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

[Jim Smith]

Hi Mike

I don't either.  But I do have a REACTY.EXE.  I downloaded wl_cty.dat 
into the WL programs folder.  Then, from Win Explorer, I double-clicked 
the REACTY.EXE file and it created the necessary DAT files.

73 de Jim Smith    VE7FO

Mike Cornwall wrote:

>         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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