Go to Windows Start menu, choose All Programs and Writelog. Choose Convert
CTY to Writelog. It will run the conversion program to convert the file to
the 6 Witelog files you need.
73,
Don VE3XD
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Mike Cornwall
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:20 PM
> To: writelog@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Re: [NCCC] New Country Files for WL - my trouble
> fixed
>
>
>
> I don't seem to have a readcty.exe anywhere. Does anyone know
> where I might find it?
>
> Thanks & 73.
>
> At 04:41 PM 10/16/2003, k6iii@juno.com wrote:
> >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
> > > > USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.com
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