The Country (CTY) Files were updated on 17 March 2026: https://www.country-files.com/cty-3612-17-march-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-17-march-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: 17 March 2026 (CTY-3612) VER20260317, Version entity is South Sandwich Islands, VP8/s Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: * 3Y/LB5SH and 3Y7GIA are both Bouvet, 3Y/b * EA6XQ/P, EG61GURU and EH90ALL are all Spain, EA * GB26RNLI is Scotland, GM * LU1DHL/D is Argentina, LU * R065A, R065C, R065L, R065N, R065O, R065S, R065YG, R108YG, R130HH, R1961YG, R1994YU, R1996VK, R2014NC, R2014RK, R2014SE, R50KAMA, RT25KR, UE65YAG and UE65YG are all European Russia, UA * R8MB/1 is European Russia, UA in CQ zone 17, ITU zone 20 * UB9MCW/0 is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 19 * R065X and R065Z are both Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 19, ITU zone 34 * R2FDP/0 is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 19, ITU zone 35 * HF0PAS is South Shetland Islands, VP8/h Removed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: * KC4/KL5SE in Antarctica, CE9 * EA8AAH in Spain, EA * GB0WWA in Isle of Man, GD * GB8WWA in Northern Ireland, GI * GB9WWA in Jersey, GJ * GB2KW and GB4WWA in Scotland, GM * GB1WWA in Guernsey, GU * GB6WWA in Wales, GW * IR0WWA in Sardinia, IS * KI6BGQ and N8YCF in Hawaii, KH6 * W4I in Puerto Rico, KP4 * LU7AA/D in Argentina, LU * RT25VO in European Russia, UA * R0KA/9, R95YNAO and RV7B/9 in Asiatic Russia, UA9 * LU1WGB/Z 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 -- Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us