[Dx4win] Confusion over "checked" awards flags

Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:26:51 -0500

Well, my "checked" counts by band are off just one or two on two bands -
that will be simple to figure out why.  I'll have to try a submission again
and see what shows up in the submit column.   Thanks.

K8AC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wendell Wyly W5FL" <[email protected]>
To: "Floyd Sense" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 8:01 PM
Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Confusion over "checked" awards flags

> First, be sure that preferences are set correctly for your station and
DXCC
> modes.  Look at a DXCC summary report.  It should show how many countries
> you have Checked by ARRL for each band.  Submitted is marked for those
> contacts automatically tha are included in the DXCC submittal.  Let me
know
> if you have any other questions after looking at my summary report for all
> bands and modes and yours.  I just got back the report from ARRL for the
738
> submittals I just made and they will be converted to Checked once I have
> gone through their comments.  DX4WIN really works well on DXCC submittals.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Floyd Sense
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 6:45 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Dx4win] Confusion over "checked" awards flags
>
>
> Given enough time, I might be able to figure this out myself, but I'm sure
> one of you has already been through this so will just ask  in order to
save
> some time.  I converted to DX4WIN about 18 months back and imported all my
> log data from the previous logging program (running 5.03 now).  When I did
> that, I went through the QSOs that had already been credited for my DXCC
and
> marked them all "Checked" in the Mixed DXCC award flags.  So, when I look
at
> the DXCC summary report, the right number of countries appear as Checked.
>
> Now it's time to submit for 5BDXCC and I attempted to prepare a
submission,
> but DX4WIN tells me that it won't include 4 of the bands because I'm
already
> credited for 100 countries on those bands, which is incorrect.  So, I look
> at the DXCC listing report and take a look at the line for 3B6.  It shows
a
> "C" for the bands 30 through 10, because a QSO marked confirmed=Y exists
> with 3B6 on each of those bands.  Only one of those QSOs has the DXCC
Mixed
> awards flagged set to "Chkd".  It appears to me that DX4WIN is counting
all
> such QSOs as "Checked" even though they have not been.
>
> Can someone tell me what I'm missing?  All QSOs that have the DXCC Mixed
> awards flag set to Chkd show up as a "*" in the listing, and I assumed
that
> DX4WIN would only count THOSE QSOs as already checked.
>
> All ideas appreciated!
>
> K8AC
>
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