Gary, I will look deep into this and will report back to the Reflector - once I have found the area to be changed/modified.
Tnx !! 73 Joe wa6axe > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 12:34:33 -0900 > Subject: [Dxbase] AXETTY and slashed zero > > On Dec. 4 I had a QSO with UA0FAI on RTTY using AXETTY. Everything went > fine and the contact was logged into DXB without a problem. However, today > when I attempted to create a tq8 file for upload to LOTW I got an error > message that UA0FIA (slashed zero in the call sign) was an invalid amateur > call. This puzzled me as I have worked Gennady before on SSB and CW and > those contacts uploaded without a problem. > > I went into the adi file itself and tried to find UA0FAI and got the message > not found. I then searched on the suffix FAI and found the call. In > looking at the info I noticed some errors in the adi file. The length of > the <PFX> field was 2, UA, not 3, UA0. Also the <DXBPFX> field was 6, > UA0FAI, the full call instead of just the 3 position prefix. After studying > this a bit I decided that the problem was the slashed zero in the call. I > edited all the slashed zeros to unslashed zeros and corrected the lengths of > the two prefix fields and the associated data and saved the file. This time > when I used TQSL to create a tq8 file the process went without incident and > the tq8 file uploaded to LOTW. > > I just checked the Settings/General Setup tab in AXETTY and unchecked the > use slashed zero font option. The question though is why would this be a > problem between AXETTY and DXB? Has anyone else ever run into this before? > BTW, I am not using a slashed font in DXB so maybe this is the problem? > Perhaps Joe could shed some light on the subject. > > 73, > Gary AL9A > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: Unclutter your desktop. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/videos-tours.aspx?h=7sec&slideid=1&media=aero-shake-7second&listid=1&stop=1&ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_7secdemo:122009 ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
