----- Original Message ----- From: "Gintaras Sakenas LY2KW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tony Cash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 3:51 AM Subject: Re: [DXBase] Label filters.
> Thanks Tony, > > What I meant was if the DXBase (I am on 2003 version) could do the check automatically. I really > hate to go through 1K+ Q's I just imported from the contest logging software after operating CQWPX > trying to manually figure out if it was a new band/mode station for me. > > My QSLing practises used to be: if I work a station, I log it, check if it was a new band/mode > station and flag the record to be "QSL pending". At reasonable time intervals I would print the > cards out and get them off leaving myself unworried that someone may wait long for a new band/mode > card from me. I used to use an Excel spreadsheet and a simple Visual Basic macro that would do the > task for me. Excel spreadsheet is limited to 65536 entries though, I thought DXBase was the choice > to stay with then. I love many features of it and would like to have this complex software do be > able to do this simple check as well. > > If there is no way DXBase filters out QSO's the way I want, I would export them to Excel (I have yet > to think of how to handle more than 65K+ entries), print the cards out, generate another ADIF file > and import it back to DXBase to flag appropriate QSO's being "QSL sent". Another choice is to print > the cards for each and every QSO I make (this will drive some OP's crazy and make my wallet > thinner). Yet another choice is to match cards received with the records in my DXBase and send the > replies only which means extra wait time for the OP's I work. > > Thanks for your time. > 73, CU on the air. > Gintas LY2KW > > > > Tony Cash wrote: > > > When logging a contact, you can watch the "Previous QSO Toolbar" to see if > > the stations appears there, > > if it doesn't then you know you have never worked that station before and > > you can flag that QSO for a > > QSL (click on the "QSO Label / Address Label" Icon.) > > > > 73 de Tony, KD4K > > > > My Weather Page > > http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash/ > > My Ham Radio Page > > http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash/kd4k/radio.html > > Sawnee Mountain (WB4GQX 147.15 +.600) Repeater Page > > http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash/sawnee/index.html > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gintaras Sakenas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 4:51 AM > > Subject: [DXBase] Label filters. > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am a new user. I used to QSL to each station first worked per band / > > mode. How do I do this with > > > DXBase? The Selection Wizard doesn't seem to have Auto Detect New Ones > > "Station" category. > > > > > > Thanks, 73! Gintas LY2KW > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > > > > >
