[Dxspider-support] CTY-2215 Country Files - 18 September 2012 - CTY.DAT & WPXLOC INCONSISTENCIES

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

This is a new one on me.  Thanks for bringing it up.  I'll see if I
can update WPXLOC again and get you a new copy to try.

- Jim

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Laurie, VK3AMA <vk3ama at vkdxer.net> wrote:

> I have noted, for several months now, that for some Entities the Primary
> Prefix used in cty.dat doesn't match the Primary Prefix used in wpxloc.raw
> This results in CC11 spots from my spider node having the wrong prefix
> resulting in VE7CC CC-User program, which uses the same cty.dat, displaying
> spots with no country name.
>
> I just compared the two files, (ignoring some Entity name differences), with
> the following Primary Prefix errors noted...
>>
>> Entity           wpxloc.raw    cty.dat
>> ---------------------------------------
>> Fiji              3D2/F         3D2
>> I.T.U.-Geneva     4U/I          4U1I
>> Cuba              CO            CM
>> Crozet            FT8W          FT5W
>> Kerguelen         FT8X          FT5X
>> Amsterdam-St-Paul FT8Z          FT5Z
>> Alaska            KL7           KL
>> Uzbekistan        UJ            UK
>> Heard-Is          VK0/H         VK0H
>> Macquarie-Is      VK0/M         VK0M
>> Cocos-Keeling     VK9/Y         VK9C
>> Lord-Howe-Is      VK9/L         VK9L
>> Mellish-Reef      VK9/Z         VK9M
>> Norfolk-Is        VK9/N         VK9N
>> Willis-Is         VK9/W         VK9W
>> Christmas-Is      VK9/X         VK9X
>> Falkland-Is       VP8/F         VP8
>> Hong-Kong         VS            VR
>> Andaman-Is        VU7/A         VU4
>> Laccadive-Is      VU7/L         VU7
>> Macau             XX            XX9

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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us