At 02:49 08/31/97 GMT, you wrote:
>On Sat, 30 Aug 1997 20:31:08 -0400 (EDT), KB0C@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Read a couple message about this problem. However did not see a
>>solution.
>> The NNY section took just fine and scores.
>> Added NL to the SEC.DAT file, however it scores NLI. Tried using LAB
>>and on the Section POP-up it comes up as a Y. And will not score. Maybe the
>>answer is to put it it the DX column. Is there a solution to this. And if
>>so will a new file be put on the CT BBS. Thanks for any thoughts about a
>>work around for this.
>>
>>
>> John KB0C KB0C@AOL.COM
>>
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>I can give you a fix, but I can't tell you why it works. Go into your
>sec.dat file and edit the VE entries so they look like this:
>
>MR: MR,NB,NS,PEI,VE1,VE9,VY2; VE
>NL: NL,NEWF,LAB,VO1,VO2; VE
>PQ: PQ,QC,QU,VE2; VE
>ON: ON,VE3; VE
>MB: MB,MAN,VE4; VE
>SK: SA,SK,VE5; VE
>AB: ALT,ALB,AB,VE6; VE
>BC: BC,VE7; VE
>YT: YT,YU,NW,VE8,VY1; VE
>
>The trick here is to use only two-letter titles in the left column. I
>renamed MAR to MR (don't use MA, that's Massachusetts). The prefixes
>in the center area up to the semicolon are all the variations CT will
>accept for that province, and VE is the country credit.
>
>Like I said, I haven't heard an explanation, but it works.
>
>73, Bill W7TI
>
>
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Here is my sec.dat on the VE section. I used NLA for Newfoundland Labrador.
If you end up with the right number of characters, CT doesn't blow up.
Aparently we need a standard for this.
72/73,
Ken Newman, N2CQ
Woodbury, NJ
N2CQ@Comten.com
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