htm in directory where POST 15 located Now open CWops Roster htm with your spreadsheet program We will choose Free Open Source Software LIBREOFFICE CWops Roster htm Li Office Calc insert Form s Data Window QA DD Al lQ S S FH Times New Roman 21 Ej AAA E c A L EH El a 1 l J r D SS pom ns i c n lumaman A ez MEMBER ROSTER 4456789 MNOPOR ST WX Y Send changes to to 3 H en cwops org Lifetime Members Last Update 22 Dec 11 Callsign Loo Shown In Green 160 ID amp BarGiora 99 4XIFC Dani 49 cgatecoil 4X6KF Moshe Winkler 69 4ZIUF Zoin 6 4z4DX 175 jetcgibin logfom cgi 4z4dx Stem 368 44 info chan shwa Joe Poole em SPONX Cross po 175 hemera blogspot com SVIYC James Brooks 6 AAIV Don Mikes 53 fgoldteinet alv AAQZW Delamater 97 1 E 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 E E FH Def Ok you should now
85. e lt CTRL J gt to bring up the Configuration Commands window Locate the DOMESTIC FILENAME line 771 and copy down exactly the character string that 1s there For the template which has a CONTEST NEQP you should see something like C Program Files TR4W DOM NEQSO DOM Save this string because you will use it later when you set the DOMESTIC FILENAME statement for the new contest Close the window and exit from TR4W 4 13 2 Configuration File Template Template file for a new contest CFG file COMMANDS MY CALL K0TO MUST BE FIRST STATEMENT CATEGORY ASSISTED NON ASSISTED CATEGORY BAND ALL CATEGORY MODE MIXED CATEGORY OPERATOR SINGLE OP CATEGORY POWER LOW CATEGORY TRANSMITTER ONE CONTEST NEQP CONTEST NAME NEW CONTEST CONTEST TITLE NEW CONTEST DOMESTIC FILE NAME DOMESTIC MULTIPLIER NONE DX MULTIPLIER NONE EXCHANGE RECEIVED NONE MULT BY BAND FALSE MULT BY MODE FALSE MULTIPLE BANDS TRUE MULTIPLE MODES TRUE MY CHECK NONE MY CONTINENT NONE MY COUNTRY K MY FD CLASS NONE MY GRID NONE MY IOTA NONE MY NAME NONE MY POSTAL CODE NONE MY PREC NONE MY QTH NONE MY SECTION NONE MY STATE NONE MY ZONE NONE PREFIX MULTIPLIER NONE QSO BY BAND FALSE QSO BY MODE FALSE QSO POINT METHOD NONE QSO POINTS DOMESTIC CW 0 QSO POINTS DOMESTIC PHONE 0 QSO POINTS DX CW 0 QSO POINTS DX PHONE 0 ZONE MULTIPLIER NONE 4 13 3 Configur
86. e 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 7 Program Windows Names and Colors 1 8 Configuring TRAW for vour station To set up TRAW to interface with your radio we will open the Settings menu heading and show the sub menus Settings menus Windows Alk Cr Commands Tools Configuration commands 15 Colors 0 appearance Program messages CAT and Cw Keying Radio 1 1 LPT Radio 2 ckrl AlE4 z Winkever t Callsign Figure 1 8 The Settings menu has several choices of sub menus The CAT and CW Keying sub menu has been selected because we wish to set up the control of a radio by the program That sub menu has two alternative choices Radio 1 or Radio 2 1 8 1 Configuring the Radio We start by selecting the Radio 1 sub menu and clicking on it to bring up the window that is used to select the radio type set the COM port and the hand shaking between the computer and the radio Every box which has a small downward pointing triangle contains a list of choices for that particular box By clicking on the triangle you will be shown the choices and you can click on one of them to select your choice for that box Before selecting values After selecting values RADIO ONE RADIO ONE NONE g RADIO ONE RADIO DNE CONTROL PORT NDNE T RADIO
87. ectory 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 lt DVPRUS The recorded Russian audio files must be placed in the DVPRUS folder and that folder must be in the TRAW folder If you have a multiple operator station operating in a contest you can 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 TR4W 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 ENABLE FALSE the DVP Status window displays DVP DIS showing that the DVP function is disabled When DVP ENABLE TRUE and DVP Message is being sent the DVP Status window displays DVP OFF When DVP ENABLE TRUE and message is being sent the window displays DVP ON The default audio files corresponding to each Function Key are shown in the table below Contest Logging Message SSB S amp P Exchange QSL SSB MESSAGE CQ SSB EXCHANGE x ee DE EE for the Contest Logging messages are In CQ Mode pressing the F4 key will play the COFA WAV In S Mode pressing key will play the file EXFA WAV You can change t
88. equence of TR4W The contest logging sequence audio files have default names which can be changed if desired The audio files are stored in the DVP folder which is located in the TRAW folder This is discussed in more detail later in this section When using the DVP on a computer running Vista TR4W 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 exceed 30 seconds 4 6 2 Thelocation 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 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 TRAW dir
89. gs will be 4 times as large as CW signal recordings for the same period of recording The length of a recording snippet 1s governed by a Command Statement Only one of the 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 hour A 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 1s 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
90. gt Transmits a prefix suffix callsign only corrected Sends sign in last QSO editable window Passes the name obtained in the previous Sprint QSO at the bottom of the editable window s 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 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 Ust of messages NNNM Command Caption e ane COTEST TEST ENTM MEMORV LOSICOFREQ LASTCO MEMORY SNN NC MEMORY TU X TEST MEMORV MEMORV DE MEMORV SRI 050 TU TEST 0 1054 VEXCHANGERADIOS MEMORY MEMORY MEMORY SWAPRADLIOS SAPMODE V MEMORY CONTROLF1 MEMORY CONTROLF2 MEMORY CONTROLF3 MEMORY CONTROLF4 MEMORY CONTROLF9S Figure 2 21 We presently have assigned to CQTEST TEST where 4 represents MYCALL as set on the initial CONTEST dialog So lets try to change the F1 CQ message to insert a half space between CQ and TEST You can press enter whilst F1 line is selected or double click on it CO CW MEMORV F1 x Message CQTEST X TEST Cancel List of commands Figure 2 22 Select the line with your mouse and change COTEST TO CQ TEST Proqram message CH MEM
