[Dxbase] DXbase2007 BUG Report -- Joe wa6axe

Mon Apr 16 18:58:33 EDT 2012

ALL:
We know that this is not going to happen anytime soon - as we are awaiting word from
Neal (in the future) simply about DXbase 10 ver 0.1 --- but, I wanted to get the word out
to everyone else that might be using a CDROM look-up (such as RAC or QRZ, etc etc) -- about
this BUG that Marco (I0MOM) exchanged emails with me about and we got his problem nailed-down-to
the RAC/CDROM look-ups ... 
Here is the problem ... 
(1) The "Normal" sign convention (for LONGITUDE) that is used by all of the CDROM Callbook makers is that
the EAST is a PLUS ( + ) Longitude -- and -- WEST is MINUS ( - ) Longitude .. But, DXbase has always had a
SIGNING CONVENTION that is Reversed from this "Normal" -- 
(2) Therefore ... IF any DXbase user has the CDROM Lookups TURNED-ON (Activated) -- then pse 
be aware that if the DX Station's coordinates are included in the CDROM Record entry -- then your
Bearing and Distance will NOT BE CORRECT ...
ALL of the INFO you will see on BEARING and DISTANCE is related to Marco (I0MOM) QTH:
Here are some screen-shots to show the GOOD entry (without CDROM LookUPS turned on):
http://www.navycthistory.com/wa6axe/GOOD.gif
and now the BAD entry (I now turned-ON the CDROM LOOKUPS):
http://www.navycthistory.com/wa6axe/BAD.gif
and -- here is a screen-shot of the RAC (CDROM) entry for AH0D .. see the coordinates ....
http://www.navycthistory.com/wa6axe/RAC.gif
Again - I know that this will not be take care of (BUG) anytime soon -- but, I wanted to give 
ALL a heads-up on this .. just in case you also run into this --- and, one other thing -- once
there is a BAD Bearing/Distance - because of the CDROM -- your SUMMARY window's
entries from then on out will be OFF and will be locked into the erroneous data ...
Just FYI for now ...
73 Joe wa6axe