[Dxbase] credited or no

[Gary Senesac AL9A]

I use a slightly different rationale in marking the DXCC box in the Award
column.  After I've prepared the report and reviewed it for obvious errors,
I run it again with the same parameters, but this time tell DXbase to check
the Award field for me as though it has been credited.  That keeps me from
reselecting these records in the interim while awaiting the ARRL's decision
if the submissions are valid or not.  When I get the report back from the
DXCC desk I can then go into DXbase and clear the check box for those
submissions that were rejected.  At the same time, if I'm sure the card will
never be accepted on future submissions, I then go to the Valid field and
uncheck the band and/or mode box .  This prevents submitting a rejected card
again unless I really want to do that.  Different strokes for different
folks.  We won't get into how "different" Bill is!

Gary AL9A

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "FireBrick" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>
To: "DXBase List" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: October 21, 2005 1:29 PM
Subject: [Dxbase] credited or no


> When I run the Awards module to select qsls for submission.
> (and this applies whether DXCC, IOTA, WAS, whatever)
> The final screen after making selections asks if I wish to mark these
qso's as Credited.
>
> I always select no.
> My reasoning is this...invariably,
> 1.I'll have a dupe from back in my 'spark' days when record keeping was
not as thorough.
> 2. A dxpedition or operation may not have yet sent in required
documentation.
> 3. It simply don't count.
>
> When I get the sheet back from DXCC, it will explain why a qsl was not
submitted.
> If it's due to no docs as yet, I just leave it, and hopefully by my next
submission the
> documentation will be complete.
>
> The qsos/qsls that were accepted, well now I go back and mark them as
credited.
>
> And you don't have to do this one by one.
> If you don't have any rejects, just run the Awards module over again and
this time accept
> the option to mark them as 'Credited'.
> If there were rejects, changing them from the 'Credited' to 'No' is easy
and quicker.
>
>
> One of my looooong haranguing complaints to DXCC desk is that while they
announce publicly
> when a operation is acceptable, you have to query them on each of the
operations that HAS
> NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED as acceptable.
>
> I've suggested, cajoled my Divisional rep and DXCC desk on this issue for
a while.
> Seems easy in this day an age to if they have a list of those completing
the credential
> process, they could have a list showing who has not supplied the info as
yet.
>
> Because of the policy, it is easy to submit a card, have to pay for it,
have it rejected
> and then have to resubmit and repay a second time.
>
> Go figure!
>
>
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> "Every man likes to flirt with a pretty girl..." (George Eliot)
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> Bill H. in Chicagoland
>
>
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