Ken, Entering a county that is not spelled correctly should bring up the list of valid counties in the state. Version 5.03 does not do that, and I will fix that for the next release. When you tab through the field that window appears, but not when you press Enter to finish the entry.
Paul At 09:09 PM 1/9/03 -0700, Ken Kopp, K0PP wrote: >Hello All, > >The error that caused "Dubuque" County (IA) not >to appear in the list of counties worked was mine. > >Paul responded very quickly and asked a key >question that led me directly to the solution, AND >to 100+ similar errors. (;-) > >I've been entering my paper log data EXACTLY as >it appears in the logs and therein was the cause >of the "Dubuque" problem. If I'd not received a report >during the QSO the field was left blank (empty) and >the software automatically inserts a "0" in that field. >If the field has a zero the QSO does not appear in the >counties worked report. I've now searched for "0"'s in >the RST received and sent fields and found 100+ such >entries. (;-) > >My solution has been to enter "111" in the fields that >have no "value" in the paper log. Some of these will >no doubt be "fixed" when I go back through the log with >the actual QSL's in hand and cross-check the info. >What! You don't have every QSL you've received over >your entire amateur radio career? Filed alphabetically >in cabinets, no less. (:-)) > >Several have asked why the manual entry? Yes, >it -IS- a -LOT- of work and will take many weeks to >accomplish. I've been licensed 51 years and have >kept very careful logs over that time. I estimate >that there are about 12K QSO's involved ... maybe >more. I've recently retired and have the time to >indulge in such compulsive behavior. (:-)) > >I already have DXCC (309/CW), several flavors of >WAS and many other awards, have been "rare" DX >and done very well in contests, but I've never had >the opportunity to get all the information into one >database. I -AM- interested in the County Award >program and this is one of the goals of this effort. > >73! Ken Kopp - K0PP ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com
