OK, I figured it out......
After downloading WL_CTY.DAT, you have to run READCTY.EXE to convert the
WL_CTY.DAT file to what Writelog wants to see.
All is well, now.
Jerry/k6iii
San Jose, CA
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:42:02 +0000 k6iii@juno.com writes:
> Writelog.
> Well, I must be doing something wrong......
>
> I have successfully downloaded the WL_CTY.DAT file and put it in
> the
> C:/programs/WL/Programs directory. Renamed the old version of
> "cty.dat"
> to "cty dat.old" and then renamed WL_CTY.DAT to cty.dat . Looked
> at it
> with an editor and all the changes are there as described.
>
> However, when I run WL, it apparently does not use the new cty.dat
> file.
> I tested this by running WL and starting a new ARRL DX contest.
> Then
> enterred a callsign such as 9Q1AA which should have indictated
> country as
> "Rep. of Congo" but it still indicates "Zaire". So, I conclude WL
> is
> using an old cty.dat file from who-knows-where.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> de Jerry/k6iii
> San Jose, CA
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 07:40:35 -0700 "J. Edward (Ed) Muns"
> <w0yk@msn.com>
> writes:
> > FYI ...
> >
> > 73,
> > Ed - W0YK
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: trlog-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:trlog-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Jim Reisert
> AD1C
> > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 5:37 AM
> > To: ct-user@contesting.com; na-user@contesting.com;
> > writelog@contesting.com; trlog@contesting.com; Yankee Clipper
> > Contest
> > Club; cq-contest@contesting.com
> > Subject: [Trlog] New Country Files for CT/NA/TR/WL - 16 October
> > 2003
> >
> >
> > New country files have been uploaded to http://www.k1ea.com/cty/
> >
> > Please read RELEASE.TXT for installation instructions.
> >
> > Here are the change notes:
> >
> > 16 October 2003 (CTY-1303)
> >
> > * Changed country name for 4W from East Timor to
> Timor-Leste.
> > * Changed country name for 9Q from Zaire to Rep. of Congo.
> > * Added 8J1RF to callsign list for Antarctica, CE9.
> > * Changed prefix for Easter Island from CE0A to CE0Y.
> > * Changed prefix for Chesterfield Is. from TX0 to FK/C.
> Change
> > default CQ Zone from 32 to 30 (thanks WK5K). Removed default
>
> > TX0
> > prefix and added callsigns TX0AT, TX0C and TX0DX.
> > * Added TO5AA to callsign list for Martinique, FM.
> > * Added TX4PG to callsign list for Marquesas, FO/m (thanks
> > KG5U).
> > * Changed prefixes FT8W, FT8X and FT8Z to FT5W, FT5X and
> FT5Z
> > respectively (thanks KB4CL)
> > * Added the following callsigns to United States, K: K7BV
> (CT),
> > KH2D
> > (FL), KL7FDQ (MT), KH6DX (CA), NH2K (VA), WL7LZ (CO), WH6FZ
>
> > (MD),
> > KL7HLF (UT), NL7AU (FL) and NP3D (NY).
> > * Changed CQ zone for KL0S in VA from 4 to 5.
> > * Added VB2C and VE2CVI in CQ Zone 2 to callsign list for
> > Canada, VE.
> > * Changed country name for YU from Yugoslavia to Serbia &
> > Montenegro.
> > * Fixed a problem where many KH/KL/KP calls in the lower-48
> > were
> > not listed in ARRL.CTY.
> >
> > 73 - Jim AD1C
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
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