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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">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.<br>
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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: <a
moz-do-not-send="false"
href="cid:part1.4Sdc29Z3.swy4Ep8h@tobit.co.uk">DXSpider Spot
archive</a><br>
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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. <br>
<br>
I am <u><i>incredibly</i></u> grateful to Jim for doing this for
me and, by extension, for<b><u> you</u></b>. <br>
<br>
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.<br>
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73 Dirk G1TLH<br>
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On 26/05/2025 21:45, Christopher Schlegel via Dxspider-support
wrote:<br>
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The numbers that DXS currently uses come from the wpxloc.raw
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"
style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b>
Dxspider-support <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dxspider-support-bounces@tobit.co.uk"><dxspider-support-bounces@tobit.co.uk></a>
on behalf of Jeff VK4SE via Dxspider-support
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 26, 2025 4:26:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk">Dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a>
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<b>Cc:</b> Jeff VK4SE <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jeff.vk4se@gmail.com"><jeff.vk4se@gmail.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Dxspider-support] DXCC entity numbers</font>
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style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Thank you,</span><span
style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Keith.
That was my assumption so far. Can anyone elaborate on
where this list can be viewed?</span></div>
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style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">73 de Jeff
VK4SE</span></div>
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<div class="x_gmail_default"
style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span
style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">From: Jeff
VK4SE <</span><a href="mailto:jeff.vk4se@gmail.com"
target="_blank"
style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">jeff.vk4se@gmail.com</a><span
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">To: </span><a
href="mailto:dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk" target="_blank"
style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a><br
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Cc: </span><br
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Date: Sun,
25 May 2025 12:53:14 +1000</span><br
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Subject: [Dxspider-support]
DXCC entity numbers</span><br
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<div class="x_gmail_default"
style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">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.</div>
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<div class="x_gmail_default"
style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">73 de Jeff VK4SE</div>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">From: "Keith,
G6NHU" <</span><a href="mailto:g6nhu@me.com"
target="_blank"
style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">g6nhu@me.com</a><span
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">To: The
DXSpider Support list <</span><a
href="mailto:dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk" target="_blank"
style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a><span
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Cc: </span><br
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Bcc: </span><br
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Date: Sun,
25 May 2025 09:19:13 +0100</span><br
style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Subject: Re:
[Dxspider-support] DXCC entity numbers</span><br
style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
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<div dir="auto"><span
style="font-family:Arial; font-size:16px">Is this
because dxspider uses its own country numbers that
are not the same as DXCC entity number?</span><span
style="font-size:16px"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:16px"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Arial; font-size:16px">For
example, G is 61, DXCC entity number for G is 223</span><span
style="font-size:16px"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Arial; font-size:16px">The
spider number for VK is 198 and the DXCC entity
number is 150</span><span style="font-size:16px"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:16px"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Arial; font-size:16px">73
Keith.</span></div>
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