[WT-support] HQ data files for IARU now available, plus useful scripts

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

The latest Win-Test IARU HQ station list and prefill file for 2020
(itu.dtb) and an "Extra Data" text file with the same
data (iaru2020.xdt) may be downloaded from:

https://bit.ly/itudtb  (downloads itu.zip)

Installation instructions (Readme.txt) are included in the Zip for Win-Test
and other loggers.

The iaru2020.xdt file may be used in the Win-Test Extra Information window
(Alt-X) as a visual check if an operator makes mistake while entering the
HQ multiplier, an error which will override the itu.dtb prefill on later
QSOs with the same station.

Be sure to copy itu.dtb to the /databases directory, and iaru2020.xdt to
the /extras directory.  Use the File | Explore menu in Win-test to locate
the right directories.

Thanks to Joe, OZ0J for collecting the data.  *Please send updates /
corrections to Joe, contest at oz0j.dk <contest at oz0j.dk>, who is maintaining
the master list. * I produce my files from Joe's data, so please send
updates as soon as possible only to Joe, not to me, especially if you will
be operating at a HQ station not listed in the files.

I'll be updating itu.zip right up until the contest starts as new
information is received.  The file was last updated today.  If you type
LN0HQ in Win-Test and it doesn't prefill NRRL, it means your HQ prefill
file is out-of-date.

I've published a Win-Test script named "SearchXDT" which should be helpful
while operating the IARU contest.  Sometimes you hear a HQ station running
fast, giving exchanges, but not sending their callsign very often.  Now all
you have to do is type the exchange (HQ abbreviation), or partial exchange,
or partial callsign, in the logging window and press a key such as Ctrl-S
("search"), and the script displays all the published callsigns or HQ
multipliers that match what you have entered.  It simply scans one text
file in the Win-test /extras directory, such as IARU2020.XDT, and displays
the matching lines in a pop-up window.

SearchXDT.zip and other useful Win-Test scripts may be downloaded from my
Win-Test Scripts page:

https://bit.ly/wtscripts


See Readme_SearchXDT.txt inside SearchXDT.zip for installation instructions.

73,
Bob, N6TV
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