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- THE AMATEUR RADIO LOGBOOK PROGRAM
- version 2.0
- Reference Guide
- Copyright (c) 1989
- by Alan Weinberg
- 1742 Avenida Sirio
- Tucson, Az, 85710
-
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
-
- license agreement...................................................page 4
- warranty............................................................page 5
- introduction........................................................page 6
- getting started.....................................................page 7
- MAIN MENU...........................................................page 8
- LOGBOOK.............................................................page 9
- ADD.................................................................page 10
- CHANGE..............................................................page 11
- DELETE & INQUIRE....................................................page 12
- REPORTS.............................................................page 13
-
-
- page 4
-
-
-
- LICENSE AGREEMENT
-
- The AMATEUR RADIO COMPUTER PROGRAM is protected by the United States
- Copyright Laws and International Treaties provisions. All rights are reserved.
- Non-registered users of the AMATEUR RADIO COMPUTER PROGRAM are licensed only
- to use the program on a trial basis for the sole purpose of determining
- whether or not it meets their requirements. All other uses require
- registration. Any other use of non-registered copies of the AMATEUR RADIO
- COMPUTER PROGRAM by any person, business, government organization, or any
- other entity is strictly forbidden and is a violation of this license
- agreement.
-
- Registration permits use of this program on a single computer.
-
- If after trying the AMATEUR RADIO COMPUTER PROGRAM, you feel it meets your
- needs, please register using the instructions and information in the file
- REGISTER.FRM on your distribution diskette. When you register, you will be put
- on my mailing list for upgrades.
-
-
- page 5
-
-
- WARRANTY
-
- I, Alan Weinberg, the author of THE AMATEUR RADIO COMPUTER PROGRAM make no
- warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including without limitation,
- any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Alan
- Weinberg shall not be liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect,
- special, or consequential arising from a failure of this program to operate
- in the manner desired by the user. Alan Weinberg shall not be liable for
- any damages to data or property which may be caused directly or indirectly
- by the use of THE AMATEUR RADIO COMPUTER PROGRAM.
-
- IN NO EVENT WILL ALAN WEINBERG BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
- LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS, OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
- ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM, OR FOR ANY
- CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY.
-
- The License Agreement and Warranty shall be construed, interpreted, and
- governed by the laws of the state of Arizona.
-
- page 6
-
- INTRODUCTION
-
-
- THE AMATEUR RADIO COMPUTER PROGRAM is a fast program written in the 'C'
- programming language using sophisticated state of the art database and
- information processing techniques. The purpose of this program is to
- provide amateur radio operators with a logbook that can be maintained on a
- personal computer. One of my goals was to include an easy to understand
- user-interface with menus and windows. Help is available
- throughout the program by pressing the <F1> key. This program has a short
- learning curve and is fun to use. You will be up and running in no time.
- If you have a question first press F1 to activate the help facility. If
- you are still confused refer to this document. For those that are really
- stuck in the mud you may contact my by mail for technical assistance.
- Note: you must be registered to receive technical assistance!
- This PROGRAM was written for the beginner to advanced
- amateur radio operator. It provides a low cost
- alternative to powerful logbook management and organization. You don't have
- to know any programming or be a computer whiz with a PhD. That is not
- who this program has been written for. It is meant for the casual computer
- user who uses the computer as a tool.
- THE AMATEUR RADIO COMPUTER PROGRAM requires an IBM PC or compatible with at
- least 512k memory, DOS 2.0 or higher, any monitor, and a hard
- disk IS recommended. A printer is optional. Before using this program, you
- should be familiar with your computer and DOS.
-
-
- page 7
-
-
- GETTING STARTED
-
- Your program diskette should contain at least the following 14 files:
-
- HAM.BAT
- HAM.DOC
- HAM1.EXE
- HAM1.HLP
- HAMRPT.EXE
- HAMRPT.HLP
- HAMRPT2.EXE
- HAMRPT2.HLP
- HAMRPT3.EXE
- HAMRPT3.HLP
- HAMSCRN.EXE
- HAMSCRN.HLP
- BTRIEVE.EXE
- REGISTER.FRM
-
- If these files are not on your distribution diskette this program will not
- operate correctly. Contact your distributor from whom you purchased the
- program.
-
-
- INSTRUCTIONS
-
- 1. install the distribution diskette in floppy drive a and close the door
- 2. copy all files to the subdirectory you want
- (eg. COPY A:*.* C:\HAM)
- 3. make a backup copy of the original distribution diskette
- (who ever does?)
- 4. to run, type HAM <enter>
-
- That's all there is to it! The rest of this manual is optional reference
- material. Most of your questions can be answered by the on-line help in
- the program. GOOD LUCK AND HAVE A NICE DAY!
