Adding a new country to a program whose primary purpose is DX tracking SHOULD be a simple task. Judging by the number of posts over the last few weeks, this obviously is not the case.
Perhaps the next DX4WIN upgrade should simplify the process - maybe even an "Add New Country Wizard." 73, Barry W2UP (still running V4.x because even updating versions isn't simple, creating new program directories, etc.) Doug Joyce wrote: > I'm running Ver 7.03.16 > > After adding FJ to the database, another thing to check is your country > count including the Deleted. I have confirmed 337 Current and 10 Deleted > for a total of 347. After I added FJ to the database (but before working > FJ), the count increased to 348 and the program had taken about 60 or 70 > QSOs with the USA ("K" prefix) and reassigned the prefix to the Deleted > country Netherlands New Guinea (JZO), which is not one of the 10 I have > credit for. (So the Deleted credits had increased from 10 to 11). > > I manually revised the prefix from JZ0 back to K and the country count is > now back to normal. I don't track US counties so can't provide any > information on whether the US QSOs that were "corrected" changed re the > state or county and I haven't done any comparisons with a BU prior to the FJ > addition. > > Hope this will help Paul get to the bottom of what may have caused the > problem. > > Seasons Greetings to all > > Doug Joyce, VE3MV > > >