[Dx4win] New Country List

[Roger D Johnson]

Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:

> 
> 
> I'm really torn over these.  The majority of them claim to be in Zone 17,
> though physically they are more likely in Zone 16.  I believe they want to be
> in Zone 17 to get the extra inter-continent points for working Europe in the
> CQWW contest.  Yes, there are some guys who claim Zone 16, but most of the QSLs
> even say Zone 17.  I recently changed all of these to Zone 17, so they would
> agree with *most* logs and *most* QSL cards.
> 
> 
>>2) The list currently tries to resolve Soviet-era Special Event Callsigns
>>with an "E" prefix on a call by call basis. But they can be deciphered like
>>this: Take the call EO9ACS. The "republic"/oblast can be figured out by
>>taking the first letter after the prefix (the "A"), followiing it by the
>>number in the prefix (the "9"), and then by the second letter after the
>>prefix. This gives you A9C. Look up UA9C in an old Soviet prefix list, and
>>you get Asiatic Russia and the proper Oblast/Region.
> 
> 
> That is true in many cases, but not all cases.  I can probably find some
> exceptions for you, but none off the top of my head.  I have been using
> information I found on this web page:
> 
>   http://www.qsl.at/common/listen.html
> 
> They have actual QSL cards in hand, and a detailed list, by prefix, of every
> one (look for "Prefix List Soviet Union, CIS"). This resource has proven
> invaluable.  It looks like I messed up on EU0G, I'll have to check to find out
> why I changed this. I have been meaning to incorporate this work into DX4WIN,
> but it's a BIG task!  I'll make note of the correction.
> 
> 73 - Jim AD1C

Please, Jim.....tell me it isn't true! A contester lying to increase his
score!! Next you'll be telling me that some of them run illegal power!!!

Seriously, as a DXer, I think I want the zone mappings to agree with the
callsign and put the "zone spoofers" in as exceptions.

Thanks for all the hard work that you've put in.

73, Roger



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