[ct-user] RESEND: Country file corrections from CQWW contest

[Hamad 9K2HN]

Thank you Jim you are doing great job for all contesters and dxers.



de 9k2hn
Hamad

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [ct-user] RESEND: Country file corrections from CQWW contest
> From: Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
> Date: Tue, November 01, 2005 7:53 am
> To: ct-user at contesting.com
>
> [Sorry about the resend - this message did not make it to all the
>  reflectors.  Also made a couple of corrections from the original:
>
>  - Malpelo is indeed South America
>  - WH0AI is indeed in the USA (Wisconsin)
>
> ]
>
> I'm sorry about the WP2Z and KP4US fiasco this weekend.  These calls
> are listed in the country file under United States.  The FCC database
> has their addresses stateside, the automatic tools did not know they
> really weren't.
>
> I also wasn't parsing all the records in the FCC database correctly,
> so these weren't the only errors (see below):
>
> I will be deleting these exceptions listed under United States:
>
>     K0RH    KH0A
>     K4GM    KH0R
>     K4LW    KL7CQ
>     K4OH    KL7P
>     K7RL    KP2AA
>     N3UA    KP4US (*)
>     N7BF    NH2DX
>     W2GB    NP4H
>     W2RU    NP4V
>     W3TZ    WH2V
>     W5ZL    WL7PC
>     W6AZ    WP2Z (*)
>     WK4R
>     WT6G
>     WW5DX
>     WY4Y
>     K3EST (back in MD)
>     W6PH (operated from CA, not NH)
>
> (*) was active in contest
>
> Furthermore, I understand that KD3TB/VE2 and VA2VFT were both active
> from CQ Zone 2 but were not previously in the country file.  Any others?
>
> I also found a few more bugs in the file:
>
> - Western Samoa 5W is just Samoa now
> - PW0ZT and PX0T weren't recognized as prefixes for Trindade, PY0T
> - Fixed some calls that should have been in ARRL.CTY but weren't
>
> Any other changes needed?  I will put out a release Tuesday evening
> with these changes.
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
>
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