AFTER HOURS COMPUTING SERVICE'S SHORTWAVE TOOLKIT (c) 1992 You are looking at one of the most comprehensive aids available to the novice shortwave radio enthusiast. The AHC DX Toolkit includes features for: > Logging programs that you hear and want to record the time and date > Keeping Logs of Station Addresses and records of QSL card responses. > Automatic printing of envelopes with addresses of stations and your own return address. > Automatic printing of QSL request letters. A good basic form letter is included, but you can easily modify it or use one of your own letters. > You can print lists of Stations for Labels, Index cards, or to trade with other hobbyists. > You can print program listings that you can refer to again and again when you want to know what is on. IMPORTANT NOTE: This program is Shareware. Please feel free to try it out for a few days, and if you don't like it, just erase it. If you DO like it (and we at AHC hope that you do) please become a registered user. If you register this software, you will be entitled to the full version 1.01 of the DX Toolkit and a printed, bound, and much more indepth instruction manual. Note: This is a "Crippled" version of DX Toolkit. There are many SAVE/LOAD features that are limited in some way. All the functions work, but in some cases, they are limited to one filename. There are many hidden features that you may never find if you don't register and get the manual and update disk! You will also be helping us in our continuing search for new and unique software for use in the Windows environment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To register, send $35.00 to: After Hours Computing Services 3917 Leonora Drive Kettering, OH 45420 United States of America Expect your manual and update disk soon after. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MENU COMMANDS: FILE ABOUT - This tells a little about After Hours Computing and our goals. Please read this message and follow the instructions contained there. EXIT- Use this to exit the program. Be sure to save all your work before ending. PROGRAM LISTING- The Program listing menu is used to keep track of individual radio showns, news programs, and whatever else you hear. You can keep track of the show's name, frequency, date, UTC time, Local time and Signal Quality. EDIT WINDOW-Click your mouse within this window to select one of the programs listed in it. When selected, you can either Delete the record, or Edit it. DELETE-This will delete the currectly selected program line. ADD- This will bring up a requestor box asking several questions about the program you are recording. You can use the Continue or Cancel buttons at any time to get back to the Program list box. EDIT- This will bring up the same requestor box used in the ADD command listed above, but it will contain the currently selected program, chosen from the program listing box. RESTORE LIST-This loads the Program listing file from disk. This effectively erases any changes you have made since the last SAVE command was used. Note: The filenames for both the LOAD and SAVE commands are hard-coded in this demo version of AHC DX Toolbox. In the version you will get when you register this softwarem you will be able to enter filenames to LOAD and SAVE, therby allowing you access to an unlimited number of lists. CANCEL-Exit back to the main menu line without doing anything else. SEARCH- You can search the entire listing for individual Frequencies, Program Times, and Program Dates to help you figure out what is on now, on a frequency. PRINT LISTING-Prints a table listing all Shows and Programs listed in the database. This will have the same layout as the program list box. STATIONS LIST STATIONS-This section of the program allows you to store a databse of Radio Stations. You can enter Station Names, addresses, countries, whether or not they sent you a QSL, whether or not the reception is good, and any other kind of note you want to keep on the station. EDIT WINDOW- Just click in the window and edit or add any text you want. There is no set format for the text within this box. You can enter any kind of note that suits your needs UP-Use the Up key to move to the next station in the program's database. When you get to the last record, the program automatically starts back at the beginning of the list. DOWN-Use the Down key to move to the previous station in the program's database. When you get to the first record, the program automatically starts back at the end of the list. ADD-Brings up a requestor that looks like an envelope. Just fill in the mailing address of the station. You can actuall enter anything you want here, but an address is all that is really required. DELETE-This will delete the currently selected entry. LOAD-This loads the Station listing file from disk. This effectively erases any changes you have made since the last SAVE command was used. Note: in this demo version of AHC DX Toolkit, the filename is hard-coded into the software and you cannot change it, thereby allowing only one database listing can be used, In the full version you will get when you register this product, you get the option to enter filenames, thereby alloxwing you access to any number of databases. SAVE-This saves your database to disk. Be Very sure to do this before exiting to the main menu. If you don't save it, all your changes will be lost! Note: in this demo version of AHC DX Toolkit, you can only save one list of stations in a database. In the full version you will get when you register this product, you get the option to enter filenames, thereby allowing you access to any number of databases. PRINT QSL POSTCARD-This is one of the AHC DX Toolbox's most useful features. Do you get tired of writing requests for QSL cards, then writing out the addresses and other info for each new station you pick up? Well no more! Now you can have the computer do all the work for you! FORM LETTER EDIT WINDOW-This is a good basic letter that asks the station for a QSL confirmation. Just fill in the blanks with the correct information and use the PRINT button to print it. You do not have to enter your address or the address of the station. If you have used the ENTER USER INFO command listed below, the computer will already know your return address, and the station currently selected will be used as the SEND TO address. SAVE- This saves the letter in the edit window. This may or may not be desired. The letter in the window is saved on disk. If you like the letter you have and want to save it, then fine; but the old letter will be destroyed. In this demo version of AHC DX Toolbox, You can only save one letter at a time. The real version allows multiple letters to be saved and loaded. CANCEL-Prints the envelope, but not the letter, PRINT-Prints the envelope and the letter. CANCEL-Exits back to the main menu without doing anything. Be sure to SAVE if you have made any changes. ENTER USER INFO-This screen keeps track of your name and return address. You really only need to enter this information once. If you move, or want to print a QSL card ofr someone else, you can change the name and address here. EDIT WINDOW-Just click in the window and make any changes you want. SAVE-Click on SAVE to save your work to disk. This information is kept permanently on file so you don't have to enter it everytime you run AHC DX Toolkit CANCEL-Exits back to the main menu without saving your changes, PRINT STATIONS-Prints a list of all stations in the database. This can be used to print cards, or labels, or just to make a list for someone else's use.