I noticed this first when all the B1Z spots were shown in red. And then again
when B1Z called me. I don’t recall ever noticing this before.
The fix was to add BY to the country column of the qso.
Glad you found the problem and have a fix.
Randy K5ZD
> On Nov 29, 2024, at 10:37 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> This morning, Bob K8IA pointed out to me that WriteLog was not
> recognizing prefixes beginning with B1 (like B1Z) as China. I have
> never worked one from my modest station here in Colorado, so I never
> noticed the problem myself. I'm surprised that no one else has ever
> reported the problem before.
>
> The software that writes the country files for WF1B and WriteLog has
> some special tests to avoid writing certain duplicate (unnecessary)
> prefixes to the country file. WF1B handled B1 (BY1) correctly, but
> WriteLog did not. The fix was to copy the correct test condition from
> the WF1B section of the code to the WriteLog section of the code, and
> B1 now shows up in the country file:
>
> <
> 3U3,3U4,3U5,3U6,3U7,3U8,3U9,B0,B2,B3,B4,B5,B6,B7,B8,B9,BA,BA0,BA2,BA3,BA4,
> < BZ9,XS,XS0,XS2,XS3,XS4,XS5,XS6,XS7,XS8,XS9,=BA4DL/0(23);
> ---
> <
> 3U3,3U4,3U5,3U6,3U7,3U8,3U9,B0,B2,B3,B4,B5,B6,B7,B8,B9,BA,BA0,BA2,BA3,BA4,
>> BZ9,XS,XS0,XS2,XS3,XS4,XS5,XS6,XS7,XS8,XS9,B1,=BA4DL/0(23);
>
> I won't explain why it's listed after XS9 instead of before B2, that's
> a much longer discussion.
>
> This fix will be in the next country file release, certainly before
> the ARRL 10m contest.
>
> I apologize to anyone affected by this problem.
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
>
> --
> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us/
>
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