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Here are the release notes:
30 September 2025 (CTY-3532)
VER20250930, Version entity is Mali, TZ
Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns:
* XQ6CF is Chile, CE in ITU zone 16
* TO4K is St. Barthelemy, FJ
* TO2M is Martinique, FM
* GB2DCI and GB2DMR are both Northern Ireland, GI
* GB2KDR, GB9GVC and GB9HRC are all Scotland, GM
* GB0RRS, GB1HTC and GB1TR are all Wales, GW
* II0D and II0IARU are both Sardinia, IS
* NR5NN is United States, K in CQ zone 3, ITU zone 6
* KA7Y, KK8C and WH6VL are all United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 7
* K0RJW, K2LLC, K2OO, K6ZZ, KC5AAV, KG4Q, KY4L and N4IAM are all United
States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 8
* N8DWB, N8TP, W9ARO, WD0FYV and WV8O are all United States, K in CQ
zone 5, ITU zone 8
* K7RXD is Hawaii, KH6
* AK6PU, K7HFU, KC9GMO, KG7TLW, KR4GLN, W1TJW and WA6TUX are all
Alaska, KL
* LW5ECI/D is Argentina, LU
* R3HW/P is in ITU zone 29, not ITU zone 30
* R3HW/P is in CQ zone 16, not CQ zone 17
* R12RED, R500SMP, R73SLET, R8FF/6, R8LCX/4 and R9HAF/1 are all
European Russia, UA
* R500M, R500O and UA9XK/1 are all European Russia, UA in ITU zone 19
* UA4HAZ/P is European Russia, UA in ITU zone 30
* R500X is European Russia, UA in CQ zone 17, ITU zone 20
* UB5O/9 is European Russia, UA in CQ zone 17, ITU zone 30
* RX3AMI/2 is Kaliningrad, UA2
* R9CS/P is in ITU zone 20, not ITU zone 30
* RY0AAN/P is in ITU zone 31, not ITU zone 32
* RX0TX/P and RY0AAN/P are both in CQ zone 18, not CQ zone 23
* R1VAA/8 is Asiatic Russia, UA9
* R4IY/9 and R500K are both Asiatic Russia, UA9 in ITU zone 20
* RA9WU/P is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 16
* R0FBA/9 is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 18, ITU zone 31
* RD0L/0 and RD0L/9 are both Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 18, ITU
zone 32
* UB9MCW/0 is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 19
* R500F and R500L are both Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 19, ITU zone
34
* R500Z is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 19, ITU zone 35
* VJ4K and VK70VHF are both Australia, VK in CQ zone 29, ITU zone 58
Removed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns:
* GB2SLH, GM0FRT/P and GM4S in Shetland Islands, *GM/s
* 9M4LHD in East Malaysia, 9M6
* DL1SLH/XYL in Fed. Rep. of Germany, DL
* EA1RCI/P, EA8NF/4 and EC5EA/P in Spain, EA
* TO3K in Mayotte, FH
* GB1RP, GB2EL, GB2WL, GB5BL, GB5MEW and GB9VED in Northern Ireland, GI
* GB0CSL, GB0DEB, GB0NHL, GB0TNL, GB1OL, GB2KLI, GB2LG, GB2SLH, GB2TAY,
GB2THL, GB2TNL, GB2TPL, GB5AL, GB8VJ and GM0FRT/P in Scotland, GM
* GB0WLH, GB1RW, GB2SSL and GB5CS in Wales, GW
* 5J0TT, 5K0C, 5K0T, HJ4ADR/0, HK4RAU/0, HK4SSI/0, HK4T/0 and HK4X/0
in Colombia, HK
* AC4CH, K3USC, K4NO, K4ROJ, K6BWC, K6HRU, K9WZB, KE4QCY, KF7CG, KO5S,
N0VAO, N3KA, NA4D, W0YKS, W4KD, W4YTO, W8BAR, W9GNW, WD9FJL, WI4T and
WO0M
in United States, K
* AB7FL, KC7PSB and N8DSW in Hawaii, KH6
* AG7HT, KC3UWP and NA9Z in Alaska, KL
* KM6NFV and NA7CW in Puerto Rico, KP4
* LU5CAC/D and LU8DCH/D in Argentina, LU
* PI4VNW/L in Netherlands, PA
* R1641AZ, R8CD/P, R8LCX/P, R95WDW, R95WPD, R9GM/P, R9XD/6, RD8X/6,
RL1I/P, RM0F/3, RN2FA/3 and UA9XX/4 in European Russia, UA
* R3HW/2 and UF1M/2 in Kaliningrad, UA2
* R10SOTA, R2CC/0, R4DB/8, R4PJ/P, R4YAZ/P, R8CHN/P, R8JAJ/P, R8QAN/0,
R8WX/4, R95TLR, R9YU/P, RA1AGJ/9, RD0B/8, RK0W/P, RK4PA/9, RL1I/8,
RW0LD/P,
RX3X/0, UA4HAZ/P, UA9AR/P and UB3DZF/9/P in Asiatic Russia, UA9
* ZS1CRG/L in South Africa, ZS
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
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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us
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