KM Rover Logger - Initial Use

          Step-by-step hints to evaluate KM Rover

1. After installing the logger, run it from the Start | Programs menu.

° Note: Do not drag KMRover32.exe to the desktop to make a shortcut - the correct
procedure is {Ctrl + Shift} and drag.

Or - make one by right-mouse clicking an empty spot on the desktop. Select New,
Shortcut. Browse to the KMRover32 folder and find the executable file. Click it,
click OK. Re-name it if you wish. 

2. For now, enter your Call Sign and initial six-digit grid into the setup screen.
Continue.

3. Load an existing file from the files box by clicking the filename.
Change the current grid by clicking it. Use a 6-digit for accuracy. 

4. Select HELP | Contents from the pull-down menu. Read some of
the basic indexed items up top.

5. Try the other pull-down menus. There are many ways to change bands. Plus,
there are different ways to accomplish most of the logger`s functions without
using the mouse. This is something the mobile rovers requested - tnx K5UHF.

6. Add a QSO. [Enter] a call sign. If that call is in any of the data files,
the data is displayed: 6-digit, bearing, bands the station has and op`s name.

° Note: [Enter] means you either hit [Enter] or [Space] to accept the data typed
in. [Tab] is only used to move between fields. The logging results are unknown if
you do not use [Enter] or [Space] to input the data !

7. After you enter each field, the cursor goes to the next input. After entering
the grid, hitting [Enter] or [Space] again will accept the QSO into the log.

° Note: You can select QSO Accept(Auto) using the pull-down menu. This 
skips the extra keystroke by accepting the QSO into the log automatically
after entering the grid. I use this all the time, hitting [Enter] only
after I hear QSL from the station being worked.

8. Enter another QSO. After entering this one, [Enter] DL into the call
input and delete the last QSO. This is a command you want to remember
since you will use it often, especially when you enter a QSO on the wrong
band. It is much easier to delete the last QSO if you accepted it by
mistake, rather than editing it in the edit form. After changing to the
correct band, [Enter] L for last call, and continue.

9. Use the {Log} pull-down menu and write each of the files available.
Cabrillo, summary, back-up file, etc. 

° Note: If you copy NOTEPAD.exe from the Windows folder into the c:\kmrover32
folder, the files you write will open in NOTEPAD automatically.

10. Exit the logger and re-run it to start a new contest. The UTC offset should be
automatic, but if the wrong offset was used in a contest, you can use the included 
UTCTime application to change the UTC hours in your log - post contest.

° Use the {File} pull-down menu or click the green {Contest} or yellow {Contest name}
label next to your call up top. Select a contest, double-clicking works too.

11. Enter a filename using the {File} pull-down menu or click the blue
`Enter new file` label to the left of the files box. Long filenames are OK, but 
keep them simple so they fit in the display windows.
Hint: use a name that tells you what contest it is. i.e. 2K7juneqso  w3km2007uhf.

12. Enter QSOs. Enter a dupe to see this function. Enter a rover callsign
( call/R ) and log him. Then, enter that rover`s call on the same band, but
in a different grid. It logs without being a dupe.

13. Move a station up the bands: change bands, then [Enter] S for same call.
Try changing bands with the PageUp/PageDown keys, and recall the last callsign
when changing bands by selecting it in the `Bands` pull-down menu.

14. Use the LO.exe application to setup your transverter and PLL offsets and
multipliers. When you change bands, the I.F. frequency for that band will be
displayed - under the band display box. On microwave bands where you use PLL
local oscillators - click the I.F. frequency display and input the PLL frequency
just before making the QSO - all that is required is an accurate VHF counter.

15. Change your current grid. The logger keeps track of calls and grids per
band, so you can work other stations and rovers as you move grids also.

16. Use the {Log} pull-down menu and select {Load last file...} to have the
logger recall the last log file used, automatically when the screen loads.

17. If you connect the PC to a GPS on COM1 (or USB port), you can try the
functions concerning GPS operation and beam pointing while driving.
For mobile rovers: Your antenna system is calibrated for North in the
direction of the front of your vehicle. The logger then displays the beam
heading to 6-digit targets relative to your driving direction.

° Note: When not using a GPS (or when parked), use the manual offset to
display the beam heading. Calibration is done against known 6-digit stations
or beacons. You can drive to a mountaintop and park facing in any direction.

18. Although networking is not provided, a 2-laptop (or more) rover operation 
is do-able by merging the log files periodically. This is done in the {Log}
pull-down menu. Write the log file to diskette, then merge it into the
other pc. This can be used to compile one file at the end of the contest.

19. Logging can be done without the mouse. Keyboard shortcuts entered
into the callsign input are used to replace the mouse click functions.
See `Keyboard shortcuts` and `Printable shortcuts` in the HELP file.

20. Automatic file back-up is available. In the set-up screen, select the
drive or enter the drive/path for your back-up file. USB flash-drives work too.
Back-up can also be selected and turned ON/OFF in the {Log} menu.

21. Users say that a USB converter works with the GPS. LPT converters for the band
decoder do not work, as the LPT output is multi-function (not like a line printer).
Use a PCI LPT board and enter the Hex address into the combo-box - format is &Hxxxx.

22. The DVK has an over-ride function - select `RIGblaster` mode in the DVK setup
screen (even if not using a RIGblaster unit). [Esc] [Space] [Enter] (and mic click and
footswitch - if using the appropriate RIGblaster) all cancel the wave file being played.
Playing the same or different wave file will also cancel the file that is playing. 

Questions and comments to:  w3km at verizon dot net     73, W3KM.