Jack, For your question number 1 : For me, it's not a problem to print the labels with the existing mode in DXBASE2003. I have all what I need : QSL's sorted by country (except for the US because we need to sort the cards by call area : 0, 1, 2, and so on. And actually, dxbase sort the QSL's by alphabetical order per country). So, is it possible to let the choice to the user : by WPX or by country.
It's my opinion. Best regards to all of you and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2003. 73's, Eric - ON7RN Jack a écrit: > Thanks Phil, > > We're glad to know that you are beginning to understand how many of the > features in DXbase operate. There are a lot of smart folks monitoring this > reflector and I'm sure they can handle just about any questions that might > come up. > > A couple of questions for everyone: > > 1. What if the label sorting used the WPX field to sort? Would that help? > It seems to us that this might solve the issue involving bureau's? > > 2. In the last few days, we examined the Kenwood documentation for the > TS2000 regarding the VFOb mode. Based on that documentation, DXbase is > sending the correct command for setting VFOb. We can only conclude that the > eprom for the TS2000 is broke, or there are errors in the Kenwood > documentation. Can someone who owns a TS2000 contact Kenwood Technical > Support and ask the following questions: > > A. What is the set of commands necessary to set VFOb? ( the docs only list > the MD command and no reference to it being VFO specific. For the TS940, > this works fine, but not in the TS2000 although the documentation is > identical). > > B. Are there any commands that must be sent to the radio before attempting > to use the MD command to set VFOb? > > Thanks, > Courtney > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phil ON4VP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 3:12 AM > Subject: [DXBase] additional features start paying of > > > Hi all, > > Over the last few weeks I had several issues and therefore I made my > desision on what DXBase 2003 ment for me. > Maybe some think that I tried to downgrade the package but nothing like that > is true. > > I like to admit pubicly that I made some stupid mistakes and therefore the > program did not function at 100 % > But as a customer I still have the rights to be critial about things. > > After taking the time to digg in to the manuals, +the help from Jack and > some users, I know can tell that DXBase is a fine piece of software > engineering. > Still some small issues exists and perhaps the future will solve things out > but I would like to chair that most of the things now working like : > > - grid beam headings and distance calculations (error in grid setup) > - rig QSY'ing with exact mode (error while using the auto mode) > - QSL printing without 'via' on the label (if-then statement changed) > - error when exiting program (com port locked) solved (first quiting > internet window before quiting program) > > Minor issues not solved : > > - when QSX is different than RX freq, the ts2000 still uses wrong mode (but > TX offset is set ok) > - cw keying won't work, even after installing 'correct' drivers and followed > website support drivers and reg entries > - Label printing order still seems odd to me concerning all US-calls > > Perhaps those minor issues will be solved later on, for now, the program > does most like I want it to. > I still have to sort my US-labels all manually but I got it down to aprox 1 > hour work every time. > > For me the things I really appreciate and what is better than most other > programs : > > - Label designer is best in what I've ever seen. > - Powerfull database reporting on awards or other reports > - Log entry order and field selection in setup with different startup > possibilities > - Internet lookup station info > - DX info summary for many categories (grids, countries, dxcc, awards, > etc...) > - Beam heading and rotator controlling > - Telnet cluster info and spotting > - automatic population of fields regarding station info from cdrom into > logbook (depending on cdrom type) > - Program window layout > > Now the things a guy like me would like in future releases (yes I'm a > auto-freak): > > - second rig controlling (two or more rigs at the same time) > - antenna offsets (if a 40 beam is 90° off on the tower, the program knows > that rotating the beam is 90° to) > - incorporated maps for grid visualisation (worked, needed) instead of using > 3th party software (dxatlas) > - setup for sorting the label printing > - Auto population of dx manager taken from internet source (like QSL manager > field in qrz pages) > - easy SWL labeling (lookup the log entry, click "SWL label" and voila, > label is set for printing) > - visual band map (spots) a la commcat or N1MM logger > - a demo version (limited or not) to get the feeling of DXBase before > purchasing > > These ofcourse are extra personal suggestions. > Anyway, I now start enjoying working with DxBase2003 and I like again to > appologise for my 'negative' mood when first trowing all kinds of issues > into this group. I also like to thank everyone that took the time to help me > out, these help was very welcome and made me understand DXBase better now. > > My best wishes for 2003 > 73 Phil ON4VP > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML > or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. > Please post in Plain-Text only.--- > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >
