Hi Mike The DXB2007 code is too dependent on having a unique prefix identified with a country. Its just the way the code is structured and would take a lot of effort to unwind that. Its the last resort of alternatives but if thats the only one that works, its what I will do (it will have some major impacts on version 10 however).
Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 3:00 PM, MICHAEL ANASCAVAGE < [email protected]> wrote: > I agree. The ITU is the only 'body' that would have that authority, or > they > could use a range already assigned to them but not yet used. > > This whole change is really confusing, in that, prior to 10/10 the PJ's > were > individual by area but under control of Netherlands. Now, after 10-10 they > (some) are now 'separate' or on their own. So then, PJ6 was PJ6, but now > is > PJ6!! The only real change is by whom they are governed by. > > I would think that a new facet of identifying a deleted country is date of > deletion, that is, the old PJ6 counts for a country, and the new PJ6 counts > for a totally new country. > > I don't know how the programming is, but couldn't that also be taken into > consideration? A QSO with PJ6 on 1/1/00 would be counted as a 'deleted' > country with country number XXX, and a QSO with PJ6 on 10/15/10 would be > counted as country number ZZZ, Make sense? > > I know it would have been easier if the actual prefixes changed to > something > totally new i.e. PJ6 became PL6, but that obviously isn't going to happen. > > Just a thought. > > Mike K8PTT > > > On 10/17/10 2:06 PM, "Larry E Price" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If you mean the call sign prefixes those have little to do with ARRL, > they > > are assigned by the ITU, usually by the Secretary General under delegated > > authority to be confirmed by the next World Radiocommunications > conference. > > > > Larry, W4RA > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Neal Campbell [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 1:55 PM > >> To: DXBase List > >> Subject: [Dxbase] Status of PJ Updater > >> > >> Hi All, > >> > >> Looking at what everyone pre-supposes, it appears consensus is that the > >> League will re-use the existing prefixes with the four new DXCC > >> entities. > >> This is very difficult for doing the upgrade in DXBase as some of you > >> have > >> commented to me. > >> > >> The issue, and this is programming-speak, is that the Primary Prefix > >> does > >> not allow duplicate primary prefixes to exist in the database. Purely > >> related to the database, there is a way around this but Jack believes > >> it > >> would be very dangerous in terms of the logic in DXBase. > >> > >> If the supposition is correct of re-using the prefixes, this will > >> require > >> that we delete the pre-10/10/2010 entities, add them back with a > >> different > >> prefix as deleted entities, then add the new entities. Secondly, we > >> will > >> have to go through all your qsos using the old entities and replace the > >> deleted prefixes with the new prefixes. The other option is to leave > >> the old > >> prefixes alone and just add the new entities with special prefixes to > >> differentiate them. Either way, there is a question about how LOTW, for > >> instance, would handle these qsos. > >> > >> I really, really hope the League does not reuse the prefixes so we do > >> not > >> have to do this convoluted process. > >> > >> I hope to get up with the Awards director at the League early next week > >> and > >> get clarification. You will be the second to know what I hear. > >> > >> 73 > >> Neal Campbell > >> Abroham Neal Software > >> www.abrohamnealsoftware.com > >> (540) 645 5394 > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> Dxbase mailing list > >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >> Post: mailto:[email protected] > >> > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Dxbase mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
