Help me out here folks. I have been a DXB user since the early DOS version days and the main reason I've stuck with the product is the ability of generating reports and forms for award submission.
I brought this up once before but nobody seemed interested except one other user. I suspect that I have all the QSLs necessary to qualify for all WPX awards right up to the big one which requires a differing number of confirmations depending on continent which DXB won't do at all. What DXB is supposed to do is be able to select prefixes for all requested modes --- CW, SSB or Mixed or bands. Unfortunately unless I'm doing something wrong it doesn't follow the rules for most of the award categorys. The rules state -- no WARC bands --- no VHF contacts will count toward any of the awards. If I want to submit for "Mixed" I would check mixed and DXB will successfully find all prefixes for all bands. HF and VHF on all bands that I operate 160 through 6 meters. Here is a snip from the rules: "E. Certificates are issued for HF (160-10) for the following modes and number of prefixes. VHF contacts do not count for the WPX Awards program. WARC band contacts are not acceptable. Cross-mode QSOs are not valid for the CW or Two-way SSB certificates." I'm using DXB2002 and as far as I can figure this problem was not addressed with 2003. There is a plaque available for the ultimate WPX award, it requires modes, bands and continents. DXB is of no help. 73 Dave -N4DB-
