Excellent point, Larry! Would *these* changes also be tracked by the DXCC desk? Say a prefix changes to one outside of the original allotment pool that is recognized by DXCC, but the "country" remains unchanged politically. Does DXCC have that info, too?
Kim N5OP At 10:13 PM 2/26/2011, Larry E Price wrote: >The dates of valid QSO for DXCC credit is published by ARRL. But, a change >in prefix is not necessarily directly related to a change in DXCC status, >sometimes the prefix change is related to a change in the DXCC status, >sometimes it for an unrelated administrative reason within the ITU or the >country national authority, > >Larry >W4RA > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kim Elmore [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 10:20 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Who is the expert on Old Russian > > callsigns/prefixes? de Joe wa6axe > > > > If this is almost certainly aimed at DXCC, then the ARRL is probably > > the single authoritative source as to when any QSOs from any of these > > prefixes/countries may be recognized. If there is another award that > > recognizes different dates, then at least two sets of dates would > > have to be kept: one would be for DXCC and the other sets would > > conform to the other award entities. > > > > Kim N5OP > > > > > > At 07:04 PM 2/26/2011, Joe WA6AXE 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 > > > > > _____ > >avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. > > >Virus Database (VPS): 2/26/2011 >Tested on: 2/26/2011 11:11:26 PM >avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2011 AVAST Software. ______________________________________________________________ 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
