Yes I agree that DXBase is following the ARRL rules. That is why the only change I would suggest is that you make the user selection of Mixed, CW, Phone and RTTY mutually exclusive. They everything would make sense. When you allow more than one to be selected at once the results are unexpected in my view.
Ron N5IN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ron Stordahl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "DXBase" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 3:43 PM Subject: Re: [DXBase] DXCC report generation puzzle.... > Ron, > > I'm not sure I follow you completely, but: > > If you select both a mixed and a 160. you will get all the 160 QSOs that > qualify for submission and following this selection, all the remainder QSOs > that qualify for mixed. The 160m award is not mode specific, so you only > get one. If you chose a CW + 160, then you get the CW contact for your FO0, > if you chose the phone + 160 then you get the phone FO0. Based on the > selections you are making, there is no award that calls for both the phone > and the CW FO0 QSOs. > > It seems to me that DXbase is doing what it should. But the ARRL award > criteria and rules are a bit confusing for us non amateurs... hihi > > Regards, > Courtney > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Stordahl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "DXBase" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 4:00 PM > Subject: [DXBase] DXCC report generation puzzle.... > > > > I am working on a 160 meter DXCC submission. Remembering that I had > worked > > FO0AAA on both CW and SSB on 160, I was looking for that to show up on the > > QSO list generated by the DXCC Award Submission QSO form. > > > > 1) If I select just 160 as the award type, then FO0AAA (Clipperton) shows > up > > only on CW on 160. > > 2) If I select 160 plus MIXED, then FO0AAA shows up only on CW on 160. > > 3) If I select 160 plus CW, then FO0AAA shows up only on CW on 160. > > 4) If I select 160 plus PHONE, then FO0AAA shows up only on PHONE on 160. > > 5) If I select 160 plus CW plus PHONE, then FO0AAA shows up only on CW on > > 160. > > 6) If I select 160 plus MIXED plus CW plus PHONE, then FO0AAA shows up > only > > on CW on 160. > > > > What I was expecting to do was to generate a single report, by selecting > "5" > > or "6" above, which includes (among lots of other Q's) both my CW and > Phone > > 160 FO0AAA Q's on a single report. There appears no combination of types > to > > do this which will produce this result. > > > > If you want to select everything DXCC awardable its necessary to run the > > module 3 (and perhaps 4) times, one each with CW, Phone and RTTY and > maybe > > Mixed, all with all bands selected (160 thru 10). I do not object to > > running it multiple times..in fact that is probably the way it should be > > done, after all there is no Mixed+RTTY, or Mixed+CW+Phone award. Based on > > modes there are in fact 4 awards. Still I would have expected that by > > selecting all modes that both Q's would have been included. > > > > It seems to me that the way the awards module currently works, it would > > reduce confusion to NOT allow the user to select more than one type > (Mixed, > > Phone, CW, RTTY) at a time for the reason that the result of selecting > more > > than one type at a time (the way the module currently works) produces > > unexpected results and could result in not submitting all of one's > confirmed > > band-modes. > > > > Ron N5IN > > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > >
