[Dxbase] Label Prefix - Why K4A?

[Joe Glockner]

Eric,

I just noticed that the probable usage of the K4A in the
PREFIX column of the Labels Pending database was on-purpose..

Looking at the USA Bureaus -- the 4-land area is the ONLY
Bureau area that has TWO addresses ...

Here is the listing for 4-land Bureaus:


K4,N4,  Mecklenburg Amateur Radio Soc., Box DX, Charlotte, NC 28220
W4   
 
AA-AK4, Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club, Call Box 599, Sterling, VA 20167
KA-KZ4,
NA-NZ4,
WA-WZ4  

All other USA call-areas have just one Bureau address.


73 Joe wa6axe


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> From: ve3gsi at sympatico.ca
> To: wa6axe at hotmail.com; dxbase at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: RE: [Dxbase] Label Prefix - Why K4A?
> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 10:34:32 -0500
>
> Thanks for the explanation Joe.
> I was beginning to think there was a 'secret handshake' for U.S. bureaus.
> 
> Eric - Ve3gsi
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joe Glockner
>>
>> Eric,
>>
>> Since the PREFIX column in the Labels Pending Database
>> is "hard-coded" within DXbase, I think that only Jack
>> can answer you question ..
>>
>> I see that the K4A (or any other USA call-area) only
>> comes up when I save a USA call that has "three" letters
>> after the numerical digit of the callsign ...
>>
>> Hard to say without seeing the coding - whether this is
>> a glitch/bug -- or -- whether it was intentional.
>>
>>
>> 73 Joe wa6axe
>>
>> ________________________________
>>> From: ve3gsi
>>>
>>>
>>> There is something I don't understand about Prefix and
>>> U.S.A. callsigns generated in the label database, this is the prefix
>> that I use
>>> to sort my cards on before packaging them up for the bureau. I am not
>>> suggesting for an moment DXbase has a problem, it is as an outsider,
>> the
>>> prefixes used for American calls seem to have some idiosyncrasies to
>> me.
>>>
>>>
>>> For example: I printed a QSL cards for W4UCZ
>>> today, I would have expected the prefix which I sort on would be K4,
>> but
>>> instead it comes out as K4A. I see this from time to time with
>> certain calls
>>> but not all calls. Now if I choose W4CU the prefix information is K4
>> and I see
>>> no obvious reason as to the difference, how come?
>>>
>>> From a baffled Canuck,
>>> Eric - Ve3gsi
>
>

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