[Dx4win] russian oblasts problem

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 2:25 AM, RZ4FWW wrote:
>
>> Please help! My DX4WIN 5.03 doesn't give possibility to enter the data in the field CUSTOM AWARD - RUSSIAN OBLASTS in half QSO with russian station. Why?
>
> I found the problem.  I could see same thing in version 6.02 (lucky I guess).
>
> When Paul created DX4WIN version 7, he added the 60 meter (5 MHz)
> band.  Earlier versions of DX4WIN don't have this band.  The Russian
> Oblast award has a list of "allowed bands", and that list is incorrect
> for versions of DX4WIN earlier then version 7.  See below:
>
>    [OBLA]
>    ; url=http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/award.asp
>    awdname=Russian Oblasts
>    bands=YYNYNYNYNYNNNNNNNNNNN
>    prefix=4J1,4K2,CE9,KC4,R1F,R1M,UA,UA2,UA9
>
> To fix the problem, edit DX4WIN.AWD and remove the line that begins
> with "bands=" as shown above.
>
> Can someone please confirm which bands are LEGAL for the Russian
> Oblast award?  The list above indicates that 60m, 30m, 17m and 12m (as
> well as 6m and above) are INVALID for the award - is this correct?

If these are the rules:

    http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/award.asp

then it seems that all bands are allowed.

-- 
Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us