91. guration TR4W presently supports 140 contests but can be configured for additional contests NOTE If you are Interested in a European contest you may find that a configuration file has already been prepared for that contest and placed at the URL gt http tr4w com configurationfiles index html You can go there and check If you find there 1s one move this file into your specific contest directory after you find it and run it to unzip the contents What needs to be done In order to operate the new contest you will need to create a contest folder TR4W and a contest configuration file inside that newly created contest folder You will also need to make one change to the 4 file that is located the SETTINGS folder located in the TR4W folder If you want stored CW messages and SSB messages to be available for the contest they will need to be set up in the contest configuration file that you create In some cases you will need to create a which will be placed in the DOM directory Finally you will need to create or modify Configuration Statements located in the newly created contest CFG file These actions adjust the operation of TRAW so that it will properly log and score the new contest you wish to operate To make these changes you will need to know how to locate and open the TRAW directory and the other folders and files inside of it Because you will be making changes to existing Configurati
92. guration commands Colors Appearance Program messages Alt Alt P and Cw Keying 6 1 1 3 Window Menu Alt Bandmap Dupesheet Function keys SCP Remaining mults Radio 1 Radio 2 Dx Cluster Network Intercom Post score Stations MPS Recorder Commands Tools 15 10 Radio 1 Radio gt 2 Callsign trl Commands Tools Help Shifk Ctrl 15 10 ShiFE Crr 2 Default Shifk Ctri 4 Shirt Chrl 5 Oo Domestic zones Prefixes Shif CErIH 7 Shif CErI 8 ShiFt Chrl 9 Shirt Chrl 0 6 1 1 4 Alt Menu CHF Commands Tools Met Help Increment time Alarm Al 2 Auto CQ resume Alt 3 Dupe check Edit Save to Floppy Al Swap mult view Increment number Toogle multiplier bell Alt 9 Kill Cw 10 Search log Transmit Frequency AF NM Reminder Auto CQ Toggle rigs CW speed Alt 5 Set system datejtime Initialize 050 Reset wakeup Al Chr W Delete the last 050 Initial exchange Alt Toggle sidetone Alt Toogle autosend Alt Band Up Down SSBICW made 6 1 1 5 Ctrl Menu Gee Commands Tools Help Send Keyboard I
93. hat 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 gt is a delay of 20 milliseconds If our entry for function key Fl is WAV CONTEST WAV CQ WAV CONTEST WAV MYCALL WAV CONTEST WAV then the Configuration Statement would be created as CQ SSB MEMORY F1 CQ WAV CONTEST WAV CQ WAV 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 one 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 a little later 4 6 4 Record and edit sound files Creating playing and editing WAVE PCM files for your computer requires a program that performs these actions It must be capable accepting the filename as an input and then playing that file using a sound card There are many such programs but a recommended one is the free program Audacity 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 Ctrl J to enter the Configuration Statements window and set the statement DVP RECO
94. he 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 When the cursor is in the bandmap window there are several additional keyboard commands Control End moves the cursor into the bandmap window he 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 DELETE deletes the callsign entry that is selected ESCAPE moves the cursor out of the bandmap window D gt toggles Dupe display M gt toggles all Mode B gt toggles all Bands If you are checking for a second spot by pressing the lt 5 gt for the station which is already in the bandmap the previous call will be removed 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 A record of the frequency of a CQ will also be added to the bandmap in the form of CQ where is the latest issue CQ If you exit the bandmap is saved in file BANDMAP BIN 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
95. he 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 desired group select the function key and change the name in 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 1s pressed This allows you to record message fragments and then concatenate them into a 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 CO WAV CONTEST WAV and MYCALL WAV which have only one word in each file you can string them together to get CONTEST CQ CONTEST CONTEST for use as a CQ When you enter them into the CQ Mode F1 function key window a statement will be stored in file that looks like this CQ SSB MEMORY CQ WAV CONTEST WAV CQ WAV CONTEST WAV MYCALL WAV CONTEST WAV In this case when you press the audio files CO WAV CONTEST WAV CO 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 t
96. in You can later filter out the calls that only appear in 1 or 2 logs To change the value of one of the flags just press the key of the highlighted letter Enter field ID to change RETURN to start or ESCAPE to exit And can change A RRL Section and Chec k as appropriate Normally you want to change these to TRUE to guarantee if an entry exists it WILL be overwritten At this point the database is updated and we are ready to rename the old TRMASTER DTA and move the new database in for testing Note 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 are 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 TRAW v 4 240d 2011 ARRL SS CW N6RC 20 Nada Hmm perhaps it is time to examine our settings 2 Aha the problem is lt CTRL J gt USER INFO SHOWN is still set to NAME For maximum flexibility we set it to CUSTOM We now must specify lt CTRL J gt CUSTOM USER STRING where we type in CHECK SECTION TRAW v 4 240d 2011 ARRL SS CW MASTER You should now observe the User Info Window contains 61 SCV What if we want to prefill Ensure that lt CTRL J gt INITIAL EXCHANGE is
97. isables all actions associated with the foot switch DUPECHECK Executes the alt D command when the foot switch is pressed 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 the band map for the 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 1 higher frequency displayed entry in the band map that you have not yet worked regardless of the band and mode of that entry Also puts you into S amp P Mode NEXTMULTBANDMAP Advances you to the frequency of the next i e higher frequency displayed entry that is a needed multiplier in the band map for the current band and mode Also puts you into S amp P Mode NEXTMULTDISPLAYEDBANDMA Advances you to the frequency of the next 1 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
98. isting data for the same field already in the database If the flag is TRUE the data will be updated to value found in the file 3 TUAone Chec k 1 11 3 TH S peed T amp nTen User i User 2 User 3 User 4 User 5 The H flag determines if the hits count incremented for each log a call is found in You can later filter out the calls that only appear in 1 or 2 logs To change the value of one of the flags just press the key of the highlighted letter Enter field ID to change RETURN to start or ESCAPE to exit 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 TRAW 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 Now when we start TRAW and there is not TRMASTER DTA in our specific contest directory the TRMASTER DTA file TR4W 15 read into memory and upon entering callsign that was customized into the database we see TRAW v 4 240d 2011 ARRL SS CW File Windows Alt Ctl Commands Tools et Help ENS ee s repe pepe 5 D
