Gary, Thanks for the insights. Now I know more about it than I ever thought I would... haha..
Cheers, Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary AL9A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Bill Parry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Rod Greene'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Joseph Glockner'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'DXBase Reflector'" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Update to the LoTW Stats by Year report is nowposted-Joe wa6axe > 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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