[CQ-Contest] 15 Years of Contest Country Files

[Randy Thompson K5ZD]

I want to publicly thank Jim for doing this all these years.  It sure is
nice to do a contest and not have to guess what country some of these calls
are in!

Thanks for all your effort OM!

Randy, K5ZD 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim 
> Reisert AD1C
> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 7:55 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] 15 Years of Contest Country Files
> 
> I just noticed that 12 October 2008 marked the 15th 
> anniversary of my contest country file releases.  Back then, 
> it was CT only.  Then NA, TR and WriteLog got on board, 
> followed by many more (there's a list at the bottom of this 
> web page: http://www.country-files.com/cty/ ).  All three 
> major players in the DX Cluster node arena (AR-Cluster, DX 
> Spider and CC Cluster) use some form of these files.
> 
> Here are those first release notes:
> 
> 12 October 1993
> 
>     * HK0/Malpelo is in CQ zone 9, not 7.
>     * Removed trailing 'AF' from IG9, IH9.
>     * Changed IG9, IH9 to be in ITU zone 37.
>     * Added 'AS' continent override to JD/o.
>     * VP8GAV is in CQ zone 13, not 30.
>     * Added more callsigns to KH0, KH8 and KP2. These are for stations
>       that are still using the old prefixes (KG6, KS6 and KV4,
>       respectively).
>     * Added KG4CQ, KG4DL, KG4EH, KG4HG and KG4MK to KG4 prefix list.
>     * Added X5 to T9 prefix list, though these stations are Serbs in
>       Bosnia, and are not licensed by Bosnian authorities.
>     * Removed trailing 'EU' from TA0, TA1, etc.
>     * Changed RN, UN prefixes for Karelo-Finish Rep. back to RN1, UN1
>       and added RN5WW.
>     * Added KX6BU to V7 prefix list.
>     * Added CE3MMV/9 to VP8/shetlands prefix list.
>     * Corrected spelling of Suriname and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
>     * I now use the same source to generate all three country files.
>       Thus you might notice some cosmetic changes in ARRL.CTY 
> and IARU.CTY.
> 
> 73 - Jim AD1C
> 
> 
> 
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