The Country (CTY) Files were updated on 25 February 2026: https://www.country-files.com/cty-3610-25-february-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-25-february-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: 25 February 2026 (CTY-3610) VER20260225, Version entity is Minami Torishima, JD/m Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: * II0GDF/9 and IQ0JV/9 are both Sicily, *IT9 * 3Y0K is Bouvet, 3Y/b * EA1RCI/P is Spain, EA * GB0GGR is Scotland, GM * N4FUR is United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 7 * K5FP is United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 8 * N5DEX is United States, K in CQ zone 5, ITU zone 8 * ND1A is Hawaii, KH6 * LO7E/D, LU1DNQ/D, LU5OIJ/O, LU8EMD/D, LW4DAF/D and LW6DNF/D are all Argentina, LU * LU1WF/W, LU3DVN/X and LU5VGP/V are all Argentina, LU in ITU zone 16 * R8FF/3 and RA9M/6 are both European Russia, UA * RL1I/P is European Russia, UA in CQ zone 17, ITU zone 20 * RY0AAN/P is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 18, ITU zone 32 * RG0C/P is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 19, ITU zone 34 * VK6TX is Australia, VK in ITU zone 55 Removed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: * 3Y0J in Bouvet, 3Y/b * KG5GBZ in Hawaii, KH6 * LU8ACH/D and LW2EDM/D in Argentina, LU * R026NY, R2026A, R2026C, R2026L, R2026N, R2026NY, R2026S, RK4P, RT8U/3, UA9CHL/6, UE26HNY and UE26NY in European Russia, UA * R2026X 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