[CQ-Contest] CTY-1812 Contest Country Files - 10 November 2008
Jim Reisert AD1C
jjreisert at alum.mit.edu
Mon Nov 10 15:14:09 EST 2008
The Contest Country (CTY) Files were updated on 10 November 2008.
http://www.country-files.com/cty/
Please follow the Installation link to find instructions for your
particular software.
NOTE that TR Version 6.90 now supports the '=' before full callsigns
in CTY.DAT.
Here are the release notes:
10 November 2008 (CTY-1812)
* There is a new style of version string in the file. If you try to
log the callsign VERSION, the CTY version number (i.e. CTY-1812)
will appear in your logging software as the country name.
(Technical details: a special entity whose primary prefix is
"0VER" [zero-VER] was created for this purpose.)
* For Win-Test users of cty_wt.dat and cty_wt_mod.dat, added CQ zone
exceptions for the following Canadian prefixes: CF, CG, CJ, CK,
VA, VB, VC, VG and VX. For ct_wt_mod.dat (only), added coordinates
for VE9, VO1 and VO2.
* AH0AH is Alaska, KL
* CE9 is South Shetland, VP8/h
* GB1FS and GB5JS are both Scotland, GM
* LU3HKA/H is Argentina, LU
* OP0OL is Antarctica, CE9
* TO2HI is Guadeloupe, FG
* TO3R is Reunion, FR
73 - Jim AD1C
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