[Dxbase] Entries

Sat Feb 20 11:33:24 EST 2010

I too use CLUB LOG.
nifty site
Yes it will identify some probs  BUT when you download your LOTW data look for probs
Also:
When you initialize your tables look for probs.
Joe really helped in keeping the database prefix/countries  and new calls for expeditions 
straight for us.   Now we gotta start thinking on our own.  Usually we are the masters of our faith and cause most problems.
de
KQ0B
PS  one of the things that helps is reading the HELP instructions and following the directions.  Hey if you do backups you should not screw too much up.
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--- On Sat, 2/20/10, Neal Campbell <nealk3nc at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Neal Campbell <nealk3nc at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Entries
To: "Bill Parry" <bparry at rgv.rr.com>
Cc: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 9:23 AM
Will do!
Neal Campbell
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On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Bill Parry <bparry at rgv.rr.com> wrote:
> After using DXBase all these many years, I knew that there was an issue
> that
> affected my logging that was my fault but still created a problem. As I was
> operating I would type in the call of a station and hit tab to complete the
> entry. If I found out that I had miscopied or mistyped the call I would put
> the cursor in the call area and correct the call.  This is fine except it
> leaves all the rest of the information incorrect, including the country,
> and
> zones. (I know, I know, I should hit the ESC key and reenter but if you're
> in a hurry this takes time and I am absent minded. I had caught myself
> doing
> this from time to time and wondered in the back of my mind, how often this
> problem had occurred. Given the fact that I had 60K+ QSOs there was no real
> convenient way to figure it out.
>> Yesterday, while perusing my "Daily DX" issue I noticed that Bernie
> mentioned a cool website called "Club Log":
>> http://www.clublog.org/index.php
>> I decided to upload my log to this site and see what it had to offer. It is
> real interesting and seems like something that should be done with LOTW!
>> In any case after uploading the file I got back a potential error file from
> the site, identifying the possible errors between callsigns and country. I
> was horrified to find out there were a lot! Apparently the site is smart
> and
> identifies particular stations for particular countries.  I found a small
> number of calls that 'I' had specifically identified incorrectly. I double
> checked against QRZ.COM and found they had done an excellent job of
> identifying callsigns.
>> I was thinking that something like this would sure be an asset to DXBase.
> Maybe DXBase could log onto a website and the program could error check
> your
> log to ferret out errors and identify ones that aren't obvious like TO3X.
> (For example I had R1ANF identified as VP8 in some cases and KC4 in
> others.)
>> I guess that my purpose in sending this message is to say that it would be
> nice to have DXBase identify the country/zones based on current call in the
> callsign in the call area and not the "first" call that was inputted. I
> realize that this would require a different type of programming (and I know
> nothing about how this is done).
>> I am currently going through my log and correcting the errors. A lot of
> errors can creep into a log in 30 years. I wonder if it is going to have
> any
> impact on my band/country totals.
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