[WriteLog] Fw: ARRL DX Contest SSB - prefill exchange file

[Gary AL9A]

US/VE stations please disregard the following!

I have just discovered a minor bug in the ARRL DX Contest SSB prefill exchange file I released yesterday.

In WL a VO1 station returns Newfoundland (NL) in the Beam Heading window.  However, under Contest/Show Multipliers the list of Multipliers table indicates Newfoundland must be NF, not NL!  A test run has shown that WL will not recognize NL from the prefill file as a valid mult and returns "Unknown mult".  A recheck of the ARRL DX Contest rules confirms that NF is the correct QTH field entry for Newfoundland.  Despite the ARRL rules, which specify NF as the correct abbreviation, the Contest Results downloadable csv files from the ARRL web site contain NL in the Section column!  I routinely have to convert Section to State in these files, but this is the first time I’ve noticed a Canadian section must be converted too.

I have made the necessary corrections to the prefill file to change all the NL's to NF's.  The link below will download the same file, but with the new corrections.  If you have already downloaded the file you can simply download it again and replace the previous one or use a text editor to open the file and manually change the NL's to NF'S.  I think there are only 7 of them so it isn't a big task.  Again, this file is only for DX stations who will be working US/VE calls.

73,
Gary AL9A

-----Original Message----- 
From: Gary AL9A 
Sent: February 23, 2014 7:52 PM 
To: WriteLog Reflector 
Subject: [WriteLog] ARRL DX Contest SSB - prefill exchange file 

This weekend the ARRL DX SSB Contest is up at the plate.  Today I put 
together a adi prefill history exchange file based on the ARRL contest 
results files for the years 2010 - 2013.  This file contains 4,042 US/VE 
calls with their respective states/provinces.  The file is for use only for 
DX stations working US/VE stations.  It is not for use by US/VE stations as 
they must copy the DX stations power level, not his QTH.

The prefill file can be downloaded from the following link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/om2u70llpew9a0v/ARRL%20DX%20SSB%20Call%20History.adi

If you have a question about how to configure WL to work with a contest 
exchange prefill file download this file as well:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mckz6zbuklff0up/WriteLog%20Prefill%20Exchange%20file%20loading%20instructions.pdf

73,
Gary AL9A 

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