[Dxbase] OUT-Awards-DXCC

Mon Aug 9 19:08:40 EDT 2004

At 07:45 PM 8/9/2004 -0400, Jack wrote:
>Bill,
>>You are absolutely correct. The code ignores 160m award if field check is
>also checked. This follows the ARRL rules that prohibit field check for
>160m.

Actually, field checkers can't do 160 cards, but cards can be checked in
the field if an ARRL official is in attendence.
Similarly I had a number of over ten-year-old cards checked at Visalia a
couple of years ago, where an ARRL guy approved them.
Which brings up the fact that the selection logic is slightly flawed. It
won't select 160 cards for field checking, but it will select cards over 10
years old.
So if you *really* want only cards that can be checked by an ARRL field
checker, you have to use the selection wizard in a twp-step process. I
know because I've been putting together a submission to take to the SW
Division convention and had to do it.
BTW, if I still have your attention, I've discovered another gotcha...not a
DXBase problem (relax Jack) but something that might be of interest.
I decided to apply for LoTW credits for all of my available QSLs *and* at
the same time indicated that I would be submitting paper cards at the
convention.
One would think that this new and improved super-duper computerized system
would immediately (once my credit card was hit) move the "selected" QSLs to
the "credited" column. Nooope. After some email traffic with headquarters
I learned that my application was a single entity and until my paper cards
are field checked, the application just sits there. And since I have an
application "pending", I can't add any new Qs to it either.