Eric,
Yes - it would appear that the 4-land Bureau(s) have
changed (what prefixes go where) - since DXbase was
first coded for this.
73 Joe wa6axe
Eric - VE3GSI wrote:
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
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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
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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
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