The Country (CTY) Files were updated on 14 January 2026: https://www.country-files.com/cty-3602-14-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-14-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: 14 January 2026 (CTY-3602) VER20260114, Version entity is Macquarie Island, VK0M Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: * AM65KZ is Spain, EA * HK4Q/0 is San Andres & Providencia, HK0/a * N1SMB is United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 7 * KF0IWN is United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 8 * N8PFK, NV9L and WB9Z are all United States, K in CQ zone 5, ITU zone 8 * KH0UM is Guam, KH2 * N2HNQ is Hawaii, KH6 * KD4FX, KF8ENL, KJ7IEZ, KR4CNM and W5MFH are all Alaska, KL * LU1APS/H, LU3CT/D, LU4HDE/H, LU7DEV/D, LU8ACH/D, LU9IMM/L and LW6DGI/D are all Argentina, LU * LU3HGB/V and LU7VRC/V are both Argentina, LU in ITU zone 16 * R8FF, R9JQ/6, R9OM/6, RT25TB, RT25VO, RT8U/3, UA9CHL/6, UE83AWD, UE83M and UE83ML are all European Russia, UA * RC5B/8 is Asiatic Russia, UA9 * RX9WT/P is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 16 * R0MR/P is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 19, ITU zone 34 * VE2XB/2 is Canada, VE in CQ zone 2, ITU zone 4 Removed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: * FT4YM/P in Antarctica, CE9 * AO84CMC in Spain, EA * GB8LWF in Northern Ireland, GI * JF1ZIU/JD1 in Minami Torishima, JD/m * KN8F, W9FX, WA4ZXV and WT2P in United States, K * N3QD in Mariana Islands, KH0 * AE7N and KJ7CVV in Hawaii, KH6 * KG5FTR in Alaska, KL * N3UCQ in Puerto Rico, KP4 * LU1AW/X, LU1BCG/D, LU1WL/D, LU1WL/W, LU2ELB/E, LU2HDT/H, LU3EFH/D, LU5ILA/V, LU5ILA/W, LU5OIJ/O and LU9YBM/V in Argentina, LU * R035C, R035DX, R035L, R035N, R035O, R2025DX, R8FF/3, UA4FMQ/P, UA9XL/1, UE35DX and UE35L in European Russia, UA * R2BFL/9, R7HJ/0, RA0LQ/MM, RW6MD/0 and UE55AK in Asiatic Russia, UA9 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