[Dxspider-support] IMPORTANT: WPXLOC.RAW updated 3 March 2009

[Dirk Koopman G1TLH]

Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I've made an important update to WPXLOC.RAW for all DX Spider nodes.
> All sysops should update using this file and the latest CTY.DAT.
> Until Dirk checks new files into the CVS repository, you should
> download and install the latest files from here:
> 
>     http://www.country-files.com/wpxloc/release.htm
>     http://www.country-files.com/cty/index.htm#Spider
> 
> Extract both CTY.DAT and WPXLOC.RAW to your spider/data directory. Run
> spider/perl/create_prefix.pl. Then log into the cluster as
> administrator and type "load/prefix"
> 
> Detailed release notes for WPXLOC.RAW can be found here:
> 
>     http://www.country-files.com/wpxloc/release.htm
> 
> Why is this update so important?  Many spots have been mis-identified
> when the entity prefix is NOT unique.  This includes the prefixes E5,
> HK0, JD1, VK9 and VP8.  DX Spider always picks the first entry in the
> WPXLOC.RAW file, whether it's the more-common (more-likely) entity
> (i.e. HK0/San Andres) or the the less-common (less-likely) entity
> (HK0/Malpelo). In most all cases, callsigns in the rarer entity are
> already listed in CTY.DAT, so those won't be adversely affected by
> this change.
> 
> The change is to WPXLOC.RAW, but it's a good opportunity to update
> CTY.DAT at the same time, since it's little extra work.
> 
> Thanks & 73 - Jim AD1C
> 

This is now incorporated and available in CVS / git. If you are up to 
date for previous updates, then all you need to do is update and do a 
'load/prefix'.

Dirk