[DXBase] Odd IOTA Problem

[Bob Koerner]

I ran into the same thing with A35 and VP8thu.

I added AN200 to the IOTA table: +1.0, +1.0  No Island

Now, I don't get an error code.

Been trying to figure out where the AN200 came from
since there isn't anything in my log in the IOTA
column.


--- Jim Mullen <jmullen@rockys.com> wrote:
> This problem keep cropping up. It's easy to fix, but
> perhaps the program
> could be modified to prevent it from happening.
> 
> After starting DXbase after a PC lockup, it asks to
> "initialize tables".
> Usually no problem, but occasionally I get an error:
> "call AAxBBB has
> incorrect IOTA <AN200>. Correct and re-run" or
> something similar to this (I
> didn't copy word for word". This seems to be
> traceable to:
> 
> 1.  The spot came off the packet cluster.
> 2.  It was logged from the cluster with a right
> mouse click.
> 3.  There didn't appear to be an IOTA value in the
> cluster spot.
> 4.  The IOTA field in DXBase appears empty.
> 
> The fix is to enter ANY valid IOTA number in the
> record and save it. Then go
> back and highlight and delete the IOTA number. When
> this is done the
> initialize tables routine runs correctly and does
> not complain about that
> QSO any longer.
> 
> My guess is that an "invisible" value is being
> written into the IOTA field
> when the cluster spot is logged. DXBase is correct
> in that the IOTA value
> does not exist, but you can't delete what you can't
> see. I guess either a
> change in the validation routine to prevent this
> would work, or I could add
> the value AN200 in the IOTA table. Then it could be
> deleted whenever this
> happens in the future.
> 
> Not a big problem, but I had it happen on 3 spots
> just over the last week.
> Don't know if there's been a change in the cluster
> software (I use a local
> 2M RF cluster) that caused it or what.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim, KK1W
> 
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