[Dxspider-support] DXCC entity numbers

[Jeff VK4SE]

Hi Dirk , don’t be sorry - it is what you used.  I had little trouble
integrating it into the dashboard I am building once I was pointed in the
right direction!  I appreciate the effort applied to maintain the spider
and data sources 😊

On Wed, 28 May 2025 at 01:08, Dirk Koopman via Dxspider-support <
dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:

> 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
> <https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=565cf4e2a1&attid=0.0.1.1&th=19712497ed917f3b&view=att&disp=emb&zw>
>
> 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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> <dxspider-support-bounces at tobit.co.uk> on behalf of Jeff VK4SE via
> Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
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> *To:* Dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk <Dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
> <Dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
> *Cc:* Jeff VK4SE <jeff.vk4se at gmail.com> <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:
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> 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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