[RTTY] FRIEND Files

[DJ3IW Goetz]

Hi folks,

I downloaded the only file available at Dons webpage rtty081503.zip
just NOW, 0800 UTC, Monday Sep 1. The FRIEND.INI dated 16 Aug 2003
has VE6YR=BEN and also N1MGO=CHARLIE.
So WHERE can I find the latest .DTA and Friend.ini??

73 de Goetz
dj3iw at t-online.de
----- Original Message -----
From: <Rfmandmpm at aol.com>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] FRIEND Files


> In a message dated 31/08/2003 9:25:41 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> k4sb at earthlink.net writes:
>
> > Rfmandmpm at aol.com wrote:
> > >I finally succeeded in getting the previous FRIEND file corrected to BOB
> > from BEN, however it is back to BEN in the file that was recently
released.
> > ------------------------------
> > Unless my file has been modified, your name is listed as BOB in the
> > latest file I sent to Don! Since I created it, and just checked it, I
> > should know.
>
> Looks like we have a problem. I do not wish to start a thread on this
> subject, however I also do not wish to look like a fool.
>
> I downloaded the zipped file aa5au_rtty081503 from Don's website on 24-08-03
> and unzipped FRIEND.ini 147 KB dated 16-08-03. My copy shows VE6YR=BEN.
Check
> your file, fellow RTTY operators. What does your copy show? Am I the only
> person with this error? Why did several operators called me BEN in the SCC
> contest? This is a portion of the data I had downloaded on August 24.
>
> VE6YJ=EDWARD
> VE6YP=TONY
> VE6YR=BEN
> VE6ZX=DENIS
> VE7/KB7QEQ=BOB
> VE7AGJ=PAT
>
> For the previous version of the Friend file, it took repeated e-mails to the
> author to correct my name. To at least one of these e-mails, I offered over
> 100 callsigns with names and I also corrected several existing names. Now,
my
> copy of the latest Friend file shows the previous holder of my callsign.
> Apparently, some fellow named Ben gave up that call, more than five years
ago. I was
> issued the call more than three years ago.
>
> It is a huge task producing such a helpful file. The author of the latest
> Friend file must have devoted countless hours developing it. We owe him a
vote of
> thanks as well as to all the other authors of similar files. These people do
> not get paid for their efforts. They do it for the love of the hobby.
>
> Only because I noticed the reoccurring error in my callsign and in others,
> the difficulty of permanently correcting the problem and because of the
large
> size of the file, I developed a smaller file that fits my needs. My previous
> offer of a copy to any ACTIVE RTTY OPERATOR, remains unchanged.
>
> 73    VE6YR=BOB
>
>
>
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