99. ive radio Assuming he now QSL s you want to return to CQ 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 is 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 15 to say there will times when you want the OTHER radio to be your run radio or S amp P radio The Command 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 Assign that to a free F key and launch the CQ When it ends immediately press the F key again to launch your CQ on other radio Sprint contests are a special challenge as they tend to be high speed with short exchanges and a QSY rule that nullifies bandmap usage TRAW addresses them in several ways firstly dupesheets for both radios were added so the operator can visually determine if a station 15 a dupe on either radio without typing in a call 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
100. k 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 Tip Program Memory Key F2 to your exchange If you are not confident the station will gsl your exchange do not press enter press F2 which you can repeat needed However in the Advanced section we will discuss how to press enter and program for potential repeat request Why Because you may need to keep CQ active on the run frequency to hold it RE F2 repeat Check lt CTRL J gt AUTO QSO NUMBER DECREMENT if the contest involves a serial number Normally change this to TRUE 4 2 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 15 the degree of granularity it affords the user On the other hand TR4W 15 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 15 calling a new station on the S amp P getting a comeback
101. l happen if there is data found in the File being processed and there is existing data for the same field already in the database If the flag is TRUE the data will be updated to value found in the file H flag determines if the hits count 1s incremented for each loy a call iz found in You can later filter out the calls that only appear in 1 or 2 logs To change the value of one of the flags just the of the highlighted letter Usert 5 FALSE Enter field ID to change RETURN to start or ESCAPE to exit This shows that N ame is set to FALSE What this means is if there is an existing entry for the call being processed it would be skipped Without changing this to TRUE EXISTING data will not be overwritten In this case we will change this to TRUE This states that as an example if AA3B was already in the database as ALAN it will be overwritten to BUD For something like Sweepstakes SECTION it 1s probably advisable to set A to TRUE if you are using current data Eg a stations QTH is somewhat dynamic could have changed and we want the latest data written OTH if using an older log as input this may NOT be appropriate As soon as n 15 pressed the screen changes DOSBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST OUERURITE FLAG STATUS RRL Section The flags listed determine what will happen if there is data found in the File being processed and there is ex
102. l 15 found you may then edit the exchange or correct the call Callsign Made BTH Band perator Band Date UTC 55 Callsign Zn Pts Id A0CW 31 12 11 1 GAAMJ G 14 3 2 B 5 1 entries mz Figure 2 14 Other things that happen once your QSO 15 complete that 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 display updated Information to reflect the QSO you Just made But what are you waiting for The cursor Is sitting there blinking waiting for you to make another QSO Quick Time 15 awasting Somebody will steal your frequency if you don t hurry Call CQ again by pressing ENTER 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 want to call a station instead of calling CQ That s what S amp P Mode 15 for put yourself in S amp P Mode simply press the Tab key The Exchange window appears if you are using a color monitor this window will be m 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 TR4W v 4 242a 2012 CQ WW CW File Settings Windows Alt Ctrl Com
103. l not run under Win7 X64 It must be run in Windows 32 bit We now start POST EXE which looks like this DOSBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 10075 cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST TR POST CONTEST PROGRAM Version 6 72A elcome to the TH Post Contest Program You will find many procedures and tilities here to help you 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 different reports that can be generated and finally the Utility procedures menu has a number of little programs to make uour life easier To 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 fuse ESCAPE or RETURN with no input Free memory 362668 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 program Enter command We now will enter UEFF which will directly take us to the dialog for adding a file to TRMASTER DTA This provides a prompt for the file name and whether it is a TR log file We will respo
104. lder Once those changes are made save the TRAW INI file This statement tells TRAW where the information it needs to set up the new contest 1s located The next changes involve Configuration Statements that are placed Into the renamed CFG file located 1n the contest directory Locate the new contest directory and open it so you can see the files inside it Delete all of the files except the CFG file Then open the CFG file with your text editor and delete all of the statements it Next insert by copying or typing all of the statements shown in the template box following Pay particular attention to the following 1 The MY CALL statement must be located immediately after the COMMANDS statement 2 The CONTEST statement must have the name of a supported contest The one used to set up the contest folder and the contest CFG file 1s best 3 The DOMESTIC FILE NAME statement should have and around it to disable it until you make final change to statement 4 A value MUST be in the MY COUNTRY statement This value should be the prefix for the country For the US that 15 K The country does not need to be the one your callsign might imply because you may be operating outside of your country Once these values are entered into the CFG file for the new contest you can save the file and then start TRAW If you do not get any errors showing in a window you should see the Main Window ready to be used Us