-
- page 8
-
-
-
- MAIN MENU
-
-
- LOGBOOK to add a QSO, delete a QSO, change information on
- a QSO, or lookup information on one of your QSOs.
-
- QUICK REPORT to generate a report on your LOGBOOK records
- output to the screen, to the printer, or to a disk
- file. Not all fields are reported.
-
- FULL REPORT All fields are reported.
-
- EXIT to return to DOS and quit the program. Also ESCAPE
- will exit the program.
-
-
- SELECT YOUR CHOICE AND PRESS <ENTER>
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- <F1> help. NOTE: When in help mode <F2> will allow you
- to reconfigure the help window.
-
- <ESCAPE> return to menu or exit the program.
-
-
-
- page 9
-
- LOGBOOK
-
-
- ADD to add a QSO to your logbook
-
- CHANGE to change data on a previously entered QSO
-
- DELETE to delete a record
-
- INQUIRE to lookup a previously entered QSO
-
- EXIT return to main menu; also <ESCAPE> will get you there
-
-
-
- SELECT YOUR CHOICE AND PRESS <ENTER>
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- <F1> help
-
- <ESCAPE> return to menu or exit program
-
-
- page 10
-
- ADD
-
- to add a QSO to your logbook
- all fields are optional, you may leave any field blank that does not apply
-
- CONTACT #: this is a non-editable field. Contacts start at 1 and
- go up.
-
- DATE (MM/DD/YY): enter the date of the contact. January 5, 1989 is
- entered as 1/5/89.
-
- BEGIN TIME (GMT): time of start of QSO in 24 hour "military" format.
- 1:33pm is entered as 1333.
-
- CALL SIGN: enter call sign of contact. I suggest you use all
- capitol letters.
-
- FREQUENCY (MHZ): enter frequency of contact in megahertz. 3,555,000
- hertz is entered as 3.555.
-
- EMISSION TYPE: enter emission type for example A1 for steady,
- umodulated pure carrier. Press <F1> for a list of
- emission types available.
-
- HIS RST: enter the signal report you are giving to your contact.
- A report of 5NN is entered as 599.
-
- MY RST: enter the signal report your contact gives you.
-
- ENDING TIME (GMT): time of end of QSO in 24 hour "military" format. 1:33pm
- is entered as 1333.
-
- POWER (WATTS): enter power of your transmitter during QSO.
-
- SENT QSL (Y/N)? answer y or Y for yes, n or N for no if you have sent a
- qsl card.
-
- RECEIVED QSL (Y/N)? answer y or Y for yes, n or N for no if you have
- received a qsl card.
-
- COMMENT 1: any comments you want to make about the QSO.
-
- COMMENT 2: any other comments you want to make about the QSO.
-
-
-
- page 11
-
-
- CHANGE
-
- to change a previously entered QSO contact
-
-
- KEY SELECTION MENU the computer must have a hint on what logbook QSO you
- are looking to change. Pick a menu item that you know
- about your stamp that you want to CHANGE.
-
- TYPE OF KEY MATCH MENU the best way to explain this menu is by example.
- Let's say you are looking for a QSO from a ham
- from Afghanistan, but you only know his call sign
- starts with G. That is what PARTIAL KEY MATCH is for.
- It allows you to enter the first few letters
- and the computer will search your records for a
- match for that call sign. Otherwise use EXACT KEY
- MATCH.
-
- Once you have taken care of that the computer brings up the records that
- most closely match your request, ready for editing. Refer to page 11 for
- the explanations of the fields. When you are finished changing (editing)
- your record, go to the last field and press <ENTER>. The record will then
- be stored away.
-
-
- page 12
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- DELETE
-
- to delete a logbook entry
-
-
- the instructions are the same as CHANGE on page 11
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- INQUIRE
- to view a logbook entry
-
-
- the instructions are the same as CHANGE on page 11
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- EXIT
- to return to MAIN MENU
-
-
- page 13
-
- REPORTS
-
- to generate a report on your logbook
- to the screen monitor, printer, or a disk file
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- PRINT THE REPORT You have made your range selections and are
- ready to print the report
-
- CHECK PAPER ALIGNMENT check printer top of form alignment
-
- SELECT ALTERNATE KEY reports by default are generated with CALL
- SIGNS in alphabetic order. If you
- want an another field to be the key instead
- of CALL SIGN press <ENTER>.
-
- RANGE SELECTIONS customize your report by specifying a key
- field to select a range on. Press <F1> for a
- detailed help on this.
-
- EXIT return to MAIN MENU.
-
-
-