ALL: We know that this is not going to happen anytime soon - as we are awaiting word from Neal (in the future) simply about DXbase 10 ver 0.1 --- but, I wanted to get the word out to everyone else that might be using a CDROM look-up (such as RAC or QRZ, etc etc) -- about this BUG that Marco (I0MOM) exchanged emails with me about and we got his problem nailed-down-to the RAC/CDROM look-ups ...
Here is the problem ... (1) The "Normal" sign convention (for LONGITUDE) that is used by all of the CDROM Callbook makers is that the EAST is a PLUS ( + ) Longitude -- and -- WEST is MINUS ( - ) Longitude .. But, DXbase has always had a SIGNING CONVENTION that is Reversed from this "Normal" -- (2) Therefore ... IF any DXbase user has the CDROM Lookups TURNED-ON (Activated) -- then pse be aware that if the DX Station's coordinates are included in the CDROM Record entry -- then your Bearing and Distance will NOT BE CORRECT ... ALL of the INFO you will see on BEARING and DISTANCE is related to Marco (I0MOM) QTH: Here are some screen-shots to show the GOOD entry (without CDROM LookUPS turned on): http://www.navycthistory.com/wa6axe/GOOD.gif and now the BAD entry (I now turned-ON the CDROM LOOKUPS): http://www.navycthistory.com/wa6axe/BAD.gif and -- here is a screen-shot of the RAC (CDROM) entry for AH0D .. see the coordinates .... http://www.navycthistory.com/wa6axe/RAC.gif Again - I know that this will not be take care of (BUG) anytime soon -- but, I wanted to give ALL a heads-up on this .. just in case you also run into this --- and, one other thing -- once there is a BAD Bearing/Distance - because of the CDROM -- your SUMMARY window's entries from then on out will be OFF and will be locked into the erroneous data ... Just FYI for now ... 73 Joe wa6axe ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dxbase@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
