Didn't updating to 1.07 or 1.08 in the last several months included the VK9 changes from 2009????? ((2009??)
73 de KE4WY Jim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wes Stewart Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 11:19 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Dxbase] [dxbase] VK9 callsigns and your DXbase prefix database- Joe wa6axe So I guess that the new DXBase2050 will remove all of the funny suffix letters from the Prefix column, when it's released. --- On Wed, 7/27/11, Joe WA6AXE <[email protected]> wrote: ALL; Back in 2009, the VK9 callsigns CHANGED .. Here is the info that was passed back in Oct 2009 //quote// Friday, October 23, 2009 VK9 Callsign Changes VK9 C, L, M, N, W & X deleted from DX equation The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has decided to discontinue the use of a VK9 callsign suffix letter to denote each of the six Australian external territories, each a DX entity. The long-standing prefixes included VK9C for Cocos (Keeling) Island, VK9L Lord Howe Island, VK9M Mellish Reef, VK9N Norfolk Island, VK9W Willis Island and VK9X Christmas Island. The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA), under its role of providing ham radio licence examinations and issuing amateur certificates of proficiency, also recommends each and every amateur radio callsign issued by the ACMA. On taking on new roles earlier this year it began to query the practices in relation to VK9 callsigns, then consulted the amateur radio community and came to the view that it could not support having a suffix letter as a geographic identifier in VK9 callsigns. The ACMA itself has not stuck with the VK9 callsign tradition over the years when issuing licences and some DXers requested a callsign contrary to the historic or DXCC list suffix block. VK9Y has also been used for Cocos and VK9Z for Mellish, and often, particularly recently, if a VK9 callsign was requested it would be issued. The ACMA having not rigidly applied its own VK9 callsign policy, and wanting to eliminate where-ever possible administrative tasks related to the amateur radio service, decided that the historic VK9 callsigns are a thing of the past. From 1 November, callsigns for the VK9 DX entities will fall in line with the practice for issuing callsigns for all other VK call areas, with the suffix only to denoting the class of licence issued - Advanced, Standard or Foundation. Licences with a VK9 callsign issued to visiting overseas radio amateurs will only be for a short-term if requested or for a maximum 12 months period, and not be automatically renewed. A VK ham or visiting radio amateur does not necessarily require a VK9 callsign, although most do for DXing, contesting or QSLing purposes. Under the provisions of the Amateur Licence Conditions Determination, portable operation is permitted with a radio amateur using their home callsign /VK9 and stating their location. Jim Linton VK3PC //end of quote// What this means -- is that our Refdata entity prefixes that have been long-standing as a FIXED thing -- is not a rigidly fixed prefix anymore ... Whenever you log a VK9 callsign -- there is a REALLY GOOD CHANCE that you will have to CHANGE the Prefix column of your logbook to the entity that the DX Station is REALLY IN ... Since they changed to this new VK9 callsign system back in Nov 2009 --- you will simply have to keep an eye on WHERE the DX Station is truely located and log the QSO - but, change the Prefix (if needed) and when the pop-up window open asking if you want to MAP VK9.. to a particular entity - allow that to MAP by saying Yes ... This new system surely doesn't help the automatic logging of QSOs - without the user being attentive to the possibility of a change needed.. JUST FYI ... 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 __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 6329 (20110727) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 6329 (20110727) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com ______________________________________________________________ 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
