[Dxbase] CW or LSB?

Mon Jan 30 06:19:39 EST 2006

At 1/29/2006 11:23 PM, you wrote:
>Last night I got on and worked a few fellows in the 160 contest. I started
>at the bottom of the band and all was well. Soon I noticed that the last
>three contacts were logged as LSB instead of CW. I went through and fixed
>the mode of these contacts and worked another...it logged as LSB!
>>I remembered that there was a bandmap setup and checked to see. Sure enough
>the bandmap is set up for cw up to 1850 and LSB for 1850 up. The stations I
>had worked were all above 1850. I fixed this and everything is fine.
>>I'm curious, why is this set to override the mode from my transceiver
>(FT1000MP)?

Because you checked the box to do so....
TOOLS->USER OPTIONS Log Defaults: "Over ride [sic] mode with Band Plan"
> I can't think of any occasion that might occur when I would work
>someone on CW and yet have the logging program automatically change the mode
>to LSB. If I did not have my radio attached to my computer, I could
>understand. Just curious?
>>Bill, W5VX
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