[CQ-Contest] CQ-Contest Digest, Vol 277, Issue 16

[Bill Mader]

Ming's address is:
n2iw at me.com

73, Bill Mader, K8TE
ARRL New Mexico Section Manager
*ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio**™*
W6H NM Coordinator, Route 66 On-the-Air 12-20 Sep 2026
New Mexico QSO Party 11 Apr 2026
Duke City Hamfest BoD www.dukecityhamfest.org 18-20 Sep 2026
Activities Manager and Past President, Albuquerque DX Association


On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 10:20 AM <cq-contest-request at contesting.com> wrote:

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>    1. CTY-3603 Country Files - 15 January 2026 (Jim Reisert AD1C)
>    2. Ham QTV (Jeff Clarke)
>    3. Will you work "Cary" in NAQP SSB? (Art Boyars)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:55:56 -0700
> From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] CTY-3603 Country Files - 15 January 2026
> Message-ID: <202601151655.60FGtuc7012696 at outgoing-alum.mit.edu>
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> The Country (CTY) Files were updated on 15 January 2026:
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>     https://www.country-files.com/cty-3603-15-january-2026/
>
> For installation instructions, start at:
>
>     https://www.country-files.com/
>
> Hover your mouse over the word Contest in the menu, then select the
> software you are using.
>
> To install the file, follow the link to your software at the top of the
> page.
>
> If you are interested in a bigger CTY.DAT for everyday logging, you can get
> it here:
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>    https://www.country-files.com/big-cty-15-january-2026/
>
> Note that the release notes (and Version Entity) for this larger file are
> different than what is shown below.  There is a separate link to them.
>
> As a reminder, there is an RSS feed of the latest country file
> announcements:
>
>    https://www.country-files.com/feed/
>
> Here are the release notes:
>
>     15 January 2026 (CTY-3603)
>     VER20260115, Version entity is El Salvador, YS
>
>     Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns:
>
>         * BG0IO/4 is China, BY
>         * BG2LTC/0 is China, BY in CQ zone 23, ITU zone 42
>         * KP5/NP3VI is Desecheo Island, KP5
>         * RT25AD is European Russia, UA
>
>     Removed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns:
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> Although I am subscribed to this reflector so that I can make these
> announcements, I do not see most messages posted to it.  If you have
> any comments or corrections to the country file, please contact me
> directly.
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
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> --
> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:54:45 -0500
> From: Jeff Clarke <ku8e at ku8e.com>
> To: "CQ-Contest at contesting.com" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Ham QTV
> Message-ID: <1e0f1173-e2a2-4785-bae3-2baa2cce9843 at ku8e.com>
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> Does anyone know how to contact N2IW, the guy that runs the HAM QTV
> webpage? His email address is bouncing.
>
> We are creating a Ham QTV site for the ARRL WAS250 event for Georgia and
> I'm having a problem when people are trying to register as a user.
>
> Thanks, Jeff? KU8E
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>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:33:19 -0500
> From: Art Boyars <artboyars at gmail.com>
> To: CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Will you work "Cary" in NAQP SSB?
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> I think four of us were active in NAQP CW, using the name "Cary" as a
> memorial to VE4EA.  (That might seem like a small number, but there are not
> a lot of contesters in the Provinces of the Canadian Prairie.)
>
> I plan to be active (last six hours or so) as "Cary" on SSB.  I've got the
> name change in for N1MM Call History Files and for Writelog pre-fill files.
> I don't know the plans of others.
>
> Update your files.  Be alert for changes (as always).
>
> Hope to see you in NAQP SSB.
>
> 73, Art K3KU (Cary)
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