105. ll to the bottom of the table B CWops Roster htm LibreOffice Calc EEG Tools D dow Help S a 35 4 DD A 97 s s Q FH Times New Roman E AAAIEJ E EI EB EH E da ED A B SSA 5 rF amm susu ZU Den 1 95 VORI Muller 45 Rod Rankovic 946 ZFINE Staples ZLIAH John Wightman 25 zl2AGY Tony Mar 817 234 vender Walt en en sn sn so n en eo se so en n se so so n n T Good We have now selected all CALLS and NAMES Now you can lt CTRL C gt to COPY the data onto your system clipboard Now go to Windows STAR T RUN and enter notepad to bring up the system editor Once notepad is up lt CTRL V gt will paste the data into editor Now you can SAVE AS the listing as say CWOPS TXT to the directory where you placed POST Untitled Notepad Tom Jerry Dale Stu Jim Roy Tim Brad Darin Harold Dave Merrill Joe Mike Alfredo Mike Pat Jay Luis Jorge Dan Tina Rod Joe John Mike Tony Doug Vidi Raoul Bernie Note that source formatting may be lost during copy paste Scroll down to ensure longer usually portable calls are aligned Also note that you may be able to avoid draggi
106. low 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 information 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 received information matches guess you need do nothing Now press ENTER which will cause the computer to send a brief message to end the QSO That s all there 15 to it The QSO 15 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 15 important It shows the last few 5 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 cal
107. ly to make sure that you understand how easy it is to make a QSO in TRAW 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 15 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 six 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 TRAW Reference Manual for details And just to make things insanely easy you can 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 on 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 y
108. ma CHARLES 887 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 lt CTRL J gt AUTO DUPE ENABLE FALSE to allow entry of dupes You probably also want to set lt CTRL J gt INCREMENT TIME ENABLE TRUE to allow time increment via the ALT key 5 Post Contest Reports amp Log Utilities 5 1 Reports TR4W can generate a number of useful reports Allcallsigns Bandchanges e Continent list e First callsign worked in each country e First callsign worked in each zone QSOs by country by band e Score by hour e Summary All callsigns produces a sorted list of calls worked by times worked An Example would be 2012 CWOPS N4AF Unique callsigns 63 DL1INKS etc thru 1 QSOs Bandchanges Lists the of changes Band 2 Band 3 Band 4 Band 5 Band 6 Band 7 Band 8 Band 9 Band change change change change change change change change change Band Band Band change change change from 40CW 80CW 40CW 80CW 40CW 80CW 40CW 80CW 40CW 80CW 40CW 80CW 80CW 40CW 80CW 40CW 80CW 40CW 80CW 40CW 80CW 40CW 80CW 40CW There were 5 second radio QSOs made Where the asterisk denotes second radio band change Continent List Will list a matrix of continents vs bands USA Canada NA SA Euro African Japan Ocean unkno
109. mands Tools Help AME 160 20 0505 Mults Zones Joth 15 10 Band Date QsS Callsign Zn Pts M Id D 40CW 31 12 1 G4AMJ 7025 00 40CW 31 12 2 9V1YC 7025 00 7 40 02 01 125 3 INSERT 10 00 00 001 CQ 0 SP 2 LEFT RIGHT Last60 0 Rate 0 CQ total 11 37 WPM WK2 v23 Figure 2 15 Now let s pretend that you have just come across a needed multiplier Enter his callsign and then hit ENTER As soon as you press the ENTER key TR4W will instantly check to see if the station is a dupe If it is not a dupe TR4W will call the station for you and the cursor moves down to the Exchange window Just as in CQ Mode you now type the exchange if it s necessary as before the default RST is 599 and TRAW can usually enter the correct exchange information in the Exchange Window for you followed by ENTER If you happen to have a valid TRMASTER DTA file in your path you will see activity in the line below the Call Window as you enter the call The meaning of what 15 happening will be explained later although you may find it interesting to watch carefully to see if you can decide for yourself just what TR4W is telling you TRAW v 4 242a 2011 CQ WW CW File Settings Windows Alt Ctrl Commands Tools Net Help 11 14 20 QSO needs for 9V1YC 160 20 15 10 160 80 40 20 15 10 0505 Mult needs for 9V1YC Zone
110. meters Fill in the boxes in the lower right of the start up screen and then click on the OK button to open the Main Window of the supported contest you selected Once the Main Window is open type lt ALT X gt to get the window that asks if you wish to exit Click on YES and the program will close At this point TRAW has created a contest folder with the name of the supported contest and within that folder a CFG file with the name of the supported contest You need to change those names to ones that reflect the new contest you wish to configure for operating Open the TRAW folder and find the folder with name of the supported contest that was just created Change that folder name to one you want for your new contest Then open the folder and find the supported contest CFG file Change the name of that file to the name of the new contest You do not need to put the year or your call in the name Now go back to the TRAW folder and look for the folder SETTINGS and open it Inside you will find the TRA4W INI Open that file with your text editor and locate Configuration Statement that has a left side that 1s LATEST CONFIG FILE In the right side of that Configuration Statement there will be two places that have the name of the supported contest you used Replace just the name of the contest with the name you used for the new contest Be sure that the year and the callsign are the same as the ones you used in renaming the contest fo
111. n 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 otatement 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 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 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 in the bandmap the call will load into the CALL window
112. nd with myfile txt and n which produces this screen FA DOSBox 0 74 Cou speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST of data Cie once for names and again for QTHs 014 data will be over uritten if the overwrite flag for the data field is set true Execute the 0 command the menu to vieu edit these flags Enter the name of the file to process none to quit myfile txt Is this a TH 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 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 15 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 cane length 441DF Karl 599 1234567891123456789217234567893123456789412 34567 78951234567896123456789712345 78 H H H H H H H 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 col
