I never knew you could do that. Thanks, Kostas. So there's no real reason to have the REF as part of the name then!
I'll see what I can do to make the awards consistent in form: REF=Name - Jim On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Kostas Stamatis<[email protected]> wrote: > Jim i agree that it is very useful to sort by reference number > But... > Dx4win has already this feature!!! > Choose a custom award. Jump on the next field to write the reference. Press > F1 and you have all the values sorted alphabetically as are on the right. If > you press F2, Dx4win will sort them by the name in left side of the > equiation!!! > So it is better to leave the right side with the name first. > By the way tnx agn for the great work with the awards as with the country > files, etc. etc. > 73 Kostas SV1DPI > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" > <[email protected]> > To: "DX4WIN Reflector" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 7:55 PM > Subject: [Dx4win] IMPORTANT information regarding custom awards database > > >> Hi Folks, >> >> In cleaning up the custom awards database, I ran across some >> inconsistency. If you don't use or care about Custom awards, you can >> ignore this message. >> >> Just to give you some background information, there are 160 custom >> awards in the database: >> >> http://dx4win.ad1c.us/awards/awards.htm >> >> Most awards have a pre-defined set of "counters". Each counter is >> represented by a "reference number" and a name or description; DX4WIN >> refers to the name as the "Custom Award Value". Here is an example >> (from the dx4win.awd file) for the RDA (Russian Districts) award: >> >> MO-10=MO-10 DUBNA >> >> Here is annother example. for the US Islands award: >> >> CA010=Santa Barbara (CA010S) >> >> Here is another example, for the Portuguese Provinces award: >> >> AV=Aveiro >> >> The item to the right-hand side of the '=' in the examples above is >> the Custom Award Value. This is what you see when you choose a custom >> award in the QSO (logging) window. It's also what you see when you do >> a custom award listing or submission. >> >> The item to the left-hand side of the '=' is the reference number. >> Reference numbers are used internally within DX4WIN, and are stored >> with the QSO when a custom award value is selected. >> >> HERE IS THE PROBLEM: >> >> For awards with a small number of values, it's easy to scroll through >> the list to select the one you want. For awards with a LARGE number >> of values (ARLHS has over 15,000 counters!), it can be very difficult >> to select the one you want. DX4WIN allows you type the first letter >> of the award value (as listed in the dx4win.awd file). For example, >> in the Custom Award Value field for the US Islands award, typing 'S' >> gets you to Sabal (FL211S), and from there you can either use the >> down-arrow key or click on the arrow next to the drop down box and >> scroll down until you get to Santa Barbara (CA010S). Note that some >> of the foreign awards do not use a standard ASCII character set for >> the award values. Thus a value that begins with "�ilovac" >> ("Sailovac") isn't listed with the S's, but instead after the Z's. >> >> In some cases, the operator on the air only gives out the reference >> number, not the name. For example, there, there has been a lot of >> activity lately from national parks for the World Flora Fauna award. >> Here are some recent DX spots: >> >> 14044.0 UE1RFF/6 17-Jun-2009 1142Z RFF-103 >> 14244.0 LZ01WFF 17-Jun-2009 0852Z Andre in KN22MR, LZFF-001 >> >> The WFF award values are listed by name in the awards database, not by >> FF number, for example: >> >> RFF-103=Alaniya (RFF-103) >> LZFF-001=Central Balkan (LZFF-001) >> >> This means that in order to find RFF-103 in the list, you would have >> to know the name (because they're listed alphabetically), or you'd >> have to scroll through ALL 3800+ entries to find the one with the >> matching reference number. >> >> As you can see from the three examples above, some award values are >> listed by name, some by reference number. >> >> I would like to propose that ALL custom DX4WIN awards be listed by >> reference number, like the Russian District (RDA) award above. So the >> US Islands database would change to something like: >> >> CA010=CA010S Santa Barbara >> >> And the WFF database would change to: >> >> RFF-103=RFF-103 Alaniya >> LZFF-001=LZFF-001 Central Balkan >> >> Your existing awards will NOT be negatively impacted. Only the way >> the Custom Award Value is displayed in the logbook and in the listings >> will change. >> >> Is this change acceptable to everyone? You can send comments to me >> directly or the reflector. >> >> 73 - Jim AD1C >> >> -- >> Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <[email protected]>, http://www.ad1c.us -- Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <[email protected]>, http://www.ad1c.us ______________________________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
