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

[Anthony (N2KI)]

I dont recall. Do I just unzip the wpxloc file into Spider/data to update?
Thanks

Anthony (N2KI)
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On Sep 18, 2012 10:15 PM, "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

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