The Country (CTY) Files were updated on 20 February 2026: https://www.country-files.com/cty-3609-20-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-20-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: 20 February 2026 (CTY-3609) VER20260220, Version entity is St. Barthelemy, FJ Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: * MM7HBQ is Shetland Islands, *GM/s * G5MUT is Wales, GW * HD5MW/8 is Galapagos Islands, HC8 * AJ0SE, W8NOR and W9JXT are all United States, K in CQ zone 3, ITU zone 6 * K6AER, K6HU, KB2BRD, KT3R, N2FSH, N9OF and NU7M are all United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 7 * AB3I, AC4NK, AG4DG, K1CCN, K4UI, KO4DDG, KO4O, KS4YT, KT4XL, N3UUS, N4LCA, NB4A, NV4B, W4NEU, W4UAL, WA4FXT, WB0NPR, WB4NCT and WC4D are all United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 8 * AE7EB, AL3X, K8GP, KF8EYE, N7QPP, W8DMB, W9PR, WA0YPC and WD8DSV are all United States, K in CQ zone 5, ITU zone 8 * N6AZU is Hawaii, KH6 * KE9EMU and W3ALF are both Alaska, KL * KC2LMZ is US Virgin Islands, KP2 * KD2BK is Puerto Rico, KP4 * LW4EIN/D is Argentina, LU * LU7YG/Y and LU9WT/W are both Argentina, LU in ITU zone 16 * R26BLIN and RT25SE are both European Russia, UA * RT25BU is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 18, ITU zone 32 Removed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: * HK4Q/0 in San Andres & Providencia, HK0/a * AA6X, AI4BJ, AL5P, K0UM, K1GJQ, K2OO, K3GX, K3IV, K3NT, K3OB, K3OMI, K4AMQ, K4BTN, K4HHA, K4HRK, K5JSG, K7EK, K7FEN, K9HMX, KA4RUR, KC1RVY, KC4FLT, KC9UHI, KD5USA, KD8VSP, KE5MIS, KG4Q, KG4SRK, KG4VLW, KG6PH, KI4LLA, KI5F, KK4JW, KM4RT, KM9DX, KN4COE, KN4IXT, KQ4ETC, KS4BG, KT4U, KV8S, KW4SW, KY4ARC, KZ7A, N0TTI, N0VAO, N0XOH, N1DVM, N2DEE, N2PV, N2SRK, N4AAA, N4LDB, N4RHM, N4RT, N4TLM, N5CR, N5DIM, N5GF, N5OS, N7MSI, N8AID, N8HSD, N9TX, NF4J, NK0S, NL7D, NM7W, NN4DX, NZ1E, W0FLZ, W0GOP, W1EG, W1PAA, W2HK, W2RPC, W4GAT, W4IIC, W5ABQ, W5BAM, W7DPB, W8GJK, W8MC, W8NUD, W9MEG, W9MPX, W9NC, WA3NZA, WA4III, WA5GUL, WB2JEP, WB4KLI, WB4ZUT, WB5NOE, WB5WAH, WB7GR, WB8VLC, WD0FYV, WJ4K, WJ5K, WQ1J, WT1L and WW2OK in United States, K * KH0UM in Guam, KH2 * KG7PAF and KG7PAH in Alaska, KL * R8FF in European Russia, UA * R0MR/P, R3CI/0, R4DB/8, RC5B/8, RG0C/P and RX9WT/P 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