dxcc

Modified by: Kenji Rikitake, JJ1BDX.

Original version: dxcc 20191204 by Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK. http://fkurz.net/ham/dxcc/

dxcc determines the ARRL DXCC entity of a ham radio callsign, based on the cty.dat country file by Jim Reisert, AD1C at http://country-files.com/.

Usage

dxcc <callsign>

Example output

$ dxcc DJ1YFK
Callsign: DJ1YFK

Main Prefix:    DL
Country Name:   Fed. Rep. of Germany
WAZ Zone:       14
ITU Zone:       28
Continent:      EU
Latitude:       51.00
Longitude:      -10.00
UTC shift:      -1.0

Installation

dxcc is a self contained Perl script.

cty.dat should be installed in one of the following directories:

• /usr/share/dxcc
• /usr/local/share/dxcc
• The directory where the script resides

License

• GPLv2 and later
• cty.dat: MIT License (see cty.dat.copyright.txt)