[RTTY] WF1B and "too many prefixes"

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

--- Michael Keane K1MK <k1mk at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> The COUNTRY conversion utility in WF1B v5 does have a complied-in 
> limit of 1700 "prefixes."

Knowing that is very helpful.

The NA file (country.dat) currently contains 1803 prefixes.  I could do some
work to get this under the 1700 limit, it should not be that hard.

> That utility also has complied-in limit of 340 "countries."  As there 
> are now 337 DXCC entities plus 6 WAE countries for a total of 343, 
> that's going to problems for WF1B users in CQWW/WAE as well.

That is a problem, but how likely is it that Scarborough Reef, Ducie Island,
Chesterfields, etc. are likely to be on in a contest?  I can fix this also.

73 - Jim AD1C


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