SOTA Associations updated
Posted: 03 Dec 2016, 12:28
I have just been updating our SOTA Associations table with the most recent additions to the SOTA database but as usual the total lack of reference in the SOTA Summit list and SOTA associations list to DXCC entity numbers, is as always making the lives of developers trying to support SOTA very difficult.
I have managed to get all associations except for the 'UK South Atlantic' working but because the only reference for all three DXCC entities in 'UK South Atlantic' is 'ZD', not even the complete prefix like ZD7, ZD8 or ZD9, I have not so far found a work around.
Having three entities entered under one association (UK South Atlantic) is crazy, the least they should do is use something like this....
ZD - UK South Atlantic ZD7 - St Helena
ZD - UK South Atlantic ZD8 - Ascension Island
ZD - UK South Atlantic ZD9 - Tristan da Cunha & Gough Island
If we cannot find a work around for this SOTA issue and assuming SOTA continue to omit proper DXCC references then I will ask Lele to remove SOTA support completely on the basis that it would be better not to support SOTA than have a facility that does not work 100%
It would be a shame to do that after all the hard work we put into providing the facility but without the co-operation of award providers it is very hard to provide our users with a reliable system.
Rant over, back to the database and off to complain once again to SOTA MT
I have managed to get all associations except for the 'UK South Atlantic' working but because the only reference for all three DXCC entities in 'UK South Atlantic' is 'ZD', not even the complete prefix like ZD7, ZD8 or ZD9, I have not so far found a work around.
Having three entities entered under one association (UK South Atlantic) is crazy, the least they should do is use something like this....
ZD - UK South Atlantic ZD7 - St Helena
ZD - UK South Atlantic ZD8 - Ascension Island
ZD - UK South Atlantic ZD9 - Tristan da Cunha & Gough Island
If we cannot find a work around for this SOTA issue and assuming SOTA continue to omit proper DXCC references then I will ask Lele to remove SOTA support completely on the basis that it would be better not to support SOTA than have a facility that does not work 100%
It would be a shame to do that after all the hard work we put into providing the facility but without the co-operation of award providers it is very hard to provide our users with a reliable system.
Rant over, back to the database and off to complain once again to SOTA MT