[Dxbase] Cell colors

Mon Sep 20 22:27:53 EDT 2004

In the words of Carl Sagan...."You are not alone".
I have MANY pre 75 cw qso's.
That's why it's a good idea to check the little previous icon in the bottom of the Summary 
when nothing shows up.
I'm chasing band/mode/entities also. Just passed the 5K worked mark last week.
Good hunting.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Blake" <dblake1 at columbus.rr.com>
To: <w1ebi at lightband.com>
Cc: "DXbase Reflector" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Cell colors
> George et al-
>> Perhaps your JA 40 CW is good, but doesn't show up in the summary
> as a W or a C. I look to the summary to see if something is needed and
> have often not seen the W or C and have in fact the country confirmed.
>> I have been primarily a COW operator for nearly 50 years but was inactive
> from the mid 70s until the mid 90s. CW contacts made prior to 1/1/1975
> don't show up in the summary window. They do count for mixed, but before
> that date there was no CW DXCC award and counted for mixed. I have
> no idea why it was decided that the wouldn't be a row in the summary that
> showed Mixed. Now we have CW, Phone, RTTY and Digital, but still no
> Mixed. My passion is working and confirming band countries. Heaven knows
> how many green stamps or IRCs if sent not realizing that I already had a
> country confirmed on CW prior to 1/1/1975 but didn't realize it at the time
> because it didn't show in the summary.
>> I have been a DXB user for about 10 years generally upgrade each year. I
> haven't mentioned this before thinking I am probably the only old fuddy-duddy
> left who has CW contacts that are over nearly 30 years old and are still the
> ones they are using for awards. :-)
>> 73
> Dave -N4DB-
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Art Searle W2NRA" <w2nra at optonline.net>
> To: "George Harlem W1EBI" <w1ebi at lightband.com>
> Cc: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 8:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Cell colors
>>>> Hi George,
>>>> You wrote:
>>> The
>>> trouble with keeping the Q in the log is that it shows up in the band-mode
>>> summary, and I really want to know if a box is blank vs. "W" or "C". I found
>>> out that my only JA on 40CW was a NIL--bummer!
>>>> Not if you mark a QSL invalid. It is then not included in any totals.
>>>> 73
>> Art
>> W2NRA
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