[ct-user] CT9, New NL Section

[Ken Newman]

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
>>
>_______________________________________________________________
>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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