[Dx4win] changes of zone without asking me!

[Steve K7AWB]

I was in the OK RTTY contest this weekend and immediately  moved my log info from WriteLog to DX4WIN and then to LOTW.  The exchange was RST and CQ Zone. 

Many of the correctly received zones from other hams got changed when the file went over to DX4WIN as an adif file.  Without my approval! 

For instance, W4GKM who gave me zone 4 was changed to 5.  TN is a  Zone 4 state, not 5.  The program erroneously and immaturely saw the 4 in the W4 and thought it belongs in the zone where most W4's are normally  are.   NOT!  With the advent of any call for any area, many hams do not represent the geographical state that their call would normally stand for.  Another example: W2VKT from Arizona in Zone 3 got changed to, guess what, Zone 5 because of the W2 in his call.  

How can I prevent this from happening next time?

73
Steve Sala
K7AWB
DN17es
Nine Mile Falls, WA
455 grids ARRL confirmed-6 meters
294 active entities  ARRL confirmed-DXCC