[Dx4win] EXT DATA Mystery

[Ernie Howard]

Move your 'callbk' directory to the root of C drive, "C:/callbk". Then set in 
prefrences for "QRZ CD ROM", and data directory as "C:" with nothing else. It 
will then find the data.

73 Ernie W8EH


Joe Giacobello wrote:

> I have been successfully using the RAC (Flying Horse) database on my 
> hard drive for several years to look up call signs through DX4WIN's EXT 
> DATA routine.  This weekend I picked up a copy of QRZ's current database 
> and attempted to do the same thing, i.e copy the database to my HD and 
> access the callsign info from the HD.  For some mysterious reason that 
> doesn't work.
> 
> Although I have declared C:\program files\qrz ham radio\callbk as my 
> data directory in the preferences>EXT DATA menu, I get a "database not 
> found" error.  However, if I put the original CD ROM in my ROM drive, it 
> returns the proper information.  In other words, despite my declaring 
> the C: drive as the data drive, DX4WIN is getting the data from the CD 
> ROM and refuses to access the C: drive when the CD ROM is removed.
> 
> I switched back to use the RAC database on my HD and that works fine.
> 
> Does anyone know what's going on here?
> 
> Tnx es 73 de Joe
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