Station Prefs and Registering

This dialog is presented when you run MacLoggerDX unregistered, or select Preferences... from the MacLoggerDX Menu.

Enter your Call Sign and Registration number in the Call Sign and Registration Number boxes, then press return or tab out of the field. Unregistered will change to Registered.

Once registered the Purchase button will be disabled otherwise it will direct your web browser to the MacLoggerDX page where you can purchase a MacLoggerDX registration number with the PayPal button for new users or the Upgrade button for exisiting MacLoggerDX V3.5+ users.

Portable prefixes are allowed - if your registered call sign is W1AW then W1AW/VE3, VE3/W1AW and VE3VRW-9 will also work. The base call (VE3VRW) will be used to validate registration and to log into dxclusters.

Enter your Latitude, Longitude in decimal degrees and Grid Square information in the text edit boxes, this will be used in determining the distance and bearing from your station of all look ups. You can use a GPS to determine your precise Latitude and Longitude, or look it up on the Internet.

The rest of the Station Information (Name, Street, etc.) is used in the QSL Panel.

The Kilometers check box lets you choose between miles and kilometers for display of distance information.

The Sounds check box will enable/disable MacLoggerDX sound notifications.

The Check for Updates at Startup check box will check for new full release versions of MacLoggerDX each time you run the program.

The UTC Clock Font popup selects the Font for the UTC Clock while the Include Seconds check box includes seconds in the UTC time display window which is activated under the MacLoggerDX Menu. The time display window floats above other windows and is resizeable.