[Dxbase] Follow-Up to DXbase2007 BUG Report -- Joe wa6axe

[Joe WA6AXE]

If any DXbase user wants to doublecheck what I was trying to report you can
do the following -- with your CDROM LookUp TURN-ON 

(1) Make a dummy entry for the callsign of    AH0PT    (Alfa Hotel ZERO Papa Tango)
-- once you press the TAB key -- look immediately to the  SUMMARY WINDOW and
mark down on a piece of paper the  SHORT PATH Bearing and Distance  .. now delete
(esc key) this ah0pt qso ...

now go to --

(2) Make a dummy entry for the callsign of    AH0D    (Alfa Hotel ZERO Delta)
-- once you press the TAB key -- agn look at the Summary window and 
again mark down the  SHORT PATH Bearing and DIstance .. 

Are #1 and #2 the SAME ??  For me -- NO!!!

Anytime that there is a callsign that IS IN THE CDROM LOOKUP, the bearing and
distance (with cdrom turned-on) will  NOT be CORRECT ...

Just further FYI

Joe

> From: wa6axe at hotmail.com
> To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net; dxbase at yahoogroups.com
> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:58:33 -0500
> Subject: [Dxbase] DXbase2007 BUG Report -- Joe wa6axe
> 
> 
> ALL:
> 
> We know that this is not going to happen anytime soon - as we are awaiting word from
> Neal (in the future) simply about DXbase 10 ver 0.1 --- but, I wanted to get the word out
> to everyone else that might be using a CDROM look-up (such as RAC or QRZ, etc etc) -- about
> this BUG that Marco (I0MOM) exchanged emails with me about and we got his problem nailed-down-to
> the RAC/CDROM look-ups ... 
> 
> Here is the problem ... 
> 
> (1)  The "Normal" sign convention (for LONGITUDE)  that is used by all of the CDROM Callbook makers is that
> the EAST is a PLUS ( + ) Longitude -- and -- WEST is MINUS ( - ) Longitude ..  But, DXbase has always had a
> SIGNING CONVENTION that is Reversed from this "Normal" -- 
> 
> (2) Therefore ... IF any DXbase user has the CDROM Lookups TURNED-ON (Activated) -- then pse 
> be aware that if the DX Station's coordinates are included in the CDROM Record entry -- then your
> Bearing and Distance will  NOT BE CORRECT ...
> 
> ALL of the INFO you will see on BEARING and DISTANCE is related to Marco (I0MOM) QTH:
> 
> Here are some screen-shots to show the GOOD entry (without CDROM LookUPS turned on):
> 
> http://www.navycthistory.com/wa6axe/GOOD.gif
> 
> and now the BAD entry (I now turned-ON the CDROM LOOKUPS):
> 
> http://www.navycthistory.com/wa6axe/BAD.gif
> 
> and -- here is a screen-shot of the RAC (CDROM) entry for AH0D .. see the coordinates ....
> 
> http://www.navycthistory.com/wa6axe/RAC.gif
> 
> 
> 
> Again - I know that this will not be take care of (BUG) anytime soon -- but, I wanted to give 
> ALL a heads-up on this .. just in case you also run into this --- and, one other thing -- once
> there is a BAD Bearing/Distance - because of the CDROM -- your SUMMARY window's
> entries from then on out will be OFF and will be locked into the erroneous data ...
> 
> 
> Just FYI for now ...
> 
> 73 Joe wa6axe
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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