Fwd: RE: [Dx-qsl] Summery: Re:Grid Sq to CQ/ITU zone converter

Mon Jun 17 09:56:01 2002

>Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 08:48:03 -0500
>To: <[email protected]>
>From: Philip Florig <[email protected]>
>Subject: RE: [Dx-qsl] Summery: Re:Grid Sq to CQ/ITU zone converter
>
>Hi Dave,
>
>Thank you for taking the time and effort for the explanation.
>
>I was not aware that the boundaries were not grid/locator based.
>That is what I get for assuming.     HI....
>
>I basically received the same answer from Paul at CQ as follows:
> >>>>
>From: "Paul Blumhardt" <[email protected]>
>To: "Phil Florig (W9IXX)" <[email protected]>
>Subject: RE: WAZ information
>Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 16:30:15 -0500
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>Hi Phil
>CQ has nothing that does what you are looking for.
>Since grid squares aren't used for any of the HF awards that I'm aware of,
>there hasn't been a need. Also, you would find that some (many?) grid
>squares would fall into two of the CQ Zones.
>The best thing for determining the CQ Zone is to look at the list of
>countries/zones that is in the CQ WAZ Rules found at this URL:
>http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/wazrules.html
>VY 73
>Paul
> >>>>>>>>
>
>Agn tnx for your explanation. Hope others will benefit from this discussion.
>Never too old to learn.....
>
>73    Phil
>
>At 19:18 6/14/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>>Phil, DXView will indeed show you the ITU zone or CQ zone for a
>>particular grid square:
>>
>>1. click the Map panel's "World" button so that the world map is visible
>>
>>2. enter a gridsquare designator in the Grid box and strike the enter
>>key - DXView will place a blue dot on the world map identifying that
>>square's location
>>
>>3. in the World map window, click the "CQ Zones" or "ITU Zones" radio
>>button - DXView will draw and label the specified zones on the world
>>map. Note the zone containing the blue dot, and you have your answer.
>>
>>Using this technique with gridsquare EB90ma, you will see the that CQ
>>zone is 12 and the ITU zone is 74 .
>>
>>Unlike grid squares, neither CQ zone boundaries nor ITU zone boundaries
>>are geometrically specified, so a simple algorithmic conversion is not
>>possible. One must either populate a table for each grid square, or
>>digitize the zone boundaries and use pixel-flooding to determine the
>>zone enclosing an arbitrary location.
>>
>>     73,
>>
>>        Dave, AA6YQ
>
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Philip Florig           e-mail:[email protected]
PO Box 44                   (or):[email protected]
Worth, IL.  60482           amateur radio:W9IXX
USA                      also:J3X-T30,31,32,33P
                            team member:AH1A-J3A
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Metro DX Club                    club call:W9TY
Oak Forest, IL.                   qsl via W9IXX
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