[Dxbase] Zone checker utilities by WA6AXE (Attachment)

Wed Jul 25 20:28:59 EDT 2012

Many thanks to Earl N5ZM and John N8RF who both sent me the zip file 
2007ZoneCheck.zip. I'm sure this is the package that they downloaded from 
Joe's web site when he released them to the DXB community. I have extracted 
the files from the zip folder and just ran a quick test with the 
usazonechecker.exe. It discovered 167 errors in CQ zones and 102 errors in 
ITU zones. Previous QSOs with many of these stations had the correct zones 
because I had used the 2006 version of usazonechecker.exe to fix them prior 
to upgrading to DXB2007. The stations with errors in their zone 
designations came in because of contest imports since upgrading to 2007.
I will continue to experiment with the other utilities, but I'm sure these 
are the ones Joe intended for 2007 users. I notice the zip folder contains 
a file called allother.mdb. I'm not sure what this is, but am assuming it 
may contain the correct zones for various spots in the world? I guess I 
have to start a new data base and use that mdb file to find out for sure. 
Again thanks to both Earl and John for sending me the correct package of 
utilities needed for 2007. I appreciate your quick responses.
73,
Gary AL9A
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Earl" <n5zm at adxa.org>
To: "Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
Sent: July 25, 2012 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Zone checker utilities by WA6AXE (Attachment)
> Gary, looks like you still don't have the file you ask for. I found this 
> in
> my downloads folder. I hope it is what you are looking for.. (Attached)
>> Earl N5ZM..
>> On 7/25/2012 12:14 AM, Gary AL9A wrote:
>> Since upgrading from 2006 to 2007 one of the things I miss havimg are 
>> some
>> utility programs Joe created a few years back to check the mdb file for
>> errors in CQ and ITU zones. I do a lot of Non-DXBase imports from my
>> contest logger. The problem is that the DXBase import routine populates 
>> the
>> zone data based on the number in the call sign. In the US anyway, the
>> number in a call sign no longer accurately represents where the station 
>> is
>> actually located. So a 6 station in FL will come into the log with the
>> zones for CA. A 1 call in TX will be loaded with the zones from 1 land,
>> etc.
>>>> Joe identified this problem and created a number of utilities to do zone
>> checking - usazonechecker.exe, otherzonechecker.exe and 
>> RUzonechecker.exe.
>> These utilities scanned the mdb file looking for zones that were in 
>> error,
>> presented a list of the problem ones and corrected the files if you opted 
>> to
>> do so. Really handy utilities to have.
>>>> I still have the ones I used for DXB2006. Does anyone know if these
>> utilities work with DXB2007, or did Joe create specific versions for 2006
>> and 2007. If, as I suspect, there are different versions for 2006 and 
>> 2007
>> does anyone have copies of the 2007 versions they would be willing to 
>> share.
>> Since Joe took down his web site I cannot check this for myself. Also, I
>> suspect the RUzonechecker.exe may be a bit out of date due to the change 
>> on
>> the RU call signs awhile back.
>>>> Any feedback is appreciated.
>>>> 73,
>> Gary AL9A
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