[Dxspider-support] DXCC entity numbers

[Dirk Koopman]

When I started in 1997, the only source of country data was from AK1A 
Packet Cluster software. DXSpider was, after all, written to be a modern 
replacement for AK1A that ran on more (modern) operating systems than 
DOS with two floppy disks.  It is possible that other sources were 
available but I was not (made?) aware of them.

So wpxloc.raw was the choice. It has a unique key (the country number) 
and entries that were additive. That is, new countries are added with 
new numbers (unique keys), and old countries are retained which allows 
people (that have an interest in this) to analyse this (probably unique) 
archive of spots. See: DXSpider Spot archive 
<cid:part1.4Sdc29Z3.swy4Ep8h at tobit.co.uk>

I'm sorry I am using the "wrong" number, but it *is* the one I chose 27 
1/2 years ago. I realise it appears that it was "not invented here" and 
therefore could be ignored whilst ARRL, DXCC and CTY came along and 
invented new ones, but I am now stuck with it. Fortunately Jim AD1C 
understands my predicament and assiduously adds new country numbers, 
where necessary, to allow me to maintain the historical spot database 
whilst all the other products change the meaning of their country 
numbers as old or renamed countries fall away.

I am _/incredibly/_ grateful to Jim for doing this for me and, by 
extension, for*_you_*.

In the meantime Jim and I are starting to have a discussion about 
(maybe) putting together something that might allow users that insist on 
using (for instance) numeric 'dxcc' numbers, rather than alphanumeric 
prefixes, to get the answer that they are looking for rather than some 
random old data.

73 Dirk G1TLH


On 26/05/2025 21:45, Christopher Schlegel via Dxspider-support wrote:
> The numbers that DXS currently uses come from the wpxloc.raw file. You 
> can find that in /spider/local_data or on Jim's, AD1C, website at 
> https://www.country-files.com/dx-cluster/dx-spider/.
>
> Chris, WI3W
>
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> *From:* Dxspider-support <dxspider-support-bounces at tobit.co.uk> on 
> behalf of Jeff VK4SE via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
> *Sent:* Monday, May 26, 2025 4:26:10 PM
> *To:* Dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk <Dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
> *Cc:* Jeff VK4SE <jeff.vk4se at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Dxspider-support] DXCC entity numbers
> Thank you, Keith. That was my assumption so far. Can anyone elaborate 
> on where this list can be viewed?
>
> 73 de Jeff VK4SE
>
> From: Jeff VK4SE <jeff.vk4se at gmail.com>
> To: dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Sun, 25 May 2025 12:53:14 +1000
> Subject: [Dxspider-support] DXCC entity numbers
> Hi all.  I was just reviewing the data in a new MySql instance I have 
> recording spots, and noticed that the dxcc numbers for the spot and 
> spotter don't seem to match data in the cty.dat file.  I am running 
> v1.57 build 633 and recently updated th cty.dat file.  Appreciate any 
> insight.
>
> 73 de Jeff VK4SE
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Keith, G6NHU" <g6nhu at me.com>
> To: The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Sun, 25 May 2025 09:19:13 +0100
> Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] DXCC entity numbers
> Is this because dxspider uses its own country numbers that are not the 
> same as DXCC entity number?
>
> For example, G is 61, DXCC entity number for G is 223
> The spider number for VK is 198 and the DXCC entity number is 150
>
> 73 Keith.
>
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