[Dx4win] "Bad" QSO's

Garry Shapiro garry at ni6t.com
Mon Aug 2 17:07:46 EDT 2010


David,

Thank you for the clear and concise explanation. The reasoning for the 
new approach seems sound. I did not know what "I" stood for. My bad.

Garry, NI6T

On 8/2/2010 2:05 PM, David, K2DBK wrote:
>  In the main QSO window, when fully expanded (you may need to press F5 
> a few times to see it) there are drop-down status boxes for Mixed, 
> Band, and Mode status for various awards, such as DXCC, WAS, WAX, 
> VUCC, etc. You can select the "I" (Invalid) option for any one or more 
> of these.
>
> The advantage of this granular approach is that it allows you to mark 
> a particular QSO as being valid for some awards not others. For 
> instance, I have a QSO on 6m with a country that I worked from a 
> friend's QTH that's valid for DXCC (since he's in the US, as I am) but 
> not for VUCC because I wasn't within the distance limitations for that 
> award.
>
> 73,
>
> David, K2DBK
>
> On 8/2/2010 4:33 PM, Garry Shapiro wrote:
>> As I recall, earlier versions of DX4WIN had a box in the QSO window for
>> denoting "bad" QSO's--i.e. not in the other guy's log, not a ham
>> callsign (viz. Armed Forces Day), Q's that did not count for DXCC (e.g.
>> M/M). That box is gone in ver. 8
>>
>> How does one replace that function--notes for the QSO?
>>
>> Garry, NI6T
>


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