[Dxbase] DXCC QSL Sorting

Fri Aug 13 22:20:41 EDT 2004

Wes,
We agree with your assessment, but..... some time ago we did some things on
our own that we felt made the application easier to use. We had a couple
customers get chastized by some field checker complaining that we didn't
follow the "letter" of the rule. So, although what you say makes perfect
sense to us, until and unless the ARRL specifies this in their written
instructions, we are forced to abide strictly by what their rules state.
That is, the sorting is by band and mode with no deviations except to place
multiple QSO cards at the end of the list ( but still abiding by their rules
for sorting ).
Regards,
Jack
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wes (N7WS) and Linda" <wesandlinda at triconet.org>
To: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 7:59 AM
Subject: [Dxbase] DXCC QSL Sorting
> I'm putting together a DXCC application for field checking. I won't
> elaborate on the problems I'm having with non-repeatiblity in the
selection
> process but I do note one problem that probably could be easily fixed.
>> While giving cards with multiple QSOs a QSL number does put them on the
> bottom of the list, it doesn't group the QSOs for a given call together,
> which I believe is the idea. Instead with multiple cards with multiple
> QSOs, it sorts them by band and mode so that they are spread out all over
> the place.
>> I'm not too sure the field checker is going to be happy about this.
> Certainly there is no way to sort the cards to satisfy this list order. I
> think I'll have to resort to filling out the list by hand, which,
> considering the other problems, might have been quicker in the first
place.
>> Wes
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