[Dxbase] Wierd YU mapping behavior

[w2nra at optonline.net]

Hi Tom,

The mapping for YU in DXBase is correct.  It is set up to accommodate anyone adding old logs to DXBase.  I think this is important with LoTW QSL for old QSOs.  Here is an explanation of the mapping from the DXBase Reflector Archive:

# What you are calling Serbia-Montenegro DXBase is still calling Yugoslavia. 
# It's all the same place.  It is part of what was Yugoslavia and what was 
# left of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) after Bosnia-Herzogovina, 
# Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia split away.  But it's still the same country 
# whether you call it Yugoslovia or Serbia-Montenegro.
#
# The reason you see different countries as you type YU, YU1, YU2, YU3, YU4, 
# YU5 is because DXBase is attempting to convert old calls to the new 
# countries through call-mapping.

# YU0, YU1, YU6, YU7, YU8 , YU9= Yugoslovia (now Serbia-Montenegro)
# YU2=9A Croatia
# YU3=S5 Slovenia
# YU4=T9 Bosnia-Herzogovina
# YU5=Z3 Macedonia
#
# If the name Yugoslavia bothers you, go into Tools/Database Access/Countries 
# Prefixes and change it to Serbia and Montenegro.  BTW the YU is bring up the 
# deleted country of the German Dem Rep. in the summary window but since you 
# can't enter a YU call without a number this will result in the right DXCC 
# country entered in your log.

You could change the mapping for YU but without a number what would you change it to?  YU can be 5 different countries.

73,

Art
W2NRA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "FireBrick" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>
To: "Tom Althoff" <althoff at verizon.net>; "DXbase reflector" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Wierd YU mapping behavior


> Take a look at the Mapping for the Old 'East Germany'.
> For a while in the '80s they were using Yand a two digit number.
> for instance. Y27XX.
> 
> Forget the formal name for now deleted East Germany.
> 
> You may have mapped something there inadvertently.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Althoff" <althoff at verizon.net>
> To: "DXbase reflector" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 7:00 AM
> Subject: [Dxbase] Wierd YU mapping behavior
> 
> 
>>I just typed YU into the summary window to see if I needed it on 10 and it
>> bought up German Dem. Rep. as the country.
>> 
>> I've looked at all 3 mapping tables and there is no entry for YU mapped to
>> anything.  There are YU1-9 some of which are mapped to Z3, 9A, T9 and S5.
>> 
>> I'm scratching my head on this one.
>> 
>> Where else would a lookup in the summary go to select German Dem Rep.
>> Maybe a database got scrambled somehow and needs rebuilding?
>> 
>> Tom K2TA
>> 
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