That should be fine. You don't log to local time, and even DX locations sunrise/sunset calculations are usually in UTC.
Keith N5RA >From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "FireBrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]>,"Peter Dougherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Dxbase] DX time oops >Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 13:39:28 -0400 > >Peter, > >That's correct. When we looked at the extensive work that would be >required to handle DST throughout the world, we determined that most >users would not be willing the pay the cost for this level of >development. So, knowing that its use was pretty much intended to >be exactly as you stated.... to have a sense of the other guys local >time, we felt our development didn't need to take this to the >extreme level of DST. We think the feature fills the need that was >expressed to us in the past. > >Regards, >Jack > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Dougherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "FireBrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 11:11 AM >Subject: Re: [Dxbase] DX time oops > > >>At 07:04 04-05-05, FireBrick wrote: >>>Pete >>>The time should be calculated by Windows, go to the Time Applet in >>>Control Panel, make sure you have your time set properly and THAT >>>YOU CHECKED, 'Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving >>>changes' >>> >>>It's on the Time Zone Tab of the Date and Time Properties. >> >>Oh dear, >> >>I think I may have confused a few folks in discussing the "DX TIME" >>problem yesterday. >> >>What I am referring to is the marvellous little box within the >>summary window of DX Base 2006. It's the information box below >>"distance" and to the left of "sunset." The only thing this box >>does is show what the local time is of the station you are trying >>to work or that just popped up on a spot. In other words, if you >>see a spot for an FO station in Tahiti, and it's 10am where you are >>sitting. What's the local time in Papeete? Do you wish him good >>morning or good evening or is in the middle of the night? That's >>all this one's for, not for logging, record keeping or anything >>else; just simply as a way for you to get a sense of what time of >>day it is for the other bloke you're talking to. >> >>My local time zone is set correctly and set for DST. At this moment >>it is 10:52 AM, Eastern Daylight Savings Time. It is displayed >>correctly by Windows in the system tray. Immediately above it, in >>DX Base, is the UTC clock, which tracks the locally-set system time >>and adds the correct offset - it shows 14:52:ss at present. >> >>Now, I put my own call into the log, or that of someone in my own >>time zone. In the DX TIME box, it displays 09:52, and not 10:52 as >>it should. Likewise, if I enter the call of a station in Chicago, >>one hour behind NYC, it shows at 08:52, not 09:52, etc. Finally, if >>I enter a spot for a station in London, UK (in the SE9 postcode, >>nearest licensed ham to Greenwich), it displays 14:52 (UTC, not >>daylight time - London is UTC +1 in the summer). On the other hand, >>if I enter a VK2 call at present, in Sydnes, NSW, his local time is >>correct since Australia has reverted back to standard time. >> >>In other words, DST was never factored into the equation for this >>applet. >> >> >> >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Dougherty (W2IRT)" >>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>To: <[email protected]> >>>Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 5:08 PM >>>Subject: [Dxbase] DX time oops >>> >>> >>>>Just found a slight bug in the DX Time info. Either that or I'm >>>>caught in a time warp. Entered my own call and it showed the "DX" >>>>time 1 hour behind my station's. Looks like it tracks UTC -X or >>>>UTC +X standard time and DST is not taken into account. Hrmmm. >>>>I'm not so worried about central-asia's daylight/standard time >>>>settings, but North/South American and European times should >>>>track DST and non-DST, IMHO. >>>> >>>>Oh well, not a major problem, but a patch for this would be kinda >>>>nice. >>> >>> >>>- pjd >>> >>>W2IRT >> >>______________________________________________________________ >>Dxbase mailing list >>Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >>Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>Post: mailto:[email protected] >> > >______________________________________________________________ >Dxbase mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:[email protected] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed May 4 16:42:48 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joseph Young) Date: Wed May 4 16:51:31 2005 Subject: [Dxbase] Address Label with Callsign Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have been printing QSO and address labels with DXBase 2006. Is there an option setting to include the callsign in the address label? At the moment I am only able to produce address labels without the callsign. For USA stations I like to include the callsign in the address. Thanks de Joe, W6RLL
