[Dx4win] Zone anomaly

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 11:31 AM, David Gould <dave at g3ueg.co.uk> wrote:

> I have just one zone anomaly left to resolve.
>
> RN8S
>
> I logged him as Z 16
> DX4Win advised Z 17
> Clublog advises Z 16

I am torn on these.

A few years ago, they all gave out Zone 17.  I think this was because
Zone 17 is Asia, while Zone 16 is Europe, and in CQWW, contacts with a
different continent count MORE than contacts with the same continent,
so you could earn more points working Europe by saying that you are in
Zone 17 (Asia).

Then the CQWW committee stepped in and said they would count UA9S/T/W
as Zone 16, regardless of what the operator actually sent.  So the
contest country files defaulted to Zone 16, and if you didn't listen
and just hit ENTER, that's what you'd get (regarless of what the
operator sent, and what you should have copied).

That was several years ago, and since I have never worked many
stations in that oblast, I don't know what they send nowadays.

I'm inclined to just leave DX4WIN alone.  I'm sure you and others can
live with this one zone mismatch. It's not like  you haven't worked a
lot of zone 16/17 stations already, right?

73 - Jim AD1C

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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us