> >There is no need to deal with different country files for the different
> >contests. TR uses only the CTY.DAT file, which is in the CT9 format, and
> >works for all contests - ARRL and CQ.
>
> >The old ARRL.CTY file is obsolete except for older versions
> >of TR and CT.
>
> >Tree
>
> If it uses the same cty file for all dx contests, how does the program
> take into account that some countries (Sicily & Italian Africa for
> example), count as separate countries in the CQ contests but not in the
> ARRL contests?
Look at the entries for those countries in the CTY.DAT file. There
is an asterisk in front of the country ID for those countries that
don't count on the ARRL list.
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