[UK-CONTEST] Re: IOTA Contest - SDI

[Paul O'Kane]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mirko Holte" <dj1aa at web.de>

> Hello Paul (as information to Felix, DL5XL / DP1POL), 
> 
> I found a bug in SDI V10.03
> I tried out your fine program. I have a good friend, Felix,
> DL5XL.  He is for a long time now in the antarctica - South
> pole. His callsign is DP1POL (Research station Neumayer).
> I just tried DP1POL and his IOTA reference number AN-016.
> It is NOT possible to log his call DP1POL under IOTA
> Antarctica.  SDI program will range in DP1POL under IOTA
> EU-xxx.


Hi Mikko - and others,

It's not really a bug in SDI - it's just that SDI doesn't
know that DP1POL is in Antarctica because, in the absense of
more specific information, it thinks DP is a prefix for
Germany.

The solution is for SDI users to add DP1POL to the
callsign list for Antarctica in the country reference file
SDIOTA.CTY.

> a lot of SDI user got a big problem to log Felix
> during the contest with the correct IOTA reference.

That's true.  I will send a message to the mailing lists
asking users to add DP1POL to the list of Antarctica
callsigns.

73,
Paul EI5DI