[Dxbase] Re: YT2D

[Art Searle W2NRA]

Jim wrote:

> Try typing YU, YU1, YU2, YU3, YU4, YU5,  in the Summary window in the 
> upper right under call sign.
> Different countries shows up. No Serbia-Montenegro.

> I looked in DXbase Data Access Country Prefixes and could not find YU1, 
> YU2, YU3, YU4, YU5
> and Serbia-Montenegro.  Am I looking in the wrong place?  Do I need to add 
> Serbia-Montenegro?

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.

73,
Art
W2NRA