[Dxbase] Follow-Up to DXbase2007 BUG Report -- Joe wa6axe

Wed Apr 18 17:02:37 EDT 2012

Joe,
I am using the QRZ database and both are the same for me.

73 de Tony, KD4K

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From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Joe WA6AXE
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 9:51 PM
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Subject: [Dxbase] Follow-Up to DXbase2007 BUG Report -- Joe wa6axe
If any DXbase user wants to doublecheck what I was trying to report you can
do the following -- with your CDROM LookUp TURN-ON 
(1) Make a dummy entry for the callsign of AH0PT (Alfa Hotel ZERO Papa
Tango)
-- once you press the TAB key -- look immediately to the SUMMARY WINDOW and
mark down on a piece of paper the SHORT PATH Bearing and Distance .. now
delete (esc key) this ah0pt qso ...
now go to --
(2) Make a dummy entry for the callsign of AH0D (Alfa Hotel ZERO
Delta)
-- once you press the TAB key -- agn look at the Summary window and again
mark down the SHORT PATH Bearing and DIstance .. 
Are #1 and #2 the SAME ?? For me -- NO!!!
Anytime that there is a callsign that IS IN THE CDROM LOOKUP, the bearing
and distance (with cdrom turned-on) will NOT be CORRECT ...
Just further FYI
Joe
> From: wa6axe at hotmail.com
> To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net; dxbase at yahoogroups.com
> Date: 2012年4月16日 17:58:33 -0500
> Subject: [Dxbase] DXbase2007 BUG Report -- Joe wa6axe
>>> 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
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