Problems with IOTA: 1. When an IOTA number is associated with a spot it may be entered in many ways. Click on the spot to see if the summary window will tell you if it has been worked/confirmed or, if nothing appears then it needs to be worked - or does it. I think that DXBase will recognise only two formats: NA052 and NA-052 with a preceding or following space. Many will input this example as: NA52 NA 52 NA-52 NA.52 NA.052 using upper or lower case. I hope it may be possible to include these additional formats. It would greatly reduce the amount of checking elsewhere to see if it really is needed.
2. The delight of working a new and previously unallocated IOTA group is most often spoilt when inputting it in the log - especially if it happens in the IOTA Contest. The new number will not be accepted until it has been included in the IOTA database: Tools > Options > Database Access > IOTA > Last Entry + Enter new number group and details > update the record + delete the log entry and re-input it again. The maximum number of possible IOTA numbers for each continent are fixed and known. May I suggest that these are made available in the database for immediate use in the next upgrade so that details of the island name, Latitude and Longitude can be input later if required. Personally I don't need this additional information in the database. These are the totals: EU = 189 AF = 119 AN = 50 AS = 200 NA = 245 OC = 295 SA = 99 These total 1197. The rules state that the number of IOTA islands will not exceed 1200. 73, John G3HTA
