Radio Scanning Database - PortaBase

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From the PortaBase Website: https://portabase.sourceforge.net

"PortaBase (portable database) is a program for conveniently managing one-table database files. It is available for many platforms, including Linux, Mac OS X (Tiger and up), Windows (XP and up), Maemo (Diablo and Fremantle), and the Pandora handheld PC. Notable features include:

• String, Integer, Decimal, Boolean, Note (multi-line text), Date, Time, Calculation, Sequence, Image, and Enum column types
• Add, edit, and delete rows of data
• Custom data views (subsets of the columns in any order)
• Filter the displayed rows using sets of conditions
• Sort the rows by any combination of columns, each in ascending or descending order
• Optional page navigation buttons, with custom number of rows per page
• Add, delete, rearrange, and rename columns at any time
• Specify default values for columns
• View summary statistics for columns (total, average, min, max, etc.)
• Import data from CSV, XML, and MobileDB files
• Export data to CSV, HTML, and XML files
• Command-line format conversions (to and from XML, to and from CSV, from MobileDB, to HTML)
• Data file encryption
• Unicode support
• Pick any available font to use throughout the application (except on Mac OS X)
• User-specified alternating row background colors (except on Fremantle)
• Simple calculator widget for entering numeric data

PortaBase is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL)."

I have prepared a short video, which shows how I use PortaBase for my needs of radio scanning related data storage, including both frequency / user related information and also event / logging related data. I have managed to do this using a single database.

Link to demo video - https://launcestonradiomonitoring.blogspot.com/2024/10/radio-scanning-database-portabase.html​