One mistake, Wayne, DX4Win is not one of the best logging programs, it is THE best !!!
73 Paul F6EXV Wayne wrote: > Jim and Floyd, > > Am I mistaken, or if Floyd had copied his DX4WIN.CTY file AND his .DXL > file into the 6.04 save folder for DX4WIN 6.04 all would have stayed > the same in his country count and listings? > > Also if he had MERGED the Country files would he get the notices of > the differences he is looking for? > > Jim, I for one really appreciate the time and effort you are taking > into getting the CTY file up to date. This is an enormous project and > one that I'm sure has lots of "what in the heck did I start this for" > thoughts! <G> > > DX4WIN is one of the best logging programs out there and as such has a > great deal of information the user needs to learn in order to get as > smooth a transition to newer releases as possible. I am still learning > all the intricacies of the program and have fought with my own lack of > knowledge in getting some things done. > > Always remember to make a backup of all log data before moving on and > you can always try different methods of upgrading to see which works > best for you as well as returning to what you had before the upgrade. > No one has to upgrade. > > Jim has a lot of good information on his web site and anyone making > changes to his log or upgrading it, should take the time to read all > the information they can find about the process before doing it. > > Thanks for all your help and work with DX4WIN Jim. > > 73, > > Wayne WA1PMA > > > At 08:12 AM 2/23/2005 -0800, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > >> --- Floyd Sense <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > 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. >> >> If DX4WIN can't determine the country from the callsign, the prefix >> will be >> blank. Try entering FR7AA/E or ZL4BO/C and see what happens. You can >> probably >> guess where these are, but the program can't guess. The same goes >> for the >> various X5-callsigns that don't count for DXCC. >> >> 73 - Jim AD1C >> >> >> ===== >> Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 >> USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us > > > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > >
