I just downloaded the latest wl_cty.dat file and got it to work, but not in
the way documented on www.country-files.com. I'm running Vista and the
instructions there say to download the wl_cty.dat file into
C:\ProgramData\WriteLog and then run the Convert Cty to WriteLog utility
program. I did that and the new country file did not work when I checked
VERSION in WL. There was no new wl_cty.bin file in either
C:\ProgramData\WriteLog or C:\ProgramFiles\WriteLog. Not sure why this is
not working as expected.
I then went back to what has always worked for me before - copied wl_cty.dat
into C:\Users\AL9A\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\WriteLog. I
then ran the Convert Cty utility and pointed it to a "...alternative prefix
database...", the one in my VirtualStore path. After the Convert utility
ran I started WL and entered "VERSION" in the call field and hit tab. The
Country came up as Kuwait which is correct for this update. However, when I
look in C:\Users\AL9A\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\WriteLog I
see the new wl_cty.dat file and a wl_cty.bin file that is dated 12/04/2009.
This bin file apparently has the correct info from the Convert utility
process, but for some reason the date does not change with a new update.
BTW, I also tried entering TO7ZG in the JARTS contest module and it
correctly indentifies the country as St. Barts and says it's a new mult.
73,
Gary AL9A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Cassel VE3XD" <ve3xd@rogers.com>
To: "'DickT-W0RAA'" <dickt@w0raa.com>; "'Mike McCarthy, W1NR'"
<lists@w1nr.net>
Cc: "'Writelog Reflector'" <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: October 18, 2010 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] TO7ZG???
> This raises an interesting problem. I also updated my CTY a week or so ago
> and had a problem in not
> finding the updates. I was advised here that it had been relocated to
> programData/writelog instead
> of in WriteLog/Programs.
>
> So far so good. I didn't work TO7ZG in the contest so no problem. But
> because of Dick's email I
> tried entering it in my log and found that it did not display a country.
>
> So I copied the .DAT files from programData/writelog to WriteLog/Programs
> where they had always been
> in the past and bingo the country now displays upon log entry. I'm using
> 10.79D which as far as I
> know is current. So something is out of sync.
>
> 73,
> Don VE3XD
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: writelog-bounces@contesting.com
>> [mailto:writelog-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of DickT-W0RAA
>> Sent: October-18-10 12:25 PM
>> To: Mike McCarthy, W1NR
>> Cc: Writelog Reflector
>> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] TO7ZG???
>>
>> I have wl_cty.dat file updated. It has a date of Oct. 15,
>> 2010, and I did the WL "Convert CTY to Writelog" conversion.
>> Do I need a file in the Super Check Partial section? All I
>> see to choose from are files with a DTA extension.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Dick
>> W0RAA
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike McCarthy, W1NR" <lists@w1nr.net>
>> To: "DickT-W0RAA" <dickt@w0raa.com>
>> Cc: "Writelog Reflector" <writelog@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 9:25 AM
>> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] TO7ZG???
>>
>>
>> > Update your country files (wl_cty.dat)
>> >
>> > Mike, W1NR
>> >
>> > On 10/18/2010 11:25 AM, DickT-W0RAA wrote:
>> >> While participating in the JARTS RTTY this past weekend, I
>> got a call
>> >> from
>> >> TO7ZG. I worked him and when I logged him it did not show
>> any country
>> >> and I
>> >> got a Zero in the Points column. I looked up the call on
>> qrz.com and it
>> >> shows as a valid call located on Saint Barthelemy Island
>> (NA-146). I
>> >> listened as I ran across him on other parts of the band
>> and I know I had
>> >> the
>> >> call correct. QRZ.COM said that there were a couple
>> German hams working
>> >> as
>> >> TO7ZG during the JARTS contest. I'm not questioning the
>> validity of the
>> >> call, just why it didn't show as a valid contact in WL.
>> >>
>> >> Did anybody else experience this same thing with this
>> contact if they
>> >> worked
>> >> him? Just curious why no points were given by WriteLog.
>> I didn't have
>> >> any
>> >> problems with any other contact. Just this one.
>> >>
>> >> Dick
>> >> W0RAA
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
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