[Dxbase] [dxbase] VK9 callsigns and your DXbase prefix database - Joe wa6axe

[Larry E Price]

I expect that will be up to my heirs as I doubt if I will have any strong
concern with DXBase 2050.

 

Larry , W4RA

 

From: Neal Campbell [mailto:abrohamneal at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 12:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [dxbase] VK9 callsigns and your DXbase prefix database - Joe
wa6axe

 



;-)   What is the proposal on how to do that?

 

73

Neal

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Wes Stewart <n7ws at yahoo.com> wrote:

  


So I guess that the new DXBase2050 will remove all of the funny suffix
letters from the Prefix column, when it's released.



--- On Wed, 7/27/11, Joe WA6AXE <wa6axe at hotmail.com> wrote:

 

ALL;


Back in 2009, the VK9 callsigns CHANGED .. Here is the info that was passed
back in Oct 2009

//quote//


Friday, October 23, 2009


VK9 Callsign Changes 


VK9 C, L, M, N, W & X deleted from DX equation

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has decided to
discontinue the use of a VK9 callsign suffix letter to denote each of the
six Australian external territories, each a DX entity.

The long-standing prefixes included VK9C for Cocos (Keeling) Island, VK9L
Lord Howe Island, VK9M Mellish Reef, VK9N Norfolk Island, VK9W Willis Island
and VK9X Christmas Island.

The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA), under its role of providing ham
radio licence examinations and issuing amateur certificates of proficiency,
also recommends each and every amateur radio callsign issued by the ACMA.

On taking on new roles earlier this year it began to query the practices in
relation to VK9 callsigns, then consulted the amateur radio community and
came to the view that it could not support having a suffix letter as a
geographic identifier in VK9 callsigns.

The ACMA itself has not stuck with the VK9 callsign tradition over the years
when issuing licences and some DXers requested a callsign contrary to the
historic or DXCC list suffix block.

VK9Y has also been used for Cocos and VK9Z for Mellish, and often,
particularly recently, if a VK9 callsign was requested it would be issued. 

The ACMA having not rigidly applied its own VK9 callsign policy, and wanting
to eliminate where-ever possible administrative tasks related to the amateur
radio service, decided that the historic VK9 callsigns are a thing of the
past.

>From 1 November, callsigns for the VK9 DX entities will fall in line with
the practice for issuing callsigns for all other VK call areas, with the
suffix only to denoting the class of licence issued - Advanced, Standard or
Foundation.

Licences with a VK9 callsign issued to visiting overseas radio amateurs will
only be for a short-term if requested or for a maximum 12 months period, and
not be automatically renewed.

A VK ham or visiting radio amateur does not necessarily require a VK9
callsign, although most do for DXing, contesting or QSLing purposes.

Under the provisions of the Amateur Licence Conditions Determination,
portable operation is permitted with a radio amateur using their home
callsign /VK9 and stating their location.

Jim Linton VK3PC 


//end of quote//


What this means -- is that our Refdata entity prefixes that have been
long-standing as a FIXED thing -- is not a rigidly fixed
prefix anymore ... Whenever you log a VK9 callsign -- there is a REALLY GOOD
CHANCE that you will have to CHANGE the
Prefix column of your logbook to the entity that the DX Station is REALLY IN
...  

Since they changed to this new VK9 callsign system back in Nov 2009 --- you
will simply have to keep 
an eye on WHERE the DX Station is truely located and log the QSO - but,
change the Prefix (if needed) and
when the pop-up window open asking if you want to MAP VK9.. to a particular
entity - allow that to MAP
by saying Yes ... 

This new system surely doesn't help the automatic logging of QSOs - without
the user being 
attentive to the possibility of a change needed..

JUST FYI ...


73 Joe wa6axe

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