[WriteLog] Re: [NCCC] New Country Files for WL - my trouble fixed

Mike Cornwall mccornwall at charter.net
Thu Oct 16 23:20:27 EDT 2003


         I don't seem to have a readcty.exe anywhere.  Does anyone know 
where I might find it?

         Thanks & 73.

At 04:41 PM 10/16/2003, k6iii at juno.com wrote:
>OK, I figured it out......
>
>After downloading WL_CTY.DAT, you have to run READCTY.EXE to convert the
>WL_CTY.DAT file to what Writelog wants to see.
>
>All is well, now.
>
>Jerry/k6iii
>San Jose, CA
>
>On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:42:02 +0000 k6iii at juno.com writes:
> > Writelog.
> > Well, I must be doing something wrong......
> >
> > I have successfully downloaded the WL_CTY.DAT file and put it in
> > the
> > C:/programs/WL/Programs directory.  Renamed the old version of
> > "cty.dat"
> > to "cty dat.old" and then renamed WL_CTY.DAT to cty.dat  .  Looked
> > at it
> > with an editor and all the changes are there as described.
> >
> > However, when I run WL, it apparently does not use the new cty.dat
> > file.
> > I tested this by running WL and starting a new ARRL DX contest.
> > Then
> > enterred a callsign such as 9Q1AA which should have indictated
> > country as
> > "Rep. of Congo" but it still indicates "Zaire".  So, I conclude WL
> > is
> > using an old cty.dat file from who-knows-where.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > de Jerry/k6iii
> > San Jose, CA
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 07:40:35 -0700 "J. Edward (Ed) Muns"
> > <w0yk at msn.com>
> > writes:
> > > FYI ...
> > >
> > > 73,
> > > Ed - W0YK
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: trlog-bounces at contesting.com
> > > [mailto:trlog-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Jim Reisert
> > AD1C
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 5:37 AM
> > > To: ct-user at contesting.com; na-user at contesting.com;
> > > writelog at contesting.com; trlog at contesting.com; Yankee Clipper
> > > Contest
> > > Club; cq-contest at contesting.com
> > > Subject: [Trlog] New Country Files for CT/NA/TR/WL - 16 October
> > > 2003
> > >
> > >
> > > New country files have been uploaded to http://www.k1ea.com/cty/
> > >
> > > Please read RELEASE.TXT for installation instructions.
> > >
> > > Here are the change notes:
> > >
> > > 16 October 2003 (CTY-1303)
> > >
> > >      * Changed country name for 4W from East Timor to
> > Timor-Leste.
> > >      * Changed country name for 9Q from Zaire to Rep. of Congo.
> > >      * Added 8J1RF to callsign list for Antarctica, CE9.
> > >      * Changed prefix for Easter Island from CE0A to CE0Y.
> > >      * Changed prefix for Chesterfield Is. from TX0 to FK/C.
> > Change
> > >        default CQ Zone from 32 to 30 (thanks WK5K). Removed default
> >
> > > TX0
> > >        prefix and added callsigns TX0AT, TX0C and TX0DX.
> > >      * Added TO5AA to callsign list for Martinique, FM.
> > >      * Added TX4PG to callsign list for Marquesas, FO/m (thanks
> > > KG5U).
> > >      * Changed prefixes FT8W, FT8X and FT8Z to FT5W, FT5X and
> > FT5Z
> > >        respectively (thanks KB4CL)
> > >      * Added the following callsigns to United States, K: K7BV
> > (CT),
> > > KH2D
> > >        (FL), KL7FDQ (MT), KH6DX (CA), NH2K (VA), WL7LZ (CO), WH6FZ
> >
> > > (MD),
> > >        KL7HLF (UT), NL7AU (FL) and NP3D (NY).
> > >      * Changed CQ zone for KL0S in VA from 4 to 5.
> > >      * Added VB2C and VE2CVI in CQ Zone 2 to callsign list for
> > > Canada, VE.
> > >      * Changed country name for YU from Yugoslavia to Serbia &
> > > Montenegro.
> > >      * Fixed a problem where many KH/KL/KP calls in the lower-48
> > > were
> > >        not listed in ARRL.CTY.
> > >
> > > 73 - Jim AD1C
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
> > > USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.com
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