Hi Wes, When DXbase automatically makes selections on its own, it does what we call a binary search of the database. This is a very fast method that does not pay any attention to the date of the QSO or when it was entered or anything like that. It simply looks for an eligible QSO and when it finds one, its happy... <g>. If you want to have some say in what gets selected, then mark the Select field in the QSO record in the DXCC box, and then when running the award, select the option to Use Marked QSOs. Otherwise, DXbase will make the selections for you.
The only exception to this logic is if you have marked a QSO note field that the QSL card has a picture of a pretty YL on it, DXbase will of course select that one over all others regardless of anything else. <g> Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wes (N7WS) and Linda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [DXBase] Georgia on My Mind > Jack replied privately to this (not sure why not to the reflector) and > clarified some things. Since it wasn't sent to the group, I won't quote > directly but paraphrase in case others are interested. > > If you do not check the "Exclude Past Submissions" box, the Award field is > ignored and DXbase "starts over" creating a brand new award. When it does, > it first looks for QSOs marked in the Select DXCC box. If these are legit > then it searches for others that are valid. > > I understand this, but I'm still curious about what criteria the program > uses when "starting over", without any QSOs being selected by me ("Select > Marked QSO Records" is unchecked). > > I would think (obviously incorrectly) that the first confirmed QSO (by > date) would be the chosen one. In the situation I described earlier, a QSO > made in 2002 (4L8A) was 'preferred' over one made in 1979 (UF6DL). Both > were for 20 meter SSB so there doesn't seem to be a preference there. > > But what the heck, my P5 QSO is going to count so I'm happy <G>. > > Wes > > >
