I need a grid square expert(s), Not to long ago I gave a friend of mine a QSL card with my grid square location of FN14MF on it that was generated and printed by DXBase 2006. After looking over the card he said the last two letters of my grid location should be in lower case? I did not give it much thought at the time and made a mental note to change it in my options in DXBase, which did I try later with no success. It seems no matter what I try in the Gridsquare entry window option, the last two letters of my grid square is mapped to UPPER case. A quick check on the internet shows 6 figure grid squares as FN14mf. Even LoTW downloads have lower case suffixes, yet DXBase converts all to upper case. So I ask, is my friend wrong? Is DXBase wrong? Does the grid square format have a standard or does it matter? Is this something that should be put on the DXB wish list? Thanks in advance - 73, Eric - VE3GSI From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Mar 16 12:23:12 2006 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joseph Glockner) Date: Thu Mar 16 12:25:56 2006 Subject: [Dxbase] Grid Square Numbers and DXBase In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Eric, The last two letters of a 6-character GRID Square "can" be put into "lower case" when you make a label or a QSL Card or a report... Yes - the DXbase program (when you make the entry in User Options) makes all 6 in upper case. But, that will not stop you from changing it over when you program a label, etc ... 73 Joe wa6axe Eric - VE3GSI wrote: > I need a grid square expert(s), > > Not to long ago I gave a friend of mine a QSL card with my grid square > location of FN14MF on it that was generated and printed by DXBase 2006. > After looking over the card he said the last two letters of my grid location > should be in lower case? I did not give it much thought at the time and > made a mental note to change it in my options in DXBase, which did I try > later with no success. > > It seems no matter what I try in the Gridsquare entry window option, the > last two letters of my grid square is mapped to UPPER case. > > A quick check on the internet shows 6 figure grid squares as FN14mf. Even > LoTW downloads have lower case suffixes, yet DXBase converts all to upper > case. > > So I ask, is my friend wrong? Is DXBase wrong? Does the grid square format > have a standard or does it matter? Is this something that should be put on > the DXB wish list? > > Thanks in advance - 73, > Eric - VE3GSI > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] Thu Mar 16 16:48:17 2006 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric - VE3GSI) Date: Thu Mar 16 16:51:08 2006 Subject: [Dxbase] Rotor Direction for VE3 in W4 Land Problem Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I don't think this is a finger problem at my end, but just to be sure here is the problem. If I enter W4ABC in the entry window and tab, click the rotor it gets turned to 193 degrees, which is about where I would expect it to go from my QTH. Today during a sked with VE3ABC/W4 the rotor goes to 255 degrees. For the heck of it I tried W4/VE3ABC, same thing 255 deg. Did Florida move or is there a potential problem here? If not why does DXB map a /W4 as USA and W4 as Florida? 73, Eric - VE3GSI From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Mar 16 17:04:49 2006 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Dougherty (W2IRT)) Date: Thu Mar 16 17:07:37 2006 Subject: [Dxbase] Rotor Direction for VE3 in W4 Land Problem In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 16:48 03/16/06, Eric - VE3GSI wrote: >I don't think this is a finger problem at my end, but just to be sure here >is the problem. > >If I enter W4ABC in the entry window and tab, click the rotor it gets turned >to 193 degrees, which is about where I would expect it to go from my QTH. >Today during a sked with VE3ABC/W4 the rotor goes to 255 degrees. For the >heck of it I tried W4/VE3ABC, same thing 255 deg. > >Did Florida move or is there a potential problem here? If not why does DXB >map a /W4 as USA and W4 as Florida? Looks as if a specific call is mapped correctly, but a mobile or portable call is mapped to the center of the country. If I plug in W4ABC is gives me 210 degrees (to St. Petersburg FL, where W4ABC actually lives). Anything else points to 268.5 degrees, or essentially dead-center of the country from here in NNJ. What would make more sense, though, would be to point into the middle of the geographic area that is #4 if you put in /W4 (or a US call /4 without the W). After all, in your example, VE3ABC/W4 could be in St Pete, Atlanta (considerably further west) or on the Atlantic coast of VA (about 160 degrees from you). - Peter W2IRT
