Joe, This still does not explain the discrepancy I am seeing with my labels. i.e.: W4CU comes up as prefix K4 W4UCZ comes up as prefix K4A When I do random selections of callsigns for call area 4 I really don't see a pattern for the prefixes..
I am now suspecting that the originals prefix rules for '4-land' have changed since DXbase was first created.<?> Maybe Jack could weigh in and give us the definitive answer? As I said in my original message - it has me baffled! Eric. > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Glockner > > Eric, > > I just noticed that the probable usage of the K4A in the > PREFIX column of the Labels Pending database was on-purpose.. > > Looking at the USA Bureaus -- the 4-land area is the ONLY > Bureau area that has TWO addresses ... > > Here is the listing for 4-land Bureaus: > > > K4,N4, Mecklenburg Amateur Radio Soc., Box DX, Charlotte, NC 28220 > W4 > > AA-AK4, Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club, Call Box 599, Sterling, VA > 20167 > KA-KZ4, > NA-NZ4, > WA-WZ4 > > All other USA call-areas have just one Bureau address. > > > 73 Joe wa6axe > > > ---------------------------------------- > > From: [email protected] > > > > Thanks for the explanation Joe. > > I was beginning to think there was a 'secret handshake' for U.S. > bureaus. > > > > Eric - Ve3gsi > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Joe Glockner > >> > >> Eric, > >> > >> Since the PREFIX column in the Labels Pending Database > >> is "hard-coded" within DXbase, I think that only Jack > >> can answer you question .. > >> > >> I see that the K4A (or any other USA call-area) only > >> comes up when I save a USA call that has "three" letters > >> after the numerical digit of the callsign ... > >> > >> Hard to say without seeing the coding - whether this is > >> a glitch/bug -- or -- whether it was intentional. > >> > >> > >> 73 Joe wa6axe > >> > >> ________________________________ > >>> From: ve3gsi > >>> > >>> > >>> There is something I don't understand about Prefix and > >>> U.S.A. callsigns generated in the label database, this is the > prefix > >> that I use > >>> to sort my cards on before packaging them up for the bureau. I am > not > >>> suggesting for an moment DXbase has a problem, it is as an > outsider, > >> the > >>> prefixes used for American calls seem to have some idiosyncrasies > to > >> me. > >>> > >>> > >>> For example: I printed a QSL cards for W4UCZ > >>> today, I would have expected the prefix which I sort on would be > K4, > >> but > >>> instead it comes out as K4A. I see this from time to time with > >> certain calls > >>> but not all calls. Now if I choose W4CU the prefix information is > K4 > >> and I see > >>> no obvious reason as to the difference, how come? > >>> > >>> From a baffled Canuck, > >>> Eric - Ve3gsi > > > > ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected]
