[Dx4win] Old Callsign Logs Dilemma Solved

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

--- STU <w6ta at arrl.net> wrote:

> Thanks to ALL who responded to my inquire about logs with previous callsigns 
> and keeping them separate.
> A special thanks has to go to Erkki (OH2BF) who probably said it best.
> 
> The group feature is a very powerful tool if understood and used properly 
> with DX4WIN.

Unless the calls overlap, I find that Filter -> Selection (by date) allows me
to separate out these QSOs more simply than group filters.  If you assign a
group number to each call, you will still need to create a Filter -> Selection
(by group) to see award status for a particular call (group).  By creating a
Filter -> Selection by date (where the start and end dates correspond to the
active dates of those calls), you are saving one level of lookup.  Furthermore,
if you are required to assign a group number to separate callsigns, you can't
assign a second group number to sub-divide those QSOs.

I personally use group numbers to separate contest logs, nothing else.

73 - Jim AD1C


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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us