[Dx4win] VK5 DX Zones

[Tom Doligalski]

DX4WIN gets the zone data from the CTY.DAT file, maintained by AD1C. 

When I put VK5DOC into my dx4win I get zone 30...

Tom W4KX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net <dx4win-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Alan Zack
> Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2022 10:55 PM
> To: DX4WIN Group <Dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Dx4win] VK5 DX Zones
> 
> How does DX4WIN determine DX Zones? By the country list? I have the latest
> country list in my DX4WIN I just received my 2021 DX Marathon UBN results
> back and I got dinged for entering VK5DOC for Z29. The VK5DOC qrz.com
> page does not show what zone he is in. When I logged him in my DX4WIN log
> it was entered as Z29, not Z30. The QSO is confirmed with LoTW. It shows
him
> in Z29, not Z30.
> 
> When I asked John K9EL, the contest manager, why I was dinged for a wrong
> entry for Z29 here was his reply:
> I also use DX4Win and if I enter VK5DOC, it says Zone 30.
> I have never heard that any VK5 stations can be in Zone 29.  I have been
> doing this contest since 2008.
> 
> John may very well be right but why would my version of DX4WIN show
> Z29 and his show Z30? I only have one entry for VK5DOC on 07/03/2021.
> In my log for Z29 I have many VK6, VK8, and VK9 stations but only one VK5,
> the VK5DOC shows as Z29.
> 
> It is a mystery to me.
> 
> 73 Alan K7ACZ
> 
> 
> Alan Zack
> Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ
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