The Country (CTY) Files were updated on 20 February 2026:
https://www.country-files.com/cty-3609-20-february-2026/
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software you are using.
To install the file, follow the link to your software at the top of the page.
If you are interested in a bigger CTY.DAT for everyday logging, you can get
it here:
https://www.country-files.com/big-cty-20-february-2026/
Note that the release notes (and Version Entity) for this larger file are
different than what is shown below. There is a separate link to them.
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Here are the release notes:
20 February 2026 (CTY-3609)
VER20260220, Version entity is St. Barthelemy, FJ
Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns:
* MM7HBQ is Shetland Islands, *GM/s
* G5MUT is Wales, GW
* HD5MW/8 is Galapagos Islands, HC8
* AJ0SE, W8NOR and W9JXT are all United States, K in CQ zone 3, ITU
zone 6
* K6AER, K6HU, KB2BRD, KT3R, N2FSH, N9OF and NU7M are all United
States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 7
* AB3I, AC4NK, AG4DG, K1CCN, K4UI, KO4DDG, KO4O, KS4YT, KT4XL, N3UUS,
N4LCA, NB4A, NV4B, W4NEU, W4UAL, WA4FXT, WB0NPR, WB4NCT and WC4D are
all United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 8
* AE7EB, AL3X, K8GP, KF8EYE, N7QPP, W8DMB, W9PR, WA0YPC and WD8DSV
are all United States, K in CQ zone 5, ITU zone 8
* N6AZU is Hawaii, KH6
* KE9EMU and W3ALF are both Alaska, KL
* KC2LMZ is US Virgin Islands, KP2
* KD2BK is Puerto Rico, KP4
* LW4EIN/D is Argentina, LU
* LU7YG/Y and LU9WT/W are both Argentina, LU in ITU zone 16
* R26BLIN and RT25SE are both European Russia, UA
* RT25BU is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 18, ITU zone 32
Removed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns:
* HK4Q/0 in San Andres & Providencia, HK0/a
* AA6X, AI4BJ, AL5P, K0UM, K1GJQ, K2OO, K3GX, K3IV, K3NT, K3OB, K3OMI,
K4AMQ, K4BTN, K4HHA, K4HRK, K5JSG, K7EK, K7FEN, K9HMX, KA4RUR, KC1RVY,
KC4FLT, KC9UHI, KD5USA, KD8VSP, KE5MIS, KG4Q, KG4SRK, KG4VLW, KG6PH,
KI4LLA,
KI5F, KK4JW, KM4RT, KM9DX, KN4COE, KN4IXT, KQ4ETC, KS4BG, KT4U, KV8S,
KW4SW,
KY4ARC, KZ7A, N0TTI, N0VAO, N0XOH, N1DVM, N2DEE, N2PV, N2SRK, N4AAA,
N4LDB,
N4RHM, N4RT, N4TLM, N5CR, N5DIM, N5GF, N5OS, N7MSI, N8AID, N8HSD,
N9TX,
NF4J, NK0S, NL7D, NM7W, NN4DX, NZ1E, W0FLZ, W0GOP, W1EG, W1PAA, W2HK,
W2RPC,
W4GAT, W4IIC, W5ABQ, W5BAM, W7DPB, W8GJK, W8MC, W8NUD, W9MEG, W9MPX,
W9NC,
WA3NZA, WA4III, WA5GUL, WB2JEP, WB4KLI, WB4ZUT, WB5NOE, WB5WAH, WB7GR,
WB8VLC, WD0FYV, WJ4K, WJ5K, WQ1J, WT1L and WW2OK in United States, K
* KH0UM in Guam, KH2
* KG7PAF and KG7PAH in Alaska, KL
* R8FF in European Russia, UA
* R0MR/P, R3CI/0, R4DB/8, RC5B/8, RG0C/P and RX9WT/P in Asiatic Russia,
UA9
Although I am subscribed to this reflector so that I can make these
announcements, I do not see most messages posted to it. If you have
any comments or corrections to the country file, please contact me
directly.
73 - Jim AD1C
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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us
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