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+13Oct02=======================================================================
+1. A large change has occurred. There is now some (optional) US state recog-
+nition. This is in its early stages but appears to work for me. You will need
+to download the database at http://www.dxcluster.org/download/usdbraw, save it
+in /spider/data and the run /spider/perl/create_usdb.pl. BE WARNED this will
+take several minutes. You can do this while the node is running. There is a 
+planned method of keeping the US DB up to date with smaller (ie < 5Mb) patch
+files once a week but you will have to wait a bit for the code to bed down 
+first. You can filter on routes, spots and announces using 'call_state' or
+'by_state' and a comma separated list of state codes. The HELP has been 
+updated (which may help...). 
+
+Once you have run the create_usdb.pl you will need to restart.
+
+If you don't need this, then don't run create_usdb.pl it will simply be
+a waste of time. The run-time version is 24Mb and has 840,000 odd entries
+in it. This does not replace or supplant sh/qrz (sorry Charlie [who put me
+up to this]). 
+
+2. There are a number of other niff-naff changes which I hope will improve
+rather than hinder your user experience (including check forward as well as
+back for those speedy clocked dupes mentioned below).  
 12Oct02=======================================================================
 1. attempt to improve the "check back for 5 minutes to see if this spot is 
 the same as a previous one but for the time spotted" dupe check.