[WT-support] CTY-3632 Country Files - 17 October 2026

Sat Oct 17 19:21:15 CEST 2026

The Country (CTY) Files were updated on 17 October 2026:

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Here are the release notes:

    17 October 2026 (CTY-3632)
    VER20261017, Version entity is Samoa, 5W

    Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns:

	* GS2MP and GS7V are both Shetland Islands, *GM/s
	* JW5MUA is Bear Island, *JW/b
	* EA6SX/2 and EA6URP/1 are both Spain, EA
	* TO9W is St. Martin, FS
	* GB0WRH and GB2KDR are both Scotland, GM
	* GB0NEV and GB50GSR are both Wales, GW
	* HK4Q/0 is San Andres & Providencia, HK0/a
	* IQ9SZ/1, IQ9SZ/2, IQ9SZ/3, IQ9SZ/7 and IU1FHJ/ASGE are all Italy, I
	* K2GMM, K3DNP, KE8BII, KH6JRB, KJ5JAU, W1PAA, W9FST, WA1KXV, WA1NHZ
	  and WU5SKY are all United States, K in CQ zone 3, ITU zone 6
	* KB9JJA, KC6UCN, KT2R, N2GG, N4BCJ, N9QY, W2SKI, W9DP, WA7IND and WA9YEE
	  are all United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 7
	* AA5UK, AE4JC, AF4OZ, AJ4SB, K4MMW, K4WXP, KC4IR, KD5EJG, KG4CUY,
	  KG4LKY, KG5SSB, KN4A, KQ4VSG, KQ4YOL, KR4DFW, KR4EE, KX4PR, N0GST, N4CSV,
	  N4DBY, N4TFN, W4JHV and WF5W are all United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 8
	* AB0YT, K5HEM, K5JSL, K7IKE, K8IY, K9JE, K9JHR, KD5C, KE5HDE, N0EUV,
	  N8CQD and W8RMB are all United States, K in CQ zone 5, ITU zone 8
	* W4MIC and WB5WB are both Guam, KH2
	* K6MGD is Hawaii, KH6
	* KD7FUL, KE7PA, KK7PAG, KM4YOL, KQ4TUP and N7DKL are all Alaska, KL
	* K1D, KD9TWW and N2LTE are all Puerto Rico, KP4
	* LU1ANG/H, LU1EJK/K, LU2DIG/D, LU3DOJ/D, LU3EMN/D, LU7AEA/D, LU7DPJ/D,
	  LU8ONR/O, LU9CNS/H, LU9IMM/I, LW2DMD/H and LW3DKC/D are all Argentina, LU
	* LU3YA/V, LU6EWB/Y and LU8VLW/V are all Argentina, LU in ITU zone 16
	* PA25ASP/J, PA45NZG/J and PA95KALI/J are all Netherlands, PA
	* R9CS/P is in ITU zone 29, not ITU zone 30
	* R4PJ/P, R4WZ/P, R80SAA, R8AIM/4 and R8QBH/1 are all European Russia, UA
	* R0CM/4 and UA4HAZ/P are both European Russia, UA in ITU zone 30
	* RX0TX/P is in ITU zone 30, not ITU zone 33
	* R8AIM/0 is in ITU zone 33, not ITU zone 24
	* R8AIM/0 is in CQ zone 18, not CQ zone 19
	* R1CJ/9, RJ6N/8 and RK4PA/9 are all Asiatic Russia, UA9 in ITU zone 20
	* R9WCF/P is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 16
	* R3DIQ/9/P is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 18, ITU zone 31
	* RA8AL/9 is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 18, ITU zone 32
	* R8AIM/9 is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 18, ITU zone 33
	* R7HJ/0 is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 19, ITU zone 24
	* R3CI/0 is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 19, ITU zone 25
	* R2CC/0 is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 19, ITU zone 34
	* VK9DS is Cocos (Keeling) Islands, VK9C

    Removed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns:

	* JW/LB2PG in Bear Island, *JW/b
	* TC30AUG in European Turkey, *TA1
	* 9M4LHD in East Malaysia, 9M6
	* RI1ANI in Antarctica, CE9
	* DE, DI, Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6, Y7, Y8 and Y9 in Fed. Rep. of Germany, DL
	* AO90A, EA1RCI/P, EA6SA/7, EA6XQ/P and EG90GL in Spain, EA
	* EA8RM/P in Canary Islands, EA8
	* GB1RP, GB2EL, GB2WL and GB5BL in Northern Ireland, GI
	* GB0CSL, GB0FW, GB0KLP, GB0NHL, GB0TNL, GB0WIM, GB1OL, GB1TMH, GB2CCN,
	  GB2CCS, GB2CG, GB2KLI, GB2LG, GB2MUC, GB2SLH, GB2TAY, GB2THL, GB2TNL, GB2TPL
	  and GB8VJ in Scotland, GM
	* GB0WLH, GB1BPL, GB2MOP and GB64MOD in Wales, GW
	* I2DMK/RM in Italy, I
	* I/DF9HC in Sardinia, IS
	* AA9ZI, AE5MI, AH6EZ, AL7BX, K6PGH, K9JY, KA9DNO, KO4WFR, N3QW, N7IX,
	  W4BQK, W6CAS/R7 and W8RJL in United States, K
	* KO6JPQ in Mariana Islands, KH0
	* KE2EYU in Guam, KH2
	* KC1EGP, KC1EGQ, KF6AST, KG7WCF and N6KB in Hawaii, KH6
	* KK7RSM in American Samoa, KH8
	* K7HFU, W1TJW, WA6TUX and WX4ICE in Alaska, KL
	* LU1EAF/O, LU1VOF/V and LU9CNS/S in Argentina, LU
	* PI80LDN/L in Netherlands, PA
	* R0IAH/6, R1530IG, R1641AZ, R35ARDF, R3HW/P, R50RKZ, R8XF/1, R9JAW/6,
	  R9LAR/3, RA4M/P, RT25KS, RY2FAP/3, UA1QV/P and UB5O/P in European Russia, UA
	* R1996A, R4HNX/8, R8JG/4, R8JG/P, RA2FA/0, RK0W/P, RT25HA, RW3RN/0,
	  UA4HAZ/P, UB4CLH/0 and UG4I/P in Asiatic Russia, UA9
	* VK6NX/3, VK70VHF and VK7PAK/4 in Australia, VK
	* ZS1BAK/L in South Africa, ZS

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directly.

73 - Jim AD1C

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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us