[WT-support] CTY.DAT with 10 years worth of callsigns

[Bill Albrant]

*Jim...

I'm one of those people who use WinTest as my everyday logger (DX mode), so
this is a great asset!

I'm not courageous enough to "test" this out. If anyone can run this new
cty/dat file on WinTest and let us know, I'm sure there are others who
would like to use it as well.

One question. If it works with WinTest, and I update my cty.dat files, what
happens the next time we have an update for a contest? Will it overwrite
all the old calls, or will they be included? Perhaps a choice between the
regular and "complete" files would be available?

Thanks,

Bill, K6CU
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On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>wrote:

> I apologize for the wide distribution.  I wasn't sure how to get the
> word out to the people who would like to know about this.
>
> I have created a CTY.DAT file that contains callsigns going back ten
> (10) years.  For example, you'll find calls like 9M6/N1UR (Spratly),
> 3Y0E (Bouvet), 8N1OGA (Ogasawara) and many others.  At least a
> couple of people have asked for this -- people who use a contest
> logger as their every day logging program, or another logging program
> that uses the CTY.DAT country files.
>
> This is a complete file, meaning all prefixes that require CQ and/or
> ITU zone overrides are listed.  This is primarily for BY, K, UA9, VE
> and VK.  Remember that the normal CTY.DAT has only a subset of these
> prefixes; many have been implemented in software and therefore don't
> need to be listed.  This file comes in only one format: using '=' to
> distinguish full callsigns from prefixes.
>
> I need to be careful as to how to distribute the file.  I don't want
> to cause any confusion with the existing contest country files.  It's
> possible that this new file has so many entries that it won't work
> with some of the software out there.  I don't have any contest
> software handy to test with at the moment.
>
> If you want a copy of this CTY.DAT, please reply to me directly and
> I'll send it to you.  I'll think about a way to distribute the file so
> as to minimize confusion.  Whether it works or doesn't work, please
> let me know so I can add the appropriate restrictions to the release
> notes that I'll eventually distribute with the file.
>
> 10 years is an arbitrary number, I could go back further.
>
> This file contains the new prefix for Republic of South Sudan (Z8),
> but Malyj Vysotskij has not been deleted yet (I'll make this change
> soon).  I also don't know what the release schedule will be, in other
> words, I don't know if I'll update it with every contest country file
> release (it's made in a separate directory from the rest of the
> country files).
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
>
> --
> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
>
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