The address is in Krasnoyarsk - Asiatic
Russia as is the "User
Supplied" Lat/Lon and grid square in
QRZ.com
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 8/4/2013 6:32 AM, Ed Wilson wrote:
> Laurie,
>
> I located his city on a map to try to
determine which area of Russia he is in,
but since I do not know the dividing line
between Europe and Asia in Russia this is
a problem (looks like Asia). I also could
try to drop him an email and ask, directly
but he may not know English and I only
know a few words of Russian. I could also
try the JTAlert-X text message capability
if I see him on the air again.
>
> I am not sure that all of this is
worth the effort since I do not need his
DXCC entity for any award...mostly, I was
just curious why the two entities
disagreed and you explained that
adequately.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ed, K0KC
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Laurie, VK3AMA" <groups05@...>
> To: Ham-Apps@...
> Sent: Sunday, August 4, 2013 3:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Apps] DXCC Entity
Disagreement
>
>
>
>
> Hi Ed,
>
> There are two different processes at
play here.
>
> 1. The country name displayed below
the decoded callsigns is determined by
examining the callsign. These are a "Best
Guess" as they don't involve any actual
lookup of the specific callsign.
>
> 2. The country name for your current
qso partner, shown in the log fields is
first determined as per the first method
and then updated with the results of a QRZ
XML lookup (if enabled) or from a previous
Log entry (if available).
>
> Regarding RW0BT, it is first
determined as AS Russsia (dxcc 15). The
> qrz xml lookup returns EU Russia
(dxcc 54). The xml lookup is
> assumed to be the most accurate. I do
note however, that eQSL shows
> as AS Russia and the HamQTH xml
lookup also returns AS Russia. Which
> is correct?
>
> de Laurie VK3AMA
>
>
>
> On 3/08/2013 10:33 PM, Ed Wilson
wrote:
>
>
>> Laurie,
>>
>> I worked a station, RW0BT, this
morning and I noticed that in
> the call sign area (at the top of the
window) of JTAlert-X
> that his DXCC entity showed as Russia
(AS) and below that in
> the log info area, he showed as
European Russia. I believe
> that I have observed this discrepancy
with Russian stations
> before, but I cannot give you
specific call signs.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for looking
into this!
>>
>> Ed, K0KC
>>
>
>
>
