[Dxbase] I miswrote that

FireBrick w9ol at billnjudy.com
Sat Oct 29 08:19:42 EDT 2005


I miswrote the band plan options
my suggestion should have been
1. existing primary-secondary, 2. cw only, 3.ssb only, 4. digital only


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "FireBrick" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>
To: "DXBase List" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 7:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Mode Overide


> Bob
> The only way I can see this being implemented is to really have 4 different band plans.
> 1. cw, 2. ssb, 3. digital, 4. custom
> And then upon starting DXB, you would have the option to choose which one you wish to 
> use.
>
>
> And still, the 40 meter situation would still goof up.
> a spot for a rtty station falling within the bands listed as SSB (VE and most of the 
> rest of the world) you designated as LSB would still false spot.
>
> The only way I see it could work is that if a spot for a station below 7.150 also had a 
> QSX listing above 7.150, than DXB would assume it to be LSB and not RTTY.
> 40 meters is the major culprit but this situation also occurs on 160 where actually the 
> entire band can operate any mode. It's a gentleman's agreement that there are segments, 
> and during contests, that agreement is not used.
>
> now remember, the more filtering Jack has to include, the slower the process.
> If you experience slowness now, this 'may' increase.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Main" <bobmain1 at alltel.net>
> To: "'FireBrick'" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 7:18 PM
> Subject: RE: [Dxbase] Mode Overide
>
>
>> OK, hey Jack this might be something good for the wish list for next time.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bob
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: FireBrick [mailto:w9ol at billnjudy.com]
>> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 7:57 PM
>> To: Bob Main; DXBase
>> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Mode Overide
>>
>> This is tricky but you can.
>> Open Tools>Options>Log Defaults> and select Alternate from the Band Plan
>> Selection.
>> then
>> Open the Tools>Options>Band Plan Mapping
>> (make sure the heading shows the 'alternate Mapping Table'
>>
>> Then cursor through till you see the appropriate section of the band plan
>> and correct the
>> numbers.
>>
>> The important thing is....make sure you don't have any conflicting listings.
>> Where the same section of band is mentioned twice.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Bob Main" <bobmain1 at alltel.net>
>> To: "DXBase" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 6:16 PM
>> Subject: [Dxbase] Mode Overide
>>
>>
>>> I've noticed that during SSB contests that "others" run SSB where we use
>> CW
>>> and listen up on 40 and 80.  I'm finding that when I click on one of these
>>> spots that my rig changes to CW because that is our mode of operation down
>>> there.  So I switch back to LSB and then have to retune to get back to the
>>> correct frequency.  Is there something in the User Options that I can
>> check
>>> or uncheck so that I will stay SSB during these times?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>> KB4CL
>>>
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