[DXBase] My DxBase2005 requests

[Ed Parish K1EP]

As long as there are some wish lists being thrown out there, I have a=
 couple.  Actually I have several, but here are just a couple.  The first=
 has to do with matching callsigns.  If I have W1ABC and W1ABC/M in my log,=
 they are treated as two entirely different callsigns.  I suppose this is=
 true, as it should be.  But when I get a QSL card from someone and I check=
 the Previous QSO window, I sometimes have a problem finding the call. =
 Maybe he was saying "W1ABC mobile 1" and I logged it W1ABC/M1 one time and=
 W1ABC/M another time or he said "W1ABC portable" and I logged it W1ABC/1=
 once and W1ABC/p another time.  When I get his card, many times the / and=
 modifier will not even be on it.  I then have to scroll around the log to=
 find the time and date of the QSO to verify it.  Isn't there some sort of=
 way of using partials (user selectable) to bring up calls that are close? =
 Like if I type in W1AB in the Previous QSO window, I might get QSOs from=
 W1AB, W1ABC, and W1ABC/M. =20

My other request actually has a couple of parts and has to do with labels=
 and cards.  It may actually be solvable in the current version of DxBase. =
 I recently received printed up cards from some mobile operations that=
 involved operating from different counties or grid squares.  The first=
 problem is that there really is no column to list what grid or county or=
 whatever you were operating from.  I do keep separate logs for major=
 operations, like if I were in another country or state for a while.  But if=
 I am operating a contest like the NEQP or the USCQP, I might only have a=
 dozen QSO's in any given county and traverse several dozen counties.  When=
 I import my ADIF file, I can use the SPECIAL-1 or SPECIAL-2 field to have=
 my county or grid.  But I can't do that on an individual QSO record.  There=
 is no ADIF field for SPECIAL-1 or SPECIAL-2 that I know of.  You can import=
 the Notes field using the ADIF <COMMENT> type.  This might work, however,=
 here comes the other problem/request.  When you design a card (or label),=
 there is no variable for COMMENT.  So, I can not print the QSO NOTE=
 information on the card.  Why can't this field be a variable?  To get=
 around this, I attempted to manually enter this information, using the ASK=
 function.  So when a card is to be printed with a field such as the grid or=
 county I was operating from,  it would prompt me.  This works fine when I=
 print one card at a time, which is usually the case.  However, if I am=
 doing multiple cards, I get multiple prompts (which was the case for=
 someone who sent me cards for a half dozen counties I worked him in).  But=
 I have no idea which card the prompt is for!  Why can't the prompt tell me=
 which record it is prompting for? =20