113. nector and mounting plate will slip in the space immediately 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 4 the edge of plastic insulator of the DB 25 connector 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 q edript keying adapter cdr 01 01 2002 55 Parallel Port CW and Keying Adapter Paddle Input for Internal Keyer from NOSS NOTE if you use a METAL or a METALIZED plastic hood BE SURE TC 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 Pins 14 thru 25 on N TOP Screw boss
114. ng the cursor In LibreOffice you can select DATA and DEFINE RANGE Ensure the range at the bottom 15 correct select OK and you are ready to copy paste 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 Since we have the CWops spreadsheet still open why not build something that would PREFILL the exchange for CWops contest NAME Here we drag the cursor over all four fields CWops Roster htm LibreOffice Calc l File View Insert Format Tools Data Window Help x gt SESS 0 419 4 x 1640102 m Q Times New Roman A 4 E z E A e ta s le Ps EE F F 21 017 fe 2 NEN NT EL 1915 Raoul Coetzee med e ih dl dll d 450 ee co N N 943 H Fih Sheetl EF 4 Sheet 1 1 Default Isp i3 Sum 467424 9 2 100 lt CTRL
115. nput Communicate with packet port Clear multsheet Suto QSL Interval Decrease amp uta QSL Interval Increase Clear dupesheet View Edit lag Mote Missing mults report Redo possible calls Recall last entry callsign Execute configuration Refresh bandmap Dualing Cts Cursor in bandmap window Cursor in De Cluster window Q50 with CW info screen Add bandmap place holder Additional information wie Ctrl D CHI R Ctrl Ctrlt End Ctrl Home Ctrl Enter Chri Ctr Ins DDFileCatcher IrFanview 6 1 1 6 Commands Menu normal 0 Pts ame QTH Pts This hr 0 OFF Cu O50 number Callsign Ctrl 2 CW Speed Band Ctrl 4 We Tools Toggle insert mode Escape CW Speed Up CW Speed Down CO Mode Log in Send spot Rescore Help Focus in main window CW Speed Up For the inactive radio CW Speed Down for the inactive radio Search amp pounce mode Pause Ins Esc Pqup Ctrl PgUp Ctrl PqDn Shift Tab Tab 6 1 1 7 Tools Menu Help Synchronize PC time Ctrl Alk hy Beacons monitor Windows cantral Set time zone Device Manager Ping SERVER ADDRESS Run TRAWSERVER volume control Recording control FBNM s Contest Calendar
116. nsistors use the three Pin 13 DAH holes which are in line eyer Paddle Connections Pin 25 GND gt wass Full size PC board drawing To TX CW PC board size is 1 7 16 x 3 4 Pos Keying Adjust the size of your negative ToTXPTT ToTX 1k to obtain these measurements Ground Relay CWGND 1 4W Paddle 01 1N400x Cath Up Ground To Paddle DIT amp DAH Pin 12 DIT Pin 1 Pin17 Pin18 25 Pin 13 GND GND DAH Enlarged v PC board ND 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 Pinnumber 1 12 13 14 16 17 18 25 Key GND Wire Length 3 4 3 4 7 8 1 3 4 34 1 3 4 78 1 14 1 1 4 6 1 6 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 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 con
117. nt should be set to the county or state or province or similar entity 4 13 3 7 QSO Statements QSO BY BAND FALSE QSO BY MODE FALSE MULTIPLE BANDS TRUE MULTIPLE MODES TRUE If you are permitted to work the same station on different bands the QSO by Band statement should be set to TRUE If you are permitted to work the same station on different modes on the same band the by Modes statement should be set to TRUE If the contest is a single band contest the Multiple Bands statement should be set to FALSE If the contest 15 a single mode contest the Multiple Mode statement should be set to FALSE 4 13 3 8 Scoring Statements QSO POINT METHOD NONE QSO POINTS DOMESTIC CW 0 QSO POINTS DOMESTIC PHONE 0 QSO POINTS DX CW 0 QSO POINTS DX PHONE 0 The statements for Domestic and DX CW and Phone QSO points should be set for the values specified by the contest rules The QSO Point Method statement should be set using one of the values in the table below Choices for QSO Point Method ONE EUROPE TWO HA DX OTHER 1 CANADA WINTER GACWWWSA RSGB WW PMC RUSSIAN DX JT RADIO 160 4 13 3 9 Creating Domestic files 4 14 TRMASTER Database Basic Usage TRMASTER DTA contains the callsigns of known contest active stations and 15 presently maintained by WA1Z TRMASTER DTA 15 NOT shipped with TRAW as it is not maintained by any single logging program The
118. o 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 library routine lame enc dll This library should be located the TR4W folder or in the Windows System32 folder This dll Library be downloaded from http tr4w com otherfiles Save the file in the TRAW directory 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 radio to impedance of audio input to sound card in 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
119. of lt your call ADI gt It is worth noting the ONLY way to re load contest information back into TR4W at a later date 15 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 always be renamed to a 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 must 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 1s no specific to callsign data for example only serial number TR4W 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 initial ex data and new data extracted from the log Upon next running of the 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 15 what appears when you start the program and select the name of a
120. 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 cane length 4X1DF Karl 599 1234567891123456789Z1234567893123456789412345678951Z34567896123456789712345678 H H H H H H H Enter cursor position for callsign Enter cursor position to start looking for data zero for none Enter 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 callzignz Hone 5 CQ Zone TenTen Nunber F Uzer 5 RRL Section 6 ITU Zone User Grid User Check H Speed User 9 FOC Humber User Do you want to process another data field at the same time In this simple case we respond that we only want to add the names so we respond n to option of processing more fields We are next asked about setting overwrite flags answer to better understand this setting Das nm af DOSBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST OUERURITE FLAG STATUS Section CU Z Jone Gr id TUZone Chectk 1 11 3 TH S peed TJ enTen 1 2 User s User 4 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE The flags listed determine what wil
