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DXtreme Reception Log — Advanced Edition
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Overview DXtreme Reception Log Advanced Edition — Our Popular Logging Program Just Got Better!	DXtreme Reception Log — Advanced Edition™ is one of the most popular logging applications on the market today for all kinds of radio and television monitoring enthusiasts! Basically, Reception Log — Advanced Edition lets you log the stations you've heard, create reception reports, manage your QSLs, and track the performance of your monitoring station. But what makes Reception Log — Advanced Edition special is its array of advanced features that can make your DXing and QSLing more fun! Advanced Features DXtreme Reception Log — Advanced Edition lets you: Use the Schedule Checker to check EiBi schedules. You can apply a wide range of filter options to find out what's on and when. Have the Schedule Checker tune your radio to the frequency of a desired schedule item.¹ Log the stations you've heard, while retrieving the frequency and mode from the Schedule Checker or your receiver.¹ Get callsign and address information for monitored Amateur Radio operators from Buckmaster™ HamCall™ or HamCall.Net™.² Automatically obtain and save the Solar Flux, A-Index, and K-Index values in effect at the time of reception.³ (You can run reports on this information later.) Create customized reception reports and send them to stations by regular mail and e-mail. Create single QSL and address labels.⁴ Send automatic eQSL requests to monitored Amateur Radio operators via the popular eQSL.cc Web site.³ Produce an audio archive of the stations you've heard. Scan and save images of QSL cards and letters. Capture eQSLs from the Internet (including the eQSL.cc Web site) and save them in your QSL Repository. Track the performance of your monitoring station and FTP your Performance, Stations, and Log Entries By Station reports to the Web automatically.⁵ FTPing your reports to the Web enables you to access your stats remotely. It also lets you show your friends how well you're doing. Back up your database, QSL Imaging, and audio files to two locations automatically whenever you close the program. Send loggings to clubs, magazines, and others by e-mail. And much, much more. ¹ — Requires installation and configuration of either Afreet Omni-Rig or Ham Radio Deluxe. ² — Requires an optional subscription to Buckmaster HamCall. ³ — Requires an Internet connection. ⁴ — Requires Microsoft® Word. ⁵ — Requires an Internet connection with available Web space only if using FTP. You don't need to FTP reports to view them. The Price? Electronic Distribution to New Users Worldwide — Only $79.95 USD Electronic Distribution to Upgrading Users¹ Worldwide — Only $39.95 USD CD Distribution to New Users in North America — Only $83.95 USD CD Distribution to Upgrading Users¹ in North America — Only $43.95 USD CD Distribution to New Users Outside North America — Only $87.95 USD CD Distribution to Upgrading Users¹ Outside North America — Only $47.95 USD All prices include lifetime e-mail support. CD prices include shipping and handling. There is no sales tax. ¹ — Upgrading users must be licensed users of DXtreme Reception Log 2000, DXtreme Reception Log 2002, or DXtreme Reception Log. An update utility for importing your data into the DXtreme Reception Log — Advanced Edition database is included. If you're a licensed user of DXtreme SWRL or DXtreme SWRLgold, special pricing and upgrade procedures apply. Contact DXtreme Software for more information. What's Next? Please read the remainder of this page to learn more about Reception Log — Advanced Edition and how it can make your monitoring, reception reporting, and QSLing more efficient and pleasurable! We'll tell you the whole story! So ... Get your favorite beverage Grab a snack ... and read on! By the way ... a search glass appears where screenshots are available for viewing. Topics we'll cover include: Schedule Checker Window Reception Log Window Rig Control in DXtreme Reception Log Support for Logging Amateur Radio Stations Audio Processing Reception Report Facility — Paper & Electronic Lookup Windows QSL Imaging QSL Repository Explorer Reception Log Export Reports Maintenance Modules Preferences Upgrade and Import Support On-Line Help Ordering Information Don't forget to: Take the DXtreme Reception Log — Advanced Edition tour Read what people are saying about the DXtreme Reception Log Series
Features Schedule Checker Facility Top of Page	The Schedule Checker™ lets you import schedules from the EiBi Web site and display schedule data according to the filter criteria you specify.¹ You can filter schedule information by band (LF, MF, and HF), country, station, time, and language. You can also sort schedule information by frequency, time, day, country, station, language, target, and site. For each schedule item, the Schedule Checker checks your Reception Log database and lets you know by means of display color whether you need to: Monitor a station for a brand new country Monitor a station for a verified country You can indicate whether verification status should be based on QSLs only, the presence of audio files you've recorded, or both. You can also specify the color attributes for country status indication. Additional features let you: Tune your radio to the schedule frequency by double-clicking a schedule item.² Start a log entry for a scheduled station by right-clicking the schedule item and clicking Log Scheduled Station on the shortcut menu. The main Reception Log window appears with the following information pre-filled: Class Station Country Freq Mode Language The Schedule Checker has a separate Options dialog box that lets you specify: The default class when starting a log entry. The default mode when starting a log entry. Whether verification status should be based on QSLs only, the presence of audio files you've recorded, or both. Color attributes for country status indication. ¹ — Requires an Internet connection to download the schedules from EiBi. ² — Requires installation and configuration of either Omni-Rig or Ham Radio Deluxe. Refer to "Rig Control in DXtreme Reception Log" on this page for important information. Screenshots — Schedule Checker Note: You must have JavaScript enabled to see the sample window on your browser. For best results, please click the button at the bottom of the sample window when you've finished viewing it. If you don't, the sample window may appear behind the main browser window.
