Wes, Could you send me your log and the card file zipped into one archive?
73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal LLC On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 7:01 PM, Wes N7WS <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you. You saved me from having to explain it to the newbies. > > Wes N7WS > > > On 5/13/2014 9:32 AM, Jim Spears wrote: > >> One detail that it appears that folks are missing is that there are >> essentially two distinct periods in DXCC history. For many years, qso >> information was not recorded for credit to one's CW, PHONE, MIXED, or RTTY >> standing. DXCC records were manually kept. So one could have DXCC credit >> for various entities including mode but nothing else. >> >> >> Somewhere along the way, the records were converted to a database of some >> sort but information that had not been previously recorded was not added >> since it was not present. Additionally, single band awards were added. >> >> >> When I look at my present LoTW data, there are some entities that I have >> MIXED, CW -and/or PHONE - credit for but no call sign and no qso >> information. Only the fact that I was given credit for the entity at some >> point in the past. FT8Z is an example, I have credit for the entity and >> mode=PHONE but no call sign and no qso information. This will get updated >> real soon as my FT8ZR confirmations showed up in my LoTW account this >> morning. >> >> >> IMHO it is for this reason (perhaps among others) that N7WS's request to >> populate the DXbase Award field cannot be automated. And this explains >> why >> some of the example adi records look as they do. >> >> >> This should not apply to folks who started DXCC after the record keeping >> was >> automated. But in this case, I am unable to figure out a method to >> extract >> only the qsos that were awarded for a DXCC mode/band/entity entry. I have >> often wanted to do the same thing as N7WS but have only been able to see >> that doing it manually is the only way. This is more trouble than I want >> to >> go to. >> >> >> Old Timer Jim/N1NK >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
