[DXBase] DXCC Prefix Callsign Mapping Problem
William Hein, AA6TT
[email protected]
11 Jan 2002 11:46:42 -0800
I switched from LOGPlus 3.55b to DXBase 2002 v1.01 a few months ago. It has been a lot of work transferring 75,000 QSOs from one program to another! One persist problem is that my DXCC totals (including band countries and related totals) are ALL lower on DXBase reports even though I have meticulously tracked all of the 'problem' prefixes over the years and carefully entered this data into DX Base: 3D2, 4U, KC6, VP8, ZK1, et al.
I have made about 100 entries in the DXBase Prefix Callsign Mapping Table, assigning the correct DXCC Prefix to each callsign according the QSL card and other information known to be correct. However, DX Base continues to count these QSOs under their old, default DXCC Prefixes apparently without regard to the data in the Prefix Callsign Mapping Table.
It does not matter how many times I run Initialize Tables, the old -- incorrect -- DXCC Prefix data is still associated with these QSOs. A few examples:
CALL DXBASE DEFAULT PREFIX CORRECT PREFIX
4U/F6IRF YK XU
4U/N6BFM YK YI
4U/T93A YK HH
KA2AM K JA
KA2GS K JA
TO2T F FG
VI0ANT VK KC4
VP8CBE VP8 VP8H
VP8CKC VP8 VP8O
VP8SGP VP8 VP8G
ZK1UVO ZK1/S ZK1/N
ZK1VDX ZK1/S ZK1/N
ZK1VTK ZK1/S ZK1/N
ZX0A PY0F KC4
etc...
Curiously, if I enter a new QSO into DX Base with any of above callsigns the DXCC Prefix information seems to be correct on this new test QSO. However, the old QSOs under such callsigns cataloged in DX Base continue to have the old, incorrect DXCC Prefix data.
Help! What am I doing wrong? I have read the DX Base Help file backwards and forwards on this topic.
Bill AA6TT
Topsham VT
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