[Dx4win] QSL Method All Messed Up!!!

Mon, 29 Jul 2002 17:20:03 -0500

I'm sure if you can describe the exact logic in what you want, Paul might
consider programming it if he feels that it will help other users.

The way it works now, is that you select an award that you are trying to
get, then it lets you pick how you want to qsl for that award.  You are
allowed to pick the number of days since you qsl'd before, and DX4WIN will
qsl them again depending on how you select for the qsl to be sent.  This is
different for mode, country, and new band, and sends a card to all possible
contacts that fit your criteria.  If you are a contester, it may send out
more cards than you intended.

This works for me the way it is, but you can select each qso and mark them
individually.  If you set the F2 key to mark them for a label D'direct, then
everytime you hit the f2 key, that qso will be marked for a label Direct.
There are several options for the F2 key, so read them carefully so you will
not also confirm a qso with it also.

I don't agree that the QSL method is all messed up, but I sometimes wish it
had a little more logic in it to help optimize getting a confirmation with
the least number of QSL's sent, which normally would be via a manager in the
states for me as a first choice, a manager overseas as a second choice, and
direct overseas as a third choice.

The F2 key is designed to easily handle bureau cards and allows you to
simply hit one key to confirm the contact and mark the label to return the
card via the bureau.  Nice feature.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Brian Boerner
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 2:48 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] QSL Method All Messed Up!!!

ok.. so I'm a dummy. It does change the method. But, is there anyway to
get it to do what I want it to do? i.e. Find QSLs for awards but not
change the method, but mark them label Y.

-bmb

Brian Boerner wrote:

> I have some additional information and another question. It appears
> that "Mark for QSL" is changing the QSL Method. Here's what I did:
>
> 1. Selected Labels->Mark for QSL
> 2. Selected DXCC
>    Mixed: Direct > 25wks
>    Mode:  Direct > 25wks
>    Band:   Direct > 25wks
>
> I previously had NO DX QSOs which had a method of Direct unless they
> have a USA Manager. So, after clicking OK it reported that there were
> 268 QSOs modified. Then I ran a filter on !K prefix stations with
> direct as the method, and sure enough they were all converted to
> direct. Is this how this is suppose to work? I was under the
> impression that this would only find QSLs and get them ready. What I
> really wanted to happen was for it to find all the !Ks that I have USA
> mgrs for, i.e. direct QSL, and then resend those. I didn't want it to
> change Buro to Direct if I haven't heard from them in >25 weeks. I'll
> just send another card if it's longer than a year. I'm assuming it's
> reading the date field and saying, "Anything longer than 25 weeks,
> convert to Direct and setup for QSL label." This also works the other
> way around for WAS and WPX, etc.
>
> What I really want it to do is search the log for DXCC with the above
> criteria and mark them as send again via buro, not send again but this
> time direct.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated. I'm just having a bit of trouble
> getting this to bend the way I want it.
>
> Please let me know if I'm not making any sense here.
>
> Cheers!
> -Brian
> 73 de W2SUQ/1
>
>
> Brian Boerner wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone. It appears my QSLVIA is all messed. I believe that my
>> import from DXBASE didn't work very well. As you know, DXBASE doesn't
>> have an export to ADIF utility built in, so I had to use a third
>> party app to get the job done. After some editing to force the file
>> to conform to the spec, it looked OK to me. However, my QSLVIA is
>> pretty messed up and I'm looking for some suggestions on how to fix a
>> large number of QSOs easily.
>>
>> Example 1:
>> Most of my US stations have the QSL Method marked for the Buro. I
>> obviously want K stations to go direct. I can filter on the K prefix
>> and Buro method, is it possible to now switch all of these over to
>> direct? I looked at the Change QSL Routing, but it doesn't appear to
>> do what I want. It wants to work the other way around.
>>
>> Example 2:
>> Many of my non K prefix QSOs appear to have direct as the default
>> method. Being cheap, I would prefer to give the Buro a shot first.
>> Obviously some QSOs I'll mail a card for with a SASE but that's
>> really only for DXpeditions, etc. I can handle those on a case by
>> case basis, or if a year or so goes by.
>>
>> So far, the only way I've been able to get this to work is to just
>> apply the filter and evaluate on a QSO by QSO basis. As you can
>> imagine, this is quite a tedious task and very time consuming. Any
>> help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> On a side note, I don't have a printer hooked up to my station
>> computer, is it possible to just transfer the log to another machine
>> and print them from there, or do I also need to transfer additional
>> files?
>>
>> Thank You.
>>
>> -Brian
>> 73 de W2SUQ/1
>>
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