Not quite correct Jack. There are no counties in Alaska. The Alaska Statehood Act specifically prohibited the creation of counties in Alaska. This is because of lobbying pressure by mining, fishing and logging interests at the time who did not want the feds to allow counties, which would have taxing capabilities. In response, SOME areas of the state have incorporated into boroughs rather than counties. However, not all areas of the state have incorporated into boroughs because they too have taxing capability. Bush Alaska, where native Alaskans live a subsistence lifestyle and are typically cash poor, doesn't want a local government that can levy taxes on them either.
>From an amateur radio stand point this makes 'county' designations a problem, as vast areas of the state have no 'county'. That is why there are geographic regions instead. These regions correspond to the four Districts of the Alaska State Judicial System, which do cover all areas of the state, even out to the far reaches of the Aleutians. The state legislature has tried on numerous occasions to mandate formation of boroughs throughout the state, but they haven't been successful yet - and probably never will! Les, KL7J, has more information about the Judicial Districts and the corresponding regions of the state, as well as a map showing the judicial boundaries at his web site: http://www.qsl.net/kl7j/county.htm. 73, Gary AL9A ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bill Parry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Rod Greene'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Joseph Glockner'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'DXBase Reflector'" <[email protected]> Sent: January 26, 2008 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Update to the LoTW Stats by Year report is nowposted-Joe wa6axe > yep, however with Alaska seems the county hunters award and the State of > Alaska are out of sync. The county hunters go by regions ( not counties ) > and the State of Alaska assigns county names. > > It's like just about everything associated with Amateur radio... there are > no standards for just about anything in ham radio.... go figure.... > > Cheers, > Jack > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Parry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Jack'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Rod Greene'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > "'Joseph Glockner'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "'DXBase Reflector'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 4:28 PM > Subject: RE: [Dxbase] Update to the LoTW Stats by Year report is now > posted-Joe wa6axe > > >>I notice that sometimes I get the same warning for Alaska contacts. Is it >> the same thing? >> >> Bill, W5VX >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of Jack >> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 1:34 PM >> To: Rod Greene; Joseph Glockner >> Cc: DXBase Reflector >> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Update to the LoTW Stats by Year report is now >> posted-Joe wa6axe >> >> Rod, >> >> The short answer is "ignore" it. Unfortunately, there are a number of >> programs out there that violate ADIF standards by putting so-called >> "State" >> info into the ADIF field that is designated for USA states. As a result, >> you can get these warning messages because DXbase will not allow non-us >> state info into the DXbase State field. Additionally, a lot of folks >> mis-spell their county info and once again, DXbase will not allow >> mis-spelled county names into its database. >> >> Regards, >> Jack >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Rod Greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Joseph Glockner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Cc: "DXBase Reflector" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 12:44 PM >> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Update to the LoTW Stats by Year report is now >> posted -Joe wa6axe >> >> >>> Having recently uploaded all my QSO records to LoTW, and >>> downloaded the QSL Report I wanted to update my DXB2007 >>> data with the confirmed information. When I run the ADIF LoTW >>> import in the test mode, it shows that many of the VE's have a >>> "State" information warning and many of the US records have a >>> "County" warning. >>> >>> Is this correct? I would presume the data coming from ARRL's >>> LoTW ADIF file would be the correct ADIF format? Is this an >>> ADIF ver 1 spec vs. ver 2 spec problem? Should I ignore it >>> even though it would be nice to have the County info recorded. >>> >>> Thanks, Rod w7zrc >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 1/15/08, Joseph Glockner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> > To all: >>>> > >>>> > For those who downloaded the LoTW Stats by Year report, >>>> > I have posted an updated version that corrects the >>>> > "Division by Zero" error that some users are seeing. >>>> > >>>> > The updated version is at: >>>> > >>>> > http://www.navycthistory.com/wa6axe/lotwstatsbyyear.zip >>>> > <http://www.navycthistory.com/wa6axe/lotwstatsbyyear.zip> >>>> > >>>> > FYI - this report is looking at the QSLS column of your >>>> > DXbase logbook (to see whether the QSOs was "sent" to >>>> > LoTW) - and - is also looking at the CFM column (to >>>> > see whether the QSOs was "confirmed" via LoTW). >>>> > >>>> > If you do not have the QSLS column or CFM column of >>>> > your logbook indicating the LoTW actions - then this >>>> > report will not be useful to you. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > 73 Joe wa6axe >>>> > >>>> > ______________________________________________________________ >>>> > Dxbase mailing list >>>> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >>>> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>>> > Post: mailto:[email protected] >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Rod Greene, W7ZRC >>>> 3560 N. 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