I want to publicly thank Jim for doing this all these years. It sure is
nice to do a contest and not have to guess what country some of these calls
are in!
Thanks for all your effort OM!
Randy, K5ZD
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim
> Reisert AD1C
> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 7:55 PM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] 15 Years of Contest Country Files
>
> I just noticed that 12 October 2008 marked the 15th
> anniversary of my contest country file releases. Back then,
> it was CT only. Then NA, TR and WriteLog got on board,
> followed by many more (there's a list at the bottom of this
> web page: http://www.country-files.com/cty/ ). All three
> major players in the DX Cluster node arena (AR-Cluster, DX
> Spider and CC Cluster) use some form of these files.
>
> Here are those first release notes:
>
> 12 October 1993
>
> * HK0/Malpelo is in CQ zone 9, not 7.
> * Removed trailing 'AF' from IG9, IH9.
> * Changed IG9, IH9 to be in ITU zone 37.
> * Added 'AS' continent override to JD/o.
> * VP8GAV is in CQ zone 13, not 30.
> * Added more callsigns to KH0, KH8 and KP2. These are for stations
> that are still using the old prefixes (KG6, KS6 and KV4,
> respectively).
> * Added KG4CQ, KG4DL, KG4EH, KG4HG and KG4MK to KG4 prefix list.
> * Added X5 to T9 prefix list, though these stations are Serbs in
> Bosnia, and are not licensed by Bosnian authorities.
> * Removed trailing 'EU' from TA0, TA1, etc.
> * Changed RN, UN prefixes for Karelo-Finish Rep. back to RN1, UN1
> and added RN5WW.
> * Added KX6BU to V7 prefix list.
> * Added CE3MMV/9 to VP8/shetlands prefix list.
> * Corrected spelling of Suriname and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
> * I now use the same source to generate all three country files.
> Thus you might notice some cosmetic changes in ARRL.CTY
> and IARU.CTY.
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
>
>
>
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