Hi all I got a few helptul emails from Joe WA6AXE who has given me great guidance on how to proceed. The key fact is that LoTW doesn't use the prefix in matching records to awards, only the ARRL ID. The prefix is only used inside of DXBase, so it doesn't have to match anything else. Of course, its best to keep them in sync with the official DXCC list but it doesn't have to. There are already a few 'special' prefixes used inside DXBase so there will just be a couple more. I think the Updater can handle all of this okay, after you run the Initialize Tables command after the update.
The situation with the IOTA change for Curacao is going to be more difficult. RSGB has allocated a new IOTA group for Curacao, so any qsos with the entity after 10-10 will need to be manually changed (by you). I will publish more detailed info as I get closer to the release. 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Neal Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