121. on Statements or perhaps adding some new ones you will need to know how to open files with a text editor and make changes or additions Typically Windows users will use NOTEPAD or WORDPAD as their text editor All of the files involved in the configuration setup that you do are text files You will be able to print them out if you wish to have a copy for future reference 4 13 1 New Contest Setup Procedure The easiest way to create the folder and CG file for the new contest 1s use one of the supported contests to do the task of creating them Once they have been created you can go into the TR4W directory and change the names of the supported contest folder and the supported contest CFG file inside of it Then you make one change the TR4W_INI file so that TRAW knows which folder has the new contest CFG file Once that 1s done you will revise or add Configuration Statements in the renamed CFG file It is critical to select a supported contest that has an exchange exactly like the exchange for new contest you want to configure Section 4 13 2 following discusses avallable exchanges and shows the supported contests that use that exchange Read that section and then select the supported contest you will use in setting up the new contest Once you have decided on the supported contest you want to use for the initial setup open the TRAW program and use the Initial Setup window to setup up that contest with your call and other para
122. onfiguring the Station Control In the previous Section we configured the program to be able to communicate with the radio to read and control the settings of the radio In this section we will configure the program to control when the radio transmits and control the sending of CW and SSB lt DVP gt messages To configure the station control from the computer we go back to the SETTINGS menu and then select the LPT sub menu That will bring up the LPT window BASE ADDRESS LPT2 BASE ADDRESS LPTS BASE ADDRESS SWITCH PORT NONE PADDLE PORT RADIO ONE BAND OUTPUT PORT RADIO TWO BAND OUTPUT PORT r RELAY CONTROL PORT Y STEREO CONTROL PORT NONE 5 Gave x En x Figure 1 13 The default 1 2 LPT3 BASE ADDRESSES are the standard ones and should not need to be changed In this example there 15 no Foot Switch no Paddle Port and the Band data 15 not being supplied the LPT1 port lines to other station equipment so no entry changes are made for those choices The station 15 this example uses Top Ten DXDoubler for controlling the microphone and key connections to the radios in the station When changing from Radio 1 to Radio 2 a relay in the DXDoubler unit needs to be activated This 1s done using one of the LPT control lines The Relay Control Port 1s specified as 1 which means that LPT Port 1 will supply the signal that will tell the Top Ten unit when to change the radio inputs If there
123. ou have a choice of two different QSL messages that can be sent while the contact 1s being logged When working a station you will 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 15 shown When the contest uses country multipliers a programmable list of more than 90 countries can be shown The multiplier status of countries not displayed can be checked explicitly by simply performing a 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 1s displayed These calls may be easily selected if you discover that one of them 15 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 default settings the program allows operators to be effective in contes
124. r 0 for none Post now prompts for the TYPE of data that will be customized into TRMASTER DTA We will respond that it is NAME by entering 7 DOSBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST a space found at the data position the data 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 zame length 4X1DF Karl 599 1234567891123456789Z2123456789312345678941Z3456789512Z34567896123456 789712345678 H H H H H H H nter cursor position for callsign 1 nter cursor position to start looking for data zero for none 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 Hone CQ Zone TenTen Number F User 5 RRL Section ITU Zone User Grid User Check Speed User FOC Humber User Select field 8 12 or escape to quit In a more complex scenario our file could contain many types of fields we wish to add to TRMASTER DTA This provides us the opportunity to process extra fields DOSBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST a space found at the data position the data is assumed to be blank Also I can get fancy and ignore a certain number
125. r a busted call E nter note Contro N to enter Cancel 4 Special Modes 4 1 Using 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 CTRL J BAND MAP ENABLE TRUE The Bandmap window be toggled lt Ctrl Shift gt By default it shows the stations on the current band and mode By pressing the right mouse button in the window the Bandmap menu appears Additional commands allow you to change the options ALL BANDS BAND display spots on all bands BAND MAP ALL MODES display all types of modulation CW and SSB BAND MAP DISPLAY display the last 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 following frequencies in Hz Ban Freq Hz d 160 1840000 m 3700000 7100000 10150000 The frequencies can be changed using CUTOFF FREQUENCY BAND MAP
126. ring Send CQ on R2 Focus stays on lt 01 gt CQ RI Dueling COs lt 03 gt SWAPRADIOS lt 04 gt CQ TEST 4 3 Using the DXCluster The DX Cluster window ts opened through the menu Windows gt DX Cluster Cluster Connect E i Freeze gt Clear 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 Buttons in 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
127. rogram 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 Internet connection required for DX Cluster use Internal sound card 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 1 3 Files used by the Program File extension Application TR4W INI Command Statement settings which are applied to all contests text TRW Loe file binary Gain text statement commands help xxx ini Command Statement help ll xxx In the name specifies the language text If present slashed zeros In program Change ttf to tt to disable 1 4 Folders used by the Program Foder 00 Application SETTINGS TRAW INI AND TRAW POS DOM Multiplier files text DXCLUSTER Dxcluster xxxx txt text SERVER Tr4wserver exe DVP wav files and FULLCALLSIGNS FULLSERIALNUMBERS and LETTERSANDNUMBERS FULLCALLSIGNS call wav files FULLSERIALNUMBERS LETTERSANDNUMBERS number wav amp letter wav files 1 5 Program Installation To get started go to the TRAW homepage at http www tr4w com and download the most current version of the program Cli