Reception Log Window Top of Page	The Reception Log window is the first window you encounter when you start the program. The Reception Log window lets you manage your electronic logbook and gain access to the advanced features of the product. Tabs The Reception Log window has the following seven tabs that organize and provide access to the fields of the application: Reception Log — The Reception Log tab lets you enter introductory information about the station you've heard. For example, you can enter the: Class of the station (SWBC, Utility, Ham, and so on). Name and location of the station. The call sign of the ham radio operator your monitored Amateur Radio operator was in QSO with. Date and time of reception. Frequency and mode of transmission. Note: When Omni-Rig or Ham Radio Deluxe is installed and configured on your computer, Reception Log enters the frequency and mode from your receiver in the Frequency and Mode fields. Refer to "Rig Control in DXtreme Reception Log" for important information. Receiving equipment used to monitor the station. Signal quality of the transmission. Remarks about signal quality. Propagation mode of the transmission. Name of the file that contains a recorded audio clip of the station. Reception Log calculates the distance between the station you monitored and your QTH (you specify your latitude and longitude in Preferences) and displays that distance in the DX field on the Reception Log tab (in the unit of measure you specify in Preferences). Reception Log's Transmitter Sites module provides the coordinate information used to calculate the distance. It comes populated with hundreds of transmitter sites located around the world. When new transmitter sites register with the ITU, you can easily add them to the Transmitter Sites module. In addition, the Reception Log tab displays the Solar Flux, A-Index, and K-Index values from NOAA that were valid at the time of reception.¹ When you anticipate specifying much of the same information over several log entries, a Retain check box freezes the information in the following fields until you clear the Retain check box or click Cancel: Class Mode Date Rig Ant Acc Report Remarks Prop Language (on the Programs tab) UDFs 1 through 22 (on the UDF tabs) ¹ — Requires an Internet connection. Station Information — The Station Information tab lets you enter the postal and Internet addresses of the station you've heard. It also lets you enter or obtain the coordinates, Web address, and e-mail address of the station. You only have to enter this information once because Reception Log can be set to recall it every time you monitor and log the station. If desired, you can drag and drop, or copy and paste, address information from a Web station lookup page, or from any OLE-compatible Windows program, into these fields. When you subscribe to Buckmaster HamCall™, Reception Log fills the location and address fields automatically when you enter a log entry for a monitored Amateur Radio operator — if the information is provided by HamCall. If a QSL manager is defined in Buckmaster HamCall, Reception Log displays a dialog box that lets you confirm the callsign of the manager. Once confirmed, Reception Log queries HamCall for the address of the QSL manager and enters that address in the fields of the Station Information tab. The address information on the Station Information tab appears in paper reception reports, electronic reception reports, and address labels (labels require Microsoft Word). Reception Log uses the coordinates to calculate the great circle distance between your QTH and that of the station you monitored. The distance appears in the DX field on the Reception Log tab and in Stations reports that you print or display in the Web Report Viewer. Clicking the Web caption on the tab displays the Web page of the station in your registered browser; clicking the E-Mail caption invokes a pre-addressed Message window in Microsoft Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail, Outlook Express, or Microsoft Office Outlook. Clicking the Click Here for Map hyperlink displays a map of the address if available on the MapQuest™ Web site (requires an Internet connection). An adjacent hyperlink lets you find the ITU country code required by MapQuest. MapQuest™ is a registered trademark of MapQuest.com, Inc. Verification Status — The Verification Status tab lets you specify status information about your reception reports, eQSL.cc requests, and QSLs received. For