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8. DX-INFO

The combination of Apache with PHP makes it easy to communicate with the outside-world.
There is some nice dx-info on the internet. On this pages we'll explain how you can find that info and what we did provide for you.

The dx-info starts at the thirth group : from QuickDX to INFO.

I think most of it is obvious. You know already Quick DX from chapter 6, The Startscreen.

Let me explain you what every button does.

8.1 Quick DX, Beam&Distance, CLUSTER, INFO

Well, you will see what you get, if you press these buttons ..... . That's the easiest way to get to know them.

  1. Quick DX
    2. This is a link to http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/dx25.html. This is the "Good Old Webcluster" page of DX Summit. This window will appear in the right-down corner.
  2. Beam&Distance
    3. When you click this button, you'll see a small window (pop-up) in the right corner. YOUR LOCATOR is preselected from the info you provided in "CONFIG". Fill-in (or copy&paste) the remote-locator in the blank field. (
    Click GO .
  3. CLUSTER
    4. I think this is also obvious. It is a link to oh2aq.kolombus.com .
    You can fill-in a call and press "CALL". This is the same as the CALL-FIELD in the menu.
    Spot Search : you can search for a spot (yeah, right!).
    Clicking "MAKE SPOT/Ann" brings you to http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/input2.html? . Be serious here !
    There or other options if you use Netscape or Mozilla. You can have the cluster in a sidebar.
    Just go to sidebar . Name the sidebar "CLUSTER" and use as address : localhost/LiHaLo/dx.html so that it reads : http://localhost/LiHaLo/dx.html . The preview may not work, but you can add the sidebar.
    Also keep in mind that if you use konqueror, you can have a "Split View LEFT/RIGHT" . Use it, if you like it.
  4. INFO
    5. INFO will let pop up a new window : the INFO.html.
    What you see will be explained in chapter 12 : INFO

8.2 The CALL-field

If you didn't use LiHaLo before, maybe this is the most difficult feature to explain. But it's great.
Let's suppose you see a callsign on the cluster and you really don't remember wich dxcc that is. Or you see a call being spotted on a certain band, and you don't remember whether you worked that dxcc, or not. Do I have QSL from that entity or not? Did I work that station before ?
Please note : it doesn't count qso's made via SAT or REP You just fill in the call in the blanco field end press CALL".
Aha : and can I not do this by just filling in the call in the MAIN PAGE and TAB away ? I can click PROCEED and as long as I don't click "ADD" nothing changes to my logbook ?
This is completely right : you can. But there is one difference. I guess that if you see something on the cluster, you highlight it and paste it in the call-field on the MAIN PAGE and you TAB away.
So you click PROCEED and that call stays in the call field. Now you see a new one in which you are interested.
You highlight the call and ...... you can't just paste it ! You have to remove the call that is already in the callfield.
Not so with the "DX-INFO CALL-field". If you close the pop up window, the DX-INFO CALL-field is empty.
This is a much easier way to check your logbook. I think you'll understand this better if you use LiHaLo for a longer period.
See also chapter 6 : Main Menu

8.3 LOC_CHECK

LOC_CHECK is similar to the CALL-field. It gives you an overview of the locators you worked. It starts checking from 10 meterband and up.
It doesn't count qso's made via SAT or REP. See also here

8.4 Modification of the pop-up's

All these pop-up's are made so that they fit best for me. But maybe you would like to change the position are the dimensions of the pop-up's.
You can change the dimensions and positions of the pop-up's in the file : java.script.
In java.script you'll see things like:
function BDM(form)
{
var window2=window.open('loc.php','BDM','toolbar=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=yes,status=0,resizable=yes,top=490,left=530,width=460,height=215');
}
This is the pop-up for Beam&Distance. I think it is obvious : top, left,width en height are the parameters that determine the position and the dimension of the pop-up window. If you waant to change the position are the dimension, well : try and error is the way to go. Maybe it's a good idea to write down the current values on a piece of paper ..... .
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