[WriteLog] Question on location of a station

[Jim Iori]

I know WL7RV.

Cannot even copy written text, let alone phone and CW.

On 1/27/2013 21:11, Jim Iori wrote:
> 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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