[Dxspider-support] Country prefixes

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

I just checked the last files(s) that were released, CTY.DAT in Feb
2013 and WPCLOC.RAW in Sept 2003.

Cuba:                     08:  11:  NA:   21.50:    80.00:     5.0:  CM:
CO Cuba-CO                                             20 11  8   5.00
21 30  0 N  80  0  0 W @

Amsterdam & St. Paul Is.: 39:  68:  AF:  -37.85:   -77.53:    -5.0:  FT/z:
FT/Z Amsterdam-St-Paul-FT/Z                            58 68 39  -5.00
37  0  0 S  77 36  0 E @

Hong Kong:                24:  44:  AS:   22.28:  -114.18:    -8.0:  VR:
VS Hong-Kong-VS                                       218 44 24  -8.00
22 30  0 N 114  0  0 E @

Macao:                    24:  44:  AS:   22.10:  -113.50:    -8.0:  XX9:
XX Macau-XX                                           233 44 24  -8.00
22  0  0 N 114  0  0 E @

Alaska:                   01:  01:  NA:   63.87:   153.78:     8.0:  KL:
KL7 AK-Alaska-KL7                                     117  1  1  10.00
61 12  0 N 150  0  0 W * @

ITU HQ:                   14:  28:  EU:   46.17:    -6.05:    -1.0:  4U1I:
4U1I I.T.U.-Geneva-4U/I                               283 28 14  -1.00
46 12  0 N   6 12  0 E @

Uzbekistan:               17:  30:  AS:   41.40:   -63.97:    -5.0:  UK:
UJ Uzbekistan-UJ                                      189 30 17  -5.00
40  0  0 N  64  0  0 E @

In each pair, first one is CTY.DAT second one is WPXLOC.RAW

I don't know why Amsterdam mismatches, other than one has lower-case
in it.  But that's true of others also.

I agree that the rest are broken.  I thought I had fixed these, but
either I didn't, or they reverted to something else after the fix.  Or
I hand-edited a file and sent it to Laurie, but never updated them in
my database.

Anyway, the process to build the existing WPXLOC.RAW file that (most
everyone) has is convoluted and stupid.  The new process is much more
streamlined, and uses all the same data, so there should be no
mismatches.

*** Laurie, are you willing to try the new file?

- Jim

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Laurie, VK3AMA <_vk3ama_ at vkdxer.net> wrote:

> There is a problem with the wpxloc.raw file in that several of the Entities
> use a prefix that is no longer compatible with the cty.dat file.
>
> I notice this when connected to my DXSpider node using ARUser. The CC11
> messages received have the incorrect (old?) prefix resulting in no display
> of the Country name.
>
> Some recent changes I have made....
>>
>> Name, wpxloc prefix -> cty.dat prefix
>> Cuba, CO -> CM
>> Amsterdam Is, FT8Z -> FT/Z
>> Hong Kong, VS -> VR
>> Macao, XX -> XX9
>> Alaska, KL7 -> KL
>> ITU, 4U/I -> 4U1I
>> Uzbekistan, UJ -> UK
>>
> I have been manually updating my wpxloc.raw file whenever I notice the
> missing Entity name in ARUser. I have been intending to sit down one day and
> check each entity in wpxloc.raw and correct all the errors and post a
> correction to this list, but haven't found the time.
>
> de Laurie VK3AMA

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