[Dx4win] DX spot colors revisited

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

--- Anthony R Gargano N2SS <n2ss@n2ss.com> wrote:

> Pete, I would agree that a new mode should take precedence over a new band. 
> However, this is not the situation that I have described. In what I have 
> described an unconfirmed mode (not a new mode) is taking precedence over a 
> new band. Perhaps, it is a matter of personal choice and Paul made a 
> decision that an unconfirmed mode should take precedence over a new band. 

I think that an all-time new band *should* have priority over an unconfirmed
mode.  That makes good sense -- you would rather know it's something that you
have NEVER worked before.

However, I also think that when both mode-country and band-country are worked
but neither is confirmed, that once again MODE should have priority over BAND,
since there are fewer mode countries to work. I think this case is rare,
however.

So the first few priority levels work out as follows:

  1 = never worked
  2 = never worked mode
  3 = never worked band
  4 = unconfirmed mode
  5 = unconfirmed band

Does this make sense? The priorities above also interleave in a natural way.

73 - Jim AD1C


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