[Dx4win] Re: Help identify problem callsigns for the country file

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

Paul KK4HD reminded me that you can sort the logbook by prefix.  The calls with
no prefix will at the beginning of the sorted log.

--- Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> 
> Those of us running 7.02 have better "bad /portable rejection" due to changes
> Paul made at my suggestion.
> 
> Problem calls seem be mostly of the form:
> 
>    /LH
>    /LGT (lighthouse stations - these come up as Norway)
> 
>    /J
>    /JOTA (Jamboree on the Air - these come up as NO COUNTRY)
> 
> I now have trouble identifying these problem calls from the spots files,
> since
> they don't affect me any more.
> 
> If you are so inclined, you can help me out:
> 
> To identify calls in your logbook for which DX4WIN can't determine the
> prefix,
> do this:
> 
> - cancel any logbook filters
> 
> - open the Logbook window
> 
> - open the report editor and select only these fields:
> 
>   Date
>   Callsign
>   Prefix
> 
> - right-click on the logbook window and write to (a .CSV) file
> 
> - open that .CSV file in Excel (or equivalent) and sort the log
>   by the Prefix column (make sure to "expand the selection" when
>   Excel asks.  Note that Excel has a limitation of 64K lines,
>   so it may not read in your whole logbook.
> 
> - Go to the bottom of the sorted list.  Identify any QSO where
>   the prefix field is blank.   Send me the data (call, date, etc.)
>   Note it is NORMAL for X5 and T0 (Tango-Zero) stations to have no
>   prefix.
> 
> As far as the others, you can search the callsign field for:
> 
>   /LH
>   /LGT
> 
> If any QSOs come up, and the Prefix field in the logbook does not match the
> prefix for the base callsign (i.e. AD1C/LH should come up as USA, not
> Norway),
> then let me know the call and date of those QSOs.
> 
> There's no rush on this, I won't be incorporating these changes until a
> future
> release of the country files (not the upcoming release).
> 
> 73 - Jim AD1C


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