[Dxspider-support] CTY-2115 Country Files - 04 November 2011

[Jan PA4JJ]

When I do a sh/h version I get the following:
VERSION Spratly-Is 61 degrees - dst. 6874 mi, 11064 km Reciprocal 
heading 327 degs

73
Jan
PA4JJ

Op 4-11-2011 15:19, Jim Reisert AD1C schreef:
> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 2:27 AM, ON6HH Roland Huysentruyt<on6hh at ktk.be>  wrote:
>
>> sh/h version give following result :
>>
>> ON6HH de ON0DXK-5  4-Nov-2011 0822Z dxspider>
>> sh/h version
>> VERSION 22-Jul-2011: 184 degs - dist: 3518 mi, 5662 km Reciprocal heading: 3 degs
>> ON6HH de ON0DXK-5  4-Nov-2011 0822Z dxspider>
>
> I saw the same thing.  There is a VERSION callsign in the WPXLOC.RAW
> file which seems to over-ride the one in the CTY.DAT county file (it's
> at 0 deg latitude, 0 deg longitude).  I thought the callsign mapping
> in CTY.DAT would always win.  I'm copying Dirk.
>
> You can fix this by editing spider/data/wpxloc.raw and removing this line:
>
>   VERSION 22-Jul-2011                                   358  0  0
> 0.00  0  0  0 N   0  0  0 E
>
> Then follow the instructions as if you are updating CTY.DAT.  If you
> did it right, "SH/H VERSION" should say "French Guiana, FY"
>
> Dirk, did something change in this area, or has DX Spider always done this?
>
> - Jim
>