Reception Reports, you can specify whether you are sending a report. If you are sending a report, you can also specify the: Date you're sending the report. Return postage you're sending with the report. Method you are going to use to send the report (air mail, surface mail, e-mail, etc.). Language of the report. For eQSL.cc Requests to monitored Amateur Radio operators, you can specify the account on the eQSL.cc Web site through which the eQSL.cc request will be routed. Reception Log sets the following fields automatically when the eQSL.cc request is accepted by the eQSL.cc server: Date you sent the request. Return postage: None. Method: eQSL.cc. Language: English. Reception Log also displays the response from the eQSL.cc server. For QSLs (paper or electronic), you can specify whether you've received a QSL. If you've received a QSL, you can also specify the: Date you received the QSL. Method the station used to send the QSL to you (air mail, surface mail, e-mail, and so on). Signer of the QSL. Name of the file that contains an image of the QSL. The Verification Status tab also lets you preview the front and back of the QSL — provided you've either scanned or captured an image of the QSL into your QSL Repository. Programs — The Programs tab lets you enter detailed information about the programs you've heard. You can: Specify the language of the transmission. Enter the start time, end time, and description of each program — using up to six program detail lines that can each accommodate up to 500 characters. Specify the signal quality observed during each program interval. Comments — The Comments tab has a single field that lets you enter private information about each log entry. The Comments field can accommodate up to 500 characters. User Defined Fields Tab 1 — The first User Defined Fields tab has 11 fields that you can define and then use to enter and track information about each log entry that is important to you. There are two kinds of user defined fields (UDFs): Text Box Fields and List Box Fields. Text Box Fields — Four text box fields let you type the information you desire. Each field can accommodate up to 100 characters. List Box Fields — Seven list box fields let you select the information you desire from a list of items that you also define. You define the UDFs in Reception Log's Preferences window (described later). You can also label the caption of the tab. Defining UDFs involves: Labeling each field, and Entering the list items you want to appear in each list box field. For example, you could define and use UDFs this way: Text Box UDF — Specify "Parallel Frequency" as the label in Preferences. Then on the Reception Log window, type the station's parallel frequency into the Parallel Frequency box. When you run a report, you can track parallel frequencies. List Box UDF — Specify "Location" as the label in Preferences and then define a list of the locations from which you DX or listen. These locations could be Home, Vacation, DXpedition, and so on. On the Reception Log window, select the current monitoring location as you log each station. When you run a report, you can track a specific monitoring location. User Defined Fields Tab 2 — The second User Defined Fields tab has *11 additional* fields that you can define and then use to enter and track information about each log entry. You can also label the caption of this tab. Fields and Maintenance Modules Most of the fields on the Reception Log window are drop-down list box fields that make entering consistent data easy. These fields are populated with list items that you can maintain in Reception Log's maintenance modules (described later). Menu Bar and Toolbar Reception Log's menu bar lets you access the other functions of Reception Log — Advanced Edition. These functions let you access the Schedule Checker, search for reception log entries, perform maintenance functions, manage reception reporting, perform audio processing, perform QSL imaging, run performance reports, display maps, and more. Reception Log's toolbar lets you quickly and conveniently access the functions you use most often. Screenshots — Reception Log Window Select the screenshot of the Reception Log window you want to view: Note:** You must have JavaScript enabled to see the sample windows on your browser. For best results, please click the button at the bottom of each sample window when you're finished viewing it. If you don't, the sample window may appear behind the main browser window.
