[Dxbase] Suggestion

Wed Jan 4 09:31:29 EST 2006

Thanks for clarification Al. Not an Island hunter myself however in
checking the Notes section it is searchable and can contain a lot of data.
I did run a check to 40 characters which it accepted and is searchable. I
expect the same could be done using the QTH field which probably makes more
sense to use than the notes field anyway. BTW the QTH field is limited to
25 Characters.
Paul
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Al Bailey [mailto:k8six at comcast.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 9:08 AM
> To: Paul Cassel; dxbase at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: RE: [Dxbase] Suggestion
>>> That is true there is a GROUP NAME in the IOTA database but 
> NOT a Island Name.
>> Within a IOTA GROUP there could potentially be 20 islands. Let's 
> assume George Bush
> Island is one of the 20 and is acceptable last year. Now let's assume 
> RSGB announces in
> 2006 George Bush Island is no longer good for that island GROUP. That 
> would mean you
> have 19 islands left within that group to choose from.
>> Granted you COULD use the notes field but some island names are long 
> and leave no room
> for any true notes.
>> The Island Name field if added could also be used for various other 
> Island Programs such
> as Canadian Islands, US Islands, etc.
>> Just an opinion. :)
>>> At 08:43 AM 1/4/2006, Paul Cassel wrote:
> >Are you referring to non - IOTA designated Islands? If IOTA 
> there is 
> >already an editable IOTA database available under TOOLS, DATABASE 
> >ACCESS, IOTA
> >
> >Paul VE3SY
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> > > [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Al Bailey
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:36 AM
> > > To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
> > > Subject: [Dxbase] Suggestion
> > >
> > >
> > > Another suggestion for the next release is an additional 
> field for 
> > > ISLAND NAMES. I would estimate the field would have to 
> be about 30 
> > > character to facilitate all the long names. Also it would 
> have to be 
> > > a field we can search on.
> > >
> > > Why the need for this ? Simply put, the RSGB from time to 
> time will 
> > > delete a particular island within a IOTA group. Once they 
> do this we 
> > > need to come up with a replacement OR work a station on 
> one of the 
> > > other VALID islands. There is a good possibility however that we 
> > > already have one but short of searching through all our 
> cards there 
> > > is no way of knowing.
> > >
> > > If we were to add this feature we could log the Island Names and 
> > > once one is deleted we could easily search for a 
> replacement if we 
> > > are lucky enough to have one.
> > >
> > >
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