[Dx4win] New version has errors in Needed listing.

[Rick Murphy]

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Larry Alkoff <labradley at mindspring.com> wrote:
> I recently updated Dx4win to 8.04 and found the following mysterious
> errors when I examine the "Needed Countries" listing.
>
> The following countries _appear_ on the Needed list that I know have
> been worked and confirmed by me and appear as confirmed when I examine
> the entries in the log.
> FO8AT           Clipperton
> K1IMP/KC4       Navassa
> K4IA/KC4        Navassa

Are you using the country file that came with DX4WIN 8.04 (or an
update from AD1C?)

When you open those entries in your log, what entity appears? When
were the QSOs made and what mode?
You can find them using "F8" in the QSO window, entering the call in
the "Callsign" window and hitting enter.

I ask about the date because there were cases in the older versions of
DX4WIN where you were given credit for QSOs prior to January 1, 1975
(the start date for the CW DXCC award). 8.0 was updated to properly
account for those.

> On the other hand, at least one country I have never worked does _not_
> appear on the Needed list
> Marion Island

What do you see from DX4WIN if you search for ZS8 QSOs? (on the QSO
window, press F8, enter ZS8 into the "Prefix" field and press enter.)
73,
   -Rick

-- 
Rick Murphy, CISSP-ISSAP, K1MU/4, Annandale VA USA