128. ry that TR LOG automatically enters from the earlier QSO When operating on VHF UHF TR4W 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 Alt 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 TR LOG 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 some situations on 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
129. s 30th 160 8C 10 9V 359 9896m 23067 11092 Date UTC QsS Callsign DX Zn Pts M Id 5 D Freq 40CW 31 127 11 13 1 G4AMJ G 14 3 2 B 5 7025 00 James Singapore INSERT 0 00 00 00 00 01 05 CQ 0 SP 1 Last 60 2 Rate 20 CQ total 0 MASTER a OOOO O O l B James OFF OJ11 WK2 v23 Figure 2 16 The default Installation does not Installa TRMASTER DTA file so this activity will not normally be visible Reference the TRMASTER basic and advanced sections for more Information If the station 15 a dupe TR4W will not call the station also the program will clearly display the word DUPE on the screen The exchange will be sent and as it 15 being transmitted the QSO 15 logged To return to CQ Mode from S amp P Mode you may press either lt Esc gt or lt Shift Tab gt In general the lt Esc gt key is used to perform an emergency halt to whatever task TR4W 15 currently performing With only a couple of exceptions if TRAW 15 sending a or DVP message pressing lt Esc gt once will instantly abort the transmission The two exceptions are if you are performing some other action inside TRAW at the same time that the message 15 being sent such as changing the CW memories or setting the alarm sometimes you will want to switch to S amp P Mode and send your call all in a single operation This typically happens when you are scanning the band and have found a place you want to drop your call perhaps to call
130. s already have values and others are greyed out or blank They are waiting for additional configuration statements or contest activity at which time they will have values placed into them by the program The cursor in located in the Call sub window The Band box shows 160CW the Date box shows 30 11 11 DD MM YY the Clock box shows 05 53 UTC and the QSO Number box shows 1 These values are shown just below the bottom of the Editable Log sub window These are the values that will be logged into that sub window when a QSO is completed Near the center bottom of the Main Window we see the PTT box is OFF the MODE box shows CW meters the Operating Mode box shows CQ Although Radio 1 is shown the box above it shows no frequency That tells us that TR4W has not yet been interfaced with a radio However we could use the program to log QSO s even though we did not have a control interface established between the computer and the radio The cursor is 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 lt gt or Alt V and we can change the transmitting Mode by using lt gt We can delete the last log entry by hitting Alt Y f we delete it by mistake then w
131. s typically the window that will appear whenever you start TRAW in a contest This is the CQ operating mode You can see that displayed in the Op Mode sub window Also shown on startup 15 the CW Speed and the UTC time The cursor 15 initially at the left edge of the Call window Let s log an imaginary QSO in CQ Mode The first thing you need to do 15 to call CQ For now assume that this is a CW contest How do you call CQ Easy Just press ENTER You should hear the following transmission coming from your PC s speaker at 35 wpm CQ TEST TEST The call sign sent will be your call sign not gt If you have your radio configured so that it 15 controlled by the computer and the keying 15 also controlled by the computer and the radio 15 turned on you should see that the radio 15 being keyed and that 1s the message being sent Now pretend 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 G4AMJ 5NN 03 Note The 03 15 the Zone that was entered when
132. so select OK and X out Note Not all transceivers support the reset rit command Please note that messages must be entered in UPPER CASE More message customization 15 covered in the SO2R Advanced and TRMASTER DTA Advanced sections 2 3 3 Sending Messages to the Rig If your radio 1s connected through an interface to the computer then using the control characters lt 03 gt and lt 04 gt can send commands Use the following sequence 2 dcc Temm eat ee lt 03 gt 5 5 lt 04 gt gt PaSa c Iq c reo IS obs Ie cquo VEI I Dio dl 032SRS1 string 04 l o Este lt 03 gt 5 52 1 lt 04 gt For example for most Kenwood transceivers FL switch filters Res css n QE switch narrowband filter If you program a command while the program is using lt ALT P gt then to enter control characters using lt CTRL P gt The hexadecimal value lt CTRL C gt 3 lt CTRL D gt 4 The program takes a sequence of commands between the two characters and lt CTRL C gt lt CTRL D gt So it will not execute commands that contain the code 4 it will be perceived as the end of the command sequence For example the message cues A will be interpreted as SRS1 xxx lt 01 gt 2 3 4 Other Kenwood transceivers CAT commands Reconstructed above Is equivalent to pressing the UP
133. someone You can do this by simply pressing the space bar This also works if you are in Mode and there are no characters in the Call window If you know the callsign of the station you are calling you can type it into the Call Window while your call is being sent After you type it in you should type alt Z This will move the cursor down to the Exchange Window Unless the default though is TRUE Now enter any initial exchange information you receive e g name and QTH Note that 1f you have a rig interfaced to the computer you can cause TRAW 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 TRAW begins to run it reads configuration file usually contest name gt CFG_ contained therein to set many of its internal parameters You can make changes to the configuration file either within TRAW itself or by using an editor like Notepad In this way you can personalize the operation of TRAW so that 1t works 1n a way that suits you Note TR4W uses configuration files The global file is TR4W CFG in main TRAW directory and contest name CFG in the contest directory below TR4W Detailed information on how to make these changes 15 provided 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
134. st way to assure that MMTTY is operating correctly is to set it up and make on the air tests and contacts Once it is functional you are ready to proceed to starting the TR4W version 3 TRAW select 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 TR4W 4 Open Windows gt MMTTY in TRAW The special MMTTY version of TRAW is compiled with the following settings LEADING ZERO CHARACTER 0 SHORT 0 SHORT 1 SHORT 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 CALL window by using a special Message Command MM GRABLASTCALL TRAW 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 CQ CW MEMORY F11 lt 03 gt GRABLASTCALL 04 5 To add Carriage Return and Line Feed in a message use lt 00 gt lt 0 gt For example
