[Dxbase] FW: Re: M/callsign - What's With This?

[KB2000a]

This discussion has been going around the N1MM mail for a few days, so thought I'd try it in DXBase. I get the same results, G/K2AA comes up as England; M/K2AA comes up blank for country. Switching it around, I tried K and W with an Italian (K/IR2T and W/IR2T), and both were recognized as USA. I thought maybe it needed clarification, like knowing it was not MI, so tried M2/K2AA, and that comes up as England. But then, why wouldn't K or W or G need the same clarification. 
 
I don't know which is right, or wrong, but thought I'd pass this along for thought in DXBase. 
 
Keith
N5RA


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To: N1MMLogger at yahoogroups.com
From: n1wr at chesapeake.net
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 10:16:56 -0400
Subject: [N1MM] Re: M/callsign - What's With This?


  



Pete: When I did the contest I was using a prior version than the current 11.5.3. But it was only a couple versions back, November, 2010 version I think. I updated to the newest version (11.5.3) after the contest to see if I could eliminate the problem. I also updated the cty file. No joy.

In the N1MM log for these two callsigns the prefix field is blank. I tried adding another M/??? call this morning with the 11.5.3 version but still no prefix decode. Other portable stations I worked decoded just fine. Any hints on where I should be looking?

Not a real big problem - the cabrillo file will be OK. Just curious why this doesn't work on the computer.

Wayne, N1WR

Re: M/callsign - What's With This? 
Posted by: "Pete Smith" n4zr at contesting.com n4zr 
Sun May 29, 2011 6:53 pm (PDT) 

Don't know what version you were using, Wayne, but M/ denotes England, 
and 11.5.1 decoded it just fine.

73, Pete N4ZR

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On 5/29/2011 8:56 PM, n1wr wrote:
> In CW WPX this weekend Iworked two stations signing like this: M/SP3CW and M/YO4RDWQ.
>
> So - is this some new convention in Europe for mobile stations, or were they portable in England (M = G)?
>
> N1MM didn't like the idea - wouldn't determine the prefix.
>
> Inquiring minds would like to know.
>
> 73, Wayne N1WR

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