[Dxspider-support] Country file vs show heading results

John Spigel w1an.dxusa at gmail.com
Thu Nov 17 19:08:01 GMT 2022


Jim, Sorry! Just noticed my typo. Example was for K7DWJ not K8DWJ. 
Problem persists and is seen on other nodes. Heading to KH6 works on 
N1MM with latest wl_cty.dat loaded. On node sh/usdb shows both in KH6.
> 73, John W1AN
>
> On 17-Nov-22 16:00, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 3:53 PM John W1AN wrote:
>>
>>> I would expect that the results for calls in the country files that
>>> include both K8DWJ and W8EBR in KH6, for example, would result in a KH6
>>> heading. The results are inconsistent. Did I break something?
>>>
>>> My several year old version of dxspider did show a KH6 heading for 
>>> K7DWJ
>>> after the recent cty/wpxloc update but prior to the usdb update. I 
>>> don't
>>> understand the lookup path that wins in the heading game. Maybe the
>>> prefixes win when all else fails. Or possibly the update order?
>>>
>>> Running V 1.57 B442 show headings different for these "KH6" calls.
>>> Any suggestions or does everyone see similar results?
>> W8EBR is currently listed in Hawaii per QRZ (effective 25-Oct-2022),
>> K8DWJ is not (and as far as I know, has never been there). W8EBR is
>> not an active contester, so he's not included in the country files at
>> this time.
>>
>




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