Gee when you think about it that way...We aren't getting paid enough. Maybe us users should hire one of those "sports agents" to negotiate us a better contract....
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Larry E Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Tony Cash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [DXBase] Problem with Lat, Long, Callsign in Summary > 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! 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