[Dxbase] Questions

Fri Sep 17 09:13:00 EDT 2004

Bob - I also use DXAtlas and got some help from those folks.
Under DXBase 2004 I can enter + signs. I think you need to make the change
NOT in the DXINFO window but by pulling down the menu item
"TOOLS/OPTIONS/USER OPTIONS/GENERAL tab and enter your lat and long there.
Then you can save the numbers ok. The key thing to remember about lat and
long under DXBase is that for your home QTH of 74 deg 30 min you cannot
enter 74.30 in DXBase. You must use decimal degrees.
+74 deg 30 min (DXAtlas) = +74.50 (DXBase).
Otherwise your home gets moved a few miles and your wife will complain she
can't find the driveway anymore!
I have not been able to get my sunset shadow settings to be saved when
DXBase launches DXAtlas. If I launch DXAtlas standalone the darker greyline
shading is used. Under DXBase the lighter default shading is used. I
suspect it's a matter of putting a config file in the correct folder.
I use DXBase with my Ten-Tec Orion... the radio jumps to spots by just
clicking on them...pretty cool feature. It's a great program.
73 de Tom K2TA
Greenwood Lake, NY
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Dwiggins II" <rdwiggins at nctv.com>
To: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 7:22 PM
Subject: [Dxbase] Questions
> Hello All,
>> I am trying to evaluate the DXBase software because I think it may do some
> things better than my present logging software. Namely, I need to manage
my
> QSL situation better (I'm behind). I downloaded and installed the trial
> version today, and, so far, I have three questions:
>> 1. I have DXAtlas. I put in my lat-longs, but DXBase tells me that I need
a
> plus sign in front of my latitude. When I put one in, DXBase won't keep
it
> and then DXAtlas (or DXBase) complains because I haven't put a '+' sign in
> front of my latitude. How do I get around this so that DXAtlas will set
my
> home location correctly when I connect to it using DXBase? DXAtlas works
> fine when I connect to it using Hamcap and/or MixW.
> 2. I would like to set the comment field in the database from 40
characters
> to 128 characters in length. This may waste some space in the database
> structure, but putting in copious notes during my QSO's helps me to keep
> from embarrassing myself whenever I contact someone more than once. I
think
> the field width is set to 40 in trial.mdb. Further, I think that it's
> messing up the ADIF import of the QSO comments from my present logging
> software. Everything else imports fine. I opened the table up in Access
> 2000, and I saw that the field width was 40 for the QSO comments. If we
> increase the field length, will the import routine work correctly? Right
> now, I think the import routine wipes out the first 40 characters on
comment
> fields that are longer than 40 characters. If less than 40 characters,
> everything is cool.
> 3. I use MixW for PSK and digimode work. I like the software because it
> decodes PSK like a demon and the logging in it is painless. The only
> problem with MixW's logging is that the querying and QSL management is a
bit
> limited. Also, MixW will not store the state or the power level. I'd
like
> to be able to hotlink between MixW and DXBase and simply perform the edits
> as I got rather than doing them in batch mode as I'm having to do now. I
> understand that this can be done, but I'm a bit hazy on it. This same
> question has been asked several times in the archives but wasn't directly
> answered.
>> Many thanks.
>> Bob, NE5RD
> robert.dwiggins at alumni.utexas.net
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