[Dxbase] DXCC QSL Sorting

[Wes (N7WS) and Linda]

Jack,

Thanks for the reply.  I'm going to print this email and take it with me
and see what *my* field checker has to say about it [g].

Regards,

Wes


At 22:20 8/13/2004 -0400, Jack wrote:
>Wes,
>
>We agree with your assessment, but..... some time ago we did some things on
>our own that we felt made the application easier to use.  We had a couple
>customers get chastized by some field checker complaining that we didn't
>follow the "letter" of the rule.  So, although what you say makes perfect
>sense to us, until and unless the ARRL specifies this in their written
>instructions, we are forced to abide strictly by what their rules state.
>That is, the sorting is by band and mode with no deviations except to place
>multiple QSO cards at the end of the list ( but still abiding by their rules
>for sorting ).
>
>Regards,
>Jack
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Wes (N7WS) and Linda" <wesandlinda at triconet.org>
>To: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 7:59 AM
>Subject: [Dxbase] DXCC QSL Sorting
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>> I'm putting together a DXCC application for field checking.  I won't
>> elaborate on the problems I'm having with non-repeatiblity in the
>selection
>> process but I do note one problem that probably could be easily fixed.
>>
>> While giving cards with multiple QSOs a QSL number does put them on the
>> bottom of the list, it doesn't group the QSOs for a given call together,
>> which I believe is the idea.  Instead with multiple cards with multiple
>> QSOs, it sorts them by band and mode so that they are spread out all over
>> the place.
>>
>> I'm not too sure the field checker is going to be happy about this.
>> Certainly there is no way to sort the cards to satisfy this list order.  I
>> think I'll have to resort to filling out the list by hand, which,
>> considering the other problems, might have been quicker in the first
>place.
>>
>> Wes
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