[Dxbase] ADIF Import issue

Thu Nov 16 07:17:20 EST 2006

The issue I see is WHY am I unable to print QSL cards. This makes ZERO SENSE.
Are you saying that because the Callsign field is not mine that I am now unable to use DXBase to print cards without jumping through
hoops?
If the above is true, WHY does DXB allow the field to be imported without a warning?
Based on ramping up my contest operating, I am rapidly seeing that DXB may no longer be the correct logging program for my station.
This is totally unfair to the hundreds of hams requesting QSL cards following a major contest when I operate M/2, M/S or M/M.
JACK
You need to provide a PATCH here ASAP
Paul VE3SY
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Handscombe [mailto:fredch at homeshack.freeserve.co.uk] 
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 1:01 AM
> To: Paul Cassel; 'Peter Dougherty'; dxbase at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] ADIF Import issue
>>> Paul
>> I have had this boring exchange with Jack in the past. I am 
> afraid he does 
> not use the term "operator callsign" in the same sense as we 
> do in UK, or as 
> you do in Canada it seems.
>> I wanted to request a file from Jack with every operator that 
> uses the 
> callsigns I keep the log for and then he conceded it was a 
> less good idea! 
> In the UK ANY licenced operator can use my station and I need 
> to log who it 
> was (for the rest of this year as we are relaxing logging 
> conditions next 
> year), so I need many, many "operators" to be authorised with 
> my DXbase.
>> But the solution is easier than you think as there is a "find 
> and replace" 
> tool under "edit". Get the log book in focus and run that, 
> replacing the 
> operators with your own callsign, it only took me a few 
> minutes to clean up 
> all the logs I had. Rind and replace also works in the 
> panding label data 
> window too.
>> The interesting fact was that "operator call" had existed for 
> many DXbase 
> versions but it only started work in 2005 or 2006 when I 
> faced the same 
> issues you have described.
>> 73 Fred
> G4BWP
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Cassel" <paul at ve3sy.com>
> To: "'Peter Dougherty'" <w2irt at comcast.net>; <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 1:57 AM
> Subject: RE: [Dxbase] ADIF Import issue
>>> Well with almost 5,000 Q from CQ WW weekend and with me 
> suffering from 
> laryngitis, there were very few Qs in my call so that is not
> practical. What I am doing is for each received card that a 
> reply entry is 
> made, I need to go in and edit EACH AND EVERY record in
> the queue database which is by itself a major task
>> QUESTION
> Why will DXB ignore operator call signs when the *wildcard is 
> used? Why does DXB allow an Unauthorized Call to be imported?
>> This in my mind is a BUG that needs to be addressed
>>> Paul VE3SY
>>> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Peter Dougherty [mailto:w2irt at comcast.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 7:01 PM
> > To: Paul Cassel; dxbase at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] ADIF Import issue
> >
> >
> > At 05:45 PM 11/15/2006, Paul Cassel wrote:
> >
> > >I am a contester and this past CQWW SSB I operated M/2. Each 
> > >computer (using WriteLog) logged the operator call signs. 
> When the 
> > >ADIF file was created and imported to DXB it properly brought over 
> > >everything INCLUDING the call of the operator.
> > >
> > >Here's the issue
> > >
> > >Normal label printing for QSL cards do not find the records as the 
> > >Callsign is not mine.
> >
> > DX Base's registration is keyed to that field, 
> unfortunately (it's one 
> > of the things I disagree with for precisely this reason). 
> My club has 
> > many operators in Field Day and we wanted to use that field to 
> > identify who was at the mic or key at any time, and we ran into the 
> > same issue. I think the only thing you can do is go in and 
> change all 
> > the entries to your callsign. Speaking personally, I hope Jack can 
> > come up with a new security model for future releases that 
> allows any 
> > value to be in that field.
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Peter,
> > W2IRT
> >
> >
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