Larry: DXbase is already a really great logging program. In fact, it can do most of the items you have in your tongue-in-cheek list while you are in Europe. It just can't key your transmitter. Well, at least not yet!!!
I started this thread with the request that DXbase provide "correct" heading info to the station whose callsign I enter in the QSO log. All the info is already available in the software to do this. The way it currently works, it does NOT provide "correct" heading info for US stations if the Summary window is set to "HF Country." In fact, it give erroneous info, which is worse than no info. The people on this DXbase users group are providing a valuable service to each other AND especially to the designer/seller of the software. This is bascially "free" Beta testing for the software, which helps Jack understand what errors exist in it and what his customers think of his product and what they would like to see in future versions. Many software companies pay big bucks to testing labs and consultants to get this kind of info. Jack knows this and knows that these people are really helping him improve his product against the competition. Then after Jack makes some of the requested changes, he can sell the new version back to the people who helped him make it better. Let's not discourage people from trying to improve this great program. This is a Win-Win situation, for DXbase customers and for Jack. Tom, N0YD --- Larry E Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds like a bunch of really great ideas. And, it sure would save a lot of > mouse clicks, which I see is a goal of many users. Another possibility is: I > can just leave everything running and while I am in Europe if anything good > comes on the air, DXbase can QSY my rig, point my beam, use the keyer to give > a > standard exchange, print the QSL and label. Now if we only had an enhancement > to go to the Post Office I think it would be just an even Greater Program. > > Larry, W4RA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Cash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 1:11 AM > Subject: Re: [DXBase] Problem with Lat, Long, Callsign in Summary > > > | Tom, Jack, > | This sounds like a great idea for the next version. > | I would also suggest the following > | Dxbase should be smart enough to know (if I am running with radio control) > | whether I am logging an HF or VHF contact and the Summary window should > | switch to a category of Statistics that would be user programmable. > | In-other-words > | I should be able to program DXBase so that when logging an HF contact, the > | summary > | window would switch either HF Country, HF WPX, HF Iota or HF CQ Zone and if > | the > | contact was in the US it would switch to HF State > | > | I should also be able to program DXBase so that when logging an VHF contact, > | the summary window would switch either VHF Country, VHF US State, VHF Grid > | or VHF WPX. > | > | Happy New Year > | 73 de Tony, KD4K > | > | My Weather page = http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash > | My Ham Page = http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash/kd4k/radio.html > | 147.150 Repeater Page = http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash/sawnee/ > | > | > | ----- Original Message ----- > | From: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | To: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> > | Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 11:50 PM > | Subject: Re: [DXBase] Problem with Lat, Long, Callsign in Summary > | > | > | > > | > Jack: > | > > | > After I enter a callsign in the QSO log, why can't the software decide if > | it is a US callsign and > | > automatically go from "HF Country" to "HF-US States" since the software > | already knows which > | > callsigns are for US States. > | > > | > Having to remember to switch back and forth from "HF Countries" to > | "HS-States" is a real pain in > | > the A - -("antenna") > | > > | > Thanks, > | > > | > Tom, N0YD > | > > | > __________________________________________________ > | > Do You Yahoo!? > | > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > | > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ > | > _______________________________________________ > | > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > | > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > | > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > | > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > | > > | > | > | _______________________________________________ > | DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > | To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > | http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/
