The sub-entities thing would be useful, but it doesn't always work. E.g. in the
US I understand the prefix no longer indicates the State. The same is true in
ZL... a ZL4 *could* now be in ZL1. Perhaps an additional field (boolean) to
indicate the sub-entity is meaningful... I will have a look tonight to see how
CT handles that.
Also, an IOTA field would be useful (I think it looks like e.g. 'EU-123') so
perhaps best stored as text.
In addition, beam heading fields would be good... long path and short path
(integers), to be populated by an external bit of code at some later stage.
> However, I don't think we should pinch this data. If we can find
> a free source, terrific; if not, develop it ourselves over time.
Well, was the country file copyright? If not, let's use it. It is widely used by
contesters (who also contribute) and is kept up to date to ensure max points
are claimed. Every man and his dog downloads this stuff before the major
contests. Perhaps double-check with the editor of the cty file (AD1C??)
Why duplicate what the contesters are already doing.
Wilbert, ZL2BSJ
