[Dxspider-support] Prefix lookup error

[djk]

This is a legacy issue. DXSpider existed before M callsigns were being 
issued and also in a time when people were very lax about whether they 
added their mobile/portable/other country etc callsigns before or after 
their callsigns in spots. Given that, you can see where this is going: 
DXSpider thinks M/DL5AAA is in Germany - mobile.

It needs fixing, but I am not in a place where I am comfortable doing 
it. It will have to wait until next week.

Also, DXSpider has no concept of licence classes. If it is a known 
prefix; in the prefixes file, then DXSpider will apply that prefix to 
the spot in <prefix>/<call> situations. But then there is still the 
confusion where people do <call>/<prefix>(/P) if that prefix happens to 
be M. There is only so much parsing I can do ...

73 Dirk G1TLH

On 23/09/2023 01:21, Phil Taylor M0VSE via Dxspider-support wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>
> It isn’t just M/ (England) as MM/ (Scotland) also comes-up as Germany.
>
> Interestingly MW/ MD/ MI/ MJ/ and MU/ (the other valid UK prefixes) 
> all yield the correct country.
>
> M2/ and 2E/ wouldn’t be valid according to T/R 61-01, but they come up 
> as England as well, as do 2W/ and 2M/ (which are also invalid as the 
> UK has no reciprocal arrangements for Intermediate licenses).
>
> 73 Phil M0VSE
>
> *From: *Dxspider-support <dxspider-support-bounces at tobit.co.uk> on 
> behalf of John Spigel via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
> *Reply to: *<w1an.dxusa at gmail.com>, The DXSpider Support list 
> <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
> *Date: *Saturday, 23 September 2023 at 01:00
> *To: *<dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
> *Cc: *John Spigel <w1an.dxusa at gmail.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [Dxspider-support] Prefix lookup error
>
> Seems this is something to explore in the country files for additional 
> anomalies. Something odd about M alone,You  needs a full prefix, and 
> the #, where W/DL5aaa does not.
> sh/pre 2e/dl5aaa yields England
> sh/pre M/dl5aaa yields Germany
> sh/pre M2/dl5aaa yields England
> sh/pre W/dl5aaa yields USA
> John, W1AN
>
> On 22-Sep-23 17:04, Danilo Brelih via Dxspider-support wrote:
>
>     Leo, DL2COM was active today from Richmond Royal Park National
>     Nature Reserve near London POTA G-0267.
>
>     GL Dan S50U
>
>         What does that callsign even mean? I am actually wondering why
>         it didn't treat as coming from the UK.
>
>         Dirk
>
>         On 22/09/2023 14:51, Mike G3YPP via Dxspider-support wrote:
>
>             Hi Dirk,
>
>             Just noticed today a little bug in the prefix lookup.
>
>             It showed up with M/DL2COM/P – which displays as federal
>             republic of Germany
>
>             sh/prefix m/dl2com/p
>             M/DL2COM/P CC: 32 IZ: 28 CZ: 14 LL: 51 0 N 10 0 E JO51
>             (DL, Fed-Rep-of-Germany)
>             G3YPP de MX0NCA-2 22-Sep-2023 1237Z 2.4481  dxspider >
>
>             Regards
>
>             Mike
>
>             G3YPP
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