[Dx4win] Re: Programatically inserting County into DX4WIN files(Alan Zack)

[K2DBK - David]

Indeed. For instance, my zip code is 07675, which is listed 
officially as Westwood, NJ (where the main post office is located). 
However, I live in River Vale, and the zip code also covers Old 
Tappan. As it happens, the point where FN20, FN21, FN30, and FN31 
meet is within this area, so you certainly can't tell your grid 
square from the zip code. A friend of mine gave out his grid wrong 
for a year or two because he took the value shown on qrz.com as 
correct. He got a new GPS one day, found that it would do direct 
readout in Maidenhead coordinates (grid squares), and discovered he 
was wrong. Oops.

At 01:29 PM 11/23/2006, Garry Shapiro wrote:
>I believe the nominal zip is based upon the location of the post office
>corresponding to the zip code. So, if your zip code area is bigger than a
>postage stamp, there can be quite a discrepancy between the stated location
>and the actual location.
>
>Garry, NI6T
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dx4win-bounces+garry=ni6t.com at mailman.qth.net
>[mailto:dx4win-bounces+garry=ni6t.com at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of
>Gregory Brown
>Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 7:04 AM
>To: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Dx4win] Re: Programatically inserting County into DX4WIN
>files(Alan Zack)
>
>
>Great point, and one that needs repeating!  The QRZ grid info is
>automatically generated from, apparently, your stations's zip code (or
>town name?).  In most cases, there are several "small grids" within
>each, so there is a good chance that the grid reported in QRZ is wrong
>unless people have calculated it themselves and changed the info.  I
>imagine that there are many people out there that are reporting their
>own grids (over the air) that they just grabbed from QRZ.COM without
>confirming them, so you can't even be sure if what they send is correct!
>
>Since QRZ.COM is now the defacto reference for such things, everyone
>should make it a point to go there and update their info.  Personally, I
>think that the grid square info on QRZ should default to blank and only
>report a grid square if we add it manually.  If you can't depend on the
>accuracy of the data, why have it there at all??
>
>Sorry, that's the scientist in me talking!
>
>Greg KT0K
>
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>Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:03:14 -0800
>From: Alan Zack <k7acz at cox.net>
>Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Programatically inserting County into DX4WIN
>         files
>To: Lee Hallin <hallinl at lanecc.edu>
>Cc: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
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>DX4WIN does this automatically for me using data from QRZ.com.
>When I log a USA station  DX4WIN automatically goes to QRZ.com and looks
>
>up the station info for me and places it in the F3 Window.
>For example, on Veterans Day I worked some special events stations
>including K0AIR.  As soon as I typed K0AIR into the Callsign window the
>following info appeared in my F3 window:
>
>K0AIR
>Strategic Air Command Memorial ARC
>Paul W Schleck
>P.O.Box 1292
>Bellevue, NE 68005
>Coord: 95.908W 41.149N Grid: EN21bd
>County = Sarpy
>USA
>
>If I am pleased with this info I press the UPDATE QSO button in the F3
>window and this info is logged.  The only time I have discovered a
>problem is in the CQP where people leave their home QTH and activate a
>county other than their home county.
>
>As noted, there is no guarantee that the QRZ.COM info is 100 percent
>correct as to county and grid info.  As for myself, I did change my grid
>
>from the one assigned to my PO Box QRZ.COM address to the actual grid
>down the road from my PO Box to my actual street address.
>
>
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73,
         David - K2DBK