On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 10:25 PM Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > KH6KW > > It looks like this callsign was re-issued. It will be fixed in the next > release of the country file. >
Here's a longer explanation: I have software that runs automatically once a week to download the latest callsign changes from the FCC database. It specifically looks for callsigns like this: KH6 call in lower-48 states, non-KL7 call in Alaska, etc. This only really works well when the callsign is used by one ham. The two things that the software doesn't do well are a) recognize canceled callsigns, and b) recognize re-issued callsigns. KH6KW failed on both fronts. Every now and then (once every month or two), I will look for re-issued callsigns. It's a semi-automated process. The software looks for callsigns that were canceled (like KH6KW) to see if they have been re-issued after the cancelation date. But it only looks for re-issued callsigns if the callsign had previously expired or been canceled. KH6KW was not identified as a canceled (or expired) callsign in my master database, so the process to identify re-issued callsigns never checked KH6KW. Someday when I have lots of free time, I am going to rewrite my FCC program. I don't have that time now. The program is a little fragile, so I'm reluctant to try to make small changes to it. It works 99% of the time, but KH6KW fell into the other 1%. Plus, as I have discovered over the years, the weekly data that the FCC provides has some idiosyncracies that are hard to explain. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreis...@alum.mit.edu>, https://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
