-----Original Message----- From: FireBrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 7:35 AM To: Fred Handscombe; Raymond W. Brann; Jack Cc: DXBase Subject: Re: [DXBase] Doesn't like Callsign
Thanks Fred That is interesting and in all the years it's the first time I've heard that. Will try to keep that in my rapidly declining memory bank. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Handscombe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Raymond W. Brann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "DXBase" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 4:55 AM Subject: Re: [DXBase] Doesn't like Callsign > In the USA you have numbers in your callsigns that at one time = indicated the > "call area" of the station. > > In LU the "call area" is given by the first letter after the number = in the > call. > > Here comes the novel bit: > > Unlike the US, LU's have to identify when they are "out of area". So > LU8EEM/D is from the E call area operating in the D call area. > > 73 Fred > G4BWP - K6BWP - 9G5FH - XT2WP > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Raymond W. Brann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "DXBase" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 3:46 AM > Subject: Re: [DXBase] Doesn't like Callsign > > > > Hi Agn Jack, I don't know abt the "/D" either. > > I removed it from the call sign to get DX_'02 to accept it. > > Sorry I didn't mention it sooner. > > Wonder what the heck the "/D" is for? > > Info I have found: > > "Trinidad Island ~ SA=D821 ~ Lat 39=BAS Long 62=BAW ~ CQ = Zone 13" > > Still don't know abt the "/D" > > Oh well > > Tnx > > Ray > > > > > > > > Jack wrote: > > > > > Ray, > > > > > > Is there more to this than what you've told me? In my version of DXbase > > > 2002, I cannot log this callsign to start with because DXbase = does not > > > automatically select the country prefix. It doesn't know about = the /D. > > > Therefore the prefix field is blank and I get an error that the = CQ zone > > > field is blank. I guess you could have forced it into the = database by > > > filling in the missing fields it complained about, but I don't = really > know > > > how you got it logged in the first place. > > > > > > In any case, the error means that you have a QSO record with a = prefix > field > > > containing a single D. And, this D is not a valid prefix in the > statistics > > > table ( as it shouldn't be ). The cure is to delete that QSO and reenter > > > it. In the prefix field, select the correct prefix, zones, = etc... You > may > > > want to just add a callsign mapping record for this call first so = that > when > > > you log the QSO, DXbase will automatically recognize what it is. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Sandy > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Raymond W. Brann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have a problem getting DXBase 2002 to accept VP8GEO as South Georgia. = It wants to default to Faulklands. I have added VP8GEO to the prefix mapping table as South Georgia. I verified in the raw totals that my QSOs with VP8GEO have been = recognized as South Georgia. When I highlite the QSO in the log, it shows as South Georgia, but the prefix shows as VP8. When I call up the Numeric Totals, it says I have not worked South = Georgia and the totals do not reflect a new country. What am I doing wrong? Bob W1RH
