Well, the tongue-in-cheekiness aside, there is actually some serious merit to combining parts A, B and C.
Right now, if you click a spot you QSY the radio and set the mode - that's it (and QSX may be entered if formatted correctly in the spot). I'd like to suggest that if you double-click a spot that the following happens: Radio VFO A set to the DX's transmit frequency and mode, VFO-B sets the split if into is found (and allow for shortcuts such as QSX 204 = 7204, not 204 kHz), populate the call in the Callsign field, auto-populate other fields from supplied info and turn the antenna(s) to their short-path bearing. If the spot contains the string "LP," then set the antenna to the Long Path bearing, but maybe have this feature user-settable in the setup menus. In other words, all ya gotta do is double-click and make the contact. ----------------------------------- Regards, Peter, W2IRT -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Larry E Price Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 11:31 AM To: 'DXBase Reflector' Subject: [Dxbase] Suggestions for dxbase 2010 Namely, once the program [A]correctly identifies (not through the user tuning the bands with an actual receiver but through electronic aides) that a "needed entity" (love that term), is on the air, [B] QSY's the rig to the proper frequency (because the correct radio.ini file is enabled) [C] aims the antenna to the proper path [D] had a QSO with the station using the properly interfaced keyer {either Morse or voice synthesizer or on of 69 other distinctive modes} [E] logs the entity using the correct DXCC 'prefix' [F] confirms the contact my uploading the logs.. ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
