[Dxbase] Update to the LoTW Stats by Year report is nowposted-Joe
wa6axe
Jack
jack at dxbase.com
Sat Jan 26 21:57:48 EST 2008
Gary,
Thanks for the insights. Now I know more about it than I ever thought I
would... haha..
Cheers,
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
To: "Jack" <jack at dxbase.com>; "Bill Parry" <bparry at rgv.rr.com>; "'Rod
Greene'" <rod.greene at gmail.com>; "'Joseph Glockner'" <jglock2 at airmail.net>
Cc: "'DXBase Reflector'" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Update to the LoTW Stats by Year report is
nowposted-Joe wa6axe
> Not quite correct Jack. There are no counties in Alaska. The Alaska
> Statehood Act specifically prohibited the creation of counties in Alaska.
> This is because of lobbying pressure by mining, fishing and logging
> interests at the time who did not want the feds to allow counties, which
> would have taxing capabilities. In response, SOME areas of the state have
> incorporated into boroughs rather than counties. However, not all areas
> of the state have incorporated into boroughs because they too have taxing
> capability. Bush Alaska, where native Alaskans live a subsistence
> lifestyle and are typically cash poor, doesn't want a local government
> that can levy taxes on them either.
>
> From an amateur radio stand point this makes 'county' designations a
> problem, as vast areas of the state have no 'county'. That is why there
> are geographic regions instead. These regions correspond to the four
> Districts of the Alaska State Judicial System, which do cover all areas of
> the state, even out to the far reaches of the Aleutians. The state
> legislature has tried on numerous occasions to mandate formation of
> boroughs throughout the state, but they haven't been successful yet - and
> probably never will!
>
> Les, KL7J, has more information about the Judicial Districts and the
> corresponding regions of the state, as well as a map showing the judicial
> boundaries at his web site: http://www.qsl.net/kl7j/county.htm.
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack" <jack at dxbase.com>
> To: "Bill Parry" <bparry at rgv.rr.com>; "'Rod Greene'"
> <rod.greene at gmail.com>; "'Joseph Glockner'" <jglock2 at airmail.net>
> Cc: "'DXBase Reflector'" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: January 26, 2008 1:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Update to the LoTW Stats by Year report is
> nowposted-Joe wa6axe
>
>
>> yep, however with Alaska seems the county hunters award and the State of
>> Alaska are out of sync. The county hunters go by regions ( not
>> counties ) and the State of Alaska assigns county names.
>>
>> It's like just about everything associated with Amateur radio... there
>> are no standards for just about anything in ham radio.... go figure....
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jack
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bill Parry" <bparry at rgv.rr.com>
>> To: "'Jack'" <jack at dxbase.com>; "'Rod Greene'" <rod.greene at gmail.com>;
>> "'Joseph Glockner'" <jglock2 at airmail.net>
>> Cc: "'DXBase Reflector'" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 4:28 PM
>> Subject: RE: [Dxbase] Update to the LoTW Stats by Year report is now
>> posted-Joe wa6axe
>>
>>
>>>I notice that sometimes I get the same warning for Alaska contacts. Is
>>>it
>>> the same thing?
>>>
>>> Bill, W5VX
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>>> [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>>> On Behalf Of Jack
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 1:34 PM
>>> To: Rod Greene; Joseph Glockner
>>> Cc: DXBase Reflector
>>> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Update to the LoTW Stats by Year report is now
>>> posted-Joe wa6axe
>>>
>>> Rod,
>>>
>>> The short answer is "ignore" it. Unfortunately, there are a number of
>>> programs out there that violate ADIF standards by putting so-called
>>> "State"
>>> info into the ADIF field that is designated for USA states. As a
>>> result,
>>> you can get these warning messages because DXbase will not allow non-us
>>> state info into the DXbase State field. Additionally, a lot of folks
>>> mis-spell their county info and once again, DXbase will not allow
>>> mis-spelled county names into its database.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Jack
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Rod Greene" <rod.greene at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Joseph Glockner" <jglock2 at airmail.net>
>>> Cc: "DXBase Reflector" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 12:44 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Update to the LoTW Stats by Year report is now
>>> posted -Joe wa6axe
>>>
>>>
>>>> Having recently uploaded all my QSO records to LoTW, and
>>>> downloaded the QSL Report I wanted to update my DXB2007
>>>> data with the confirmed information. When I run the ADIF LoTW
>>>> import in the test mode, it shows that many of the VE's have a
>>>> "State" information warning and many of the US records have a
>>>> "County" warning.
>>>>
>>>> Is this correct? I would presume the data coming from ARRL's
>>>> LoTW ADIF file would be the correct ADIF format? Is this an
>>>> ADIF ver 1 spec vs. ver 2 spec problem? Should I ignore it
>>>> even though it would be nice to have the County info recorded.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Rod w7zrc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 1/15/08, Joseph Glockner <jglock2 at airmail.net> wrote:
>>>>> > To all:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > For those who downloaded the LoTW Stats by Year report,
>>>>> > I have posted an updated version that corrects the
>>>>> > "Division by Zero" error that some users are seeing.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > The updated version is at:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > http://www.navycthistory.com/wa6axe/lotwstatsbyyear.zip
>>>>> > <http://www.navycthistory.com/wa6axe/lotwstatsbyyear.zip>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > FYI - this report is looking at the QSLS column of your
>>>>> > DXbase logbook (to see whether the QSOs was "sent" to
>>>>> > LoTW) - and - is also looking at the CFM column (to
>>>>> > see whether the QSOs was "confirmed" via LoTW).
>>>>> >
>>>>> > If you do not have the QSLS column or CFM column of
>>>>> > your logbook indicating the LoTW actions - then this
>>>>> > report will not be useful to you.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > 73 Joe wa6axe
>>>>> >
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Rod Greene, W7ZRC
>>>>> 3560 N. McDermott Rd.
>>>>> Meridian ID 83642
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Rod Greene, W7ZRC
>>>> 3560 N. McDermott Rd.
>>>> Meridian ID 83642
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