[WT-support] CTY-2008 Country Files - 24 October 2010

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

The Country (CTY) Files were updated on 24 October 2010.

    http://www.country-files.com/cty/

To install the file, follow the link to your software at the top of the page.

Here are the release notes:

24 October 2010 (CTY-2008)
VER20101024, Version entity is Eastern Kiribati, T32


        Overall changes:

    * The size of CTY.DAT was reduced so that both CT9/10 and TR LOG can
      use it. This means that CTY.DAT is more like it was before October
      2010, i.e. does *not* contain a full set of prefix/zone mappings
      for BY (China), K (United States), UA9 (Asiatic Russia), VE
      (Canada) and VK (Australia). If you are in need of such a file,
      use CTY_WT.DAT, which is the country file for Win-Test.
       
    * The following prefixes with zone overrides have been removed,
      because they have not been assigned:
       
          o China: 3H-3U, BB, BC, BE, BS (except BS7H) and XS
          o European Russia, Asiatic Russia and Kaliningrad: RB, RE, RH,
            RI, RP, RR and RS
          o Japan: JB and JC (no zone override)
             
    * 421 USA callsigns have zone exceptions, based on the Super Check
      Partial <http://www.supercheckpartial.com/> database released 24
      October 2009.
       
    * The following entities have more exact latitude/longitude on a
      per-prefix basis: CM (Cuba), ES (Estonia), EZ (Turkmenistan), HP
      (Panama), PZ (Suriname), TI (Costa Rica) and UK (Uzbekistan). This
      benefits both WriteLog and Win-Test (cty_wt_mod.dat only).
       
    * PJ5/PJ6 is now known as St. Eustatius and Saba.


        Added/changed Callsigns/prefixes:

    * 9W6MAN/2 is West Malaysia, 9M2
    * ZL5 and ZM5 are both in ITU Zone 71, not ITU zone 70
    * I0QHM/IA0PS is in ITU Zone 71, not ITU zone 70
    * KC4USC and KC4USV are both in ITU Zone 71, not ITU zone 70
    * TO3A is St. Barthelemy, FJ
    * GB0SPS is Wales, GW
    * HZ1SBS/J is Saudi Arabia, HZ
    * N3RC is in CQ Zone 4, not CQ zone 3
    * K6P is Hawaii, KH6
    * LU2EE/D is Argentina, LU
    * I1SR is South Shetland, VP8/h


        Retired Callsigns/prefixes:

    * 9M4SJS in East Malaysia, 9M6
    * TO7ZG in St. Barthelemy, FJ
    * TO3GA in Martinique, FM
    * GB0KKS in Scotland, GM


73 - Jim AD1C

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