I think there are two issues: 1. When was it legal to operate in the various countries 2. When did the ARRL accept qsls for DXCC or whatever award
The League is the ultimate resource of valid dates for DXCC and the ITU decides when a country is legally a country. The government within the ITU-approved country decides when its legal to operate from that country so they would be that resource. The only group I know that is actively tracking this and open to challenge of its information is Clublog. I really respect what the clublog guys are doing (and they deserve any financial support you might give). Almost every week, on their reflector, someone challenges their records and they promply provide whatever proof they have and accept when there is better proof of their mistake. So it just keeps getting more sunlight and more accurate. 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 NEW PHONE NUMBER Amateur Radio: K3NC Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ DXBase bug reports: email to [email protected] Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Joe WA6AXE <[email protected]> wrote: > > ALL: > > I have been asked to possibly try to make a program that could go thru > the russian calls (especially old ones - 1991-1994 timeframe) to try > and find qso prefixes that are incorrect in the logbook mdb files .. > > BUT - here is my problem at the present time - and has stopped me > from proceeding with the making of the program: > > (1) The cut-off DATE that we have in DXbase needs to be validated! > > (2) The DATES that I can find around the Internet are VAST and VARIED! > > (3) I would like to find a DXbase user who is an expert in the Russian > calls (1991-1994 timeframe primarily)... > > Here is an EXAMPLE of the problem I am running into: > > EXAMPLE being for the current Republic of Moldova with the current ER > prefix: > > (a) Republic Of Moldova admitted to UN on March 2, 1992 > > (b) Republic Of Moldova gains membership in the ITU on October 20, 1992 > > (c) AC6V website lists the "start date" for ER (Republic Of Moldova) as > January 1, 1992 > > (d) Clublog.org website has the "start date" for ER(Republic Of Moldova) > as January 1, 1993 > > (e) DXbase currently has the "start date" for ER(Republic Of Moldova) as > January 1, 1994 > > > Talk about a WIDE variety of dates .. and, none of them cooincide ... > > If anyone has some "definite" information that could help me make the > current ALIAS MAP > and CALLMAP more accurate than it is now (if needed!!) -- I sure would > like to exchange emails > with you!! > > > Tnx in advance !! > > 73 Joe wa6axe > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
