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Additions to the HamBase Manual or Installation Instructions
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New address and phone number for j-Com:
j-Com
793 Canning Pkwy
Victor NY 14564
Phone (716) 924-0422 FAX (716) 924-4555
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Version 3.05 Available in Beta only via BBS and CompuServe.
Mountain Retreat BBS (408) 335-4595.
Feedback: email to Peter Jennings CompuServe 72470,3171
Internet: 72470.3171@compuserve.com
Fido Netmail: 1:216/506
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3.05 NEW INSTRUCTIONS
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To get beam heading, distance and grid square displayed.
Insert the following line anywhere in your HAMBASE.CFG file:
LOCATION=371,1221
Where 371 is 37.1 deg N, 1221 is 122.1 deg W. Use the appropriate latitude
and longitude for your station location. A sample CFG file is included for
your reference. Use TED or any ascii editor to modify the HAMBASE.CFG
file.
Place the file ZLL.DAT in the same directory as your HBCOUNTY.A file.
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3.04
Fixed QSL manager display when manager not found
3.03
Fixed DOS 6 bug "insert disk c:"
3.02
Zip code export for a range of zip codes. You can now enter a range
of zip codes in the filter for data export or filter on File Input.
ZIP 98000-98200 export all codes included in the range.
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Questions and Answers
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This section contains the most common questions and their answers.
In some cases, it is useful to read the EXPERT.DOC file on this
disk to better understand what is going on.
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Q. I can't get the Lookup County option to change from Y to N?
A. Use PgUp, PgDn or the space bar. Press F1 when you get stuck
like this, the answer is there.
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Q. I exported some calls to the Screen in Window format and nothing
is happening. I see a menu, but no window.
A. Press the space bar to see the Next Call.
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Q. I am trying to export all the hams in MARIN county California.
My disk is running, but nothing is coming up on my screen. I
don't know if I'm doing it right.
A. County lookup slows the search down considerably. We are talking
hours and hours for this kind of export. If you need to use
county in your filtered export, use a RAM disk as discussed in
EXPERT.DOC?
Before trying a search of this scale, make sure you have worked
out how to do it by looking for some calls that come up quickly.
Search for zip code 63109, or KS state, etc.
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Q. I have entered my novice callsign, which shows up on the screen.
Now I have my extra class call. How do I change the one on the
screen?
A. Edit the HAMBASE.CFG file with EDIT or TED. Change the line
OWNER=KF6HGI to OWNER=AC6GD
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Q. Why are there only a few silent keys showing up at the beginning
of the file in BROWSE NAMES? Shouldn't there be more?
A. A few are entered without a name, so they are at the beginning
of the list. Most show up under their name.
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Q. I get the message "File date does not match index date" when I
try to BROWSE by NAME. What does this mean.
A. If the date of your data file HAMBASE.A... or CANADA.A... is changed
by a copy program or some other program, HamBase will refuse to browse
by name. This was designed to prevent you from indexing into the file
with the wrong index which would probably cause the computer to crash.
If you are sure that the file is correct, but the date is wrong, you
can correct the date with the SETFDATE.COM utility we have provided.
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Q. When merging the data sets, I get a message asking me to insert
HAMBASE.Q, but my disks only go to HAMBASE.P. What's wrong?
A. An error has occurred reading one of your data files resulting
in the installation program expecting more bytes. Perhaps you
inserted an incorrect disk, or perhaps the disk contains a data
error. Either way, the new data will not be perfect, and BROWSE
NAMES will not work. Try and load the data again. Look at the
file sizes on the disks to see if you can identify a problem. Try
copying the data to another diskette or the hard drive. We have
a limited number of old data disks left, but after they are gone,
it will be necessary to purchase a full data set. We will credit
you for the unused UPDATE.
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Q. I am using DXBase ( or some other logging program ), and I get an
"out of memory" error when I try to look something up in the new
HamBase. This didn't happen before...
HamBase 3.x requires more memory than version 2.x did. When the
next release of DXBase is shipped, it will give HamBase enough
memory to operate. In the meantime, you can use one of several
utilities available to provide more memory to programs when they
swap. We recommend a utility called SHROOM. It is shareware and
can be found on the Mountain Retreat BBS. (408) 335-4595. The
latest version at this time is SHROOM2A.EXE, but that could change
at any time. The author maintains the latest version on CompuServe
GO IBMSYS Library 3 at all times.
The other solution is to use one of the older versions of HamBase
such as 2.62 which is on the Program Disk. It is not as pretty,
and won't look up calls in the NEW file, but it will find everything
else, and takes less memory to run.
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Q. When I use HBPopUp it says that it is version 2.x, and does not
have the browse features, etc. Is there a 3.0 version of the TSR?
A. The latest version of HBPopUp is version 2. It will look up the
latest data in the HAMBASE and UPDATE files. It will also look in
the HBTEXT files, but won't search the HBNEW file, and does not
include the new features of HamBase 3.0. We considered making
a new version of the TSR, but decided that it would just take too
much memory to be practical. Most TSR users only want to use the
simple callsign lookup feature anyway. If you want to have HamBase 3.0
available as a TSR, you can use DesqView to switch between multiple
applications. You can also use programs like LiteSwitch to make any
program into a TSR. LiteSwitch is available from Solution Design
404 539-0024. Check with them for current prices.
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