Hi Guys,

Does the number in the lower left hand corner of the log indicate the number
of ROWS in the log?  And the number of Q's?


Bob
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Stordahl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Dennis McAlpine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <Dxbase@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, 23 January 2005 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] The Curious Case of the Missing QSOs


> You say 'According to DXBase, I have 133,000 records.'  Where are you
> getting that number?  If you are getting it from the "REF#' column in
> DXBase as the number for your last QSO, then click on that column header
> and it should sort by number.  You will find that it does not start at
> 1.  In my log I have about 21,000 q's, but the REF# starts at 5190 and
> ends at 26328, which seems about right.
>
> You can tell exactly how many Q's you have in your log by using the
> Selection Wizard.  Set it for 'Test Only' and deselect most everything
> but 'Valid for DXCC' (you can even deselect that if you wish).  Then run
> it, and I would guess you will get about 109,000.
>
> Ron, N5IN
>
>
> Dennis McAlpine wrote:
>
> >I went back and checked all 24 of the submissions that I made which
> >includes one large file which inadvertently got sent five times.  Each
> >of the submissions said they had been "successfully processed",
> >"entered" with "no errors encountered."  The total unduplicated of all
> >QSOs submitted was indeed 109K as LoTW said.
> >
> >I did receive a response that said that DXBase keeps a record number
> >even though a QSO might be deleted.  I have been using DXBase since
> >DXB97 so I have had a number of deletions and did have one period when
> >there were a bunch of duplicates that I had to delete.  I would be
> >surprised if there were 20K deletions but maybe that is possible.  I
> >haven't checked yet to see if there is a way of counting the actual QSOs
> >in the database rather than the number of records.  So far, this seems
> >to be the most likely answer to the case of the missing QSOs.
> >
> >Tnx to all for the input.
> >
> >73,
> >
> >Dennis, K2SX
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: FireBrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 12:51 PM
> >To: Dennis McAlpine
> >Cc: Dxbase@mailman.qth.net
> >Subject: Re: [Dxbase] The Curious Case of the Missing QSOs
> >
> >
> >During the 'signing process' were there any 'error reports'.
> >
> >Then go to the LoTW page, select 'Your Account', 'Your Activity', and
> >click on the
> >'Result'.
> >
> >If any submissions were rejected due to duplicates, or other reasons, it
> >should be noted
> >there.
> >
> >
> >Let us know what you find please.
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "Dennis McAlpine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Cc: <Dxbase@mailman.qth.net>
> >Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 11:39 AM
> >Subject: [Dxbase] The Curious Case of the Missing QSOs
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>I just finished uploading all but about 1000 of my DXBase 2005 QSOs
> >>
> >>
> >into
> >
> >
> >>LoTW.  According to DXBase, I have 133,000 records.  But, according to
> >>LoTW I only have 109K in their files.  I went back to DXBase and did a
> >>select wizard on all QSOs not submitted to LoTW and that showed about
> >>
> >>
> >5
> >
> >
> >>that had not been sent out (other than the 1000 that I know about) so
> >>this would seem to indicate that all 133K QSOs have been uploaded.
> >>Checked the submissions on record at LoTW and it showed that I had
> >>
> >>
> >sent
> >
> >
> >>all of the QSOs.  So somewhere 33K QSOs seem to have disappeared.
> >>
> >>
> >Does
> >
> >
> >>anyone have any ideas where they went?  Any thoughts on differences in
> >>counting techniques?
> >>
> >>73,
> >>Dennis, K2SX
> >>
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