Rig Control in DXtreme Reception Log Top of Page	To provide our users with a robust logging program that also provides a degree of rig control, DXtreme Reception Log — Advanced Edition integrates with Omni-Rig and Ham Radio Deluxe, both free-for-amateur-use rig control programs that are available over Web. Click http://www.dxatlas.com for information about Omni-Rig, which is owned by Afreet Software, Inc. Click http://www.ham-radio-deluxe.com for information about Ham Radio Deluxe, which is owned by Simon Brown, HB9DRV. When Omni-Rig or Ham Radio Deluxe is installed and configured on your PC: The Schedule Checker tunes your radio to the frequency of a clicked schedule item and sets the mode to AM by default. Reception Log enters the frequency and mode from your radio in the Frequency and Mode fields when you add a log entry. You can then use Omni-Rig or Ham Radio Deluxe to perform other rig-control functions provided for your radio. *While ...* Making maximum use of the advanced, general-purpose logging functions provided by DXtreme Reception Log — Advanced Edition, many of which are not provided by any other vendor on the market today. *With DXtreme Reception Log — Advanced Edition and either Omni-Rig or Ham Radio Deluxe, you'll have the best of both worlds!* Using rig control is optional. To enable it: Install a copy of Omni-Rig or Ham Radio Deluxe on your system. Configure it to work with your radio. (Omni-Rig makes it possible for users to create a rig descriptor file that provides rig control functions for a radio not currently supported.) In the Preferences window of DXtreme Reception Log, click the Afreet Omni-Rig or Ham Radio Deluxe option button as desired. In the case of Ham Radio Deluxe, invoke a single instance of it running in the background. It is not necessary to invoke an instance of Omni-Rig. Refer to the Omni-Rig Web site or the Ham Radio Deluxe Web site for support when using their software with your radio. Contact us for support on our integration with those products.
Support for Logging Amateur Radio Stations Top of Page	With more and more shortwave broadcast stations leaving the airwaves every year, and with several of those that remain unwilling to issue QSLs, many radio enthusiasts have set their sights on monitoring Amateur Radio operators. In that spirit, DXtreme Software has included special features in DXtreme Reception Log — Advanced Edition that make it fun and rewarding to monitor Amateur Radio operators around the world. For starters, integration with Buckmaster™ HamCall™¹ makes it possible for Reception Log to obtain and save the following information when logging Amateur Radio stations: Operator name and address QSL manager name and address CQ zone Latitude² Longitude² Web address E-Mail address Next, integration with the popular eQSL.cc Web site makes it possible for Reception Log to send automatic eQSL requests to monitored Amateur Radio operators.³ A *With* field on the Reception Log tab lets you specify the ham with whom the monitored Amateur Radio operator was in contact. This information, along with the propagation mode you specify in the Prop field, gets sent to the eQSL.cc server and ultimately to the Amateur Radio operator you monitored. Later, when the monitored Amateur Radio operator replies to your eQSL request, you can log on to the eQSL.cc Web site and retrieve your eQSL, making use of QSL Imaging's screen-capture function to add the eQSL to your QSL Repository. Refer to "QSL Imaging Facility" on this page for more information. Of course, you can also create paper reception reports for monitored Amateur Radio operators. DXtreme Reception Log includes templates and scripts designed specifically for that purpose. Plus you can create single QSL and Address labels if you prefer to send SWL cards by snail mail.⁴ ¹ — Requires an optional subscription to Buckmaster HamCall. Information supplied by HamCall may vary. ² — Reception Log uses the latitude and longitude to calculate and display the great-circle distance to the Amateur Radio station you monitored. ³ — Requires an Internet connection. ⁴ — Requires Microsoft® Word. Screenshots — eQSL.cc Processing Note: Remember to click the button at the bottom of each sample window when you're finished viewing it.
Audio Processing Top of Page	Reception Log's audio processing facility lets you record and play audio clips of the stations you've heard. The audio toolbar on the Reception Log window ... ... lets you quickly and easily record and play audio as you log a station. Reception Log also integrates with the Windows Sound Recorder to let you edit and compress audio files. Format Reception Log saves the audio clip as a WAV file in the Audio Repository you specify in Preferences (described later). Verification By Audio With the release of Reception Log, DXtreme Software introduces the concept of Verification By Audio. Reception Log's reports enable you to track the stations, countries, continents, CQ zones, and states and provinces you've "verified" by audio. This feature gives you the flexibility to "prove" reception while waiting for your QSLs to arrive. You can also use this feature as an alternative to traditional QSLing. While there is no substitute for an attractive QSL card, let's face it, more and more stations are unable or unwilling to QSL by means of traditional QSL cards or letters. Tracking verifications by audio can be a very satisfying and inexpensive alternative. Of course, you can continue to track verifications by traditional QSL cards and letters. Reception Log's QSL Imaging facility (described later) provides impressive support for QSL image processing. Multimedia Benefits Take it from us, there is nothing like looking through your log years later and being able to actually hear the station you logged while you view the QSL you received!
