PY2YP is the only one who has sent me feedback on differences between the 8.05 and 9.01 country file. I would like to publish an update this week to fix his problem and a few others (including a couple I found myself!)
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 8:32 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > There were some changes to the DX4WIN 9.01 country file. Most notably: > >> Callsign exceptions and mappings in the country database have now a start- >> and end-date allowing multiple date ranges to be specified. > > Though I have tested this many times, there could be some subtle > differences in your DXCC totals. The easiest way to identify the > problems is to follow these steps. > > NOTE: It's best if both the OLD and NEW versions of DX4WIN are using > the *same* country file release, either from 21-Sep-2017 or > 20-Oct-2017. > > NOTE: If you have "Pfx=" errors in your original log, it will be more > difficult to find the new errors specific to DX4WIN 9.01. > > 1. Export an ADIF file from your old DX4WIN version. > > 2. Create a new, empty log in DX4WIN 9.01 > > 3. Import the ADIF file from step #1 above into the empty log you > created in step #2. > > 4. Using F8, search for the text "Pfx=" in the "Notes for this QSO" > field. I do not care about ZONE errors, there could be many of these. > However, if the errors are on portable calls in either BY, UA9, VE or > VK, I am interested in those. > > Only if you are *convinced* that the old country file was correct, and > the 9.01 country file is incorrect, please send me the following: > > - callsign > - date of QSO (please spell out the month, or use the DD-Mmm-YYYY format) > - what DXCC entity you believe it *SHOULD* be > > I will be happy to make corrections in the next release of the DX4WIN > country file. -- Jim Reisert AD1C, <[email protected]>, http://www.ad1c.us ______________________________________________________________ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] Message delivered to [email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
