[Dx4win] DX4WIN Country File Update status

[Bud Semon N7CW]

Jim,

I think I speak for everyone on here - we can't thank you enough for
everything you do.  I would prefer that you take the most efficient course
- I can wait on the IOTA updates.

73, Bud  N7CW


On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 6:26 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> As I wrote on July 11, "I'm in the midst of a huge country file
> update, trying to reconcile differences with the database in Club
> Log."
>
> I'm still working on this - it's been a HUGE project.  Even though the
> work to identify differences is automated, resolving those differences
> takes time.  It takes an average of 2-5 minutes for each one,
> including research, discussion with G3PMR, then actually making
> changes (if needed).  This doesn't include time spent looking into new
> information we discover along the way.  So given I've found at least
> 300 such differences so far, that adds up to between 10-25 hours of
> continuous work, if I had that kind of time.  And I'm only up to the
> "J" callsigns at this point, so K-Z still lie ahead.
>
> If there's a rush to push out a new country file due to the recent
> IOTA changes, I can do that.  However, I'd rather try to finish this
> project first, hopefully by the end of the month, if not a little
> sooner.
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
>
> --
> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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