I have not looked at the code but my first guess is that /M is designation for mobile which isn't a country and since people often switch the order of their modifiers. DXBase could be treating M/ as mobile.
73 Neal On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 8:41 PM, KB2000a <kb20...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > 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 > -- Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com Work:(540) 645 5394 Mobile:(540) 645 8171 ______________________________________________________________ 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
