[Dxbase] DXCC module still has a problem

[Peter Dougherty (W2IRT)]

Hi guys,

I think we still have problems with the DXCC module in DX Base 2006 (versus 
2005).

With v. 2005 open, I took our club's log and ran a DXCC report on it since 
we're getting ready to make a first-time submission. We ticked MIXED and 
15M only, ran "COMPUTE" and it gave us a submission with the following 
totals: 196 records, 191 Mixed entities and 109 entities on 15m. I pulled 
the cards, collated them and set them aside.

I then installed v. 2006, upgraded to the 1.01 executable and ran the 
report again, but got a very different set of totals back. With everything 
identically set, both logs (2005 and 2006) having been compacted and tables 
initialised, the totals in 2006 were as follows: 179 total entries total, 
179 entities mixed and only 96 on 15m.

This reminds me of the issue that was discovered about a year ago. A little 
more investigation reveals that once again, Mode hits are trumping band hits.

To illustrate what I'm describing, consider this:
I have Estonia confirmed on 10M CW and 15M SSB. If I tick the MIXED box and 
the 15M box (as I did), both Estonian records should come up in the 
submission. Now only the first one (10M) comes up and the 15M record is 
ignored.

In DXCC, band has to trump mode in the selection criteria. If I have, let's 
say, England on 40 RTTY and 80 SSB and 30 CW, I should get 6 hits in total 
if all bands and modes are selected (one for each band -- 30, 40 and 80 and 
one for each mode; RTTY, CW and SSB).

If I had worked England on the same bands but only on CW, I should get a 
total of 4 hits -- 30, 40 & 80 + CW.

I read both .MDB files in access and printed out the DXCC reports from 
both, and saved them as an EXCEL file. I also zipped up and saved the 2005 
and 2006 databases. Jack, if you'd like me to send them please let me know 
and I'll get them off right away.

Also, I wondered why in the 2006 version, I have a few entities that show 
as confirmed (Alaska comes to mind), a QSLR date is present but the entity 
shows up only as W in the summary and isn't on the DXCC hit list at all in 
any band or mode. I haven't investigated these but I know there's more than 
one hit like this.

Thanks in advance, and sorry if this complicates things.



- pjd

W2IRT