Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN.CTY Release #85 - 4 October 2010
Yet another limitation of the country file. DX4WIN works on UTC day boundaries. The changeover of the Netherlands Antilles happens at 04z on the 10th of October, not at z. So technically any PJ you work before 04z should be credited to the OLD entities, not the new ones. DX4WIN can't handle that. It's up to you to "do the right thing", either don't work any of these stations until 04z, or mark the invalid for DXCC between 00z and 04z (even though technically they are NOT invalid), or something else entirely. As long as the same callsign is used both before and after 04z, there is no good work-around. 73 - Jim AD1C On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > DX4WIN.CTY Release #85 is now available from: > > http://www.country-files.com/dx4win/ > > You can read the release notes at: > > http://www.country-files.com/dx4win/release.shtml > > You can use this script to update the file: > > http://dx4win.ad1c.us/update.htm > > This release contains a "best guess" regarding the new entities that may be > created out of the former Netherlands Antilles. There has been no official > word yet from the ARRL which runs the DXCC program. Once there is official > word, I will make any required changes to the country file ASAP. Your DXCC > totals *will* be correct with the updated file. > > Thanks again to everyone for their help in keeping this database up-to-date. -- Jim Reisert AD1C, , http://www.ad1c.us __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN.CTY Release #85 - 4 October 2010
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 7:11 PM, wo2n wrote: > My Available shows 340 > My Country count was reduced by two, to 336 > Version 5.3 Bernie is right, DX4WIN is mis-reporting the current country count. I was using the CTY file from September and my total was 338 - I wasn't actually checking the new version. The DXCC listing (report) also has the same flaw. I have a hunch as to what the problem is, but I have no access to the code. I have let Paul know what my hunch is. I think it only affects the Report module, you can still log PJ2 and PJ7 as the "to-be-deleted" entities before Sunday, you just won't see them in a current (non-deleted) report. By Sunday, the problem will have solved itself. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, , http://www.ad1c.us __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN.CTY Release #85 - 4 October 2010
One more thing I realized while talking to Stu, W6TA: If you create a DXCC summary with the new country file, the total number of current entities is still 338. How can that be, when there are two deletions and four additions? Shouldn't it be 340? The answer is, wait until Sunday 10/10/10. Those new entities aren't valid yet, and the old ones aren't deleted yet. But on Sunday, the DXCC Summary window will show 340 current entities. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, , http://www.ad1c.us __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN.CTY Release #85 - 4 October 2010
There seems to be confusion about this new country file. The old PJ2 (Netherlands Antilles, now as PJ2/D) and PJ7 (St Maarten/Saba/St Eustatius, now as PJ7/D) entities can be logged up through the end of 9 October 2010. On 10 October 2010, they become "deleted" entities, just like ST0/Southern Sudan, 7J1/Okino-Torishima, etc. These still count towards your all-time DXCC totals, but no longer count for DXCC challenge, nor for the Honor Roll. Only CURRENT entities count towards those two award programs. When you log a PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PJ6 or PJ7 staring 10 October 2010, DX4WIN will associate these QSOs with the potential NEW entities. Now let's say that PJ5 and PJ6 do become two separate entities; right now they are both programmed to count for the "Saba & St. Eustatius" entity. There will be another release of the DX4WIN.CTY file to fix this. With this new file, your PJ5 QSOs starting 10/10/10 will automatically be credited to St. Eustatius and your PJ6 QSOs to Saba. It all "just works" because country information for QSOs is NOT stored in your logbook, it's determined when DX4WIN starts and it reads in both your logbook as well as the country file. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, , http://www.ad1c.us __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN.CTY Release #85 - 4 October 2010
On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > This release contains a "best guess" regarding the new entities that may be > created out of the former Netherlands Antilles. There has been no official > word yet from the ARRL which runs the DXCC program. Once there is official > word, I will make any required changes to the country file ASAP. Your DXCC > totals *will* be correct with the updated file. There is one very important thing I forgot to mention During this "transition" time (starting 10/10/10 but before ARRL announces entity changes), if you have logged any of the new PJ entities, do NOT, I repeat do NOT try to export and upload your log to eQSL or LoTW The ADIF country IDs in the country file are "made up". They will NOT be correct until there is official word from ARRL regarding what the new entities are, and which ADIF country IDs are assigned to them. I assume that if you try to sign your log using the TQSL program, it will give errors for these QSOs. So just be patient, this will all be fixed in due time. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, , http://www.ad1c.us __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] DX4WIN.CTY Release #85 - 4 October 2010
DX4WIN.CTY Release #85 is now available from: http://www.country-files.com/dx4win/ You can read the release notes at: http://www.country-files.com/dx4win/release.shtml You can use this script to update the file: http://dx4win.ad1c.us/update.htm This release contains a "best guess" regarding the new entities that may be created out of the former Netherlands Antilles. There has been no official word yet from the ARRL which runs the DXCC program. Once there is official word, I will make any required changes to the country file ASAP. Your DXCC totals *will* be correct with the updated file. Thanks again to everyone for their help in keeping this database up-to-date. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, , http://www.ad1c.us __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
