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The database of members has been recreated from the available data and therefore may be (is probably) a bit out of date.
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73,
Chris - G1FEF
The Country (CTY) Files were updated on 03 January 2026:
https://www.country-files.com/cty-3601-03-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:
https://www.country-files.com/big-cty-03-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:
3 January 2026 (CTY-3601)
VER20260103, Version entity is Kenya, 5Z
Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns:
* IR0WWA is Sardinia, IS
* RT26NY is European Russia, UA
* R4DB/8 is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in ITU zone 20
* LU1WGB/Z is South Orkney Islands, VP8/o
Removed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns:
* N1SMB in United States, K
* RX26NY in European Russia, UA
* LU1ZA in South Orkney Islands, VP8/o
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
