[Dx4win] Next version of DX4WIN - tracking QSLs and e-QSLs?

[John F. Samuels]

As far as I know, the ARRL will only be accepting their own brand of
Internet-based QSLing, not eQSL.

When I started putting my log on eQSL and receiving eQLS, I made the mistake
of putting a "Y" in the QSL received field, before I realized the eQSLs were
no good for ARRL awards.  Later I went through and changed them to "N" and
put "eqsl" in the notes field.  Now, when I get a real QSL card, I have to
remove the note.

It's becoming more confusing as time goes on...

John, K2CIB

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Gauthier" <larryg@ismi.net>
To: <dx4win@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 9:10 AM
Subject: [Dx4win] Next version of DX4WIN - tracking QSLs and e-QSLs?


I don't know about everybody else, but with the ARRL move toward sanctioning
Internet-based QSLing, I have begun using eQSL. It works OK, it is fast, but
it is not as exciting as opening envelopes from the mailman. I still enjoy -
and can't imagine ever abandoning - the traditional practice of sending and
collecting "real" QSL cards.

The problem is that DX4WIN regards a QSL as a boolean [Yes/No] event - you
either have a confirming QSL, or you do not. With the arrival of e-QSL's, I
will want to track more than one receipt per QSO: When did I send/receive an
eQSL? When did I send/receive a physical QSL? And, of course, there would
need to be reports that differentiate, for example "e"-DXCC versus
"classic"-DXCC.

Is anyone tracking those two mechanisms in DX4WIN today? How?

-larry
K8UT