[DXBase] qsl prefix sort

2002年12月19日 09:26:55 -0600

I've been following this issue.
Seems there are two issues.
For stateside stations sending to foreign bureaus or using the ARRL (which I
do), qsl's should be sorted by country.
But for DX stations, the prefix sort MAY be preferred.
The problem comes in where countries may have a wide range of prefixes
Stateside calls can be A1xxx, N1xxx, K1xxx, W9xxx
Sorting by prefix would then create the need to select each of the above
groups out of the pile.
UK calls could also fall under this issue, G3xxx and M3xxx would be widely
separated in a pile if a prefix sort was used.
There are other entities that have a wide range in their prefix allocations.
Been a long time since I did Access programming but can a dual sort be
performed?
Sort by Entity and then by prefix within that Entity?
Anybody see any problems with this approach?
I'm not sure this can even be done with Access.
For smaller runs of qsling. Some people could solve their difficulties by
using the Group Option. It requires manual editing of the Group Character
and could be a bit cumbersome.
But this method works well for me when working DXpeditions that will have
operations on many band/modes.
But again that requires manual Group editing. (One of my wishlist items is
that DXB automatically assign the same Group Character to subsequent qso's
with the same callsign or perform a block change to all callsigns).
I also use this feature when trying to qsl unconfirmed band/mode slots.
For Example: I'll assign 9 to all the qso's that the Summary & Previous QSO
windows show are unconfirmed band/modes.
Then print out those qsl's and dispersal.
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If I save time, when do I get it back?
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W9OL, Bill H. in Chicagoland