Hmmm. I'll pass all your thoughts along to the developers so that they can take a look at the possible options in the future. Keeping a master db for a non contest program isn't the same as doing it for a contest program however. For contest purposes, you don't have things like deleted countries, callsigns used in different countries, prefix and country changes over the years, etc... but maybe there are some possibilities.
Thanks, Courtney ----- Original Message ----- From: "George & Tammy Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:39 AM Subject: Re: [DXBase] More Prefix/Country mapping questions... > Thanks Courtney for your response... > > You are correct, updating my prefix database was quite easy > as a "one off" operation. I am somewhat concerned about > ongoing "drift" of the accuracy of my database however, > I have to admit, I only look at the reflector when I have > a question I need an answer for. I don't really "monitor" > the reflector so I am concerned I will likely miss any > prefix mapping announcements... > > How do I get global updates to the master list? Is this only > with each annual update of DXBASE? > > Thanks for your response! > George - ku3o > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "George & Tammy Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:07 AM > Subject: Re: [DXBase] More Prefix/Country mapping questions... > > > > George, > > > > Most folks who discover a callsign that does not map properly, mention it > > here on the reflector and folks update their own personal prefix mapping > > tables. At Scientific Solutions, we watch for these postings and update > our > > master list as well. It is rare that DXbase does not recognize one, but > it > > does happen when new callsigns show up for those countries where the same > > prefix can be used in several different DXCC countries such as the CE0 > > group, ZK, and JD locations. > > > > As you now know, updating the prefix database in DXbase is pretty simple. > > > > Regards, > > Courtney > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "George & Tammy Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:37 AM > > Subject: [DXBase] More Prefix/Country mapping questions... > > > > > > > Thanks to all who responded, I was able to get > > > CA0YAM to be mapped to Easter Island... > > > (which is normally CE0Y) > > > > > > The second half of my question didn't get answered... > > > > > > Is this mapping something that I always have to be > > > responsible for, or is there a current, "master", > > > country database of sorts that can be downloaded > > > and placed in my DXBASE directory. I am wondering > > > how many other callsigns I have in my huge log which > > > are incorrectly mapped... > > > > > > What do other users do? How do you manage the > > > various country mapping/prefix mapping changes. > > > > > > Perhaps I have more DXCC entities than I think! > > > > > > Thanks for your input, > > > George - ku3o > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: George A. Perkins [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2002 07:03 > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: [DXBase] Adding a country prefix > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, is this something I have to do every time there > > > > is a country prefix change or is there a master database > > > > that is kept (kinda like CTY.DAT for contest software) > > > > that I can just download and place in my DXBASE > > > > directory and be up to date? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > George - ku3o > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >
