Just for calibration, I started submitting in 1992, and it appears all my
submissions have been logged as to call, band, mode, and date. For
whatever it's worth . . .
73, Duane
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 00:42:16 -0500 "Wendell Wyly W5FL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
> I had worked with Michael off line and his question is different than
> yours.
>
> I see no reason why marking the first card received would be
> beneficial when
> in fact, it is the card that was submitted and checked by ARRL that
> is
> important. Until recent years, they did not even keep track of the
> band
> that was submitted.
>
> In most cases that I am aware of, the cards are usually submitted
> when a
> little over 100 are confirmed and for most of us, this was a paper
> submission, followed up by yearly submissions since that time.
>
> Since you have probably submitted many of the 293 cards, you
> probably simply
> need to mark them as checked by mode, band, and mixed, if that is
> the DXCC's
> that you have applied for. Since you have 5BDXCC, this implies that
> you
> will need to mark over 500 bands also.
>
> Since each time you make a submittal, ARRL now mails you a nice
> printout of
> each of the modes, bands, calls, etc, that they have on their
> records, the
> real problem usually comes down to making this OFFICIAL record,
> match the
> CHKD records in DX4WIN. I have not come up with a good way to do
> this, but
> after a little work, it is fairly easy to maintain.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William Hinkle
> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 9:22 PM
> To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Fwd: Re: [Dx4win] Filtering and DXCC Award Submission
>
>
> Is it that only Michael and I are the only ones interested in
> knowing if
> DX4WIN can sort confirmed cards by first or last confirmed? I
> haven't seen
> any replies to his or my message, did anybody see them?
>
> 73, Bill KV3R
>
>
> >At 08:23 PM 04/02/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> >>Hi all @ DX4win;
> >>
> >>I have read all the help files. I am not clear on filters and
> awards.
> >>I have entered all my paper logs into DX4Win. I have imported all
> my
> >>contest files that will import. I have also entered all the cards
> >>(700+) that I have received.
> >>
> >>As I was entering the cards, I was using the F2 key to check on
> DXCC
> >>award status. I am not sure that I did that correctly in the
> beginning.
> >>If I reset the DXCC submission flags, can I filter or sort my log
> to
> >>pickup the first QSO that shows confirmed from each DX country in
> my log
> >>and set its award flag to Submitted?
> >>
> >>If this doesn't work, any tips on this area would be great.
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>
> >>73
> >>
> >>Michael Albers - KØFJ
> >>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >I think Michael has something here. DX4WIN looks for the most
> recent QSO's
> >for submission. Well, I have a file box that I have been placing
> all of my
> >new DXCC countries QSL Cards in since i was licensed. That means
> the box
> >has the first QSO with a "new" country confirmed in it. There are
> 293
> >cards in that box. I also did the same thing with 10 meter WAS when
> I was
> >a novice. I have never submitted for an award. So it would be nice
> if you
> >could make DX4WIN look both ways (either first confirmed or last
> >confirmed). I'm sure I am not the only one who has sorted his DXCC
> >countries this way. I also have 5BDXCC confirmed, 5BWAZ (189 worked
> 185
> >confirmed) and close to 5BWAS worked,(Not really chasing this one).
> All of
> >these cards are just in file boxes and not in any order other than
> DX and
> >State side.
> >So, can it be done that way? If not, how about in the next version.
> What
> >do the rest of you think? Sounds like a good plan to me.
> >
> >73, Bill KV3R
> >Riverton, WV
> >
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