[Dx4win] Pre 1975 CW DXCC confirmations

JerryVan jerryvan at sssnet.com
Wed Feb 23 00:07:28 EST 2005



I started this thread so I'll chime in a bit more.  It seems to me that
all the responders so far (including Rapidan thru some private emails)
have agreed that processing pre 1975 CW confirmations is a problem with
DX4WIN.  Some suggestions have been offered to circumvent the problem
but all suggestions have required some manual manipulation either with
the data itself or the DXCC reports or both.  Since this is a known
deficiency might it be better to develop some ways to change the DX4WIN
internals such that no manipulation is necessary?

I am not the DX4WIN internals person but it seems to me that from a user
viewpoint there may be at least a couple of solutions.  1. Provide
automatic knowledge of the CW DXCC rules via the implementation of an
option in the Preferences file.  If that is too complex or not possible
to implement then.  2. Enhance the Selection filter so that it would be
sensitive not only to the CW DXCC start date but also to mode such that
pre 1975 CW confirmations would not be eligible for MODE but these very
same confirmations would be eligible for MIXED and BAND.  This filter
could be set as needed and prior to printing of any DXCC reports.  The
appropriate Subm flags should also be correctly set when the Submissions
report is run.  Perhaps others may have additional suggestions as to how
to solve the pre 1975 problem but let's encourage Rapidan to resolve the
problem rather than develop work arounds.  Work arounds seem out of
place with a product as sophisticated as DX4WIN.

Jerry  N8BM

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jim Reisert AD1C
  To: Dave Jaksa ; 'N5TY - Ken' ; 'JerryVan' ; dx4win at mailman.qth.net ;
support at dx4win.com
  Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 11:11 PM
  Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Pre 1975 CW DXCC confirmations


  At 09:30 PM 2/22/2005, Dave Jaksa wrote:

  >TNX for the suggestion Ken.  That would work for one of them but the
other
  >one is a counter for Mixed.  The biggest problem I have is that if
one of
  >the pre '75 CW confirmed countries is spotted on CW my DX Spots
window shows
  >that I don't need it.

  Going further, rather than marking it invalid, change the mode from CW
to
  SSB or some other phone mode.

  73 - Jim AD1C


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