[Dx4win] Filtering and DXCC Award Submission

Mon, 8 Apr 2002 00:42:16 -0500

I had worked with Michael off line and his question is different than yours.

I see no reason why marking the first card received would be beneficial when
in fact, it is the card that was submitted and checked by ARRL that is
important.  Until recent years, they did not even keep track of the band
that was submitted.

In most cases that I am aware of, the cards are usually submitted when a
little over 100 are confirmed and for most of us, this was a paper
submission, followed up by yearly submissions since that time.

Since you have probably submitted many of the 293 cards, you probably simply
need to mark them as checked by mode, band, and mixed, if that is the DXCC's
that you have applied for.  Since you have 5BDXCC, this implies that you
will need to mark over 500 bands also.

Since each time you make a submittal, ARRL now mails you a nice printout of
each of the modes, bands, calls, etc, that they have on their records, the
real problem usually comes down to making this OFFICIAL record, match the
CHKD records in DX4WIN.  I have not come up with a good way to do this, but
after a little work, it is fairly easy to maintain.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of William Hinkle
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 9:22 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Re: [Dx4win] Filtering and DXCC Award Submission

Is it that only Michael and I are the only ones interested in knowing if
DX4WIN can sort confirmed cards by first or last confirmed? I haven't seen
any replies to his or my message, did anybody see them?

73, Bill KV3R

>At 08:23 PM 04/02/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>>Hi all @ DX4win;
>>
>>I have read all the help files.  I am not clear on filters and awards.
>>I have entered all my paper logs into DX4Win.  I have imported all my
>>contest files that will import.  I have also entered all the cards
>>(700+) that I have received.
>>
>>As I was entering the cards, I was using the F2 key to check on DXCC
>>award status.  I am not sure that I did that correctly in the beginning.
>>If I reset the DXCC submission flags, can I filter or sort my log to
>>pickup the first QSO that shows confirmed from each DX country in my log
>>and set its award flag to Submitted?
>>
>>If this doesn't work, any tips on this area would be great.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>73
>>
>>Michael Albers - K�FJ
>>mailto:[email protected]
>
>I think Michael has something here. DX4WIN looks for the most recent QSO's
>for submission. Well, I have a file box that I have been placing all of my
>new DXCC countries QSL Cards in since i was licensed. That means the box
>has the first QSO with a "new" country confirmed in it. There are 293
>cards in that box. I also did the same thing with 10 meter WAS when I was
>a novice. I have never submitted for an award. So it would be nice if you
>could make DX4WIN look both ways (either first confirmed or last
>confirmed). I'm sure I am not the only one who has sorted his DXCC
>countries this way. I also have 5BDXCC confirmed, 5BWAZ (189 worked 185
>confirmed) and close to 5BWAS worked,(Not really chasing this one). All of
>these cards are just in file boxes and not in any order other than DX and
>State side.
>So, can it be done that way? If not, how about in the next version. What
>do the rest of you think? Sounds like a good plan to me.
>
>73, Bill KV3R
>Riverton, WV
>
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