Prepare an Award Application

In this example we will execute all steps needed to prepare the Application for the 80m DXCC Award. I will use references to QSOs in the log I used to prepare the example. You have to use similar QSOs if you replay the example, because your log does for sure not contain the same QSOs.

I have prepared two guides: the quick-guide for experienced users and a step-by-step guide for beginners. The quick-guide is on this page. The step-by-step guide is divided into several pages: follow the links at the top and bottom of the pages to walk through it or press on the step header on this page to jump to the corresponding details.

The steps explained in the example are:

Create the QSO Group
Select the QSOs which qualify for the Award
Add/Delete QSOs manually to/from the Group
Add QSOs with the help of a Statistic View
Print the Award Application

Quick Guide

Create the QSO Group

Detail

Select Tools Ś Define QSO-Group from the Main Menu

Press the New button

Fill in the fields Name and Description

press the Save button

close the dialog

Select the QSOs which qualify for the Award

Detail

SWISSLOG provides you with many options to select the QSOs which qualify. Especially the Logbook View with its many selection and grouping options helps you to perform nearly every task. Here I explain the 'traditional' way to select the QSOs as automatically as possible.

Select View Ś Logbook with Selection Tabs from the Main Menu to open a logbook view
Press the Manual tab
Now mark the selection criteria as required

Select the DXCC column in the logbook view.

Press the (first) button.

Press the (Show / Hide group toolbar) button. This will display the group toolbar
Select the Target-Group
Press the button. This displays a group view for the selected group.
Press the button to put all selected QSOs into the group. The result will look like on the picture below.

Add/Delete QSOs manually to/from the Group

Detail

Add from a Logbook View

Select View Ś Logbook-View from the Main Menu to open a logbook view
Press the (Show/Hide group toolbar) button. This will display the group toolbar
Select the Target-Group
Press the button. This displays a group view for the selected group.
Select the QSO you want to add and press the button

Add QSOs with the help of a Statistic View

Detail

Open the DXCC Statistic
- select View Ś Statistic from the main menu
- select the DXCC Statistic
Select the DXCC entry for which you want do add QSO
Double click on the cell containing the DXCC you need. This opens a window with the QSOs counting for the selected cell
In this view
- Select the Group you want to add to
- select the QSO and press the button
Delete a QSO from the Group

Select View Ś QSO-Group from the Main Menu to open a group view
Select the Group you want to delete from
Select the QSO to be deleted in the group view and press the button to delete the QSO from the group

Print the Award Application

Detail

Select View Ś Logbook-View from the Main Menu to open a logbook view
Press the right mouse button and select QSO Source... Ś Group..
Select the Group
Press the right mouse button and select Print Report Ś Print all QSOs
This opens the Report Window
Select the Report and press the button
If the Preview looks OK, press the button

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