[WriteLog] ARRL DX CW Contest - Prefill file

[Gary AL9A]

Next weekend is the ARRL DX CW Contest.  I have updated my WriteLog prefill file for this contest to include the 2015 results.  Please note, this file is for DX STATIONS ONLY, not US or VE.  US/VE stations have to copy the power level of the DX station and that bit of information is missing from the source data files.  DX stations have to copy the State or Province of US/VE stations and that is the information contained in this prefill file.

One note of caution for DX stations using this prefill file.  The ARRL Contest Results database does not contain State or Province information.  Instead they format everything to the Section level for online inquiries of the results databases.  I have run the various Section abbreviations through a lookup table that converts the Sections back to the State or Province.  This works in almost all cases except for MAR and MDC.

My lookup table converts all MAR sections to NS.  Then I manually look at the data and tweak the NS entries to either NB, NS, or PE.  If I’ve made a mistake apologies to all who must manually correct the data when logging.  Fortunately there are only a few stations that may be affected.  Of larger concern is the section of MDC.  This Section name contains a combination of calls from both the State of MD and the City of DC.  Unfortunately there are a lot of MDC stations listed in the data I have no means of automatically looking up these calls to determine if they really are MD or DC.  Therefore my lookup table converts all MDC sections to MD.  This means that the few stations actually in DC will need to be corrected in the log from MD to MDC.  Again I apologize, but I don’t control the layout of the ARRL Results Databases!

The updated prefill file now contains 4,137 calls and may be downloaded from the link below.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zn7vg8vgh1dwqeo/ARRL%20DX%20CW%20Call%20History.adi?dl=0

As always, be cautious with the prefill file data and verify the accuracy of the information with what you copy over the air.

73,
Gary AL9A