[Dxbase] Suggestion for new utility/report

Sat Feb 19 03:36:05 EST 2011

Hi Joe
I want to add my thanks fo the support you give the DXbase users!
I have a suggestion for a new report or utility.
DXBase uses the "Opr Call" column to "validate" the use of the programme. I 
have had many discussions with Jack over the years as to why this is wrong 
under the licencing conditions in some countries and hopefully something new 
will be used under the new ownership/SW release.
The way the OPR call column is used introduces errors into the logs and the 
way they interact with the likes of Club Log and LOTW. In fact it was using 
Club log I have spotted my problem (check it out and join at for free 
www.clublog.org )
First the Opr Cal is NOT validated against the valid registered callsigns 
which it should be. You can enter anything in the column and you are NOT 
warned, which seems a little unwise when the column is used later to 
"validate " the data.
Second if the Opr call entry is NOT one of the registered callsigns then if 
you do an ADIF export to LOTW, for example, then that line of data is NOT 
included in the export file.
Third if you do an LOTW export and certain lines are excluded, these line 
ARE marked as sent to LOTW even though THEY HAVE NOT BEEN sent!! How crazy 
is that? Maybe you see my disagreemnet with this "method" of validating the 
user.
So Joe my request is a report or utility that checks each log line for a 
valid registered call against the registration file, and flags up any wrong 
entries in Opr Call column. If there was a way to open each entry for 
editing, to undo the errors introduced as above, or do it automatically, 
that would be even better
73 Fred
G4BWP - A65BD 