[Dx4win] Group Numbers

[Erkki Heikkinen]

I agree it takes some time to understand how the group numbers and the
selection works. It pays to study them - they are a very powerful tool.

I have all my QSOs from different countries/callsigns in one log. I have
a group number for each of the 38 different calls I have been using. At
home I have a selection "OH DXCC" with those calls which are valid for
that. The statistics show what I need from OH land.

When I work someone using the "OH DXCC" selection, I still get a list of
all the QSOs with that particular station in the "same call" window and
I can see from what countries/callsigns I have worked that station, even
when it is my first QSO to that station from Finland. People are
sometimes surprised when I say "hello Joe, this is our first QSO from
Finland but I have worked you from France, Bosnia and East Timor".

I do not have a need to separate the contest QSOs from other QSOs. With
F8 I can find any QSO. Only when there is a busted call (my mistake) I
need to go to that date and time to find what it might be.

Yes, answering contest QSLs is sometimes time consuming when the card
has another callsign (or several callsigns) printed and the actual used
contest callsign is only on the label with very small print... But that
has nothing to do with DX4Win.

73 Erkki OH2BF


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe Giacobello
> Sent: 17. helmikuuta 2008 20:26
> To: Dave Sharred
> Cc: Dx4win
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Multiple QSOs change on QSO NOTES -
> Group Numbers
> 
> 
> Maybe it's my aging brain, but I found the instructions regarding the 
> use of the Selection feature in the manual difficult to 
> understand.  It 
> took more than a little bit of trial and error to get it 
> working the way 
> it was intended.
> 
> 73, Joe
> K2XX
> 
>