[DogParkList] MacLoggerDX V5 for Cocoa Ambiguous DXCC ID's

[Don Agro]

In MacLoggerDX V4 we evolved a rather complex method of dash suffixes  
to deal with overlapping or ambiguous DXCC ID's:

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"Overlapping DXCC Identities and Call Suffixes

There are a number of cases where a station's call sign does not  
uniquely identify it's DXCC ID. For example ZK1 can be North Cook  
Island or South Cook Island.To handle cases like this MacLoggerDX  
employs a suffix. To indicate the call you are looking up or logging  
is North Cook Island append "-N" to the call sign: ZK1ASQ-N, to  
indicate South Cook Island append "-S" to the call sign: ZK1ASQ-S.  
These suffixes are dropped on export to ADIF (so as not to confuse the  
LoTW). The suffixes are shown in the Awards Panel/DXCC. The suffix  
should be appended to the portable prefix not the base call, for  
example "FO-A/DL3GA" logs as Austral Island.
If a call has an alternate suffix available it will appear immediately  
to the right of the large country text in the location area after a  
lookup. For example, looking up "ZK1" will display "South Cook Island  
N" which tells us that "ZK1-N" will log as "North Cook Island"."
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This was confusing and limiting for everyone.

In V5 we have dropped the dash suffixes completely.

If your DXCC ID's were correct in V4, they should import correctly  
into V5.

The V5 internal DXCC database chooses the most likely DXCC ID and  
entity name based on the call prefix that is looked up.

If it is incorrect for that particular QSO you can easily edit both  
the ID and the entity name in the log or in the lookup display area  
before you log it.

If you notice an error or omission, please let me know and I will  
correct it.

Changes can be reflected instantly with the "Update Internet FIles"  
command.

In the case of ambiguous call sign prefixes we will attempt to choose  
the most common ID.

In the case of deleted DXCC ID's we will choose the current ID.

We still have the DXPedition list to handle special calls, which is  
also updated with the "Update Internet FIles" command.

73 Don Agro VE3VRW