The various options, no mater how selected, should only produce a list which will generate a valid list of DXCC cards to be checked. That list should not include cards which are of no value to submit for checking. Otherwise I would have to select each option separately and make a multitude of lists from which to work. Such separate lists would contain cards duplicated among the lists.
The help file indicates the power of the selection system is that it deals with such issues to produce a single list. Ill study the output again, but I am quite sure there will other instances where cards have been selected which would result in no DXCC credits. I only gave the one Cuba example as it caught my eye first. Ron, N5IN Joe Pontek wrote: > You are correct, Fred. I remember way back there was discussion of > phone or CW only 5BDXCC and some > folks were given an extra little plaque with "SSB only" or "CW only", > but that did not last long nor did it happen > often. > > I think why Ron had the hit was his selection of all modes with all > bands. Therefore, as he did not have a 40 phone > QSO credited, he got the hit. If he had marked mixed, CW or phone > without the bands, he should not get a hit, either. > > Fred Handscombe wrote: >> Not so! >> >> 5BDXCC is a 5 BAND award, it does not take mode into account, one QSO >> on 40m with CO is enough for 5BDXCC. >> >> http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/rules.html#si >> >> 73 Fred >> G4BWP >> >>> Oh, but 5BDXCC can be Mixed, CW, phone _or_ RTTY. You showed you >>> have the mixed & CW covered >>> with the 40CW QSO, but no 40M phone QSO and that is why it was >>> picked up. It appears you do not >>> have a Cuban 40 phone contact marked as DXCC Awarded? >>> >>> Ron Stordahl * wrote: >>> >>>> Wanting to prepare a field check of cards received in the last year >>>> I ran Output>Awards>DXCC with selections: Mixed, Phone, CW, RTTY, >>>> 80,40,10,30,20,17,15,12,Exclude Past Submission,Select Only Valid >>>> for Field Check >>>> >>>> Among those selected is: >>>> >>>> CO2WF 1999-10-30 40 LSB Cuba >>>> >>>> I do not see why this should be selected as I already have these >>>> Q's in my log with settings: Valid: Mixed and Mode, Awarded: DXCC >>>> >>>> CO8LY 1999-09-26 10 RTTY Cuba >>>> CO6XN 1998-07-04 20 USB Cuba >>>> CM8DM 1995-11-25 40 CW Cuba >>>> >>>> >>>> I already have Cuba credited with: Mixed, Phone, CW, RTTY, >>>> 80,40,20,17,15,12,10 as verified by DXBase report >>>> "Arrl_hardcopy_style_DXCCawardcreditsliting.rpt" >>>> >>>> Since there is no '40 Meter Phone Award' offered by DXCC I cannot >>>> see why the CO2WF card was selected. The DXCC rules are somewhat >>>> complex so maybe there is some reason to select this 40 meter phone >>>> Q, but I can't see what it would be. >>>> >>>> Any know the rules well enough to explain that this card was >>>> correctly selected? >>>> >>>> Ron, N5IN >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Best regards de V31Joe"Palooka" >>> Joe Pontek, Sr. >>> 26441 Devaney Road >>> Arcadia, IN 46030-9532 >>> USA >>> 317-984-7388 >>> or >>> P.O. Box 280 >>> Dangriga >>> Stann Creek District >>> Belize >>> 501-520-7072 >>> V31JP K8JP VP5/K8JP VP5JP K8JP/VA2 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> http://mywebpage.netscape.com/v31jp/homepage.html >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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] Sat Oct 21 16:17:17 2006 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Dougherty) Date: Sat Oct 21 16:23:29 2006 Subject: [Dxbase] DXCC Award Submission puzzle In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 03:54 PM 10/21/2006, Ron Stordahl wrote: >The various options, no mater how selected, should only produce a >list which will generate a valid list of DXCC cards to be >checked. That list should not include cards which are of no value >to submit for checking. >Otherwise I would have to select each option separately and make a >multitude of lists from which to work. Such separate lists would >contain cards duplicated among the lists. Look through your CO 40m QSOs, under the AWARD heading, and see if a box is shaded green (DXCC tick-box checked). Maybe it didn't credit them as awarded. >I do not see why this should be selected as I already have these Q's >in my log with settings: Valid: Mixed and Mode, Awarded: DXCC > >CO8LY 1999-09-26 10 RTTY Cuba >CO6XN 1998-07-04 20 USB Cuba >CM8DM 1995-11-25 40 CW Cuba It's not what's under VALID that matters; that just says this QSO is eligible to be counted. i.e. you would remove those ticks if you sent out a QSL and it came back NIL, or the station was a maritime mobile or turned out to be a pirate, etc. Not able to be considered. There are headings that are related to award selection: Valid (as discussed), SELECT (this is the one you've selected to be included in the submission - may over-write what DX Base would select - useful if you want a prized card or a friend's card to be included in a submission). Note, to use this you need to tick the box that says SELECT MARKED QSO RECORDS when you're selecting bands/modes to include, etc. The third is AWARDED. If it's green, that means it's been submitted already and not kicked-back for any reason. Sometimes you may have a situation where, for whatever reason, a band or mode is not properly credited. I would also suggest selecting all bands and modes that you think you'll eventually operate, regardless of what awards you're actually applying for. Remember that for DXCC purposes, the program will search for cards which match selected band and mode criteria. If it knows you need Cuba on 40 and Cuba on CW, it will look for a CO card with a 40m CW QSO. In selecting, band trumps mode, always. It doesn't look for 5B DXCC criteria either; that's just a function of which bands you have selected. Cheers, Peter, W2IRT