Reception Report Facility — Paper and Electronic Top of Page	Reception Log includes a powerful Reception Report facility that enables you to create customized paper or electronic reception reports. The reception report you create has precisely the format and wording you want, and it includes pertinent information from the Reception Log window. Integration With Other Applications The Reception Report facility integrates with other applications. You can use Reception Log and one of the following applications to create reception reports. Microsoft Word — With Word, Reception Log creates paper reception reports — and single QSL and Address labels for SWL cards — based on template documents. Each template document contains boilerplate text and advanced formatting attributes that appear in all reception reports — and labels — created using it. Bookmarks in the template document insert information from the Reception Log window. DXtreme Software provides template documents in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish as well as special templates for creating labels and paper reception reports for monitored Amateur Radio operators. As part of the report creation process, Reception Log automatically activates Word so you can view, edit, and print the report or label. Screenshot — Sample Reception Report Using Word Click the following button to see a sample reception report created using Word: Note: You must have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed to view the sample reception report on your browser. When you are finished viewing the report, close its window. You do not need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view reception reports in Reception Log. You only need it to view the sample report on this Web page. If you don't have the Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it free from Adobe Systems Incorporated. The following illustration shows single QSL and address labels printed from Word for sending to a shortwave broadcast station: The following illustration shows single QSL and address labels printed from Word for sending to an Amateur Radio operator: Microsoft WordPad — With WordPad, Reception Log creates paper reception reports based on scripts. Each script contains the boilerplate text and log variables you want. Each log variable contains data from its corresponding field on the Reception Log or Preferences window. For example, the [frequency] log variable contains the frequency of the log entry currently on display. The boilerplate text and the information the log variables contain appear in all reception reports created using the selected script. DXtreme Software provides scripts in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish as well as special scripts for sending paper reception reports to monitored Amateur Radio operators. As part of the report creation process, Reception Log automatically activates WordPad so you can view, edit, and print the report. Screenshot — Sample Reception Report Using WordPad Click the following button to see a sample reception report created using WordPad: Note: You must have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed to view the sample reception report on your browser. When you are finished viewing the report, close its window. You do not need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view reception reports in Reception Log. You only need it to view the sample report on this Web page. Your Web Browser — With your Web browser, Reception Log creates paper reception reports based on HTML scripts. Each HTML script contains the boilerplate text, HTML elements, and log variables you want. The boilerplate text and the information the log variables contain appear in all reception reports created using the selected script. The HTML elements format the reception reports so each one has the appearance you want. DXtreme Software provides HTML scripts in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish as well as special HTML scripts for sending paper reception reports to monitored Amateur Radio operators. As part of the report creation process, Reception Log automatically activates your Web browser (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer) so you can view and print the report. You can also edit the report using a text or HTML editor. Note that reception reports created using a Web browser are more attractive than the ones created in WordPad. Screenshot — Sample HTML Reception Report Click the following button to see a sample HTML reception report: Note: Click the button at the bottom of the reception report when you're finished viewing it. eReports — Reception Log can create electronic reception reports (eReports) based on the same kind of script used to create reception reports in WordPad. It sends eReports through the following e-mail clients: Microsoft Windows Live Mail, Microsoft Windows Mail, Microsoft Outlook Express, and Microsoft Office Outlook. Support for ePFCs (electronic prepared form "cards") is also included. As part of the eReport creation process, Reception Log automatically activates one of the aforementioned e-mail clients so you can edit and send the report. Screenshot — Sample eReport Click the following button to see a sample eReport: Note: Click the button at the bottom of the window when you're finished viewing it. Multiple Templates and Scripts You can create, edit, and maintain as many templates (using Word) and scripts (using Reception Log's Script Editor) as you want! Every time you create a reception report, Reception Log lets you select the template or script you want to use! Maintaining multiple templates and scripts allows you to create reception reports in other languages, or in a variety of desired formats for reporting to different types of stations — such as utility stations, broadcast band (BCB) stations, longwave stations, television stations, ham stations, or shortwave broadcast (SWBC) stations! When creating reception reports in other languages, you can use AltaVista's free Babel Fish Translation Service. Screenshot — Script Editor Window Click the following button to see a sample script in the Script Editor window: Note: Remember to click the button at the bottom of the sample window when you're finished viewing it.
