[CQ-Contest] 15 Years of Contest Country Files

[Mark Beckwith]

Congrats OM for the milestone, and thanks a lot for doing it!

Mark, N5OT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 2:55 PM
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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