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Re: [WriteLog] CTY-2008 Country Files - 24 October 2010

To: Gary AL9A <al9a@mtaonline.net>
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] CTY-2008 Country Files - 24 October 2010
From: Andrei Stchislenok <asnp3d@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:52:44 -0400
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I have older version of WL which is 10.73D (September, 2009) I followed the
instructions and downloaded everything OK, I guess.

But I all the time have T9 prefixes as UNKNOWN MULT, even though I have T99D
callsign in check partial, it still says: "Unknown Mult". Why is that?

2010/10/24 Gary AL9A <al9a@mtaonline.net>

> This update is not working for me.  I downloaded it and ran Convert CTY,
> but
> when I start WL and enter VERSION in the call field I get Dodecanese, not
> Eastern Kiribati.  I opened wl_cty.dat with Notepad and searched for
> VER20101024 and I find it under Canada at XO2=VER20101024.  A search for
> VERSION finds it at Dodecanese.  Any idea what's going on here?
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>
> To: <writelog@contesting.com>
> Sent: October 24, 2010 3:39 PM
> Subject: [WriteLog] CTY-2008 Country Files - 24 October 2010
>
>
> > The Country (CTY) Files were updated on 24 October 2010.
> >
> >    http://www.country-files.com/cty/
> >
> > To install the file, follow the link to your software at the top of the
> > page.
> >
> > Here are the release notes:
> >
> > 24 October 2010 (CTY-2008)
> > VER20101024, Version entity is Eastern Kiribati, T32
> >
> >
> >        Overall changes:
> >
> >    * The size of CTY.DAT was reduced so that both CT9/10 and TR LOG can
> >      use it. This means that CTY.DAT is more like it was before October
> >      2010, i.e. does *not* contain a full set of prefix/zone mappings
> >      for BY (China), K (United States), UA9 (Asiatic Russia), VE
> >      (Canada) and VK (Australia). If you are in need of such a file,
> >      use CTY_WT.DAT, which is the country file for Win-Test.
> >
> >    * The following prefixes with zone overrides have been removed,
> >      because they have not been assigned:
> >
> >          o China: 3H-3U, BB, BC, BE, BS (except BS7H) and XS
> >          o European Russia, Asiatic Russia and Kaliningrad: RB, RE, RH,
> >            RI, RP, RR and RS
> >          o Japan: JB and JC (no zone override)
> >
> >    * 421 USA callsigns have zone exceptions, based on the Super Check
> >      Partial <http://www.supercheckpartial.com/> database released 24
> >      October 2009.
> >
> >    * The following entities have more exact latitude/longitude on a
> >      per-prefix basis: CM (Cuba), ES (Estonia), EZ (Turkmenistan), HP
> >      (Panama), PZ (Suriname), TI (Costa Rica) and UK (Uzbekistan). This
> >      benefits both WriteLog and Win-Test (cty_wt_mod.dat only).
> >
> >    * PJ5/PJ6 is now known as St. Eustatius and Saba.
> >
> >
> >        Added/changed Callsigns/prefixes:
> >
> >    * 9W6MAN/2 is West Malaysia, 9M2
> >    * ZL5 and ZM5 are both in ITU Zone 71, not ITU zone 70
> >    * I0QHM/IA0PS is in ITU Zone 71, not ITU zone 70
> >    * KC4USC and KC4USV are both in ITU Zone 71, not ITU zone 70
> >    * TO3A is St. Barthelemy, FJ
> >    * GB0SPS is Wales, GW
> >    * HZ1SBS/J is Saudi Arabia, HZ
> >    * N3RC is in CQ Zone 4, not CQ zone 3
> >    * K6P is Hawaii, KH6
> >    * LU2EE/D is Argentina, LU
> >    * I1SR is South Shetland, VP8/h
> >
> >
> >        Retired Callsigns/prefixes:
> >
> >    * 9M4SJS in East Malaysia, 9M6
> >    * TO7ZG in St. Barthelemy, FJ
> >    * TO3GA in Martinique, FM
> >    * GB0KKS in Scotland, GM
> >
> >
> > 73 - Jim AD1C
> >
> > --
> > Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
> >
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