[Dx4win] Country Database Support (NOT)

[Barockteer@aol.com]

Gee, what a wonderful analogy! In fact, 10 years ago, I bought a Murray rider at K-Mart for 900 bucks. It was a piece of crap!  Last year, I HAPPILY paid $2500 for a John Deere to replace it! Anyone care to recommend the John Deere of logging programs??

As for expecting country file support for a logging program, I guess I'm spoiled by CT. I can go to the CT web page, log in as a registered user, and download an up-to-date country file for version 9, which I purchased several years before I bought DX4WIN (making it even MORE OUTDATED then DX4WIN v4). I guess expecting this kind of support places me in the DANGEROUS LUNATIC HALL OF FAME. I must be in good company!

I might have a bad attitude, based on misplaced expectations, but at least I didn't call anybody names.

As for blaming the problem on the FCC, I don't buy it. Yeah, they screwed up and should have made it KH1B or something. However, logging programs should be able to handle exceptions. This certainly isn't the first time that a DXpedition has used a callsign that is not unique to the location.


Thanks to Pete, N4ZR; Bob, N5NJ; and Tom, K4NR who actually offered helpful suggestions, from trying the v5 country file (anyone do that?) to volunteering to fix my file for me.

-Tony, K1KP