[Dxbase] T9 to E7

Sun Aug 19 19:29:01 EDT 2007

At 05:57 PM 8/19/2007, Joseph Glockner wrote:
>Peter,
>>There should not be any problem with (for now) staying with the
>T9 as the Primary Prefix - and just Map E7 to the T9 ...
>>The SAME holds true for another prefix -- E5 ... we have
>never converted ZK/S or ZK/N over to the current Prefix of
>E5/S and E5/N ..
>>(1) If Jack ever changes the above T9 and ZK/S and ZK/N over to
>what is the currently used prefixes of E7 and E5/S and E5/N -
>then we can make the FULL switch-over -- instead of just MAPPING
>the new prefix(es) to the one that DXbase uses to keep track of
>the ENTITY.
>>or
>>(2) If ITU ever recycled the old prefixes - then we would have
>to make the FULL changes at that time..
>>But, for now - we should be ok ...

Right, and understood; this is what I have used in both cases. I'm 
just saying, though, since we may not get a new version of DX Base 
for a while, might it be false economy to just do the mapping and not 
just take the time to make the full change? I'm betting on the alias 
route working *for now* and for the foreseeable future, but T9 will 
definitely recycle at some point, as will 4N from Serbia, etc. Not 
too sure about ZK, though.
Cheers,
Peter,
W2IRT 