[Dx4win] setting QSL manager to "blank"

[Zoran Brlecic]

Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:

>1.  The data is NOT stored in the log, it is stored in the country file,
>    much like the prefix data.  Therefore, there is no way to permanently
>    associate a QSL manager with a particular QSO. This means you can not
>    assign a QSL manager on a QSO-by-QSO basis.
>
This is really no big deal. If you want to change the old manager 
assignment to "none", there is a way to fake it: simply type in a period 
(.) in the manager field. The assignment will change and the QSL card 
printout will show a dot. Good enough.

>2.  Once a station has a manager, all subsequent QSOs with that same
>    station will also inherit the most recent manager.  There is no
>    expiration date for managers, like there is for DX prefixes.
>    Thus, there is no way to set a manager to "NONE" except to delete
>    the manager record completely, which invalidates all QSOs, even
>    those that *do* use the manager.
>
The only drawback to the separate manager db system, as far as I can 
see, is when a station has two or more managers at the same time, like 
K1B had, for example (one for CW and one for SSB). Even then, this will 
only affect the log database if the QSOs are made on the same day. If 
 they're not (CW QSOs on one date and SSB QSOs on another), the system 
handles it OK. This happens so rarely that I don't find it a big enough 
reason to mess with the log database structure.

>[snip] In summary, the way the QSL manager field works is a limitation of DX4WIN. 
>Paul will have to change this to support the features people want.
>  
>
And now for my usual mantra: I would really like to see the actual 
frequency entry instead of just the band. I figure if I repeat it enough 
times, Paul will do it just to shut me up.


73 ... WA7AA