[Dx4win] 6.04 upgrade problems

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

--- Floyd Sense <fsense at copper.net> wrote:

> Now, here's the new problem.  While trying to reconcile differences in the 
> country counts on all bands, I've run into a number of QSOs for which DX4WIN 
> erased the country name and prefix (that means they are now blank).  One 
> such QSO was for a contact logged as c/ZL3HI on Chatham Is.  That is the way 
> the call was sent, so that's the way it was logged.

I can say with almost 100% certainty that the call was NOT sent this way.  I
have the QSL to prove it.  Here is one on the web:

  http://hamgallery.com/qsl/country/Chatham_Island/zl3hi.htm

> Now that I know what's happened with many of the missing countries, the real 
> problem is that I can find no way to search for QSOs marked as Checked but 
> with a blank prefix or country name.  The only way to find them is to 
> compare the ARRL credited list with the DX4WIN country listing, line by 
> line.  And, to do that, you must first write the DX4WIN listing to a file, 
> import into EXCEL, and resort the list by country name.

There is an easier way to find the differences.  It uses your old ("known
good") and new country files and is described on my web page:

  http://www.ad1c.us/dx4win/index.htm#Country

If you send me the differences exactly as I request on that page, I'll add them
to the master country file.  If this is too much work for you, just send me
your original .CTY file and your log, and I'll do the work myself.

I have spent countless hours making the DX4WIN country database as accurate as
possible.  If the database is correct, there will be no difference in your log
whether the country information is stored with it or not.  I can only fix
problems when I am told about them.  I have been asking for corrections several
times a week for the last last two months.

Finally, if you're not happy with the way that DX4WIN stores its data, there is
no one forcing you to use it.  Try DXbase.  I did.  That's why I use DX4WIN.

73 - Jim AD1C


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Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us