HAM LOG VERSION 3
  
  
     * * * INFORMATION CONCERNING COUNTRIES AND PREFIXES * * *
  
  Any  country  or  prefix  changes  to  the  database  since  the
  specified ARRL  DXCC list are noted in the "Latest Changes" item
  in the Main Menu.
  
  Updates for  the latest  countries information  are available by
  contacting the  programmer -  VK2VN. Registered  users  will  be
  notified only of major upgrades to the actual program.
  
  As of  release v.1.13  Ham Log contains three "Germany's". These
  have been changed with regards DXCC status and as such I suggest
  you look  at all  your old  "Germany" QSOs  and ensure  they are
  attributed to  the correct  Germany. The country notes show when
  the country  was deleted  or the dates from which QSOs are valid
  for DXCC.
  
  
         * * * COUNTRY AND PREFIX DATABASE INFORMATION * * *
  
  Old, deleted  countries are still included in the database. This
  allows you  to enter in contacts you had in the past, when those
  countries were valid DXCC countries. Their original prefixes are
  also included (preceded with two asterisks).
  
  Countries that  still exist  and valid  for DXCC,  but have  had
  their main  prefixes changed  present a  slight  problem.  These
  prefix changes  may have  resulted from  political changes.  The
  ARRL has  given them  new prefixes  rather than  delete them and
  "create" a  new country.  An example is Mozambique which had the
  prefix CR7, and now it is C8 and C9.
  
  These old  prefixes have had to be deleted from the database for
  two reasons.  Firstly, it would mean that current DXCC countries
  would show  prefixes that were no longer valid, and two, in many
  cases these  old prefixes  have been  re-issued to  other (often
  "new") countries.
  
  Those wishing  to add  old contacts  with current  countries but
  with old  "expired" prefixes, need to manually apply the correct
  country to  the QSO. This is easily done from the F2 facility at
  the QSO menu.
  
  PLEASE NOTE:
  
    THE COUNTRY AND PREFIX DATABASES IN DEMONSTRATION VERSIONS ARE
    WELL OUT OF DATE.
  
  
  73's
  
  Robin Gandevia, VK2VN  Sydney, October 1994.
  Fax: (Intl: 61 2) (Local: 02)  369 3069