This discussion has been going around the N1MM mail for a few days, so thought I'd try it in DXBase. I get the same results, G/K2AA comes up as England; M/K2AA comes up blank for country. Switching it around, I tried K and W with an Italian (K/IR2T and W/IR2T), and both were recognized as USA. I thought maybe it needed clarification, like knowing it was not MI, so tried M2/K2AA, and that comes up as England. But then, why wouldn't K or W or G need the same clarification. I don't know which is right, or wrong, but thought I'd pass this along for thought in DXBase. Keith N5RA
KB To: n1mmlog...@yahoogroups.com From: n...@chesapeake.net Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 10:16:56 -0400 Subject: [N1MM] Re: M/callsign - What's With This? Pete: When I did the contest I was using a prior version than the current 11.5.3. But it was only a couple versions back, November, 2010 version I think. I updated to the newest version (11.5.3) after the contest to see if I could eliminate the problem. I also updated the cty file. No joy. In the N1MM log for these two callsigns the prefix field is blank. I tried adding another M/??? call this morning with the 11.5.3 version but still no prefix decode. Other portable stations I worked decoded just fine. Any hints on where I should be looking? Not a real big problem - the cabrillo file will be OK. Just curious why this doesn't work on the computer. Wayne, N1WR Re: M/callsign - What's With This? Posted by: "Pete Smith" n...@contesting.com n4zr Sun May 29, 2011 6:53 pm (PDT) Don't know what version you were using, Wayne, but M/ denotes England, and 11.5.1 decoded it just fine. 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 On 5/29/2011 8:56 PM, n1wr wrote: > In CW WPX this weekend Iworked two stations signing like this: M/SP3CW and > M/YO4RDWQ. > > So - is this some new convention in Europe for mobile stations, or were they > portable in England (M = G)? > > N1MM didn't like the idea - wouldn't determine the prefix. > > Inquiring minds would like to know. > > 73, Wayne N1WR [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (6) Recent Activity: New Members 8 Visit Your Group To unsubscribe, send an email to: n1mmlogger-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com MARKETPLACE Get great advice about dogs and cats. Visit the Dog & Cat Answers Center. Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on - Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now. Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___ ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dxbase@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
