Changes from DXCC Database 2.5.0:
Entity Prefix Entity Name Region Action 1A Sov. Military Order Of Malta change spelling of Entity Name 1S Spratly Islands change spelling of Entity Name 3B6 Agalega & St Brandon Islands change spelling of Entity Name 3B8 Mauritius Island change spelling of Entity Name 3D2-F Fiji Islands change spelling of Entity Name 3D2-R Rotuma change spelling of Entity Name 3W Viet Nam change spelling of Entity Name 3Y-B Bouvet Island change spelling of Entity Name 3Y-P Peter 1 Island change spelling of Entity Name 4 Abu Ail Islands change spelling of Entity Name 4WY Yemen Arab Republic change spelling of Entity Name 8Z4 Saudi Arabia/Iraq Neutral Zone change spelling of Entity Name 8Z5 Kuwait/Saudi Arabia NZ change spelling of Entity Name BV9P Pratas Island change spelling of Entity Name CE0X San Felix Island change spelling of Entity Name CE0Y Easter Island change Entity Prefix from CE0E; change spelling of Entity Name CE0Z Juan Fernandez Island change spelling of Entity Name CE9 Antarctica Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station (USA) correct spelling of Region CT3 Madeira Islands change spelling of Entity Name DL Federal Republic of Germany change spelling of Entity Name E5-N North Cook Islands change spelling of Entity Name E5-S South Cook Islands change spelling of Entity Name EA6 Balearic Islands change spelling of Entity Name EA8 Canary Islands change spelling of Entity Name FH Mayotte Island change spelling of Entity Name FK-C Chesterfield Islands change Entity Prefix from TX0; change spelling of Entity Name FO0 Clipperton Island change Entity Prefix from FO-C; change spelling of Entity Name FB8 Comoro Islands change Entity Prefix from FH8 FO-A Austral Islands change spelling of Entity Name FO-M Marquesas Islands change spelling of Entity Name FQ8 French Equatorial Africa change spelling of Entity Name FR Reunion Island change Entity Prefix from FR-R; change spelling of Entity Name FR-G Glorioso Island change spelling of Entity Name FR-T Tromelin Island change spelling of Entity Name FT8W Crozet Island change spelling of Entity Name FT8X Kerguelen Island change spelling of Entity Name FT8Z Amsterdam & Saint Paul Islands change spelling of Entity Name FW Wallis & Futuna Islands change spelling of Entity Name HC-8 Galapagos Islands change spelling of Entity Name HK0-M Malpelo Island change spelling of Entity Name I5 Italian Somaliland change spelling of Entity Name JW Svalbard change spelling of Entity Name JZ0 Netherlands New Guinea change spelling of Entity Name KH0 Mariana Islands change spelling of Entity Name KH1 Baker & Howland Islands change spelling of Entity Name KH3 Johnston Island change spelling of Entity Name KH4 Midway Island change spelling of Entity Name KH5-P Palmyra & Jarvis Islands change spelling of Entity Name KH7K Kure Island change Entity Prefix from KH7 KH9 Wake Island change spelling of Entity Name KP1 Navassa Island change spelling of Entity Name KP5 Desecheo Island change spelling of Entity Name OH0 Aland Island change spelling of Entity Name OY Faroe Islands change spelling of Entity Name P2G Territory of New Guinea change spelling of Entity Name P2P Papua Territory change spelling of Entity Name PJ5 Saba & Saint Eustatius change spelling of Entity Name PK6 Celebes & Molucca Islands change spelling of Entity Name PY0-S Saint Peter & Saint Paul Rocks change spelling of Entity Name PY0-T Trindade & Martim Vaz Islands change spelling of Entity Name R1M Malyj Vysotski Island change spelling of Entity Name S7 Seychelles Islands change spelling of Entity Name UA European Russia Russian-occupied Crimea <PRI:KR> associate with prefix range R?6K, which was previously "Russian Occupied Sevatopol" (internationally recognized Ukrainian allocation is retained) UA European Russia Russian-occupied Sevastopol<PRI:SE> associate with recognize prefix range R?6R instead of prefix range R?6K (internationally recognized Ukrainian allocation is retained) UA European Russia Republic of Chechnya remove R?6R prefix range UN1 Karelo-Finnish Rep change spelling of Entity Name V7 Marshall Islands change spelling of Entity Name V8 Brunei change spelling of Entity Name VK0-H Heard Island change spelling of Entity Name VK0-M Macquarie Island change spelling of Entity Name VK9-C Cocos (Keeling) Islands change spelling of Entity Name VK9-L Lord Howe Island change spelling of Entity Name VK9-N Norfolk Island change spelling of Entity Name VK9-W Willis Island change spelling of Entity Name VK9-X Christmas Island change spelling of Entity Name VO Newfoundland and Labrador change spelling of Entity Name VP2-V British Virgin Islands change spelling of Entity Name VP5 Turks & Caicos Islands change spelling of Entity Name VP6 Pitcairn Island change spelling of Entity Name VP6D Ducie Island change spelling of Entity Name VP8-F Falkland Islands change spelling of Entity Name VP8-G South Georgia Island change spelling of Entity Name VP8-O South Orkney Islands change spelling of Entity Name VQ6 British Somaliland change spelling of Entity Name VS9H Kuria Muria Island change spelling of Entity Name VS9K Kamaran Islands change spelling of Entity Name VU4 Andaman & Nicobar Islands change spelling of Entity Name Y German Democratic Republic change spelling of Entity Name ZC5 British North Borneo change spelling of Entity Name ZD7 Saint Helena change spelling of Entity Name ZK3 Tokelau Islands change spelling of Entity Name ZL7 Chatham Island change spelling of Entity Name ZL8 Kermadec Island change spelling of Entity Name ZL9 New Zealand Subantarctic Is. change spelling of Entity Name ZS8 Prince Edward & Marion Islands change spelling of Entity Name
To upgrade to DXCC Database 2.5.2
if you have DXKeeper, SpotCollector, and/or WinWarbler running, terminate them
If you've been using DXKeeper, SpotCollector, and/or WinWarbler without having installed DXView, direct the Launcher to install DXView
start DXView, open its Configuration window, and select its Databases tab
click the New? button
click the DXCC Database's Upgrade button
terminate and restart DXView
If you haven't upgraded DXKeeper to the current version, direct the Launcher to upgrade DXKeeper.
Start DXKeeper
On the Configuration window's Log tab, click the Backup folder panel's Backup button and create a log backup
On the Main window's Check Progress tab, click the Recompute button along the bottom
if you have more than one log file, apply steps a and b to each
start SpotCollector; on the
Configuration window's Spot Database tab, click
the Recomputation panel's Recomp