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Subject: CQWW and ARRL.CTY files
From: reisert@mast.enet.dec.com (Jim -- MLO3-6/B9 -- DTN 223-5747 10-Mar-1992 1621)
Date: Tue Mar 10 13:18:54 1992
------------------Reply to mail dated 10-MAR-1992 15:42:34.57------------------

>First, the work that N6TV and N6RJ (any others?) do to keep these
>files up to date is very much appreciated.  Using the latest .cty
>files always seems to pick up a couple new mults.  I would like
>to see a little better coordination of cqww.cty and arrl.cty with
>ctyhdg.pre, for those of us who use ctyhdg to generate countries
>lists with beam headings built in.  It appears that if the country
>name is greater than 19 characters (including spaces), CT will be
>unable to locate the zone for that country in the CQWW contest.
>I realize that the countries in question, such as St. Peter & Paul
>Islands and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, probably aren't going to
>show up, but maybe there will be a DXpedition during a future
>contest.

Bob, can you send me a list of the countries in question? I'll make sure
they get updated.

- Jim AD1C

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