I for one agree with Dick. DX4WIN should allow the user to submit both via
Lotw and via a field checker or ARRL HQ without having to delete the Lotw
submissions in Excel. Over the past year I have submitted over 350 via Lotw
and almost 1,000 via cards -- some to HQ and most via a local card checker. It
has been very time consuming to export and then delete the Lotw submissions.
DX4WIN should do the following:
1. Allow the user to specify what type of submission he would like to make:
1). Lotw only, 2). Cards only, or 3). Both. It should also ask the user what
to do in the case of a DXCC credit that is confirmed both by card and Lotw. I
would normally like to always submit via Lotw, but there may be times when I am
making a card only submission and decide to include the card. Making this
decision a user choice would cover all of the bases.
2. Allow the user to specify if he is sending cards to ARRL HQ or to a field
checker. If a field checker, then the program should only include QSOs that
meet the 10 year rule and no 160 meter credits since those have to be sent to
the HQ.
(A selection box needs to come up when the user selects Reports/DXCC/Submission
to allow the user to make these selections before the report is run.)
3. Depending on the selections above, the program should print a preliminary
DXCC Record that only includes the card submissions as the ARRL requires -- not
the Lotw submissions. It would be nice to have a second Lotw Selection report
also produced listing the Lotw submissions (if one is doing a combined
submission). But this report would only be used for reference and
cross-checking with the online Lotw submission listing.
4. The user should then be able to review the preliminary DXCC Record and do
the following:
a. Place a check mark indicating that the card is present (I always
seem to have several that I cannot locate at the moment)
b. Indicate any cards that contain multiple QSOs for DXCC credit
This preliminary DXCC record can be saved until finalized. This allows the
user to continue to look for cards for several days if necessary.
5. The program should then allow the user to generate a final DXCC Record
that deletes any entries that are not marked as present and that moves all of
the multiple card DXCC credits to the bottom as the ARRL requires.
Having both the final DXCC record and the Lotw submission record in hand (in
the case of a combined submission) would make it an easy task actually
completing the online submission via Lotw. The user would know the exact
number of cards credits that are being sent to HQ or a card checker and would
be able to compare the online Lotw submissions with the printed report from
DX4WIN. The program should also auto-complete the DXCC Award Application that
is also required when card credits are involved. All of the above is actually
already implemented and available within DXBase. I prefer DX4WIN in every
other respect, and I think DX4WIN could do an even better job of making the
submission process as efficient and painless as possible.
Before all you honor roll guys blast me for suggesting something that isn't
needed, you need to remember that many of us still have to make very large
submissions. I just made a combined submission two days ago with 3 Lotw
credits and 182 card credits that I took to my local card checker. I had to
delete about 10 card credits that were prior to 1995 as well. I did all of
this in Excel, but it would be so easy for DX4WIN to implement the simple
process as described above. From my point of view, this is the only major
weakness of DX4WIN. I love DX4WIN except for the lack of this one major
function.
I might add that DX4WIN should also automatically enforce the date rules for CW
credits. I still have a number of CW QSOs prior to 1975 that I have to list as
RTTY so that DX4WIN will not try to submit for a mode credit every time I try
to do a submission. I cannot mark them as invalid for DXCC because they were
used for DXCC mixed credit. It would be so easy to implement the CW date rules
-- DXBase already does this as well.
Okay, blast away. Tell me I am nuts, off my rocker, etc. Let me have it! I
know that most of you guys are already honor roll everything and 3,000 on the
Challenge. So you never send in more than a handful of cards -- and never get
anything confirmed via Lotw -- so you ask "why all the fuss." Well, I have
only 300 confirmed mixed and CW and only about 1150 confirmed toward the
Challenge. As I result, I get lots of countries still confirmed via Lotw and I
make big submissions -- 200 to 300 cards at a time -- so I need the power of
DX4WIN to help me do that! Is that an unreasonable request?
Okay, fire away! The last time I suggested something, I really got flamed!
Dave,
N4QS
Dave Perry, N4QS
3600 Savoy Circle
Paducah, KY 42001
USA
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Nov 30 22:47:51 2006
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark K3MSB)
Date: Thu Nov 30 22:50:06 2006
Subject: [Dx4win] Import Prefix Errors
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello --
I'm running DX4WIN 7.02.15 and am using the latest .cty file (downloaded
just before the CQ WW CW).
I get the following import errors:
Error: Prefix = 291 for most US stations
Error: Prefix = 514 for 403B
Error: Prefix = YU for YU6W
Error: Prefix = 234 for E51YAQ
Error: Previx = UA for R7C
When I display the log, US stations have the correct entry in the
prefix box (W), so what does 291 mean?
The same applies for 403B (Z7), E51YAQ (E5/S), and R7C (UA). So, why
am I getting prefix errors?
On the log page, YU6W has the prefix of Z7 associated it. I assume it's
trying to tell me that I should have YU for it, but how did it assign Z7?
Thanks / 73
Mark K3MSB
