Resetting Realtime CQ DX Marathon Award Tracking at the Beginning of Each Year
At the beginning of a new calendar year, reset DXLab's Realtime Award Tracking for CQ DX Marathon by performing these actions in the specified order:
In the Marathon Bands & Modes panel on the Awards tab of DXKeeper's Configuration window, select the bands and modes on which an active DX station should be highlighted and announced by SpotCollector as needed for CQ DX Marathon during the new year
check the Mixed box if you're considering making a Mixed Category submission at the end of the year
check the box for each Band for which you're considering making a single-band Category submission at the end of the year; if you're considering making a Challenge submission, checking the Challenge box will check the 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, and 10m boxes
- check the box for each Mode for which you're considering making a single-mode Category submission at the end of the year
QSOs that do not specify a propagation mode item will be ignored for Marathon tracking and submission unless you check the Include QSOs with no prop box
if the Realtime Award Progress box is not already checked, terminate SpotCollector, and then check it
click the Year, Class, & Category button to display the Marathon Year, Category, and Submission Information window
set the Current year to the new year (e.g. 2025)
- the settings in this window govern the submission you generate at the end of the year, and thus need not be selected now
On the Check Progress tab of DXKeeper's Main window, click the Recompute button
On the Spot Database tab of SpotCollector's Configuration window, click the Recomputation panel's Recompute button
To generate a Marathon Progress report for a year other than the current year specified in the Marathon Year, Category, and Score Sheet Information window, depress the CTRL key while clicking the CQ DX Marathon panel's Progress button, and you'll be able to specify the year for which the Progress Report is generated.
To generate a Marathon Submission for a year other than the current year specified in the Marathon Year, Category, and Score Sheet Information window, depress the CTRL key while clicking the CQ DX Marathon panel's Submission button, and you'll be able to specify the year for which the Submission is generated.
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