I think one of the major drawbacks of DXBase has been the complexity of keeping the files current with regard to the prefixes and countries. Fortunately in the past we have had "sugar daddies" come up with ways of doing this that wasn't too complicated. Currently we are going to have some major changes in country status (PJ) and changes with Russian prefixes. Hopefully we will have someone make an update that will make these changes for us. (I am hoping that the new version of DXBase will have an easier way of doing these updates.) The contesting programs (CT, Writelog, N1MM) use an update file that you just download and install. I, of course, realize that DXBase is a far more complicated system that takes into consideration the "historical" data as well as the current country status. The accurate identification of the station, both current and past, is a critical function of any logging program, especially a top of the line one like DXBase!
FYI, I like several other folks mentioned, use the QSLing function of DXBase all the time. With a lot of help I was able to get mine set up so that I just put my blank cards into the printer and DXBase prints my cards in alphabetical order. I wrap them up and send to the bureau. This is worth a great deal to me. I wish the design part of this were a little easier to use, but honestly I don't think that you can make it simple enough for me. :-) Bill W5VX ______________________________________________________________ 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
