I will talk to the CQ Magazine WPX Award "owner" and try to get a current list. I agree that USA prefixes like AC0, AC9 and AJ7 should have been removed from the deleted list a LONG TIME ago.
73 - Jim AD1C On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 6:41 PM Steve Lund <k6um.el...@gmail.com> wrote: > I also found AJ7T was not credited. AJ7 was also 'incorrectly' in the file. > > Steve, K6UM > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 9:23 PM, Steve Lund <k6um.el...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I just checked the wpxdelt.txt file and the AC9 and AC0 prefixes are in >> that file. You need to search the file as the prefixes are NOT in >> alphabetical order. >> >> AC9 and AC0 are currently valid USA prefixes, so why are they in the not >> current file? >> >> Steve, K6UM >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 5:11 AM, WA7AA <wa...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> On 05-Aug-18 20:55, Kostas SV1DPI wrote: >>> >>>> I don't know if thisis the problem but there is a file called >>>> wpxdeltd.txt in save directory. Open it with the notepad and see if ac9 and >>>> ac0 is there. I had a similar problem and while some prefixes was counting >>>> in eqsl, didn't count in dx4win. The problem was in a file with prefixes in >>>> save directory but I don't remember if wpxdeltd.txt was the problem or >>>> another file. I deleted it and I did not update it again as I can not >>>> understand why it is useful. >>>> >>> >>> This file is supposed to list prefixes that have been deleted, i.e. are >>> not currently valid for the WPX honor roll, according to WPX rules: >>> "Prefixes will be deleted from the Honor Roll listing ten years after they >>> are no longer authorized for use by the governing authority or by the ITU". >>> I suppose since all AC9 and AC0 callsign licenses expired at some point and >>> no new calls were issued, they met the 10 year rule and found themselves in >>> this file (among other prefixes). >>> >>> This effectively means that if we wanted the WPX record in DX4Win to be >>> accurate (per honor roll rules), the wpxdeltd.txt would have to be updated >>> on a continuous basis. I've looked around in the CQ Mag website, but I >>> can't find anything resembling the list of invalid prefixes, so I simply >>> deleted all entries in this file and kept it blank, rendering all >>> worked/confirmed prefixes valid. >>> >>> If anyone knows where this list can be found, let me know and I'll keep >>> the file up to date and send it to Jim for regular distribution. >>> >>> 73, >>> >>> Zoran WA7AA >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> DX4WIN mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net >>> Message delivered to k6um.el...@gmail.com >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> >> >> > -- Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreis...@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us ______________________________________________________________ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
