DX label features

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Hi John,

Thanks for adding the URL line to the DX label features - that's very useful.

Some other requests :-)

Would it be possible to add a URL command to select a specific antenna when the antenna switch option is in use ?

This would facilitate selection of different antennas for different bands or directions.

Would it be possible to add an automatic time and date to the DX label (just visible in the edit field and Jason file) when a DX label is added or updated ?

Would it also be possible to add the Lat and Long or URL of the KiWi that was used to create the DX label entry as before ?

Both of the above would be useful to those of us who use the DX labels as a form of personal log book for stations heard. If at some point in the future, a web based log book was ever implemented. It would allow entries to a master frequency list (such as Global tuners) to be automatically updated and links could be provided to KiWis that could be used to hear the specific station.

Regards,

Martin - G8JNJ

Comments

  • jksjks
    edited May 2018
    Would it be possible to add a URL command to select a specific antenna when the antenna switch option is in use ?
    This would facilitate selection of different antennas for different bands or directions.
    Do you mean the ability to select a different antenna when the label is clicked?
    Would it be possible to add an automatic time and date to the DX label (just visible in the edit field and Jason file) when a DX label is added or updated ?
    Sure. Good idea.
    Would it also be possible to add the Lat and Long or URL of the KiWi that was used to create the DX label entry as before ?
    I'm not understanding this one. Why would you want that on a per-label basis? It would add a lot of space to the file. You would certainly want this if the label info from a particular Kiwi was being exported. But it can be stored just once in the file, not per-label. The edit time is easy because it can be encoded (e.g. number of minutes since some epoch).
    Both of the above would be useful to those of us who use the DX labels as a form of personal log book for stations heard. If at some point in the future, a web based log book was ever implemented. It would allow entries to a master frequency list (such as Global tuners) to be automatically updated and links could be provided to KiWis that could be used to hear the specific station.
  • G8JNJG8JNJ
    edited May 2018
    Do you mean the ability to select a different antenna when the label is clicked?
    Yes, either by means of entering the URL directly into a browser (so that links to the Kiwi including frequency, mode and antenna can be posted) or by clicking on a label in the KiWi GUI.
    Would it be possible to add an automatic time and date to the DX label (just visible in the edit field and Jason file) when a DX label is added or updated ?
    Sure. Good idea.
    Great, that will help ID which stations have been logged in recent times, rather than several years ago.
    Would it also be possible to add the Lat and Long or URL of the KiWi that was used to create the DX label entry as before ?
    I'm not understanding this one. Why would you want that on a per-label basis? It would add a lot of space to the file. You would certainly want this if the label info from a particular Kiwi was being exported. But it can be stored just once in the file, not per-label. The edit time is easy because it can be encoded (e.g. number of minutes since some epoch).
    If (for example) Global tuners was used as a repository of stations logged via KiWi labels, it would be good to know which KiWi it was originally heard on. This could be added by using some sort of KiWi export tool as you suggest.

    However if at sometime in the future another other repository is implemented where KiWi Jason files could be up and downloaded and exchanged, the problem is that without each single entry being tagged with the originating KiWi, it's not possible to determine where the signal was originally logged. This makes it difficult to determine if an individual entry is likely to be heard via another KiWi in a different geographical location, how accurate the information is likely to be, or if required, how to contact the originator for more information or to suggest and edit.

    Over the years I've administered several (scanning) frequency databases, and one of the biggest problem is determining where 'rogue' frequencies have originated from. Very often these have been due to typing errors, but they tend to end up being perpetuated because it's not possible to trace the source to correct it and then other folks copy and propagate the false listing.

    Maybe some sort of hash table (KiWi serial number? ) could be used instead of a full URL

    Sorry about the formatting, the forum editing has gone a bit 'weird' for me.

    Regards,

    Martin - G8JNJ
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