I'm in the middle of upgrading from 6.03 to 6.04, and using the Rel 14 country file. Once again, I'm plagued with the problem of DX4WIN changing my log data because of changes in the country file. Before getting specific, I want to reiterate that no database system should EVER alter data in existing records for any reason. There are other ways to illustrate changes between stored data and current guidelines (represented here by the country file).
Now, here's the new problem. While trying to reconcile differences in the country counts on all bands, I've run into a number of QSOs for which DX4WIN erased the country name and prefix (that means they are now blank). One such QSO was for a contact logged as c/ZL3HI on Chatham Is. That is the way the call was sent, so that's the way it was logged. However, in the country file, it's entered as: ZL3HI/C. It's probably not reasonable to have it both ways in the country file, but it also is not reasonable to have DX4WIN arbitrarily blank the country and prefix fields without any indication that it happened. Now that I know what's happened with many of the missing countries, the real problem is that I can find no way to search for QSOs marked as Checked but with a blank prefix or country name. The only way to find them is to compare the ARRL credited list with the DX4WIN country listing, line by line. And, to do that, you must first write the DX4WIN listing to a file, import into EXCEL, and resort the list by country name. I've tried searching on a blank field by entering "" and " " in that field, but no success. Any way to accomplish this? 73, Floyd - K8AC
