Bob, I'll try to address some of your comments, but I can't analyze your data for you, only you can do that to figure out what you have in your database.
1. If DXbase is asked to select QSOs for inclusion on a DXCC award, then it will select the first QSO that it encounters that meets a criteria for which you don't already have credit based on the options you set when you asked for a DXCC award to be processed in DXbase. This is not necessarily the order in which the QSOs appear in your QSO log since DXbase is looking at different database indices when it reads the database file for awards. So when you say flip a coin, in a sense I guess that's a fair statement, but sound logic as well since you asked DXbase to make the selections on its own. If you set the Select field for a QSO, then DXbase will try to use that QSO if the criteria of that QSO meets the criteria specified in your award options, AND, if that QSO is needed. In other words, if you already have credit for a 10m SSB QSO, DXbase is not going to select another QSO even if you have the Select field set because the QSO is not needed. 2. DXbase will not select a QSO where the CFM field is marked as No. So, if you have some QSOs where the CFM field is set to No, and yet the AWARD field is set to DXCC, then you must have manually set the DXCC field yourself for whatever reason. For an explanation of what the QSO fields mean and are used for, consult the help file where they are explained. Regards, Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Main" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'DXbase'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 4:32 PM Subject: [Dxbase] Challenge Stats > While waiting to get a response concerning my problem (see below, in case > you missed the first posting) I have been trying to determine why DXBase > chose the calls it did. As I said when I stated the problem below, there > is > nothing checked in either the Select or Award columns. So I thought maybe > DXBase chose that call because it was the first QSL for that country > received for that band, but that proved to be wrong. So at this point I'm > not sure what it is. Maybe it "flips a coin" and chooses any QSO that is > on > that band for that country. > > I have used the ARRL report to thin out my DXCC Award listing. Seems I > had > a few extra checked that ARRL hadn't seen. These had been confirmed QSOs, > but had not been routed through ARRL yet. So I will get those cards > together > and send them in with the next submission and change the check from Award > to > Select. > > I also used the DXBase report and compared it to the ARRL report (see > below > for which reports) and found a number of differences between what DXBase > "chose" for a call and what ARRL has already given me credit for. The > DXBase report had extras because it included new QSLs that I have been > getting together since my last submission. I also was able to use the > DXBase report to determine other cards that still needed to be sent to > ARRL. > > The one thing I did notice is that for EVERY QSO that is different between > what the DXBase report says I should use and what ARRL has already given > me > credit for is that in the DXBase report the "Confirmed" column has "No" in > it. Not sure what kind of a confirmed this is referring but that seems to > be the difference. I don't know if "Confirmed" that ARRL gave me credit > for > is a "Yes" or "No" since those are not listed, but it appears to be > something worth looking at. > > 73, > Bob > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Main [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 10:52 PM > To: 'DXbase' > Subject: Challenge Stats > > Last week in DXBase2007, I created the DXCC Award worksheet (excluding > previous submissions) and printed it out. I also logged in to LoTW\Awards > and printed out the Challenge Matrix that they have to show what calls > they > have given me credit for. What I found was some differences between the > two > reports and I wanted to eliminate those differences. > > As an example, the DXBase worksheet said that I have 4C1AE as credit on > 10M > for Mexico, but according to the matrix that I printed out from ARRL they > have given me credit for XE1OW on 10M. I checked and XE1OW has DXCC Award > column checked and 4C1AE has nothing in either the Select or Award columns > in the log checked. > > So my question is what do I need to do in DXBase so that when I print out > the Award worksheet from now on it will show XE1OW instead of 4C1AE? I > just > want the report produced by DXBase to match the ARRL matrix, ignoring new > QSLs that ARRL has yet to see of course. > > 73 > Bob > KB4CL > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] >
