[WriteLog] Question on location of a station

[Jim Iori]

What needs to be done is modify the CTY.DAT file.

WL7RA needs to contact AD1C to make the correction.

Then WL7RA would be ( K ) Zone 4 CO in the CTY.DAT file.

Or,  WL7RA needs to appear in more logs (operate more) so that the
correction is automatic from logs received.

Jim NU4Y

On 1/27/2013 20:57, Jerry Flanders wrote:
> Just my opinion:
>
> I am not going to ask anybody to change his callsign exchange to suit 
> some contest requirement that he didn't have a part in making.
>
> I am also not going to worry about combing through my log files to 
> detect possible anomalies like the one you describe.
>
> I don't think it is right to change a callsign - whatever the guy sent 
> is it, as long as I didn't mis-copy it.
>
> If the contest committee is concerned, they could keep a list of 
> calls+areas and do an automated correction on their end. Those robots 
> can be pretty smart.
>
> Jerry W4UK
>
>
>
>
> At 03:25 PM 1/27/2013, DickT-W0RAA wrote:
>> During the BARTG Sprint this weekend, I worked a friend, WL7RV,
>> who lives here in Colorado Springs.  When he sent his call, Writelog
>> showed him in Alaska.  (A mutual friend said the N1MM did the same
>> thing).  Since I knew he was not in Alaska, I edited my Writelog entry
>> to WL7RV/0.  It still showed him as Alaska.  Knowing I had a credit for
>> a multiplier that wasn't actually a multiplier, I re-edited his call to
>> W0/WL7RV and it then showed up properly as in the United States and
>> not Alaska as a DX Multiplier.
>>
>> In any contest that he may enter, does he need to sign hic call as 
>> W0/WL7RV
>> so that he shows up as in the lower 48 and not as a station in Alaska?
>>
>> I would assume that several people would perhaps like to know how to
>> handle this situation.  Since I knew that Bob was NOT in Alaska, I 
>> felt that
>> I needed to correct it so I wouldn't be claiming a multiplier that 
>> was not a
>> true mult.
>>
>> Any comments from the contesters out there?  How can this be 
>> corrected so
>> that he does not have to preface his call with a "W0/"? Somebody has 
>> got to
>> have run into this before and may know how to correct it.
>>
>> Dick - W0RAA
>> My memory isn't as good as it used to be.
>> Also, my memory isn't as good as it used to be.
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