Lookup Windows Top of Page	Reception Log has five lookup windows that make it easy to enter information into the fields of the Reception Log and Script Editor windows. Each lookup window lets you drag-and-drop — or copy and paste — the following kinds of information: Abbreviations Foreign words and phrases Symbols and special characters Log variables HTML elements Screenshot — Lookup Window Click the following button to see a sample Lookup window: Note: Remember to click the button at the bottom of the sample window when you're finished viewing it.
QSL Imaging Top of Page	Reception Log's QSL Imaging window lets you scan, capture, view, edit, format, and annotate your QSLs and related documents. With QSL Imaging, you never again have to look through boxes or photo albums to answer the question: *"What did that QSL look like?"* Just search Reception Log for the confirmed log entry and then click View QSL to see the QSL card! As an alternative, you can use the QSL Repository Explorer (described later) to browse or explore your QSL Repository. By default, QSL Imaging saves QSLs in the Tagged Image File Format (TIFF). The TIFF format lets you save the front and back of each QSL as individual pages in a single image file — similar to how a word processor lets you save individual text pages in a single document file. If you want to save your QSL images in other formats, you can! With QSL Imaging you can perform the following functions: Basic Functions Scan QSLs and other documents into your computer (industry-standard TWAIN scanner required). Capture eQSLs from the Internet. View QSLs and related documents. Magnify and zoom QSL images. Navigate the pages of QSL image files. Page Manipulation Functions Annotate QSL images. Alter, crop, and delete image pages. Copy, cut, and paste image pages to and from the Clipboard. Formatting Functions Change the brightness, contrast, hue, color saturation, and gamma of image pages. Sharpen, resize, reverse, rotate, flip, and shear image pages. Filing Functions Print QSL images on your printer. Send QSL image files to others by e-mail. Save QSL images in other formats, such as: BMP JPG PCX (multipage) PNG TGA Screenshots — QSL Imaging Select the sample window you want to view (not all of QSL Imaging's capabilities are shown): Note: Remember to click the button at the bottom of each sample window when you're finished viewing it.
QSL Repository Explorer Top of Page	Reception Log's QSL Repository Explorer lets you explore the QSL image files in your QSL Repository. The QSL Repository Explorer has the following components: QSL Repository File List QSL Thumbnail Browser QSL Image Display There are two ways to explore the repository. You can: Click the desired file in the QSL Repository File List and view the QSL in the QSL Image Display area. Browse the repository three QSLs at a time using the scrollable thumbnail viewer in the QSL Thumbnail Browser area. Screenshot — QSL Repository Explorer Click the following button to see a sample window: Note: Remember to click the button at the bottom of the sample window when you're finished viewing it.
Reception Log Export Top of Page	Reception Log lets you export log entries in a variety of formats. Standard Format The standard format lets you export log entries one-at-a-time in a fixed format. Reception Log exports each log entry to the paper export application you set in Preferences. Using this feature, you can output log entries to HTML for sharing with others on the Web or by e-mail (described later). Custom Format The custom format lets you export log entries in the format that you want. Reception Log appends each exported log entry to a special file. Then it invokes WordPad to let you view, edit, or print your export. To determine the content and format of the custom exports, you create custom format script files that are similar to the reception report script files described earlier. Like reception report script files, custom format script files consist of boilerplate text and log variables that determine the format and content of the custom exports. You can create, edit, and maintain as many scripts (using Reception Log's Script Editor) as you want! When you perform a Custom export, Reception Log displays a dialog box that lets you select the script you want to use! DXtreme Software provides the following custom format script files: LI_FMTVReports.cfs — For reporting to the "FM/TV Report" column of Listening In, the official publication of the Ontario DX Association. LI_YourReports.cfs — For reporting to the "Your Reports" column of Listening In. Club Formats The club formats let you export log entries in the format required by club publications. Reception Log appends each exported log record to a special file. Then it invokes WordPad to let you view, edit, or print your exported loggings. This feature makes it easy for you to report your loggings — and QSL cards received — each and every month! Reception Log provides exports in the following club formats: NASWA — For exporting log entries in the format required by the editors of The Journal, which is the official publication of the North American Shortwave Association. Cumbre — For exporting log entries in the format required by Cumbre. NRC-IDXD — For exporting log entries in the format required by the National Radio Club and the International DX Digest. WUN-UTE — For exporting log entries in the format required by the Worldwide Utility Network, utility clubs, and magazines. QSL Reports — For exporting QSL reports in the format required by most clubs and publications. E-Mail Integration Reception Log also lets you send your exported log entries to others by e-mail as part of its integration with Microsoft Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail, Outlook Express, and Office Outlook. Screenshots — Export-Related Windows Select the sample window you want to view: Note: Remember to click the button at the bottom of the sample window when you're finished viewing it.
