I just checked mine - Logged as KT8X/BY4BNS, showing as PREF "BY" and
Country CHINA. I can't remember FOR SURE, but I think I just edited the
PREF after logging...?
WA9ALS - John jfleming@shelbynet.net
http://www.qsl.net/wa9als (now with Shack Cam!)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Eckman" <ko4mr@arrl.net>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] KT8X/BY4BNS ?
>
> Barry wrote:
>
> >Any ideas to get this log entry to figure as China?
> >
> >Bizarre callsign as he signed it, but afraid to change
> >it and log as just BY4BNS . . .
>
> I struggled with the same problem this weekend. I tried modifying
the
> wl_cty.dat country file and rebuilding the various files with the
utility,
> but this had no effect.
> I ended up adding a BY to the front of the call to force Writelog to
log
> it as China and then manually corrected the call in my Cabrillo
electronic
> submission. This is far from ideal, however. I imagine that the logic
simply
> isn't set up for this sort of bizarre callsign format which is just
plain
> wrong in my opinion! I suspect that the Chinese radio administration
doesn't
> agree with my opinion!
> Is there anything that can be adjusted in the country file logic to
force
> a manual edit of the country file to work? I note that there are
several
> other callsign exceptions in the wl_cty.dat file under China with
similar
> syntax (i.e., home call/Chinese call). None of these work correctly
when
> entered into Writelog.
>
> Richard Eckman KO4MR
> Hampton, VA
>
>
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