[Dx4win] DX4WIN.CTY country file Release #19.8 - 23 May 2019

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

> The DX4WIN country file, DX4WIN.CTY Release #19.8 is now available from:
>
>     http://www.country-files.com/dx4win-info/

For IOTA chasers using DX4WIN 9.0x, this release has a fairly
significant change.  Older version had mistakenly included "excluded"
islands in some of the IOTA groups.  For example, Camano Island, WA
does not count for IOTA NA-065, although the drop-down menu in the
"IOTA Island' field included it.  That is now fixed.  However, this
means that you may have mistakenly set the IOTA field for these QSOs.
Those IOTA fields need to be cleared, but there is not an easy way to
tell which QSOs this applies.  It's too time-consuming to search for
each island individually.

I am trying to come up with a method for users to identify which QSOs
may have invalid IOTA fields.  Unfortunately, my first (obvious) try
does not work.

I can help you in the short term. Before updating the country file,
use an F8 search, and put the '*' character in the IOTA field.  Now
bring up the Logbook window, and make sure it has these columns:

- Callsign
- Date
- Time
- IOTA
- IOTA Island

Right-click on the Logbook window and choose "Write to File".  Give it
a name like old_iota.csv

After updating the country file, do the same steps above, except when
saving the Logbook window, give it a different name, like
iota_new.csv.

Send me the two iota_*.csv files.  I'll tell you which QSOs you may
need to change.

73 - Jim AD1C

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