[Dxbase] RE: Dxbase Digest, Vol 5, Issue 19

Thu Sep 23 11:56:48 EDT 2004

How will this affect importing adif files generated by Writelog or other
software?
...Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Glockner [mailto:jglock2 at airmail.net]
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:54 AM
> To: FireBrick
> Cc: Dave Chasey; dxbase at mailman.qth.net; Jack Lennox
> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] RE: Dxbase Digest, Vol 5, Issue 19
>> Bill,
>> Well frm what you all have found out - it looks like it is time
> to make a "change" to the ARRL-ID for P5 .... from 433 to 344 ...
>> That change will be easy enough - since there is no "contending"
> country with a 344 currently -- so, we can just simply change the
> 433 over to read 344 ...
>> Tnx Bill for the Heads-UP.
>> 73 Joe wa6axe
>> FireBrick wrote:
> > I just received an email from the DXCC desk stating that the correct
> > number for N. Korea is 344.
> > The 433 on the ADIF page seems to be an error.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Chasey" <wn9nbt at purdue.edu>
> > To: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 7:23 AM
> > Subject: [Dxbase] RE: Dxbase Digest, Vol 5, Issue 19
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Bill,
> >>
> >> That's the problem, the LOTW is sending Country Code 344, but
> >> according to
> >> DXBase2005 (Tools -> Database Access -> Country Prefixes) P5 should be
> >> Country Code 433. Joe (WA6AXE) pointed me to
> >> http://www.hosenose.com/adif/adif.html for the official ADIF Specs,
> >> and it
> >> also says that P5 should be 433. Google searches for "ADIF
> >> specification"
> >> also point to places that show it to be 433. I can't find anything
> >> except
> >> the LOTW download that shows P5 being 344. Searching for 344 also
> finds
> >> nothing. Unless the DXbase database and the on-line ADIF specs are
> >> out
> >> of date, I think the ARRL is sending the wrong code for P5 North Korea.
> >>
> >> Thanks for checking and let me know if I'm missing something!
> >>
> >> By the way, I get the digest form of the reflector, so if you reply
> >> please
> >> cc: me on the reply so that I see it quicker!
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> ....Dave - N9FN - wn9nbt at purdue.edu
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >>
> >> Date: 2004年9月22日 05:56:59 -0500
> >> From: "FireBrick" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] LOTW Error on P5/4L4FN
> >> To: "DXBase List" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Message-ID: <004001c4a092$e3045d80$6501a8c0 at HS2>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> >> reply-type=original
> >>
> >> Interesting Dave.
> >> I went to my LoTW, did a search on P5/4l4fn and brought up my qsls for
> >> this
> >> country
> >>
> >> They all said under the Worked Station part
> >> DXCC DRPK (NORHT KOREA) (344)
> >> CQ ZONE 25
> >> ITU ZONE 44
> >> ETC.
> >>
> >>
> >> I just redownloaded my lotwreport.adi and found that P5/4L4FN does
> indeed
> >> have the proper
> >> .adi country code of 344.
> >>
> >>
> >> I can't imagine why your .adi and mine would be different.
> >> Unless, you downloaded yours first, a long time ago, and he since
> >> corrected
> >> the error.
> >>
> >>
> >> Only other guess is a glitch while downloading, but the CRC should have
> >> picked that up.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Chasey" <wn9nbt at purdue.edu>
> >> To: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 11:07 PM
> >> Subject: [Dxbase] LOTW Error on P5/4L4FN
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> After importing LOTW records my total's dropped by one. After
> >>> tracking
> >>
> >> it
> >>
> >>> down I discovered that P5/4L4FN was sending a DXCC country code of
> >>> 344 but
> >>> it should have been 433. Looks like someone was dyslexic! If
> >>> anyone
> >>> notices their stats drop after an import, that would be one place to
> >>
> >> check.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> 73....Dave -- N9FN
> >>>
> >>>
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