135. tart a new contest c program files x86 tr4vy MY CALL N 4AF CONTEST Lam in North America J 2010 NA SPRINT CW N4AF 2010 NCCC SPRINT MILI CATEGORYASSISTED NONASSISTED 2011 ARRLED NYAA CATEGORY BAND 2011 ARRL SS CW N4AF CATEBORYMODE ew 2011 CQ WW CW 2011 CROATIAN N4AF CATEGORY OPERATOR SINGLE OP 2011 CWOPEN N4AF T POWER 2011 CWOPS N4AF s E HIGH x 2011 DARC WAEDC CW NY4A CATEGORY TRANSMITTER ONE 2011 GAGARIN CUP N4AF 2011 GENERAL QSO N4AF 2011 IARU HF N4AF 2011 NAQP CW Latest config file c program files 85 Ntrdw 2011 cq ww cw k tocq ww cw cl OK Figure 2 19 It is important to note checkboxes In this case I AM IN NORTH AMERICA Failure to check it will not produce the follow on dialog that requests your state This will not produce the correct Cabrillo Likewise the CATEGORY fields are what will be filled into your Cabrillo headers TR4W will now check for an extant directory for the contest and warn you that you are going to overlay existing config file if you proceed Normally you can safely overlay config file and proceed to initialize TRAW 2 3 2 Custom Messages 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 in lt
136. the program these saved Configuration Statements will be read during startup and their values rather than the default values will be used You will not need to change these Configuration Statements values until you change the radio type or control port or the keying port In the example above the right figure shows that Serial Port 2 was selected to communicate with the radio The FT1000MP value was selected from the pull down Type list The RTS and DTR lines are not used to communicate between the radio and the computer so they were set to OFF Radio 1 will be keyed using LPT1 which means there are no Serial Port lines used in controlling PTT or keying the radio Therefore the RTS and DTR lines are set to OFF The Radio One Name was changed from Radio 1 to Right to indicate its position on the operating desk We could have picked any other text we wished instead of Right When we have finished making configuration selections we click on the button and Configuration Statement entries are made into the TR4W INI file which 15 stored in the SETTINGS folder that 15 TRAW folder located on the hard drive At this point there is very little information that has been placed into the TR4W INT file However if we open the SETTINGS folder which is inside the TR4W folder and then open 7TR4W INI using Notepad or a similar text editor we will see 5 TRAW INI Notepad SEE File Edit Format View Help COMMANDS LA
137. ts 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 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 1s 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 1n a table plus has definitions and discussion for each of the Configuration Statements If you are new to TRAW at this point you probably will expect that 1t will be quite difficult to set up and start using TRAW Fortunately that 15 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 yo
138. umn 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 Das af DOSBox 0 74 Cpu speed max 100 cycles Frameskip 0 Program POST ype of data Cie once for names and again for QTHs DlA data will be auer uritten if the overwrite flag for the data field set true Execute the 0 command the menu to vieu edit these flags Enter the name of the file to process none to quit myfile txt Is this a TR log file Y N m 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 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 i a space found at the data position the data is assumed to be blank I 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 cane length 4X1DF Karl 599 12345678911234567892123456789312345678941Z34567895123456 7896123456 89712345678 H H H H H H H Enter curzor pozition for callzign Post now requests the column number that data we wish to display in TRAW 15 located in The column display shows the NAME begins in column 8 so we will type 8
139. up the MP3 Recorder window This window shows the following elements Enable Button enables disables the MP3 recording mode Window Elapsed Time displays the duration 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 to folder 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 MP3 recording 15 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 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 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 recordin
140. ur type of contest operation and save that configuration Once that is 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 go 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 Tvpographical Conventions 1 1 1 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 italicized and have a extension extent For example followed by TRAW INI 1 1 3 Window Names These names have each word in the name capitalized bold and italicized They generally 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
141. utomatic generation of DVP audio messages During a contest the program itself can generate a message from previously recorded words You 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 station 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 need to 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 O 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 T WAV file would be the digit One etc For the slash in a callsign create a file named _ WAV These files are stored in the folder LETTERSANDNUMBERS which is a sub folder of the folder specified by the command DVP PATH lt default is DVP In addition full callsigns and numbers can 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
142. wn Total Continent List calls calls calls calls calls calls calls calls calls calls calls 160 0 OOOOOOOO O W NO RPOOONOOWF 4 UJ IA 0 F OF OOCOOr OOOO OOOO OO OOOO OOOO 10 e OO OOOO OOOO ALL o o IA FO NORONOOVW The summary report may be copy pasted Into 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 DL1NKS G G3VTT K WW9R W1UU KH6 K9FD KH6 K9FD KH6 OK OK1RR OK1RR SM SM6CNN SM6CNN UA RW3PK UA4CN3 UR UR5MM UR5MM VE VE3KI VX2AWR Likewise First callsign worked in each zone produces a 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 _ 1 _ _ _ 1 1 10 4 US K 31 35 _ _ _ 66 72 53 5 Hawail KH6 1 1 2 2 20 6 Czech OK 2 1 3 3 30 7 Sweden SM 1 2 3 3 30 8 Euro Rus UA 1 2 3 3 30 9 UR 1 4 5 5 49 10 Canada VE _ 3 2 5 5 49 Score by hour can produce running totals by hour CWOPS N4AF HR 160 80 40 20

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