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Re: [WriteLog] Question on location of a station

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Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Question on location of a station
From: Jim Iori <NU4Y@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:11:18 +0000
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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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