Agreed. But, if the combination is illegal in all cases, then perhaps it's something that should be protected against in the next version (or whenever). The more the software protects against invalid operations, the less the users can inadvertently screw up and complain (hopefully).
-- Darrell Mel Martin wrote: > Just because you can doesn't mean you should... to what length must one go > to protect people from themselves ;-) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Darrell Earnshaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <dx4win@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 13:34 > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN 6..01/6.02 Satellite QSOs > > > >>Just playing around with this a bit more. >> >>I noticed that you can set the "Satellite" field to any combination >>regardless of what you have selected in the "Band" field. For example, I >>can save QSOs that have a 'Band' of 80 meters, and a 'Satellite' setting >>of 144/435. >> >>Does this make sense? Shouldn't the Satellite field be disabled when the >> "Band" is set to anything other than "SAT"? >> >>Just curious. >> >>-- Darrell >> >> >>Darrell Earnshaw wrote: >> >>>Don, >>> >>>That seems to be the case with 602 as well. The band contains the word >>>"SAT" and the Satellite field can be set to a number of different >>>frequency combinations, or "Other" if the one you want isn't there. >>> >>>-- Darrell >>> >>>NR3Y. >>> >>> >>>Don Roland wrote: >>> >>> >>>>I'll have to look closer Jim but in Version 5 you had to fill in >>>>two fields for a Satellite QSO. In the band field you selected >>>>"SAT" and in the satellite field you chose what the combinations >>>>were for the uplink and the downlink frequency. i.e. for a Mode K >>>>satellite QSO (whick I have hundreds of) you set band to "SAT" >>>>and satellite to "15M/10M". >>>> >>>>Don -VE1AOE- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Don, it's a conversion problem from Version 5 to Version 6. I don't >>>>>know >>>> >>>> >>>>the >>>> >>>> >>>>>issues surrounding adding SAT QSOs in real time. I believe there is >>>>>only >>>> >>>> >>>>one >>>> >>>> >>>>>SAT band for logging these QSOs, you would have to put the sat mode >>>>>in the >>>>>Notes for this QSO field. >>>>> >>>>>73 - Jim AD1C >>>>> >>>>>--- Don Roland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>What if you were using Moke K with 10 Meters as the >>>>>>downlink band? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>Dx4win mailing list >>>>Dx4win@mailman.qth.net >>>>http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Dx4win mailing list >>>Dx4win@mailman.qth.net >>>http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Dx4win mailing list >>Dx4win@mailman.qth.net >>http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >> > >
