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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> I don’t have the old files on the system currently, but it really can’t be all that much I don’t believe. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Here are the sizes of the files currently loaded:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>-rw-r--r-- 1 sysop spider 199149 Aug 16 14:14 cty.dat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>-rw-r--r-- 1 sysop spider 227782 Jul 27 2013 wpxloc.dat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>-rw-r--r-- 1 sysop spider 549799 Aug 4 21:49 wpxloc.raw<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>So you’re talking about a meg of space in total on the above, which you can compare to the others if you have them loaded.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>73’s..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>---<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Howard Leadmon – </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:howard@leadmon.net"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>WB3FFV</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Dxspider-support [mailto:dxspider-support-bounces@dxcluster.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Carper, Ph.D.<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 17, 2016 10:47 AM<br><b>To:</b> The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support@dxcluster.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Dxspider-support] Does updating DXSpider over-write pre-existing CTY files?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>What's the difference in file storage needed for either?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Howard Leadmon <<a href="mailto:howard@leadmon.net" target="_blank">howard@leadmon.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal> I tried it here as well, and it says it loaded in without error. I only<br>saw the zip version of the file, so extracted it from that, so assume that<br>was the correct approach.<br><br>73's..<br><br>---<br>Howard Leadmon - WB3FFV<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: Dxspider-support [mailto:<a href="mailto:dxspider-support-bounces@dxcluster.org">dxspider-support-bounces@dxcluster.org</a>]<br>> On Behalf Of Dirk Koopman<br>> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 1:58 PM<br>> To: The DXSpider Support list <<a href="mailto:dxspider-support@dxcluster.org">dxspider-support@dxcluster.org</a>><br>> Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] Does updating DXSpider over-write pre-<br>> existing CTY files?<br>><br>> It appears to. I could start distributing that rather than the smaller one.<br>><br>> Dirk G1TLH<br>><br>> On 16/08/16 17:39, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:<br>> > On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Dirk Koopman wrote:<br>> ><br>> >> Also, while cty has some specific info on individual callsigns of<br>> >> interest, these are pruned regularly and so it may be that the<br>> >> historical record contained in the spots can't be matched up with the<br>> >> current cty data. Indeed there are countries and/or in my spot<br>> >> records going back to 1997 that don't exist any more.<br>> > Has anyone tried using the "big" cty.dat with DX Spider?<br>> ><br>> > <a href="http://www.country-files.com/big-cty/" target="_blank">http://www.country-files.com/big-cty/</a><br>> ><br>> > This might help with those expired callsigns. The callsign data goes<br>> > back to 2000, though my original intent was to only be current for the<br>> > last 10 years, to try to keep the size of the file manageable.<br>> ><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Dxspider-support mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Dxspider-support@dxcluster.org">Dxspider-support@dxcluster.org</a><br>> <a href="http://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support" target="_blank">http://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support</a><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Dxspider-support mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Dxspider-support@dxcluster.org">Dxspider-support@dxcluster.org</a><br><a href="http://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support" target="_blank">http://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>