[Nodxa] "U.S.A" displayed as "U.S.A. of America"

[Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)]

Hi Tedd,

This is about the CTY.DAT file that is updated for contesters and 
logging programs.  I examined the actual files and agree with the part 
about WSJT-X but there are other versions on

https://www.country-files.com/

so it may not apply to N3FJP etc.

----73, Glenn, AF8C

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: 	[wsjt-devel] "U.S.A" displayed as "U.S.A. of America"
Date: 	Wed, 17 May 2023 11:09:26 +0200
From: 	Uwe, DG2YCB via wsjt-devel <wsjt-devel at lists.sourceforge.net>
Reply-To: 	WSJT software development <wsjt-devel at lists.sourceforge.net>
To: 	WSJT software development <wsjt-devel at lists.sourceforge.net>
CC: 	Uwe, DG2YCB <dg2ycb at gmx.de>



Hi all,

Some users complain that "U.S.A." is displayed as "U.S.A. of America". 
The reason for this is that the maintainers of the CTY.DAT file have 
suddenly changed the name from "United States" to "United States of 
America". But since all programs (WSJT-X, JTDX, wsjt-x_improved, 
jtdx_improved, I think also MSHV) have a built-in algorithm to 
abbreviate/replace "United States" by "U.S.A.", this now results in 
"U.S.A. of America".

This, by the way, is a good example of someone who makes a small change 
with good intentions but doesn't think about the side effects it can cause.

The undesirable side effect only affects users who have downloaded an 
updated cty.dat file themselves, because the cty.dat file that comes 
with WSJT-X or wsjt-x_improved still uses "United States" as the name in 
its cty.dat file.

However, the good news is: You can change it very easily yourself. 
Either delete any cty.dat file in your log directory, or edit this file 
and change "United States of America" to "United States".

I will inform the maintainers of the cty.dat file about this annoying 
side effect and hope that they understand that it is better to use the 
name "United States" again.

73 de Uwe, DG2YCB

-- 
Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses:
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Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence)
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DX Advisor for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society
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