<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hello Joe,<div><br></div><div>Yes, I understand the reason for them when it comes to logging software but that still doesn’t explain why they need to be updated on a dxspider node. A logbook will read that info from its own local copy of the cty file. </div><div><br></div><div>How does dxspider use these files?</div><div><br></div><div>73 Keith G6NHU</div><div><br><div dir="ltr">—<div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 2 Jan 2023, at 22:24, JOSEPH REED <joe@n9jr.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Not a dumb question. They are used to identify what DXCC entity, CQ and ITQ zone a station is in. They allow for accurate logging so if you upload a LoTW contact it is for the correct entity. Today I worked W6W which intuitively you would think it was California, but it was actually Hawaii and my logging program recorded it as KH6.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If they are old you may not get the results you are expecting.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">73,</div><div class="">Joe N9JR<br class=""><div> <br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 2, 2023, at 3:12 PM, Keith Maton via Dxspider-support <<a href="mailto:dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk" class="">dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">This may sound like a really dumb question but it only occurred to me earlier today and this is after running a cluster for years.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">What exactly are <b class="">cty.dat</b> and <b class="">wpxloc.raw</b> used for in the context of the dxspider?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I know they’re important, it’s a big thing to keep them updated and I have scripts running not only on my node but also on my main logging computer for Fldigi and Aether so that they’re always up to date. I know why they’re using them.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But why? How does dxspider use these files? What are the implications if they’re old?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My dad always told me that if you want to know something, it’s always better to ask than remain quiet.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">73 Keith.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">Dxspider-support mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk" class="">Dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a><br class="">https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>