A few years ago, this issue came up and it was settled then by someone who consulted with the ARRL DXCC desk and they indicated they preferred to have KC4 rather than CE9 because the majority of the stations in Antartica use a KC4xxx callsign. So, the primary prefix designation was changed in DXbase to KC4.
Courtney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamie WW3S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'DXBase List'" <[email protected]>; "FireBrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 10:28 PM Subject: Re: [DXBase] Re: Question about Prefix designation > Actually the DXCC list does use CE9 as Antartica. If you are going to remap > the prefix to the call, why not just remap the call as given (RW1AI/ANT I > think) to CE9? > > 73 Jamie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "FireBrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Al Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "RM" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Charles Johnston'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'DXBase List'" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 10:22 PM > Subject: Re: [DXBase] Re: Question about Prefix designation > > > > I don't think DXBase offers the CE9 prefix as one of it's choices although > > it was a common Antarctic callsign. > > But if you check the ARRL DXCC list of entities, they now use KC4 to > > designate Antarctica. > > That's why you only find KC4 and not CE9 in the Prefix Field of DXB. > > > > I double checked my ARRL entity list and it doesn't use CE9 as Antarctica. > > > > Now it is possible that some of the old callsign/aliases supplied in the > DXB > > callsign database are mapped so CE9 relates to Antarctica although a check > > of my callsign/mapping didn't come up with any. > > > > > > A lot of what will work depends on these old callsigns and what they were > > mapped to upon entering or importing. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Al Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "FireBrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; " > > RM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Charles Johnston'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'DXBase > > List'" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 9:04 PM > > Subject: Re: [DXBase] Re: Question about Prefix designation > > > > > > > Use /CE9 and it will work. > > > > > > > > > At 08:46 PM 4/6/02 -0600, FireBrick wrote: > > > >Tom > > > >If you entered the call RW1AI/KC4 you still have to go to the Prefix > > field > > > >click on it, and scroll till you get to KC4 AND SELECT THAT. > > > >when you hit enter you will get a popup that asks if you want to map > that > > > >particular callsign to the KC4 prefix. > > > >Say yes. > > > > > > > >This will only work for that particular callsign, > > > >DXBase has to work this way so you do not inadvertently assign a > callsign > > to > > > >a incorrect entity. > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >To: "FireBrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "RM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Charles > > > >Johnston'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'DXBase List'" > > <[email protected]> > > > >Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 8:39 PM > > > >Subject: Re: [DXBase] Re: Question about Prefix designation > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi: > > > > > > > > > > I just used your suggestion to use/KC4. Now DXbase sets the WPX to > KC4 > > and > > > >in the Summary window > > > > > it says he is in the United States!!!! > > > > > > > > > > It doesn't look like there is a good way to enter this into DXbase > and > > get > > > >the correct answer. > > > > > > > > > > I probably shouldn't have tried to work him!!!!!! > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > Tom, N0YD "Yankee Doodle" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- FireBrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > AN is a prefix for Spain. The AN prefix is frequently used for a > > contest > > > >or > > > > > > special event callsign. > > > > > > DXB interpreted it correctly. > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually the /ANT doesn't conform to normal designations as the > > operator > > > > > > should have used one of the normal prefixes such as KC4 (which is > > the > > > >DXBase > > > > > > and ARRL prefix for Antarctica) > > > > > > > > > > > > I would handle this by entering the call RW1AI/KC4 and using Notes > > to > > > > > > indicate the call he used and the fact that it was Antarctica. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > To: "RM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Charles Johnston'" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > > > > > "'FireBrick'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'DXBase List'" > > > ><[email protected]> > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 8:12 PM > > > > > > Subject: Question about Prefix designation > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi to all: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I just worked a Russian station in Antartica who said his > callsign > > was > > > > > > RW1AI/ANT > > > > > > > So I entered what he said was his callsign into my QSO log in > > DXbase. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > DXbase logged the WPX as ANT0 and in the Summary window it says > > this > > > > > > station is in Spain. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I looked in the Country database and can't seem to find the WPX > > ANT0. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can anyone explain what's going on here? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tom, N0YD "Yankee Doodle" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > > > Yahoo! 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