[WT-support] euhfc.dtb

[Laurent HAAS - F6FVY]

Me again

Zoli Pitman HA1AG a écrit :

> So my question is why WT is complaining about not finding HF-WTB when it is not needed at the first place (the relevant SCP's are present and properly loaded). I tried it with only EU_HF.SCP and MASTER.SCP being present at startup as well as with both being in WT dir.

If there is no appropriate DTB file (exchange file), WT always tries to 
load HF.DTB (or VHF.DTB).

I understand it might sounds a bit complicated, but we have to deal with 
historical code in which databases and checkPartial/N+1 files were not 
distinct and even mixed in the same memory structures (which adds one 
more layer of complexity !). We did one step by allowing different files 
for checkPartial/N+1 and exchanges, but some constraints remain.

Our goal is to totally separate these two features someday. But it will 
require a good amount of coding, and certainly new files structures 
(meaning breaking compatibility with existing exchange databases).

My best advice for now is to keep the former HF.DTB to get rid of the 
alert message. If you use appropriate checkPartial and exchange files, 
they will be taken into account for the searches.

As a final note, as you extracted the EU callsigns from the K5ZD, it 
could be a good idea to share it with the WT community. We'll glad to 
make it available on our FTP server.

73

Larry - F6FVY