Searching for QSL information in the Flying Horse Radio Amateur Callbook
Configuring access to the Flying Horse Radio Amateur Callbook
Click on the Config button to display Pathfinder's Configuration window, from which you can
Specify your callsign
Specify whether or not windows can be restored on startup to a secondary monitor
Specify whether or not diagnostic information should be recorded in the file ErrorLog.txt
Specify the URL used to perform online callbook lookups for DXLab applications like DXKeeper
QRZ.com - http://www.qrz.com/detail/{TargetCallsign}
Enter a target callsign, and then click one of the 12 search buttons to search its associated site
Striking keys F1 to F6 is equivalent to clicking on a top-row search button; F7 to F12, a bottom-row search button
Strike the Enter key to search the most recently used site
Click on the HC button to search the most recently used site for the target callsign's home callsign (only available after a site has been searched for the target callsign and the target callsign is different than its home callsign)
Depressing the Alt key while striking clicking a search button or striking F7 to F12 initiates a search for the target callsign's home callsign
Click on the Stop button or strike the Esc key to terminate a search
Click on the X button or strike the Home key to clear the target callsign
CTRL-click the X button to clear the target callsign and the results display
After you enter a callsign, a country-specific callbook search button will appear if a web-accessible callbook for the callsign country is available
Striking the numeric keypad / key is equivalent to clicking on the country-specific callbook search button
DXKeeper, SpotCollector, and WinWarbler are all capable of sending callsigns to Pathfinder's Target Callsign textbox
If you want Pathfinder to automatically perform a search when a callsign arrives from one of these applications, then depress the Ctrl key while clicking on the appropriate search button and check the Auto box in its Pathfinder Search dialog; when you click the OK button, the caption of this search button will be underlined to indicate that it will automatically be invoked.
DXLab applications can direct Pathfinder to perform an online callbook lookup for a specified callsign; Pathfinder navigates to the specified site and displays a web page containing detailed information, extracts a subset of this information (e.g. name, QTH, address, state, province, country, grid square), and returns it to the requesting application
On installation, Pathfinder assumes that your Flying Horse Radio Amateur Callbook is accessible via D:\
If you're using a CDROM drive other than D:\ or have copied the Flying Horse Radio Amateur Callbook to a folder on your hard drive, click the RAC button while depressing the Ctrl key and use the Browse button in the Radio Amateur Callbook Settings window to locate the file Callbook.exe .