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--></style></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi John,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>It isn’t just M/ (England) as MM/ (Scotland) also comes-up as Germany. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Interestingly MW/ MD/ MI/ MJ/ and MU/ (the other valid UK prefixes) all yield the correct country. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>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).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>73 Phil M0VSE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Dxspider-support <dxspider-support-bounces@tobit.co.uk> on behalf of John Spigel via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk><br><b>Reply to: </b><w1an.dxusa@gmail.com>, The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk><br><b>Date: </b>Saturday, 23 September 2023 at 01:00<br><b>To: </b><dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk><br><b>Cc: </b>John Spigel <w1an.dxusa@gmail.com><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Dxspider-support] Prefix lookup error<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>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.<br>sh/pre 2e/dl5aaa yields England<br>sh/pre M/dl5aaa yields Germany<br>sh/pre M2/dl5aaa yields England<br>sh/pre W/dl5aaa yields USA<br>John, W1AN<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 22-Sep-23 17:04, Danilo Brelih via Dxspider-support wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Leo, DL2COM was active today from Richmond Royal Park National Nature Reserve near London POTA G-0267.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>GL Dan S50U<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>What does that callsign even mean? I am actually wondering why it didn't treat as coming from the UK. <br><br>Dirk<br><br>On 22/09/2023 14:51, Mike G3YPP via Dxspider-support wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Dirk,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Just noticed today a little bug in the prefix lookup.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It showed up with M/DL2COM/P – which displays as federal republic of Germany<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8'>sh/prefix m/dl2com/p</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D'><br><span style='background:#F8F8F8'>M/DL2COM/P CC: 32 IZ: 28 CZ: 14 LL: 51 0 N 10 0 E JO51 (DL, Fed-Rep-of-Germany)</span><br><span style='background:#F8F8F8'>G3YPP de MX0NCA-2 22-Sep-2023 1237Z 2.4481 dxspider ></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8'>Regards</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8'>Mike</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8'>G3YPP</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Dxspider-support mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk">Dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support">https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Dxspider-support mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk">Dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support">https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br><a href="https://s50e.si/gorje.html">Gorje, Cerkno h=604m</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Dxspider-support mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk">Dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support">https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________ Dxspider-support mailing list Dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>