Good...I went thru my Q's prior to 1975 and set the non-cw q's to mixed and mode. There were not that many..most were CW as you suggest. Now the selection wizard does behave a little better.
Ron N5IN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ron Stordahl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "DXBase" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 1:59 PM Subject: Re: [DXBase] Mixed and Mode prior to Jan 1, 1975 > Hi Ron, > > Na, I think you got it right and actually DXbase does allow phone mode award > in all cases. In our frequent comments about the Valid field, it is usually > associated with CW and so we've gotten accustomed to just referring to mode > when actually we mean the CW mode. > > Cheers, > Courtney > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Stordahl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "DXBase" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 2:43 PM > Subject: [DXBase] Mixed and Mode prior to Jan 1, 1975 > > > > DXBase help file says that QSO's prior to 1975 are not eligible for > > band/mode awards. > > > > But here is what the ARRL web page says: > > > > a) Mixed (general type): Contacts may be made using any mode since > November > > 15, 1945. > > > > b) Phone: Contacts must be made using radiotelephone since November 15, > > 1945. Confirmations for cross-mode contacts for this award must be dated > > September 30, 1981, or earlier. > > > > c) CW: Contacts must be made using CW since January 1, 1975. Confirmations > > for cross-mode contacts for this award must be dated September 30, 1981, > or > > earlier. > > > > d) RTTY: Contacts must be made using radioteletype since November 15, > 1945. > > (Baudot, ASCII, AMTOR and packet count as RTTY.) Confirmations for > > cross-mode contacts for this award must be dated September 30, 1981, or > > earlier > > > > Seems to me that Phone and RTTY contacts prior to Jan 1, 1975 are eligible > > for band mode. For example I have a RTTY Q with SM6CSC on 13/Sept/1965 > and > > I am expecting this to be accepted toward my RTTY DXCC totals. > > > > So I would think that the valid box should be checked as follows for Q's > > prior to Jan 1, 1975: > > > > CW - mixed > > Phone - mixed and mode > > RTTY - mixed and mode. > > > > Do I misunderstand this? > > > > Ron N5IN > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > >
