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Cty.dat Download Apr 2026

A station from Slovenia came back immediately. "K8DX, you are 59."

He downloaded cty.dat (a small ~200KB file) by right-clicking the link and selecting Save As . He closed his logging software. Then he navigated to: C:\Users\Marcus\Documents\N1MM Logger+\SupportFiles\ cty.dat download

He saw the page: "CTY.DAT for amateur radio use — last updated November 2024" A station from Slovenia came back immediately

He the old cty.dat with the new one. (He also kept a backup copy on his desktop, renaming it cty_2024_nov_old.dat — a habit from past mistakes.) Step 3: Verify it worked He reopened N1MM+. He typed a test call: S55M . This time, the software instantly showed: This time, the software instantly showed: He remembered:

He remembered: cty.dat — the maintained by Jim Reisert, AD1C. This simple text file maps every callsign prefix in the world (W for USA, F for France, JA for Japan, S5 for Slovenia) to the correct DXCC entity, continent, ITU zone, and CQ zone. Step 1: Where to find it Marcus opened his browser and typed the golden URL he had memorized: https://www.country-files.com/cty-dat/

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