[WT-support] ARI contest

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Fulvio Galli <hb9dhg at ticino.com> wrote:

> I saved all the DAT files under the COUNTRY folder directory not DATABASE.
> Is this correct ? this mean that my ARIPROV.DAT is under Country folder.
>

Yes, .DAT files such as ARIPROV.DAT should be saved under the countryFiles
folder (File | Explore | countryFiles directory).  They are text files that
you can view and edit with any text editor such as Notepad or Wordpad.

I have the two following database files under the DATABASE folder:
>
> ARI_SEZIONI.DTB
> ARIDX.DTB
>

.DTB files are pre-fill binary "database" files.  The ones available from
http://download.win-test.com/v4/databases haven't been updated for almost
six years, so they will probably do you more harm than good, pre-filling
exchange info without out-of-date information.  I would erase or rename them
rather than rely on the data that is there, or if you can find old ARI
contest logs, you can open the logs with Win-Test, then do File | Update
database to update the proper .DTB files with data from your logs (start by
opening the oldest ARI contest log going back to 2005).

Please read http://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Database_Files and
http://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Check_Partial_and_Np1_Files for a more
complete explanation.

73,
Bob, N6TV
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