[Dx4win] RES: V8.01 Observations (long)
py5eg
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Wed Aug 5 14:08:41 EDT 2009
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De: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net] Em nome de PY2YP
Enviada em: quarta-feira, 5 de agosto de 2009 12:35
Para: Dx4win at mailman.qth.net
Assunto: Re: [Dx4win] V8.01 Observations (long)
Hi Randy,
I do second your very accurate review. I've found the same CW problems;
yes, should be nice to change the asterisk in the reports and get back
the listing report to the version 7 format as well.
73 DX de PY2YP - Cesar
Randy Farmer wrote:
> I downloaded and had a look at the new version today. I don't yet
> have my license key, but I was able to import my version 7 log and
> check out some of the new features. Importing the Version 6/7 format
> log file into Version 8 was absolutely trouble free. I did have to
> re-do some of my custom Logbook Report formats to account for the new
> fields, but this was no problem at all. All of my Selections and
> Group definitions imported perfectly.
>
> I'm especially glad to see the improvements to the LOTW record
> keeping and the elimination of the need to explicitly filter the log
> by date selection to get accurate DXCC CW statistics. The testing
> I've done so far has concentrated on checking out the DXCC CW
> reporting. Unfortunately, I have found some problems.
>
> I have around 56K QSOs in my log, the vast majority being CW. The log
> files go back to 1965, so there are a good many CW QSOs in the log
> that were made prior to being eligible for CW DXCC credit. Some of
> these have been submitted for Mixed and Band DXCC credit. I also keep
> track of my DXCC records using a fairly elaborate Excel spreadsheet
> and make sure it's updated every time the DX4WIN log changes and/or I
> receive new DXCC credits from ARRL. My standard procedure is to do a
> quick compare of the DX4WIN DXCC Summary reports against this
> spreadsheet each time after importing LOTW data or making any other
> changes to the log.
>
> I checked out the Version 8 DXCC Summary reports and found right away
> that regardless of the selection made in the dropdown boxes the
> Summary report ALWAYS gives the stats for All Bands / All Modes. The
> good news is that these stats are completely accurate, including the
> CW numbers. I tried all combinations of the "Modes" and "Bands"
> dropdown choices and always got the All modes / All bands report.
>
> I then took a look at the Listing reports for various band and mode
> combinations.To use the Listings data, I use the Write to File option
> to dump the report data to csv format to import into Excel. It's
> disappointing that while the Listing report format has changed
> slightly, it STILL uses the asterisk (*) character to designate
> "Checked" status. The asterisk is a special wild card character in
> Excel, and directly importing the csv file makes it impossible to
> edit and manipulate the data -- weird things happen. This means I
> still need to first run the csv file through Wordpad or some similar
> text editor to do a search and replace of the asterisk with some
> other character so I can use the file in Excel. It would be real nice
> if the report output used some other character to show "Checked" status.
>
> All of the DXCC reports except for CW were completely correct.
> There were multiple discrepancies for CW DXCC, which upon close
> examination all turned out to be the result of counting pre-1975 QSOs
> for CW credit. If these old records were excluded from the
> statistics, the CW report would be totally accurate. I have taken
> great care in setting the Mixed, Band and Mode credit flags for these
> older QSOs in the log file, and none has the Mode credit flag set,
> yet the report claimed that they were credited for CW. Apparently the
> internal logic of the program looks at neither the QSO date nor the
> status of the DXCC Mode flag when it generates the DXCC report.
>
> So we're almost there... The Summary gets the CW statistics correct,
> so there's clearly some logic that runs on QSO date, but it's
> obviously incompletely implemented.
>
> Also regarding the Listing report, when including Deleted entities
> the new version sorts its output in alphabetical Prefix order without
> regard for whether the prefix is for a Deleted entity or not. The
> older versions put all the Deleteds in alphabetical order at the
> bottom of the prefix list, a MUCH better way to present the data. I
> had to immediately re-sort the imported csv files to get them in the
> same order as the data from Version 7. Please restore the Version 8
> Listing report to the same format as the Version 7 and earlier listings!
>
> There is also some sort of internal coding error that caused me a bit
> of hair pulling. For some reason, while the prefix for Minami
> Torishima is JD1/M, the Listing report renders it as JD1/W and thus
> interchanges the lines for Minami Torishima and Ogasawara, JD1/O. It
> was no fun dealing with this until I took a close look at the report
> and saw the incorrect prefix.
>
> Apart from these small problems, I like the looks of the enhancements
> to this new version of DX4WIN. I'm looking forward to getting my
> license key and doing more testing with live hardware. Thanks to Paul
> for a significant improvement in this new generation of the program.
> With a little tuning it will be a great leap forward.
>
> 73...
> Randy, W8FN
>
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