<font color="#000000"><font size="1"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Jim...<br><br>I'm one of those people who use WinTest as my everyday logger (DX mode), so this is a great asset!<br><br>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.<br>
<br>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?<br>
<br>Thanks,<br><br>Bill, K6CU <br></b></font></font></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><font color="#660000"><font size="4"><font color="#000000"><font size="1"></font></font></font></font></b></font><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jjreisert@alum.mit.edu">jjreisert@alum.mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I apologize for the wide distribution. I wasn't sure how to get the<br>
word out to the people who would like to know about this.<br>
<br>
I have created a CTY.DAT file that contains callsigns going back ten<br>
(10) years. For example, you'll find calls like 9M6/N1UR (Spratly),<br>
3Y0E (Bouvet), 8N1OGA (Ogasawara) and many others. At least a<br>
couple of people have asked for this -- people who use a contest<br>
logger as their every day logging program, or another logging program<br>
that uses the CTY.DAT country files.<br>
<br>
This is a complete file, meaning all prefixes that require CQ and/or<br>
ITU zone overrides are listed. This is primarily for BY, K, UA9, VE<br>
and VK. Remember that the normal CTY.DAT has only a subset of these<br>
prefixes; many have been implemented in software and therefore don't<br>
need to be listed. This file comes in only one format: using '=' to<br>
distinguish full callsigns from prefixes.<br>
<br>
I need to be careful as to how to distribute the file. I don't want<br>
to cause any confusion with the existing contest country files. It's<br>
possible that this new file has so many entries that it won't work<br>
with some of the software out there. I don't have any contest<br>
software handy to test with at the moment.<br>
<br>
If you want a copy of this CTY.DAT, please reply to me directly and<br>
I'll send it to you. I'll think about a way to distribute the file so<br>
as to minimize confusion. Whether it works or doesn't work, please<br>
let me know so I can add the appropriate restrictions to the release<br>
notes that I'll eventually distribute with the file.<br>
<br>
10 years is an arbitrary number, I could go back further.<br>
<br>
This file contains the new prefix for Republic of South Sudan (Z8),<br>
but Malyj Vysotskij has not been deleted yet (I'll make this change<br>
soon). I also don't know what the release schedule will be, in other<br>
words, I don't know if I'll update it with every contest country file<br>
release (it's made in a separate directory from the rest of the<br>
country files).<br>
<br>
73 - Jim AD1C<br>
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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at <a href="http://alum.mit.edu" target="_blank">alum.mit.edu</a>>, <a href="http://www.ad1c.us" target="_blank">http://www.ad1c.us</a><br>
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