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You are correct.
This field exists because incorrect prefix assignments are made or
incorrect values given in the field before the /
I always thought that prefix was unique, I guess not!
According to the official prefix assignment ALL should be as follows,
FO French Polynesia
FO0A Austral
FO0M Marquesas
But I guess this is not followed so it plays havoc with programs like this.
At 19:28 10/25/2001, WILLIAM ROHRER wrote:
>There are three countries that have the prefix of FO - French Polynesia,
>Marquesas, and Austral Islands. FO/HG9B is in the Austral Isl. and
>FO/SP9FIH is in Marquesas. Of course these are all part of French
>Polynesia, but are different multipliers for the contests.
>
>In order to make WriteLog score these stations correctly, I did the
>following:
>
>Open the file wl-cty.dat using a standard test only editor such as notepad.
>Find the entries for French Polynesia, Austral Islands and Marquesas.
>Insert FO, in front of FO/HG9B and insert FO, in front of FO/SP9FIH. Save
>the file and exit the editor.
>
>Now run the convert from CTY to Writelog program.
>
>When you enter FO/HG9B, it will be an ambiguous entry and you will be given
>the option of selecting which country F.A. or M.
>
>This will save lots of headaches if you work these two stations on several
>bands.
>
>If the above is too complicated, email me and I'll send you the modified
>WL_CTY.DAT file.
>
>73,
>
>Bill
>w7ij@arrl.net
>
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Gil Baron http://members.home.com/gbaron
W0MN 44.08208 N 92.51263 W 1055'
"Baila como nadie te ve"
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You are correct. <br>
<br>
This field exists because incorrect prefix assignments are made or
incorrect values given in the field before the /<br><br>
I always thought that prefix was unique, I guess not!<br><br>
<br>
According to the official prefix assignment ALL should be as
follows,<br>
FO French Polynesia<br>
FO0A Austral<br>
FO0M Marquesas<br><br>
But I guess this is not followed so it plays havoc with programs like
this.<br><br>
<br><br>
<br><br>
At 19:28 10/25/2001, WILLIAM ROHRER wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>There are three countries that have
the prefix of FO - French Polynesia,<br>
Marquesas, and Austral Islands. FO/HG9B is in the Austral Isl.
and<br>
FO/SP9FIH is in Marquesas. Of course these are all part of
French<br>
Polynesia, but are different multipliers for the contests.<br><br>
In order to make WriteLog score these stations correctly, I did the<br>
following:<br><br>
Open the file wl-cty.dat using a standard test only editor such as
notepad.<br>
Find the entries for French Polynesia, Austral Islands and
Marquesas.<br>
Insert FO, in front of FO/HG9B and insert FO, in front of
FO/SP9FIH. Save<br>
the file and exit the editor.<br><br>
Now run the convert from CTY to Writelog program.<br><br>
When you enter FO/HG9B, it will be an ambiguous entry and you will be
given<br>
the option of selecting which country F.A. or M.<br><br>
This will save lots of headaches if you work these two stations on
several<br>
bands.<br><br>
If the above is too complicated, email me and I'll send you the
modified<br>
WL_CTY.DAT file.<br><br>
73,<br><br>
Bill<br>
w7ij@arrl.net<br><br>
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WriteLog mailing list<br>
WriteLog@contesting.com<br>
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W0MN 44.08208 N 92.51263 W 1055'<br>
"Baila como nadie te ve" <br>
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