--- Eric Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- In doing card submissions./checks, DX4Win was apparently configured
to not flag any of the DXCC categories (mixed, band. mode).
Do I need to fiddle with any of those settings?
After I submit to LoTW, are those flags (and stats) reset? How?
These flags have nohing to do with exporting QSOs. They only have to do with
how your DXCC statistics are computed.
- I assume I only upload the DX entries of my log(s). That being the
case, how do I extract only those QSOs?
No, you can upload ALL QSOs. Just create a date filter, export those QSOs to
an ADIF file, sign it and upload to LoTW web site.
LoTW export is just that - it exports QSOs. It doesn't know anything about
awards.
73 - Jim AD1C
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Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Zack)
Date: Thu Mar 10 18:51:48 2005
Subject: [Dx4win] APPNOTE: Why do we have callsign exceptions?
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Jim,
Along this line of thought, are there updates to the CTY.DAT files for
the KH8SI operation at Swain Island? This is a different IOTA and
LAT/LONG than the home KH8 island calls, and MAYBE? (depending on the
ARRL) a new country, along the line of the Ducie Island DXpedition.
When I log them in DX4WIN the log takes KH8SI as OC077, Amer Samoa,
but their web site at http://www.swains-island.org shows their logging
program info as:
Prefix|Country name
KH8/S Swains Island
Zone | Start date
32 3-2-2005
Details
11.00 Hours BehindUTC
IOTA | ITU | Continent
OC-200 63 Oceania
Longitude |Latitude
171.05 West 11.05 South
GRID AH48LX
Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
Periodically I will write something about the country files. If you find
these
useful, let me know and I'll write more, especially if you have a topic in
mind. I'll try to post these somewhere on my web site:
http://www.ad1c.us/dx4win/
Today's topic: Why do we have callsign exceptions?
In an ideal world, the ITU prefix (http://life.itu.int/radioclub/rr/ap42.htm)
would fully specify the location of a callsign. However, we do not live in an
ideal world.
Many prefixes are unique to a particular entity: DL4, J3, VK5 to name a few.
However, many are not: 3D2, CE0, FO0, JD1, VP8, the list goes on. One can
pick
a standard default, i.e. 3D2 is more likely to be Fiji than Rotuma or Conway
Reef. However, when a 3D2 call is used from one of those two entities, it
must
be added to the exception list.
Prefixes change over time. Lesotho, 7P used to be ZS8. Palmyra, KH5 used to
be KP6. In the first case, ZS8 was reclaimed by South Africa and now is used
only from Marion Island. In the second case, no KP6 calls have been issued
since the switch, but they could be. Sometimes a prefix is used past its
expiration date. Take KX6 for example. Stations in the Marshall Islands began
using the new V7 prefix in September, 1978. However, a number of KX6 stations
remained on the air into the late 1980s. During the 1980s, the FCC began
issuing 2x1 KX6 callsigns to stations in the 6th call area. Sure, a 2x2
callsign is most likely Marshall Islands, but coding up each special case in
software makes it harder to make changes down the line.
Sometimes the prefix doesn't tell you everything about the entity. For
example,
many 4K1 callsigns were used from Antarctica, KC4 in CQ Zone 39. But some
were
used from zones *other than* zone 39, and some were used from other Antarctic
island like South Shetlands, VP8/H.
The following is a list of the conditions when a callsign exception is needed:
1. The prefix is ambiguous - here is a list of some common ones:
3D2, 3Y, 4U, CE0, CE9, FO, GB, HK0, JD1,
KC6, PY0, SV0, TO, TX, VK0, VP8, ZK1
Sometimes this affects only the CQ zone and not the entity. For
example there are a number of different prefixes used in
Antarctica, KC4. Some prefixes are only used from a particular CQ
zone, for example FT5Y and ZL5 are both in CQ zone 30. However,
some prefixes like VK0 or VP8 can be used from any of the
following CQ zones: 12, 13, 29, 30, 32, 28 or 29.
2. The callsign is used from more than one location. For example,
VK9ZR has been used from both Willis Island and Mellish Reef.
3. The callsign isn't correct for the entity. For example, there are
a number of folks who moved to the states (lower-48 USA) but kept
their KH6 or KL7 callsigns.
4. The callsign uses a portable
