[Dxbase] Heads-up from Joe wa6axe -- on upcoming new Refdata (CHKMDBS.exe)

[Joe WA6AXE]

ALL:

Just got the heads-up from Eric (W4DXX) about the newly published ARRL AWARDS Blog
info which NOW clarifies the Russian Callsigns (Prefixes - for European Russia entity), etc --

FYI to all -- I will be starting to workup AGAIN the Refdata.mdb file and my CHKMDBS.exe
program (for only DXbase2007 users) -- and, I will post another email when I have the
work finished ... Here is the info from ARRL AWARDS BLOG:
... The info is quoted here -- 

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The DXCC Desk Clarifies Russian Prefixes Which Count for European Russia
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For the purposes of the DXCC and WAC awards, the following Russian prefixes count as European Russia:
Any call with the prefixes UA through UI and the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
Any call with the prefix U and the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
Any call with the prefixes RA through RZ and the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
Any call with the prefix R and the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.


Exception: 
Prefixes R, U, UA-UI, and RA-RZ, the number 2, and suffixes beginning
 with F or K, count as Kaliningrad.  Also, some legacy calls such as 
UA2CZ are in Kaliningrad.


And from 1 December, 2011 forward, any QSO (with any date) with stations using the following prefixes, count for European Russia:


Any call  with the prefixes UA through UI, or the prefix U,  and the 
numbers 8, and 9, followed by a suffix beginning with the letters F, G, 
or X (Perm and Komi).
Any call with the prefixes  RA through RZ, or the prefix R, and the 
numbers 8, and 9, followed by a suffix beginning with the letters F, G, 
or X (Perm and Komi).

 
Since Russia joined CEPT, there are stations active with call signs 
that do not indicate DXCC entity, such as RA/N6TR who operated from 
Asiatic Russia, and RA/SM6LRR who operates from European Russia.  These 
types of portable call signs will be managed individually in the DXCC 
system. 


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Tnx agn to Eric for the heads-up I rcvd!
JUST FYI to all for now -- more later from myself!
73 Joe wa6axe