[Dxbase] DXCC Award Submission puzzle

[Peter Dougherty]

At 03:54 PM 10/21/2006, Ron Stordahl wrote:
>The various options, no mater how selected, should only produce a 
>list which will generate a valid list of DXCC cards to be 
>checked.  That list should not include cards which are of no value 
>to submit for checking.
>Otherwise I would have to select each option separately and make a 
>multitude of lists from which to work.  Such separate lists would 
>contain cards duplicated among the lists.


Look through your CO 40m QSOs, under the AWARD heading, and see if a 
box is shaded green (DXCC tick-box checked). Maybe it didn't credit 
them as awarded.

>I do not see why this should be selected as I already have these Q's 
>in my log with settings: Valid: Mixed and Mode, Awarded: DXCC
>
>CO8LY 1999-09-26 10 RTTY Cuba
>CO6XN 1998-07-04 20 USB Cuba
>CM8DM 1995-11-25 40 CW Cuba


It's not what's under VALID that matters; that just says this QSO is 
eligible to be counted. i.e. you would remove those ticks if you sent 
out a QSL and it came back NIL, or the station was a maritime mobile 
or turned out to be a pirate, etc. Not able to be considered. There 
are headings that are related to award selection: Valid (as 
discussed), SELECT (this is the one you've selected to be included in 
the submission - may over-write what DX Base would select - useful if 
you want a prized card or a friend's card to be included in a 
submission). Note, to use this you need to tick the box that says 
SELECT MARKED QSO RECORDS when you're selecting bands/modes to 
include, etc. The third is AWARDED. If it's green, that means it's 
been submitted already and not kicked-back for any reason. Sometimes 
you may have a situation where, for whatever reason, a band or mode 
is not properly credited.


I would also suggest selecting all bands and modes that you think 
you'll eventually operate, regardless of what awards you're actually 
applying for. Remember that for DXCC purposes, the program will 
search for cards which match selected band and mode criteria. If it 
knows you need Cuba on 40 and Cuba on CW, it will look for a CO card 
with a 40m CW QSO. In selecting, band trumps mode, always. It doesn't 
look for 5B DXCC criteria either; that's just a function of which 
bands you have selected.




Cheers,

Peter,
W2IRT