[Dxbase] Country Prefixes

Thu Aug 19 16:18:31 EDT 2004

I turned on the cluster today to search for some new band-modes. It flagged YU/OM2RC/P as a new band-mode. I was puzzled, as I have YU confirmed or worked many times. Upon closer examination, DxBase said it was Federal Republic of Germany, or prefix Y (which is deleted). So why did it not see the U of the YU? I typed the call into the QSO field and it again came up with FRG. Did the prefix search stop on the first letter? Okay, so I tried this. I typed in YA/K1EP into the QSO field, fine, prefix is YA. I typed YI/K1EP into the QSO field, fine, prefix is YI. Not that I was intending to go to either place soon. But when I type YU/K1EP into the QSO field, I end up with Y.