Larry, I share your concerns. It would be wonderful if DX4WIN could color code the qsl manager to make it easy to see if:
Black - came with DX4WIN Red - You entered it Green - You imported it Blue - From GO list (external data) Orange - From CD Rom (external data) Have any overwrites go to the notes for this call. The same is especially true for 2nd qsl dates if the old qsl date would go to the notes for this qso. I have a hard time knowing when I have sent the third card and have no record of the first two. At the present cost for qsl's, any way to be sure the data is accurate and easy to find where errors come from, would save the price of DX4WIN in a few months. I really think a version of the GO LIST that is directly compatable with the DX4WIN qsl manager database is the best answer, but that would be very difficult for both John and Paul to do and ensure that everyone was paid for their efforts The updates that have been provided all look to be from the 425DX News. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Larry Alkoff Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 10:21 AM To: David K2DBK; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Dx4win] QSL mgr update#6 On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 11:02:57 -0500, David K2DBK wrote: >I would think that if the updates continued to accumulate, the files would >get really huge, with the associated risk of an error creeping in and >causing a problem getting greater. (Not to mention that eventually, the >import time might get pretty excessive for folks with slower systems, and >the mail message itself could get immense) > Good point. I didn't think they would be so huge _yet_ but it's possible. The problem I was trying to address with my low key suggestion is how to know which updates have been made. And of course what do you do when a new DX4Win comes out? I wonder if it's possible for me to simply keep adding updates to my own file with comments embedded as to which updates are being added. Questions that arise are: Do later updates overwrite the old data? Is there any warning when this happens? I don't want to overwrite old correct data with possible incorrect new data. I wish it was possible to keep a log of this data. How reliable is Vlad's data? That is, which DX bulletins does he get data from and how reliable are they. I have noticed a lot of DX bulletins will have conflicting or just plain wrong QSL manager data. AFAIK there is no way to extract the DX station call and QSL manager call to a file - that makes it very hard to check what's going on. As a fairly new born-again DX'er after a 30 year absence I'm starting to appreciate how much time and energy goes into QSL'ing. It's a real waste of time when I send a QSL to the wrong person. Unless he's nice enough to email or return the card with an explanation a long time goes by before I realize something's wrong and start to take corrective action. Somehow I feel that a much improved QSL manager database is needed. 73, Larry >All the postings to this group are archived at www.qth.net, why not just dig >out the ones that you're missing and load them up that way? > >As an alternative, perhaps one of the folks who main "support" sites for >DX4WIN could keep the updates available as single files for those who need >them? > >>From: Larry Alkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Vlad I copied and pasted your QSL mgr update #5 and #6 into separate files >>and compared them. >> >>Most of the entries in the two files are quite different which indicates >>that the updates are _not_ cumulative. It looks like I have to download >>and install >>all of them one by one. >> >>I respectfully request that you send me updates 1 through 4 as I have 5 and >>6. >> >>I'd also like to suggest that future updates each include all the previous >>updates >>so it would only be necessary to load the latest without worrying about >>missing >>an update. Items that have changed should simply overwrite the old manager >>with the new. >> >>73 >>Larry Alkoff N2LA > > >73, > David, K2DBK > >P.S. Please make sure to reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX _______________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
