[DogParkList] Ideas for MacLoggerDX ... 2. QSL options

[Walter O'Brien/W2WJO]

Jon, don, list..

I actually already did a formatted Filemaker file that imports all the 
ADIF data, and plops into into squares in the proper places on my QSL 
cards... works great. Of course, each user would need a runtime or 
regular version of Filemaker 5.5 or above, and you'd have to fine tune 
the layout to your card's format.. but if anyone wants to take a look 
let me know and I will gladly upload it...

You can also add in awards and new info as you print!

73 Walter W2WJO

On Nov 16, 2003, at 07:26, Jonathan G0DVJ wrote:

>
> MacLoggerDX Idea 2:  QSL options
>
> The current support in MLDX for QSL via your printer, eQSL, address 
> label printing, and more recently LoTW is great.   Comments are 
> welcome on whether the following facilities would be useful to people:
>
> a) Additional info set to display on printed QSLs:
> 	Maybe able to add your location-related and contact details to be 
> optionally printed on the card such as Grid Square, IOTA ref, 
> State/County, CQ/ITU Zone number, limited address details, email 
> address/web page URL, 10-10 number etc. ?   Maybe a free format 
> limited length text field for anything else wanted on the card would 
> be good too?
>
> b) Multiple cards printed per page:
> 	The idea is that four normal sized cards could be printed per one 
> sheet of Card (US Letter or A4).  This would be used in conjunction 
> with a way of checking which selection of multiple QSOs in the log 
> should have QSLs printed for them in a particular batch.  I tend to 
> deal with QSLs in batches rather than singly - is this true for others 
> too?
>
> c) Multiple QSOs with same station printed per card:
> 	The idea here is that if you have worked the same station in your log 
> on different occasions on different bands, the QSO details for each 
> can be pulled out and added to one printable QSL card for that 
> station, thus potentially saving ink, card and postage!   I know a 
> number of the PC QSL label printing programs around do this from QSLs 
> received.
>
>
> Some of these ideas involve a fair amount of work and so an 
> alternative to implementing them for QSL cards would be to extend the 
> labelling feature already implemented instead - so that QSO details 
> can be printed per label (as with address labels) which are then stuck 
> on to pre-already printed cards?
>
> I actually wonder if there isn't a market for a separate QSL card 
> processor software for Mac which could accept ADIF files from MLDX (or 
> other software) and allow management / processing of the cards?   I 
> say Mac particularly not because I love my Macs but because they have 
> such a reputation for graphics based applications of which QSL is 
> clearly one in ham radio!
>
> 73,
> Jonathan G0DVJ
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