[Dx4win] VK5 DX Zones

[WA7AA]

On 11-Jun-22 19:55, Alan Zack wrote:
> 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.
>   

Entering VK5DOC over here correctly assumes zone 30. If your log has him 
as 29, it's possible that you created an exception in the database by 
overriding 30 with 29. He may have given you a wrong number - he 
wouldn't be the first one. The other possibility is that he incorrectly 
set up his TQSL station information with a wrong zone and you overrode 
the default zone in the log by accepting the LOTW value. LOTW works on 
the GIGO system - virtually no station info verification exists.

Hope this helps.

WA7AA