I've often wondered (never tried it -- I should) how DXbase would treat M/VE1AL/MM as I sailed through the canals in England. I have not, and never will, excuse the British PT&T for introducing the M prefix for ham radio because of the confusion those calls cause for logging programs. Oh yes, I have a similar beef with another national licensing authority as well but we won't get into that!
73 Al, VE1AL -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Neal Campbell Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 9:50 PM To: KB2000a Cc: DXBase Subject: Re: [Dxbase] FW: Re: M/callsign - What's With This? I have not looked at the code but my first guess is that /M is designation for mobile which isn't a country and since people often switch the order of their modifiers. DXBase could be treating M/ as mobile. 73 Neal On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 8:41 PM, KB2000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > This discussion has been going around the N1MM mail for a few days, so > thought I'd try it in DXBase. I get the same results, G/K2AA comes up > as England; M/K2AA comes up blank for country. Switching it around, I > tried K and W with an Italian (K/IR2T and W/IR2T), and both were recognized as USA. > I thought maybe it needed clarification, like knowing it was not MI, > so tried M2/K2AA, and that comes up as England. But then, why wouldn't > K or W or G need the same clarification. > > I don't know which is right, or wrong, but thought I'd pass this along > for thought in DXBase. > > Keith > N5RA > > > KB > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 10:16:56 -0400 > Subject: [N1MM] Re: M/callsign - What's With This? > > > > > > > Pete: When I did the contest I was using a prior version than the > current 11.5.3. But it was only a couple versions back, November, 2010 > version I think. I updated to the newest version (11.5.3) after the > contest to see if I could eliminate the problem. I also updated the cty file. No joy. > > In the N1MM log for these two callsigns the prefix field is blank. I > tried adding another M/??? call this morning with the 11.5.3 version > but still no prefix decode. Other portable stations I worked decoded > just fine. Any hints on where I should be looking? > > Not a real big problem - the cabrillo file will be OK. Just curious > why this doesn't work on the computer. > > Wayne, N1WR > > Re: M/callsign - What's With This? > Posted by: "Pete Smith" [email protected] n4zr Sun May 29, 2011 6:53 > pm (PDT) > > Don't know what version you were using, Wayne, but M/ denotes England, > and 11.5.1 decoded it just fine. > > 73, Pete N4ZR > > The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at > www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at > http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at > telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 > > On 5/29/2011 8:56 PM, n1wr wrote: > > In CW WPX this weekend Iworked two stations signing like this: > > M/SP3CW > and M/YO4RDWQ. > > > > So - is this some new convention in Europe for mobile stations, or > > were > they portable in England (M = G)? > > > > N1MM didn't like the idea - wouldn't determine the prefix. > > > > Inquiring minds would like to know. > > > > 73, Wayne N1WR > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > __._,_.___ > > Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New > Topic Messages in this topic (6) Recent Activity: > > New Members 8 > Visit Your Group > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [email protected] > > > > MARKETPLACE > > > Get great advice about dogs and cats. Visit the Dog & Cat Answers Center. > > > > Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on > - Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now. > > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest . Unsubscribe . Terms of Use > > > . > > __,_._,___ > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com Work:(540) 645 5394 Mobile:(540) 645 8171 ______________________________________________________________ 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
