[Dxbase] Update to the Refdata (Alias Map table)

[Fred Handscombe]

Joe

No problem, you are the one doing all the hard work

I had an email form someone else about MB

MB is a VERY rarely used prefix and, like GB, could be anywhere in UK (G GI GU GJ GW GM or G)

I would say delete all the MB mappings and worry if one is ever active

73 Fred

From: Joe Glockner 
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 6:16 PM
To: fredch at homeshack.freeserve.co.uk ; wa6axe at verizon.net ; dxbase at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: Re: Re: [Dxbase] Update to the Refdata (Alias Map table)

GM fred,

I saw that discrepancy and was reading the RSGB webpages to find out what
was the real mapping ...  Now that we have this info (from you) - I will update
my Refdata.mdb file to read as per your guidance.

Tnx agn Fred!

73 Joe wa6axe 



On 10/31/14, Fred Handscombe<fredch57 at emirates.net.ae> wrote: 

Hi Joe

Thanks for your constant support of DXbase, keeping us all straight!

That whole area of M* of callsigns is a mess in the default DXbase data 
base. It dates back to when Jack was running DXbase and I think he was 
given some bad advice by someone as many of the UK calls (G*, M*, 2*) were 
very wrongly mapped. I wrote to him about it way back but nothing happened. 
I guess living in UK my information didn't count :-)

Once you have added MA0 if you look in the body of the "Alias mapping" tab

MA5 maps to GI - WRONG, its GM

MA6 maps to GD - WRONG, Its GM

MA7 maps to GJ - WRONG, its GM

MA8 maps to GU - Wrong, its GM

MA1 is missing, should be GM

GA also maps to G - WRONG, its GM

(a "9" in any UK prefix (G9, M9) for ham radio has never existed)

ALL MA (and GA, 2A) prefixes are in SCOTLAND (GM, MM, 2M). Alba is an 
ancient name for Scotland and this year 2014 is the "homecoming year", hence 
the special call for Scottish residents only

The whole mess is repeated in MB*

Hopefully the "new" DXbase will use the Clublog database for callsign 
mapping

73 Fred
G4BWP - A65BD

-----Original Message----- 
From: Joe Glockner
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 1:06 AM
To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Dxbase] Update to the Refdata (Alias Map table)



Recently two DXbase users gave me a heads-up on the

callsign MA0XAU .. (Scotland - GM)




ClubLog maps this MA0 prefix to Scotland .. and doing

a search of the Spots for MA0 - they show Scotland also..




So, since this callsign produces NO Prefix - if you log

it right now ...




You can setup the MA0 prefix to now log as GM by:




Go to Main Menu Tools/ Database Access/ Country prefixes...




When the window comes up -- go to the Alias Map TAB and

scrolldown to the bottom of that tables -- enter the following:




Map Prefix MA0

Pri Prefix GM




Next - save this entry by putting your mouse curser into the

next (Blank) row.







73 Joe wa6axe
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