[DXBase] DXbase 2005

Sat, 1 May 2004 15:08:50 -0400

I read with interest the post from NT1Y because I was surprised to see =
so many issues that seem to either not be issues or else were just not =
true to begin with? I've only been a user of DXbase for a about a month =
but even I knew enough to realize that Bill's issues are brought on by a =
simple lack of understanding about some things.
When importing from LoTW, if you don't trust the accuracy of the details =
( allllaa CQz, ITUz, County, or whatever ) that are furnished by LoTW, =
then just don't ask for it and then you don't have any issue. You can =
get your LoTW file without the details and thereby get your =
confirmations without fear of anything happening to what you already =
have in your log. To suggest this is a DXbase issue is just not right. =
I think there just needs to be a little more reading of what LoTW =
options are out there so you better understand the process and the =
options you have at your disposal. I really wonder why the original =
post wasn't made to the LoTW people instead of DXbase?
I imported an ADIF file where my previous logging program used SSB as =
its mode. But when I looked at my records in DXbase after the import, =
the modes were correctly entered as either LSB ( 40 and 80 meters) and =
USB on most of the rest. So it appears to me at least that this wasn't =
really an issue either, just speculation and inaccurate at that. DXbase =
did exactly what I would have expected it to do.
I don't have an Orion, but I looked at the radio commands being sent by =
DXbase based on the radios.ini file. I don't think DXbase is sending =
any command for filters. In fact, I'm certain of it because I watched =
the output on a piece of test equipment I have connected to my serial =
port. What I see is that the radio is at fault because even though =
DXbase did not tell it to change its filter, the radio did so anyway. =
Why? DXbase did not tell it to do that. I glanced at the Orion info in =
the radios.ini and there are no filter commands that would be sent for =
it either, so I can only assume that the Orion too changes its filter =
selections without being told to do so. I think this issue needs to be =
delivered to the manufacturer of the radio. DXbase seems to be innocent =
since it isn't telling the radio to do anything with filters in the =
first place.
The comments about VUCC were somewhat interesting. As the original post =
pointed out, the DXCC award and the VUCC award are not compatible. One =
lets all Qs from a country count, and the other does not. So, if you =
don't want to maintain a separate log for the one that only counts from =
a specific geographic place, then I find myself asking OK, then live =
with it. What else would you want to happen? I guess you could use the =
selection Wizard to extract QSOs for whatever VUCC area you are =
submitting but beyond that, I think you may have to keep a separate log =
for VUCC purposes if you want to separate out each region where you =
operated.
I don't know nothing about Propagation Mode, so I'll be quiet about that =
except to say I don't see anything in the help file about tracking =
propogation modes.
I don't get any 2m spots in my DX Info window, and that's the way I have =
it configured in the Alerts and Internet options tabs. If you are =
getting 2m spots and you don't want them, then you must not have your =
options set up correctly.
I usually don't post on reflectors, but as a programmer myself, and =
knowing that what was listed in the original post was really way out =
there, I just felt that some corrections needed to be made before some =
new guy comes along who doesn't know any better and walks away thinking =
that what was originally stated was true. I've seen a lot of software =
in my day, and written some too. So far, I think DXbase is =
espectacular.
Just my opinion,
Angel, KP4xx
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