[ct-user] The solution to the TO8B Prefix problem

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

At 12:23 PM 10/27/98 -0500, SteveSzabo@aol.com wrote:
>
>In order to correctly identify the Country and Zone for the TO8B call (and any
>other specialty call), you need to enter the correct country prefix first,
>then "slash" the call like this:     FM/TO8B.  If you enter the call this way,
>it will identify the country, zone, and score correctly.  This is also the
>correct way to enter portable stations (like the FS and HI8 operators and
>others in the contest this weekend - FS/K7ZUM and HI8/DK8YY).  This process
>will work in any logging program.  The TO8 prefix belongs to Martinique (FM);
>this same procedure will work for any non-standard callsign prefix.

With all respect to Steve, this is NOT the way to correct the problem. You
have to log the callsign that the station sends, not some made-up portable
call to get CT to score it right.

The CORRECT solution is to have downloaded the updated country files that I
announced two weeks ago.  It has TO8B and a number of other changes in it.

Not having done that, you can type TO8B=FM into CT's callsign field and it
will update the country file you have "on the fly".  This would also work
with the unknown China callsign B1Z=BY.

73 - Jim AD1C

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Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>      http://jjr.ne.mediaone.net/


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