I just received an email from the DXCC desk stating that the correct number for N. Korea is 344. The 433 on the ADIF page seems to be an error.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Chasey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 7:23 AM Subject: [Dxbase] RE: Dxbase Digest, Vol 5, Issue 19 > > > Hi Bill, > > That's the problem, the LOTW is sending Country Code 344, but according to > DXBase2005 (Tools -> Database Access -> Country Prefixes) P5 should be > Country Code 433. Joe (WA6AXE) pointed me to > http://www.hosenose.com/adif/adif.html for the official ADIF Specs, and it > also says that P5 should be 433. Google searches for "ADIF specification" > also point to places that show it to be 433. I can't find anything except > the LOTW download that shows P5 being 344. Searching for 344 also finds > nothing. Unless the DXbase database and the on-line ADIF specs are out > of date, I think the ARRL is sending the wrong code for P5 North Korea. > > Thanks for checking and let me know if I'm missing something! > > By the way, I get the digest form of the reflector, so if you reply please > cc: me on the reply so that I see it quicker! > > Thanks! > > ....Dave - N9FN - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 05:56:59 -0500 > From: "FireBrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] LOTW Error on P5/4L4FN > To: "DXBase List" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Interesting Dave. > I went to my LoTW, did a search on P5/4l4fn and brought up my qsls for this > country > > They all said under the Worked Station part > DXCC DRPK (NORHT KOREA) (344) > CQ ZONE 25 > ITU ZONE 44 > ETC. > > > I just redownloaded my lotwreport.adi and found that P5/4L4FN does indeed > have the proper > .adi country code of 344. > > > I can't imagine why your .adi and mine would be different. > Unless, you downloaded yours first, a long time ago, and he since corrected > the error. > > > Only other guess is a glitch while downloading, but the CRC should have > picked that up. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Chasey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 11:07 PM > Subject: [Dxbase] LOTW Error on P5/4L4FN > > >> >> >> After importing LOTW records my total's dropped by one. After tracking > it >> down I discovered that P5/4L4FN was sending a DXCC country code of 344 but >> it should have been 433. Looks like someone was dyslexic! If anyone >> notices their stats drop after an import, that would be one place to > check. >> >> 73....Dave -- N9FN >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Dxbase mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] >
