[Dxspider-support] Clusters changing comments

[Dirk Koopman]

This is utf8 coding. In theory, all non-alpha numeric characters (i.e. 
0-9A-Z [the comment is uppercased for deduping purposes]) are removed 
(and that includes spaces). This code has been in place for a very long 
time - even in the master branch - the relevant lines since 2005. It's 
possible that this could be nailed down further but without buy in from 
other authors it's going to be difficult to fix.

This is why I asked whether it was going to be useful to try to go to utf8.

73 Dirk G1TLH

On 30/03/2024 14:59, Kin via Dxspider-support wrote:
> Hi Lee,
>
> It seems that it is not necessarily CT/EA:
>
> PC11^18158.0^LZ/OP4L^30-Mar-2024^1209Z^Cq.... dipl????me Bafara^OP4L-10^F5LEN-7^H97^~
> PC11^18158.0^LZ/OP4L^30-Mar-2024^1209Z^Cq.... dipl%C3%B4me Bafara ^OP4L-10^F5LEN-7^H2^~
>
> Would have to go to the source node that generated the first spot, but from what I have posted above, it seems that some other node has modified the comments field again.
> I think the coding problem is difficult to solve.
>
> 73 de Kin EA3CV
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Dxspider-support <dxspider-support-bounces at tobit.co.uk> En nombre de Lee Sawkins via Dxspider-support
> Enviado el: viernes, 29 de marzo de 2024 19:59
> Para: The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
> CC: Lee Sawkins <ve7cc at shaw.ca>
> Asunto: [Dxspider-support] Clusters changing comments
>
> For some time I have noticed that somehow the comments are being changed when the spots go around the system.
> Mostly they appear to be in Portuguese or Spanish and have accented letters.
> When they get changed they cause duplicate DX spots with slightly different comments.
> One example today was the following comments, one spot right after the other.
>
> ativação especial
> ativa??o especial
> ativa????o especial
>
> Any ideas on how to stop this?
>
> 73 Lee VE7CC
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