Performance, Stations, and Log Entries By Station Reports Top of Page	Reception Log has an array of Performance, Stations, and Log Entries By Station reports that let you track the performance of your station and view information about the stations you've monitored. Performance Reports Performance reports let you track the overall performance of your monitoring station. The following Performance reports are available for each of the report types on the Performance By menu. Summary — Lets you view the number of stations, countries, continents, CQ zones, and states and provinces you have worked and verified. Countries — Lets you view a list of the countries you have worked, not worked, verified, and worked but not verified. CQ Zones — Lets you view a list of the CQ zones you have worked, not worked, verified, and worked but not verified. States and Provinces — Lets you view a list of the states and provinces you have worked, not worked, verified, and worked but not verified. The following illustration shows the Performance By menu. Note: Report types for each of Reception Log's 22 user-defined fields are spread across two user defined tabs — labeled, for example purposes, Miscellaneous and Digital above. Stations Reports Stations reports lets you view a list of the stations you have worked, verified, and worked but not verified for each of the report types shown in the Stations By menu. Note: Report types for each of Reception Log's 22 user-defined fields are spread across two user defined tabs — labeled, for example purposes, Miscellaneous and Digital above. Log Entries By Station Reports Log Entries By Station reports lets you view a list of the log entries you have worked, verified, and worked but not verified by station. Verification Tracking Performance, Stations, and Log Entries By Station reports automatically track the stations, countries, continents, CQ zones, and states and provinces you have verified by means of: QSLs Audio files QSLs or audio files Display Options You can display reports to the following devices: Web Viewer — To the DXtreme Web Report Viewer. The Web Report Viewer lets you view reports in your Web browser. You can specify the colors and text sizes of reports and, in the case of Stations reports, you can set the Fields that appear in the reports, including any of the 22 user-defined fields you are using. You can also archive these reports to your hard drive and FTP them to your Web server space. Window — To a window on your PC. Stations reports also work like the Search dialog box when displayed in a window: if you see a log entry in the report that you'd like to display in the Reception Log window, simply double-click the log entry in the report; Reception Log closes the report window and displays the log entry in the Reception Log window. FTP — To upload your Performance, Stations, and Log Entries by Station reports to the Web automatically, where you and your friends can access them remotely.¹ The reports appear within the Web Report Viewer. Publish Options You can set publish options for reports displayed in the Web Report Viewer. The Report Publishing dialog box lets you select the desired option, including: View, Archive, View and Archive, and FTP. Report Publishing dialog boxes are available for Performance, Stations, and Log Entries By Station reports. Fields A Fields dialog box lets you select the desired fields for Stations and Log Entries By Station reports displayed in the Web Report Viewer. To Sum It All Up With Reception Log's powerful report functions, you can run reports like these: Unfiltered reports that show how well your station is performing. Shortwave broadcast (SWBC) stations you've heard and verified using your Drake R8B. Stations you've heard and verified on the 60-meter band. Amateur Radio stations you've monitored bouncing signals off the Moon. Amateur Radio stations you've verified when the Solar Flux was 76. Utility stations you've heard from Africa. Broadcast band (BCB) stations verified in 2010. Countries you've heard and verified on the 19-meter band. States and Provinces you've heard and verified while logging broadcast band stations. And many, many more! Screenshots — Performance Reports Running reports begins with the Parameters window, where you specify filter critera and display and publish options. Sample Performance Reports Displayed in the Web Report Viewer Click the hyperlink of the report you want to view. Summary Report for the SWBC Class by Rig: R8B Countries Report for the Shortwave Broadcast Class by Rig: R8B CQ Zones Report for the Shortwave Broadcast Class by Rig: R8B States and Provinces Report for the Shortwave Broadcast Class by Rig: R8B Sample Performance Reports Displayed in a Window Screenshots — Stations Reports Running reports begins with the Parameters window, where you specify filter critera and sort, display, field, and publish options. Sample Stations Reports Displayed in the Web Report Viewer Click the hyperlink of the report you want to view. Stations Report for the SWBC Class by Continent: Africa Stations Verified Report for the SWBC Class by K-Index: 4 Stations Heard Report for the Ham Class by Propagation Mode: EME Sample Stations Reports Displayed in a Window Screenshots — Log Entries By Station Report Running reports begins with the Parameters window, where you specify filter critera and sort, display, field, and publish options. Sample Log Entries By Stations Report Displayed in the Web Report Viewer Click the hyperlink of the report. Log Entries By Station Report for Station: NE1I Sample Stations Report Displayed in a Window Click the following button to see a sample Log Entries By Station report: Note: Remember to click the button at the bottom of the sample window when you're finished viewing it. ¹ — Requires an Internet connection with available Web space only if using FTP. You don't need to FTP reports to view them.
