[CQ-Contest] Country File Update - 24 October 2001

Jim Reisert jjreisert at alum.mit.edu
Thu Oct 25 00:15:25 EDT 2001


The country files have been updated again.  Sorry for the last-minute 
update.  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/cty/

Here are the release notes:

24 October 2001 (CTY-1103)

    * Added FO/HG9B to callsign list for Austral Is., FO/a.
    * Added FO/SP9FIH to callsign list for Marquesas, FO/m.
    * Added ZK1KDN, ZK1NCP and ZK1VVV to callsign list for North Cook Is.,
      ZK1/n.

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/TR:
   - Extract the CTY.DAT file to your CT9/TR 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 under the Start menu.

73 - Jim AD1C

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Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.com


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