[Dxbase] DXCC award submission problem

George Harlem W1EBI w1ebi at lightband.com
Fri Jul 9 13:22:56 EDT 2004


>Let's say for the sake of discussion that I have 10 new entities on 40
>metres - 5 on phone and 5 on CW.

>If I have PHONE and 40 both checked, DX Base will ONLY return the five 
>phone contacts.  If I have MIXED and 40 selected, all ten contacts will
be >selected.  If I have CW and 40 checked, only the five CW contacts
will be >selected.

>The way it *should* work is in each case above, all ten should come
back 
>for each query. Band should trump mode. Right now, mode trumps band.


I disagree completely.  In my view, DXbase is doing the selection
exactly as it should in your example.  If you have 5 new on CW and 5 new
on phone and you check "Phone" and "40", why would you want or expect
the 5 CW contacts to be returned?  There's no trumping going on.

George W1EBI




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