Maintenance Modules Top of Page	Reception Log includes 15 maintenance modules that let you enter and maintain information that appears in: The drop-down list box fields of the system. The lookup windows (described earlier). Maintaining module information enables you to make consistent entries when you manage your log and run reports. Reception Log has the following modules: Countries States and Provinces Transmitter Sites Classes Languages Modes Rigs Antennas Accessories Postage Delivery Method Abbreviations Foreign Words and Phrases Symbols and Special Characters HTML Elements Where applicable, DXtreme Software populates these maintenance modules with pertinent information, such as NASWA countries, ITU transmitter sites, classes, modes, and so on. Screenshots — Maintenance Module Windows Select the sample window you want to view: Note: Remember to click the button at the bottom of the sample window when you're finished viewing it.
Preferences Top of Page	The Preferences window lets you control the overall operation of Reception Log. You can set preferences in the following functional areas: User Information Database User Defined Fields Internet Web Report Viewer Reception Reports Exports QSLs Audio Automatic Backups FTP Options for Web Report Viewer Maps Screenshots — Preferences Tabs Select the sample tab you want to view: Note: Remember to click the button at the bottom of the sample window when you're finished viewing it.
Upgrade and Import Support Top of Page	DXtreme Reception Log — Advanced Edition includes utilities that let you: Upgrade from a previous version of DXtreme Reception Log. Import data from other sources via a comma-delimited file. Upgrade If you're a registered user of DXtreme Reception Log 2000, DXtreme Reception Log 2002, or DXtreme Reception Log you can use the DXtreme Reception Log — Advanced Edition Upgrade Utility to import your data into the new Advanced Edition database. If you're a registered user of DXtreme SWRL or DXtreme SWRLgold, contact DXtreme Software for special upgrade instructions. Import If you have data you want to import from a database, spreadsheet, or table in a word processing document, you can use the DXtreme Reception Log — Advanced Edition Import Utility to import your data into the Advanced Edition database. All you need to do is get your existing data into a comma-delimited text file — in the format we specify — and then run the utility. The utility works with you to make sure that your data imports accurately and consistently, adhering to the data integrity rules of the Advanced Edition database. Depending on the size of your database, 30 to 60 minutes later you'll have your data in DXtreme Reception Log — Advanced Edition. Click the following button to view the utilities: Note: Remember to click the button at the bottom of the sample window when you're finished viewing it.
On-Line Help Top of Page	If you don't know how to perform a task, you can access procedural help by clicking Help Topics on the Help menu. If you want to find out what a particular field or button does, you can access What's This? help by clicking the ? at the top of the window and then the desired item. If you want to view status information as you perform a task, you can read the messages that appear in the microhelp panel at the bottom of every window in Reception Log. For even more assistance, you can click InformationCenter on the Help menu. The InformationCenter is a users-only area on the Web where you can learn more about Reception Log. Click the following button to see the Help window: Note: Remember to click the button at the bottom of the sample window when you're finished viewing it.
Ordering Information Top of Page	If you'd like more information, write to us with any questions you may have. Don't forget to take the DXtreme Reception Log — Advanced Edition Tour.