[CQ-Contest] Country File Update - 16 October 2001

Jim Reisert jjreisert at alum.mit.edu
Tue Oct 16 09:42:43 EDT 2001


The country files have been updated.  All files for CT, NA, TR and WriteLog 
are now contained in a single file.

You can download the update from:

         http://www.k1ea.com

Here are the release notes:

16 October 2001 (CTY-1101)

    * Added TO9T to callsign list for Guadeloupe, FG (thanks W4ZV).
    * Changed Marquesas Is., FO/m, to Zone 31 (thanks AB4RL).
    * Removed AH7K, KH7K and WH7K from prefix list for Kure I.  These
      callsigns are assigned to stations in Hawaii, KH6.
    * Added XP1AB to callsign list for Greenland, OX (thanks OZ0J).
    * Added VB2V in Zone 2 to callsign list for Canada (thanks NB1B).
    * Added ZK1CG to callsign list for North Cook Is., ZK1/n (thanks 
W7TSQ).

Here are the relevant parts of the README file:

This archive contains country files for use by REGISTERED users of
K1EA's CT contest logging software, as well as other software that
supports the CTY.DAT file format (for example N6TR).  This archive
contains the following files:

         ARRL.CTY     CT7/8 country file for use during ARRL DX contest
         CQWW.CTY     CT7/8 country file for use during CQ WW DX contest
         IARU.CTY     CT7/8 country file for use during IARU HF 
Championship
         CTY.DAT      CT9 country file (all DX contests)
         COUNTRY.DAT  NA country file (all DX contests)
         WL_CTY.DAT   WriteLog country file (all DX contests)
         CTYHDG.EXE   program for putting beam headings into CTY files
         CTYHDG.PRE   geographic (latitude/longitude) data for CTYHDG
         CTYHDG.DOC   documentation for CTYHDG
         HISTORY.TXT  revision history
         README.TXT   this file you're reading now
         FILE_ID.DIZ  description for BBS upload

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
-------------------------

CT8 and earlier:
   - Extract the ARRL.CTY, CQWW.CTY and IARU.CTY FILES to your CT
     directory.

CT9:
   - Extract the CTY.DAT file to your CT directory

NA:
   - Extract the COUNTRY.DAT file to your NA directory and run NAU.

WL:
   - Extract the WL_CTY.DAT file to your WRITELOG\PROGRAMS directory
     and run the "Convert cty to WriteLog" program from the WriteLog
     program folder.


73 - Jim AD1C

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USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.com


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