[NA-User] Callsign Database Feature

[David A. Pruett]

At 09:16 AM 11/1/04 -0500, Ron Wetjen wrote:
>When using the Callsign Database, is there a "wildcard" key to use to 
>check calls?  What I mean is, if you're missing one letter of a call, can 
>you enter something like a  ?  (WD4?HZ) and have that pull up the Callsign 
>Database with possible choices  (WD4AHZ)?

No, there is no wildcard key.  Implementing such a feature would slow down 
the searches, perhaps significantly, because each call pulled from the 
database would have to have the wildcard applied before a comparison was made.

I have mixed feelings about such a feature.  In all the contesting I've 
done with call databases, only once or twice have I felt the need for a 
wildcard.  Usually, if I get in the scenario Ron describes, "WD4" gets the 
window whittled down enough so I can figure out what's going on.

Dave/K8CC