Peter, There should not be any problem with (for now) staying with the T9 as the Primary Prefix - and just Map E7 to the T9 ...
The SAME holds true for another prefix -- E5 ... we have never converted ZK/S or ZK/N over to the current Prefix of E5/S and E5/N .. (1) If Jack ever changes the above T9 and ZK/S and ZK/N over to what is the currently used prefixes of E7 and E5/S and E5/N - then we can make the FULL switch-over -- instead of just MAPPING the new prefix(es) to the one that DXbase uses to keep track of the ENTITY. or (2) If ITU ever recycled the old prefixes - then we would have to make the FULL changes at that time.. But, for now - we should be ok ... 73 Joe wa6axe Peter Dougherty wrote: > At 02:30 PM 8/19/2007, Sanford Ardern wrote: > >> Open your DXB log then click: Tools / Database Access / Country >> Prefixes / In Prefix Databases - >> click Alias Map - Right click in Map PFX col. - Last Record >> - in Map PFX col. Type E7 - then click >> Pri PFX col. - Type T9 - click line below to save. >> >> Since E7A - E7Z are all Prefixes to replace T9 simply entering E7 is >> all you need. > > > This brings up something interesting, though. E7 was not issued to > supplement T9, it was issued to *replace* it. What happens when T9 is > ultimately re-cycled to someone else? Wouldn't it be better to make E7 > the new primary and map T9 as an alias, and after the first of the year, > make T9 as expired? > > I admit, I cheated and just added E7 and an alias mapping, but I have a > feeling that may come back to bite me in the rump if T9 gets recycled > before next version of the app comes out. > > > > Cheers, > > Peter, > W2IRT > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Aug 19 19:29:01 2007 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Dougherty) Date: Sun Aug 19 19:29:18 2007 Subject: [Dxbase] T9 to E7 In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 05:57 PM 8/19/2007, Joseph Glockner wrote: >Peter, > >There should not be any problem with (for now) staying with the >T9 as the Primary Prefix - and just Map E7 to the T9 ... > >The SAME holds true for another prefix -- E5 ... we have >never converted ZK/S or ZK/N over to the current Prefix of >E5/S and E5/N .. > >(1) If Jack ever changes the above T9 and ZK/S and ZK/N over to >what is the currently used prefixes of E7 and E5/S and E5/N - >then we can make the FULL switch-over -- instead of just MAPPING >the new prefix(es) to the one that DXbase uses to keep track of >the ENTITY. > >or > >(2) If ITU ever recycled the old prefixes - then we would have >to make the FULL changes at that time.. > >But, for now - we should be ok ... Right, and understood; this is what I have used in both cases. I'm just saying, though, since we may not get a new version of DX Base for a while, might it be false economy to just do the mapping and not just take the time to make the full change? I'm betting on the alias route working *for now* and for the foreseeable future, but T9 will definitely recycle at some point, as will 4N from Serbia, etc. Not too sure about ZK, though. Cheers, Peter, W2IRT
